The surname

Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 Oliver is of several different origins.

Etymology

The surname Oliver is derived from the Old French

Old French

Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...

 personal name

Personal name

A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person, and today usually comprises a given name bestowed at birth or at a young age plus a surname. It is nearly universal for a human to have a name; except in rare cases, for example feral children growing up in isolation, or infants...

 Olivier

Olivier

Olivier is the French form of Oliver. It may refer to:As a surname:* Guillaume-Antoine Olivier , a French entomologist* George Olivier, count of Wallis , Austrian field marshal...

. The Oliver surname (meaning "seller, or processor of olive oil") seems to be French Norman in origin. The Olivers were probably part of William the Conqueror's Norman Invasion of Britain in 1066. The Oliver family was a sept

Sept

A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. The word might have its origin from Latin saeptum "enclosure, fold", or it can be an alteration of sect.The term is found in both Ireland and Scotland...

 of the Scotland Highlands' powerful Fraser Clan and was a very powerful clan themselves in Roxburghshire and the Borders area. It arrived in Scotland and Ireland in the 14th century. This Old French name was introduced to Scotland and Ireland by the Normans

Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...

. During the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

, it was a popular name throughout Europe. It was borne by one of Charlemagne

Charlemagne

Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...

's paladins, and friend of Roland

Roland

Roland was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. Historically, Roland was military governor of the Breton March, with responsibility for defending the frontier of Francia against the Bretons...

. Ostensibly, the name is said to derive from the Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 olivarius, meaning "olive tree". However, all of Charlemagne's paladins bore Germanic names; and the Latin derivation of the name may be a result of folk etymology working on an unidentified Germanic

Germanic peoples

The Germanic peoples are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group of Northern European origin, identified by their use of the Indo-European Germanic languages which diversified out of Proto-Germanic during the Pre-Roman Iron Age.Originating about 1800 BCE from the Corded Ware Culture on the North...

 personal name, possibly a cognate

Cognate

In linguistics, cognates are words that have a common etymological origin. This learned term derives from the Latin cognatus . Cognates within the same language are called doublets. Strictly speaking, loanwords from another language are usually not meant by the term, e.g...

 of Alvaro

Álvaro

Álvaro is a Spanish, Portuguese and Galician male given name. It has a Germanic origin.It may refer to:-Royalty:*Álvaro of Braganza, Portuguese prince of the late 15th Century...

; or possibly distantly connected with the Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

 Óleifr, meaning "ancestral relic".

The Catalan and (Occitan) French surname is a topographic name. It is derived from oliver, meaning "olive tree". It may also be related to the homonym

Homonym

In linguistics, a homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that often but not necessarily share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings...

ous name listed above.

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• Adam Oliver
  Adam Oliver
  Adam Oliver was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Oxford South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1876....
  
   (1823–1882), Canadian businessman-politician
• Al Oliver
  Al Oliver
  Albert Oliver, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball player. Over the course of his 18-year career, he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Texas Rangers , Montreal Expos , San Francisco Giants , Philadelphia Phillies , Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays...
  
   (b. 1946), baseball player
• Alan Oliver
  Alan Oliver
  Alan Oliver is a sports journalist and former chief sports writer for the Evening Chronicle, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. He has written reports on Newcastle United since the 1980s....
  
  , English sports journalist
• Andrew Oliver
  Andrew Oliver
  Andrew Oliver was a merchant and public official in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Born in Boston, he was the son of Daniel Oliver, a merchant, and Elizabeth Belcher Oliver, daughter of Governor Jonathan Belcher. Andrew had two brothers: Daniel Oliver and Peter Oliver...
  
   (1706–1774), Massachusetts merchant and public official
• Alexander Oliver
  Alexander Oliver
  Alexander Oliver was an American soldier who fought during the Revolutionary War.-Background and the American Revolution:...
  
   (1744–1828), American soldier
• Anton Oliver
  Anton Oliver
  Anton David Oliver is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer who most recently played professionally for the French second-division club Toulon, noted for signing veteran greats including former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga and great George Gregan...
  
   (b. 1975), New Zealand rugby player

B

• Barret Oliver
  Barret Oliver
  Barret Spencer Oliver is an American actor and photographer. He is best known for his role as Bastian Bux in the film adaptation of Michael Ende's novel The NeverEnding Story.-Career:...
  
   (born 1973), American actor
• Bernard M. Oliver
  Bernard M. Oliver
  Bernard M. Oliver , aka Barney Oliver, was a scientist who made contributions in many fields, including radar, television, and computers. He was the founder and director of Hewlett Packard laboratories until his retirement in 1981. He is also a recognized pioneer in the search for...
  
   (1919–1995), eminent American scientist and SETI
  SETI
  The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is the collective name for a number of activities people undertake to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life. Some of the most well known projects are run by the SETI Institute. SETI projects use scientific methods to search for intelligent life...
  
   advocate
• Bob Oliver
  Bob Oliver
  Robert Lee Oliver is a former first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Kansas City Royals , California Angels , Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees...
  
   (born 1943), baseball player
• Brian Oliver
  Brian Oliver
  Brian Darnell Oliver is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'4" and 210 lb shooting guard out of Georgia Tech, he was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA in the 2nd round of the 1990 Draft...
  
   (born 1968), basketball player

C

• Catriona Oliver
  Catriona Oliver
  Catriona Sens was a member of the Australia's 2004 Summer Olympics women's eight rowing crew with Sally Robbins. -Career highlights:...
  
  (born 1980), Australian Olympic rower
• Chad Oliver
  Chad Oliver
  Symmes Chadwick Oliver was an American science fiction and Western writer and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin...
  
   (1928–1993), science-fiction novelist
• Craig Oliver
  Craig Oliver
  Craig Oliver is a reporter for Canada's CTV television network. He is currently variously identified as chief political correspondent and chief parliamentary correspondent, and is co-anchor of the weekly public affairs series Question Period..Oliver was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and grew...
  
   (born 1938), Canadian telejournalist
• Craig Oliver
  Craig Oliver (media executive)
  Craig Stewart Oliver is a British news editor, producer and media executive, and the current Head of Communications for British Prime Minister David Cameron...
  
   (born 1969), Downing Street Director of Communications and former BBC media executive

D

• Dale Oliver
  Dale Oliver
  Dale Byron Oliver is an American music composer who works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Formerly a guitarist in BackHawk , Oliver serves mainly as a composer of theme music used in professional wrestling.-Music composer for TNA:Since 2003, Oliver writes, records, and produces music under...
  
  , American composer
• Damien Oliver (born 1972), Australian jockey
• Daniel Oliver
  Daniel Oliver
  Daniel Oliver, FRS was a British botanist.He was Librarian of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1860–1890 and Keeper there from 1864–1890, and Professor of Botany at University College, London from 1861–1888....
  
   (1930–1916), British botanist
• Darren Oliver
  Darren Oliver
  Darren Christopher Oliver is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher.Oliver was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft, and has had three separate stints with the club.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1970), baseball pitcher
• David Oliver (actor)
  David Oliver (actor)
  David Oliver was an American actor best known for roles on two television programs.From 1983 to 1985, he played the role of Perry Hutchins on the daytime soap opera Another World. In 1986 he played the role of Sam Gardner in the miniseries A Year in the Life...
  
   (1962–1992), American actor
• David Oliver (Canadian politician)
  David Oliver (Canadian politician)
  David Oliver is a politician in British Columbia, Canada. In 2005, he was nominated as the candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada for the riding of Abbotsford in the 2006 federal election. He is also known for his defamation lawsuit against the New Democratic Party .Oliver was born August 30,...
  
  , politician in British Columbia, Canada
• David Oliver (athlete), American athlete
• Dean Oliver (basketball)
  Dean Oliver (basketball)
  Dean Oliver is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the National Basketball Association. An undrafted 5'11" guard from the University of Iowa, Oliver played with the Golden State Warriors from 2001-02 to 2002-03.Oliver attended Mason City High School in Mason City, Iowa...
  
   (born 1978)
• Dean Oliver (footballer)
  Dean Oliver (footballer)
  Dean Oliver is an English former professional footballer. He is currently with Belper Town.-Sheffield United:Oliver was born in Derby and joined Sheffield United as a trainee. He was released by Derby County when he was a youngster prior to signing with Sheffield United...
  
   (born 1987), player for Sheffield United
• Deanna Oliver
  Deanna Oliver
  Deanna Oliver is an American actress who did the voice of Toaster in the 1987 film, The Brave Little Toaster and its sequels. She also is the producer of My Favorite Martian & other films. In addition, she was a writer of the 1993 television show, Animaniacs and the 1990 show Tiny Toon Adventures....
  
  , American actress
• Donald Oliver
  Donald Oliver
  Donald H. Oliver, QC is a Canadian Senator.A lawyer and developer, Oliver is a member of Nova Scotia's Black minority. He is the nephew of Canadian opera singer Portia White, politician Bill White and labour union activist Jack White, and the cousin of political strategist Sheila White...
  
   (born 1938), Canadian Senator

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• Farquhar Oliver
  Farquhar Oliver
  Farquhar Robert Oliver was a politician in Ontario, Canada.Oliver was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a United Farmers of Ontario Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 1926 provincial election at the age of 22.Oliver was re-elected as a UFO MLA in the 1929 election and was...
  
   (1904–1989), Canadian politician
• Francis Wall Oliver
  Francis Wall Oliver
  Francis Wall Oliver FRS was a British botanist. He was Quain Professor of Botany at University College London 1890-1925 and then Professor of Botany at the University of Cairo 1929–1935. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1905. He was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1925.- References :...
  
   (1864–1951), British botanist
• Frank Oliver (politician) (1853–1933), Canadian politician
• Frank Oliver (rugby union) (b. 1948), New Zealand rugby player
• Frank A. Oliver
  Frank A. Oliver
  Frank Oliver was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Oliver attended the public schools and the Morris High School...
  
   (1883–1968), New York Congressman
• Frank L. Oliver
  Frank L. Oliver
  Frank Louis Oliver is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 195th District since a special election on November 15, 1973.Oliver has announced that he is retiring, after 36 years in the Pennsylvania House....
  
   (b. 1922), Pennsylvania politician

G

• Gene Oliver
  Gene Oliver
  Eugene George Oliver was an American catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball. From through , Oliver played for the St. Louis Cardinals , Milwaukee & Atlanta Braves , Philadelphia Phillies , Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs...
  
   (1913–2007), American catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball.
• Geoffrey Oliver
  Geoffrey Oliver
  Admiral Sir Geoffrey Nigel Oliver GBE, KCB, DSO & Two Bars was a British Royal Navy officer during the Second World War.-Early career:...
  
   (1898–1980), British admiral
• George T. Oliver
  George T. Oliver
  George Tener Oliver was an American lawyer, publisher, and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate...
  
   (1848–1919), American lawyer, publisher, and Republican party politician
• Glynis Oliver, artist and colorist in the comics industry
• Graham Oliver
  Graham Oliver
  Graham Oliver is an English guitarist.-Career:He played with the heavy metal band Saxon from 1977 to 1994. After leaving the band he initially reformed his old band Son of a Bitch with former Saxon bassist Steve Dawson and drummer Pete Gill...
  
  , English guitarist.

H

• Harry Oliver
  Harry Oliver
  Harold "Pee-Wee" Oliver was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played for the Calgary Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League and the Boston Bruins and New York Americans of the National Hockey League . He was a member of the Tigers' 1924 WCHL championship and won the Stanley Cup with the...
  
   (1888–1973), American humorist
• Harry Oliver (ice hockey) (1898–1985), Canadian
• Henry Oliver
  Henry Oliver
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Francis Oliver, GCB, KCMG, MVO was a British naval officer.-Naval career:...
  
   (1865–1965), British naval officer

I

• Ian Oliver
  Ian Oliver
  Ian Oliver, QPM, is a former police officer, author, speaker and international consultant for the United Nations. He served as Chief Constable of Scotland's Central and Grampian Police. Since leaving the police force, he has worked as a consultant and speaker on the issues of drugs, terrorism and...
  
  , former police officer, now an international consultant for the United Nations
• Isaac Oliver
  Isaac Oliver
  Isaac Oliver was a French-born English portrait miniature painter.-Life and work:Born in Rouen, he moved to London in 1568 with his Huguenot parents Peter and Epiphany Oliver to escape the Wars of Religion in France...
  
   (c. 1565–1617) French-born English portrait miniature painter

J

• Jack Edward Oliver
  Jack Edward Oliver
  Jack Edward Oliver was a British cartoonist. He is more usually known as J Edward Oliver or JEO and to his friends he was Jack....
  
   (1942–2007), British cartoonist
• Jackie Oliver
  Jackie Oliver
  Keith Jack Oliver, better known as Jackie Oliver, is a British former Formula One driver and team-owner from England...
  
   (born 1942), Formula One driver
• James Harrison Oliver
  James Harrison Oliver
  James Harrison Oliver was a Rear Admiral and member of the Naval Board of Strategy during World War I. He was also the first military Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1917 to 1919. He was often referred to as J. H. Oliver.-Biography:Oliver was born in Houston County, Georgia...
  
   (1857–1928), a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy
• James Michael Yorrick Oliver, Lord Mayor of London from 2001 to 2002
• Jamie Oliver
  Jamie Oliver
  James "Jamie" Trevor Oliver, MBE , sometimes known as The Naked Chef, is an English chef, restaurateur and media personality, known for his food-focused television shows, cookbooks and more recently his campaign against the use of processed foods in national schools...
  
  , (b. 1975), British celebrity chef
• Jamie Oliver (musician), of Lostprophets
• Jimmy Oliver
  Jimmy Oliver
  Jimmy Allen Oliver is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2nd round of the 1991 NBA Draft.-1987-1989:...
  
   (born 1969), basketball player
• Joe Oliver (baseball player)
  Joe Oliver (baseball player)
  Joseph Melton Oliver is a former Major League Baseball catcher.Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1983 MLB amateur draft, Oliver would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Cincinnati Reds on July 15, , and appear in his final game on October 6,...
  
   (born 1965), catcher
• Joe "King" Oliver (1885–1938). African-American jazz musician and bandleader
• John Oliver (politician)
  John Oliver (politician)
  John Oliver was a politician and farmer in British Columbia, Canada.Oliver was involved in local politics when he won a seat in the provincial legislature in the 1900 election, and became leader of the opposition. He lost his seat in the 1909 election...
  
   and farmer in British Columbia, Canada
• John Oliver (comedian)
  John Oliver (comedian)
  John Oliver is a British stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He is best known for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, for which he won an Emmy in 2009. He also plays a recurring character, Professor Ian Duncan, on the television series Community...
  
  , British political comedian
• John Ertle Oliver, (1923–2011), American scientist (aka Jack Oliver)
• Jools Oliver; née Juliette Norton, wife of British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver
• Joseph Oliver (mayor)
  Joseph Oliver (mayor)
  Joseph Oliver was Mayor of Toronto from 1908 to 1909.Born in Erin, Ontario, Oliver lived in Toronto since he was three years old. He worked in the lumber business. He was elected to the School Board in 1885 and to the Toronto City Council in 1895,1901, 1902,1903 and 1906. He was elected mayor in...
  
  , mayor of Toronto 1908–1909
• Joseph Oliver (rugby league)
  Joseph Oliver (rugby league)
  Joseph "Joe" Oliver is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Batley, and Hull, playing at , i.e...
  
  , rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s
• Despot Jovan Oliver (ca. 1310–1356), Serbian nobleman and autonomous ruler
• Juan García Oliver
  Juan García Oliver
  Juan García Oliver was a Spanish Anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary, and a leading figure of Anarchism in Spain....
  
   (1901–1980), Spanish Anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary

M

• Mark Oliver
  Mark Oliver
  Mark Oliver is a voice actor who works for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has played several roles in anime, most notably Rau Le Creuset in Gundam SEED...
  
   (born 1966), voice actor
• Martin Oliver
  Martin Oliver
  Martin Oliver is a British author of children's books.-Usborne Puzzle Adventure series:* The Intergalactic Bus Trip * Agent Arthur's Jungle Journey * Search for the Sunken City * Agent Arthur's Arctic Adventure...
  
  , British children's author
• Mary Oliver
  Mary Oliver
  Mary Oliver is an American poet who has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times described her as "far and away, this country's [America's] best-selling poet".-Early life:...
  
   (born 1936), American poet
• Meg Oliver
  Meg Oliver
  Megan Elisabeth Oliver is a reporter for ABC News. In March 2006, she became anchor of the overnight CBS newscast, Up to the Minute and remained in that position for three years....
  
   (born 1970), TV news anchor
• Melvin Oliver
  Melvin Oliver
  Melvin Deontae Oliver is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisiana State.-External links:**...
  
   (born 1983), football player
• Michael Oliver (Carleton president)
  Michael Oliver (Carleton president)
  Michael Kelway Oliver, OC was a Canadian academic, political organizer and the sixth president of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario....
  
  , (1925–2004) Canadian academic leader
• Michael Oliver (actor)
  Michael Oliver (actor)
  Michael Oliver is a former American child actor of the 1990s. Oliver is best known for his role as "Junior" in two Problem Child movies.-Early life and career:...
  
  , American actor
• Michael Oliver (footballer)
  Michael Oliver (footballer)
  Michael Oliver is a former Scottish football player and manager. Oliver now holds the position as national team scout for the Scotland national football team, reporting directly to the national coach Craig Levein...
  
  , Scottish football player and manager
• Michael Oliver (Lord Mayor)
  Michael Oliver (Lord Mayor)
  Sir James Michael Yorrick Oliver was an investment banker and Lord Mayor of London.Educated at Wellington College, he started his working life in Stockbrokers Kitcat & Aitken and became a member of the London Stock Exchange. He subsequently became both a partner of the firm and later Managing...
  
  , Lord Mayor of London (2001–2002)
• Michael Oliver (real estate)
  Michael Oliver (real estate)
  Michael Oliver is a Lithuanian immigrant of Jewish descent, Las Vegas real estate millionaire, and political activist. He was the founder of the micronation project the Republic of Minerva, a failed attempt to create a sovereign state in the South Pacific in 1972.In the following decades, Oliver...
  
  , founder of the Republic of Minerva
• Michael Oliver (writer, broadcaster)
  Michael Oliver (writer, broadcaster)
  Michael Oliver was a BBC broadcaster, writer and journalist on classical music. He presented BBC Radio 3's Music Weekly programme , and also was a presenter of BBC Radio 4's Kaleidoscope...
  
   (1937–2002)

N

• Nancy Oliver (born 1955), American playwright and screenwriter
• Neil Oliver
  Neil Oliver
  Neil Oliver is a Scottish broadcaster and author. He grew up in Ayr and Dumfries before attending Glasgow University to study archaeology...
  
  , Scottish historian
• Neil Oliver (footballer)
  Neil Oliver (footballer)
  Neil Oliver is an English former footballer, who played for Berwick Rangers, Blackburn Rovers, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Clydebank and East Fife. He is currently the manager of amateur club Duns.- External links :...
  
  , English footballer
• Nicole Oliver
  Nicole Oliver
  -Education:She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from York University, and additional training from the British American Drama Academy in Oxford and London.-Career:...
  
  , Canadian actress

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• Pam Oliver
  Pam Oliver
  Pamela Donielle "Pam" Oliver is an American sportscaster known for her work on the sidelines for various NBA and NFL games.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1961), American sportscaster
• Paul Oliver
  Paul Oliver
  -Biography:Oliver was a researcher at the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development , and from 1978-88 was Associate Head of the School of Architecture. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Gloucestershire...
  
   (born 1927), British architectural historian
• Paul Ambrose Oliver
  Paul Ambrose Oliver
  Paul Ambrose Oliver was an American explosives inventor, American Civil War Union Army captain and staff officer who was appointed to the brevet grade of brigadier general and Medal of Honor recipient. He was born on the USS Louisiana during one of its voyages in the English Channel...
  
   (1830–1912), American Civil War Union general and Medal of Honor recipient
• Peter Oliver (painter) (1594–1648), English miniaturist painter

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• Robert Don Oliver (1895–1980), British naval officer
• R. W. Oliver
  R. W. Oliver
  Rev. R.W. Oliver was the first Chancellor of the University of Kansas from 1865 to 1867.-References:...
  
  , the first chancellor of the University of Kansas
• Rachel Oliver
  Rachel Oliver
  Rachel Oliver is a association football player who represented New Zealand.Oliver made her Football Ferns in a 0-0 draw with Korea Republic on 8 September 1995, and finished her international career with 22 caps to her credit....
  
  , New Zealand international football (soccer) player
• Raymond Oliver
  Raymond Oliver
  Raymond Oliver was chef and owner of Le Grand Véfour restaurant in Paris, one of France's great historical restaurants. Oliver detested the nouvelle cuisine, preferring the rich ingredients favored by the chefs in his native Gascony....
  
   (1909–1990), Parisian restaurateur

• Reggie Oliver
  Reggie Oliver
  Reggie Oliver is an English playwright, biographer and writer of ghost stories.-Life and career:Reggie Oliver was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford , and has been a professional playwright, actor, and theatre director since 1975.He has worked in radio, television, films, and...
  
   (born 1952), English playwright
• Revilo P. Oliver
  Revilo P. Oliver
  Revilo Pendleton Oliver was an American professor of Classical philology, Spanish, and Italian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who wrote and polemicized extensively for white nationalist causes....
  
   (1908–1994), American professor, conspiracy theorist and white supremacist
• Richard Martin fitz Oliver
  Richard Martin fitz Oliver
  -Origins and career:Richard Óge Martyn was a Galway lawyer and member of the Catholic Confederates of Ireland. He was of the senior line of the Martyn family, one of the Tribes of Galway. He lived at Dunguaire Castle, Kinvarra...
  
  , actually Richard Martyn (c. 1602–1648), Irish politician
• Robert Oliver
  Robert Oliver
  Robert Gordon Oliver is a former road and track cyclist from New Zealand, who represented his native country in two disciplines at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany: the men's individual road race and the men's team pursuit .-References:*...
  
   (born 1950), New Zealand Olympic cyclist
• Roland Oliver
  Roland Oliver
  Roland Oliver is Emeritus Professor of African history at the University of London. Throughout a long career he was an eminent researcher, writer, teacher, administrator and organiser, who had a profound effect on the development of African Studies in the United Kingdom and who has made an...
  
   (born 1923), professor of African history

S

• Sheila Y. Oliver
  Sheila Y. Oliver
  Sheila Y. Oliver is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2004, where she represents the 34th legislative district. She is the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, having taken office on January 12, 2010 after the retirement of...
  
  , (born 1952), New Jersey legislator
• Stephen Oliver
  Stephen Oliver (actor)
  Stephen Oliver , also known as Steve Oliver, was an American actor.Born in Philadelphia, Oliver is best known for Lee Webber role in TV series Peyton Place from 1966...
  
   (1941–2008), American actor
• Stephen Oliver (1950–92), British composer
• Susan Oliver
  Susan Oliver
  Susan Oliver was an American actress, television director and aviator.-Early life and family:Susan Oliver was born Charlotte Gercke, the daughter of journalist George Gercke and astrology practitioner Ruth Hale Oliver, in New York City in 1932. Her parents divorced when she was still a child...
  
   (1932–90), American actress and aviatrix, noted for appearing in Star Trek
• Sy Oliver
  Sy Oliver
  Melvin "Sy" Oliver was a jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader...
  
  

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• Tom Oliver
  Tom Oliver
  Tom Oliver is an English television, film and theatre actor best known today for playing the role of Lou Carpenter in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.-Career:...
  
   (born 1938), Australian actor
• Thomas Oliver (Canadian politician)
  Thomas Oliver (Canadian politician)
  Thomas Oliver was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Oxford North in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1880....
  
   (1821–80), Canadian businessman and political figure
• Thomas Oliver (Lieutenant Governor)
  Thomas Oliver (Lieutenant Governor)
  Thomas Oliver was the last Royal Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.-Biography:Born in Antigua to a wealthy plantation owner, Thomas Oliver graduated from Harvard College in 1753...
  
   (1733–1815), the last Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts
• Tommy Oliver (musician)
  Tommy Oliver (musician)
  Tommy Oliver was an American musician, bandleader, and music producer.Oliver arranged and produced albums for artists such as Doris Day, Edie Adams, Wayne Newton, Donny and Marie Osmond, Charles Boyer, Frankie Avalon, Joey Heatherton, Pat Boone, Kenny Rogers, John Denver, Joanie Sommers, Denny...
  
   (1932–2006), American musician and music producer
• Tony Oliver
  Tony Oliver
  Rafael Antonio Olivier , better known as Tony Oliver, is an American voice actor best known for voicing Rick Hunter from Robotech and Arsène Lupin III from Lupin The 3rd...
  
   (born 1958), American voice actor
• Troy Oliver
  Troy Oliver
  Troy Oliver is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter who presided over some of the most successful pop recordings of the late '90s and early 2000s. He wrote and produced "Jenny from the Block" and “I’m Real" with Jennifer Lopez, as well as “Differences” with Ginuwine...
  
  , musician-songwriter

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• Vaughan Oliver
  Vaughan Oliver
  Vaughan Oliver is a British graphic designer based in Epsom, South of London. Oliver is most noted for his work with graphic design studios 23 Envelope and v23...
  
   (born 1957), British graphic designer
• Vic Oliver
  Vic Oliver
  Vic Oliver was an actor and radio comedian.He was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Viktor von Samek and came to England via America....
  
   (1898–1964), Austrian actor-comedian; Winston Churchill's son-in-law

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• W. H. Oliver
  W. H. Oliver
  W.H. Oliver is a New Zealand historian and poet, born in Feilding, on 14 May 1925, the son of Cornish immigrants. He studied at Victoria University of Wellington and completed a PhD at Oxford University in 1953. He returned to New Zealand and lectured at University of Canterbury and Victoria,...
  
   (born 1925), New Zealand poet-historian
• Walter Oliver
  Walter Oliver
  Walter Reginald Brook Oliver was an Australian-born New Zealand naturalist, ornithologist, malacologist and museum curator.Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Oliver emigrated with his family to Tauranga in 1896...
  
   (1883–1957), New Zealander ornithologist
• William Oliver
  William Oliver
  William Oliver may refer to:*William Bacon Oliver, American congressman*William M. Oliver, American lawyer and politician*William Oliver , English footballer*William Oliver , inventor of the Bath Oliver biscuit...
  
   (1695–1764), physician and philanthropist, inventor of the "Bath Oliver" biscuit
• William Bacon Oliver
  William Bacon Oliver
  William Bacon Oliver was a Congressman from Alabama.He was born in Eutaw, Alabama, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1887 and from the law department in 1889...
  
   (1867–1948), Alabama Congressman
• William J Oliver, aka "Oliver the Spy", and aka W.J. Richards, 19th century agent-provocateur, employed by the English Home Office against the Luddites
• William M. Oliver
  William M. Oliver
  William Morrison Oliver was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:...
  
   (1792–1863), New York politician
• Winslow Oliver
  Winslow Oliver
  Winslow Paul Oliver is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons.-Career:...
  
  (born 1973), National Football League running back