Carver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bob Carver, American physicist and audio equipment designer
Caroline Carver (author) (born 1959), thriller writer, award winner and adventurer
Caroline Carver (actress) (born 1976), English actress
Dante Carver (born 1977), American actor
Frank G. Carver (born 1928), biblical Greek scholar and translator of the New American Standard Bible
George Washington Carver (1864–1943), American botanist and inventor
Jeffrey Carver (born 1949), American science fiction author
Jesse Carver (1911–2003), English football player and club manager
James Carver Member of the European Parliament (2014 - )
John Carver (Mayflower Pilgrim) (c. 1576–1621), first governor of Plymouth Colony (Massachusetts) Mayflower Compact signer
John Carver (footballer) (born 1965), English football coach
Jonathan Carver (1710–1780), American explorer
Karl Carver (born 1996), Yorkshire cricketer
Lisa Crystal Carver (born 1968), writer and transgressive artist
Martin Carver (born 1941), English archaeologist
Mary Carver (1924–2013), American actress
Michael Carver, Baron Carver (1915–2001), British soldier and Chief of the General Staff
Randall Carver (born 1946), American actor
Raymond Carver (1938–1988), American short story writer and poet
Robert Carver (composer), Scottish composer
Robert Carver (painter) (c. 1730–1791), Irish painter
Thomas Nixon Carver (1865–1961), American economist
Fictional characters
Antimony Carver, protagonist of the 2005 webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court
Elliot Carver, villain in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies
Ellis Carver, police officer in HBO drama The Wire
Holden Carver, character in the comic book series Sleeper
Jack Carver, protagonist in the first-person shooter game Far Cry
Jim Carver, police officer in long-running British police drama The Bill
Paris Carver, wife to the villain in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies
Rex Carver, British private eye in books by Victor Canning
Ron Carver, a fictional ADA appearing in Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Rosie Carver, character in the James Bond film Live and Let Die
Zeus Carver, black activist and John McClane's partner in the film Die Hard with a Vengeance
