Carver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bob Carver, American physicist and audio equipment designerCaroline Carver (author) (born 1959), thriller writer, award winner and adventurerCaroline Carver (actress) (born 1976), English actressDante Carver (born 1977), American actorFrank G. Carver (born 1928), biblical Greek scholar and translator of the New American Standard BibleGeorge Washington Carver (1864–1943), American botanist and inventorJeffrey Carver (born 1949), American science fiction authorJesse Carver (1911–2003), English football player and club managerJames Carver Member of the European Parliament (2014 - )John Carver (Mayflower Pilgrim) (c. 1576–1621), first governor of Plymouth Colony (Massachusetts) Mayflower Compact signerJohn Carver (footballer) (born 1965), English football coachJonathan Carver (1710–1780), American explorerKarl Carver (born 1996), Yorkshire cricketerLisa Crystal Carver (born 1968), writer and transgressive artistMartin Carver (born 1941), English archaeologistMary Carver (1924–2013), American actressMichael Carver, Baron Carver (1915–2001), British soldier and Chief of the General StaffRandall Carver (born 1946), American actorRaymond Carver (1938–1988), American short story writer and poetRobert Carver (composer), Scottish composerRobert Carver (painter) (c. 1730–1791), Irish painterThomas Nixon Carver (1865–1961), American economistFictional charactersAntimony Carver, protagonist of the 2005 webcomic Gunnerkrigg CourtElliot Carver, villain in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never DiesEllis Carver, police officer in HBO drama The WireHolden Carver, character in the comic book series SleeperJack Carver, protagonist in the first-person shooter game Far CryJim Carver, police officer in long-running British police drama The BillParis Carver, wife to the villain in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never DiesRex Carver, British private eye in books by Victor CanningRon Carver, a fictional ADA appearing in Law & Order: Criminal IntentRosie Carver, character in the James Bond film Live and Let DieZeus Carver, black activist and John McClane's partner in the film Die Hard with a Vengeance