Driver (surname)

Updated on Dec 20, 2024

Edit

Comment

Driver is an English occupational surname meaning the driver of horses or oxen attached to a cart or plough, or of loose cattle. It is recorded since the thirteenth century.

List of People with the surname Driver

Adam Driver (born 1983), American actor

Alexander Gooch and Alice Driver (both died 1558), English Protestant martyrs

Andrew Driver (born 1987), English professional footballer

Betty Driver (1920–2011), English singer, actress and author

Bruce Driver (born 1962), Canadian ice-hockey player

Charles Henry Driver (1832–1900), British architect

Chris Driver (born 1981), English entertainer

Danny Driver (born 1977), British classical pianist

Donald Driver (born 1975), American football player

Faredoon Driver (1903–1982), Indian sage

Godfrey Rolles Driver (1892–1975), English orientalist

James G. Driver (1889–1975), American college basketball coach

Jeremiah Driver (1861–1946), English cricketer

Jon Driver (1962–2011), British psychologist and neuroscientist

Jonty Driver (born 1939) is a South African anti-apartheid activist, former political prisoner, educationalist, poet and writer.

Michael B. Driver (1868–1942), American politician

Minnie Driver (born 1970), English actress and singer

Moses Driver, Fijian police officer

Oliver Driver (born 1974), New Zealand actor and director

Paddy Driver (born 1934), South African motorcyclist and racing driver

Richard Driver (1829–1880), Australian solicitor, politician and cricket administrator

Ryan Driver (born 1979), English cricketer

Samuel Rolles Driver (1846–1914), English biblical scholar

Brown Driver Briggs, Hebrew lexicon of which S. R. Driver was co-author

Sara Driver (born 1945), American filmmaker

Toby Driver (born 1978), avant-garde musician, founder of Kayo Dot

William Driver (1803–1886), American ship's captain who coined the phrase "Old Glory" for the U.S. flag

William J. Driver (1873–1948), American politician from Arkansas

William L. Driver (1883–1941), American football coach for Washburn University, Mississippi, TCU and UC Davis

References

Driver (surname) Wikipedia

(Text) CC BY-SA