Leaver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Brett Leaver (born 1970), former field hockey player from New Zealand
Charles Owen Leaver Riley (1854–1929), the first Anglican archbishop of Perth, Western Australia
Chris J. Leaver ARCS DIC PhD CBE FRS FRSE, Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford
Henrietta Leaver (1916–1993), Miss America in 1935
Huggy Leaver (real name Hugh Leaver), a British actor
Jimmy Leaver (born 1898), English professional footballer
