Olive (surname)

Olive is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Arturo Ortega Olive, Mexican businessman
• Bobby Olive (born 1969), American football player
• Bruce Olive (1930–2025), Australian rugby league player
• David Olive (1937–2012), British theoretical physicist
• DJ Olive (born 1961), American DJ
• Don Olive (1930–1984), New Zealand racing cyclist
• Fernand Olive (1891-1949), French Army general
• George Olive (1887–1973), Canadian politician
• Gloria Olive (1923–2006), Academic mathematician from New Zealand
• Gordon Olive (1916–1987), Australian air force officer
• Isabelle Olive (born 1960), French athlete
• James Olive (1856–1942), British police commissioner
• Jason Olive (born 1972), American actor
• Jean-Baptiste Olive (1848–1936), French painter
• John Olive (born 1955), American basketball player and coach
• John Olive (rugby league) (born 1996), Australian rugby league footballer
• Karl Olive (born 1969), French sports journalist and politician
• Keith Olive (born 1956), American theoretical physicist
• Les Olive (1928–2006), English football executive
• Lindsay Shepherd Olive (1917–1988), American mycologist
• Mark Olive (born 1962), Aboriginal Australian chef
• Martin Olive (born 1958), English cricketer
• Milton L. Olive III (1946–1965), United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
• Renato Olive (born 1971), Italian footballer
• Rich Olive (1949-2016), American politician
• Thomas Olive (1635–1692), American politician
• Tim Olive (born 1946), Canadian politician
• Vivienne Olive (born 1950), British-German composer and music educator

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Olive
• All pages with titles containing Olive
• Olive (disambiguation)
• Olive (given name)
• Oliva (surname)
• Olivé
• Oliver (surname)
• Olivi
• Olive May (disambiguation)

Further reading

• Olive Family Association (1965). James Olive Family, Wake County, N.C. Fort Worth, Tex.: Arrow Printing Co. LCCN 79010431. OCLC 72068.

External links

• The dictionary definition of Olive at Wiktionary