Cheever is an

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surname. It is from

Anglo-Norman French Anglo-Norman (; ), also known as Anglo-Norman French, was a dialect of Old Norman that was used in England and, to a lesser extent, other places in Great Britain and Ireland during the Anglo-Norman period. Origin The term "Anglo-Norman" har ...

, chevre ‘goat’ (Latin capra ‘nanny goat’), applied as a nickname for an unpredictable or temperamental person, or a metonymic occupational name for a goatherd. Notable people with the surname include: * Abijah Cheever (1760–1843), American doctor and politician, descendant of Ezekiel Cheever * Benjamin Cheever (born 1948), American writer and editor, son of John Cheever * Benjamin H. Cheever Jr. (1850–1930), US Army officer *

Charles A. Cheever Charles Augustus Cheever (September 7, 1852 – May 2, 1900) was an American industrialist and inventor. He was affiliated with Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison improving their inventions. He patented 100 of these improvements, most relat ...

(1852–1900), American inventor and businessman *

Charlie Cheever Charlie Cheever (born August 2, 1981 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is the co-founder of Quora (website), Quora, an online knowledge market. Cheever also founded Expo (formerly known as Exposition), a framework which creates app that works on Andr ...

(born 1981), American engineer and businessman, one of the founders of the website

Quora Quora is an American social question-and-answer website and online knowledge market headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was founded on June 25, 2009, and made available to the public on June 21, 2010. Users can post questions, answ ...

Eddie Cheever Edward McKay Cheever Jr. (born January 10, 1958) is an American former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to , CART between 1986 and 1995, and IndyCar between 1996 and 2006. In American open-wheel racing ...

(born 1958), American racing driver *

Eddie Cheever III Edward Mackay Cheever III (born 5 June 1993) is an Italian-American Auto racing, racing driver who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Triarsi Competizione in the GTD class. He is the son of retired Formula One driver and 1998 Indiana ...

(born 1993), Italian racing driver, son of Eddie Cheever *

Ezekiel Cheever Ezekiel Cheever (1614–1708) was a schoolmaster, and the author of "probably the earliest American school book", ''Accidence, A Short Introduction to the Latin Tongue''. Upon his death, it was said that "New England adnever known a better te ...

(1614–1708), England-born schoolmaster *

George B. Cheever George Barrell Cheever (April 7, 1807 – October 1, 1890) was a well-known and controversial abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist minister and writer. Born in Hallowell, Maine, he was an 1825 graduate of Bowdoin College, where he was a ...

(1807–1890), American minister and abolitionist writer *

John Cheever John William Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". His fiction is mostly set on the Upper East Side of Manhattan; the Westchester suburbs ...

(1912–1982), American novelist and short story writer *

Jonathan Cheever Jonathan Cheever (born April 17, 1985) is an American professional snowboarder. He was an athlete on the U.S. Snowboarding's Snowboard Cross (SBX) A-Team. In 2011, Cheever was named the U.S. Snowboarding Champion, and took 2nd-place, twice, in t ...

(born 1985), American snowboarder *

Joseph Cheever Joseph Cheever (February 22, 1772 – June 19, 1872) was an American farmer and politician who held office in Saugus, Massachusetts. Cheever was born on February 22, 1772. In 1816, he became Saugus' first Town Treasurer. He represented Saugus ...

(1772–1872), American farmer and politician, brother of Abijah Cheever *

Michael Cheever Michael John Cheever (born June 24, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Jacksonville Jaguars from 1996 to 1998. He played college football for the Ge ...

(born 1973), American football center in the National Football League *

Ross Cheever Ross Cheever (born April 12, 1964 in Rome, Italy) is a retired American race car driver and is the younger brother of former Formula One driver and Indianapolis 500 champion Eddie Cheever. Born in Rome, Cheever spent most of his career in Japan, ...

(born 1964), American racing driver, brother of Eddie Cheever *

Susan Cheever Susan Cheever (born July 31, 1943) is an American author and a prize-winning best-selling writer well known for her memoir, her writing about alcoholism, and her intimate understanding of American history. She is a recipient of the PEN New Englan ...

(born 1943), American author, daughter of John Cheever

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