Ives is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

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* Alice Emma Ives (1876–1930), American dramatist, journalist *

Burl Ives Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American Folk music, folk singer and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades. Ives began his career as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually launching his o ...

(1909–1995), American singer, author and actor *

Charles Ives Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman. Ives was among the earliest renowned American composers to achieve recognition on a global scale. His music was largely ignored d ...

(1874–1954), American composer * Charles Ives (footballer) (1907–1942), football player from New Zealand * Chauncey Ives (1810–1894), American sculptor in Italy * Clarrie Ives (1890–1956), Australian rugby league footballer * Clay Ives (born 1972), Canadian-born American luger * David Ives (born 1950), contemporary American playwright * Dick Ives (1926–1997), American basketball player * Edward D. Ives (1925–2009), American folklorist * Edward Ives (toymaker) (1839–1918), U.S. toymaker * Edward Ives (rower) (born 1961), American Olympic oarsman * Edward H. Ives (1819–1892), Wisconsin politician * Eric Ives (1931–2012), English historian * Eugene S. Ives (1859–1917), New York and Arizona politician * F. Badger Ives (1858–1914), Wisconsin politician * Florence Carpenter Ives (1854–1900), American journalist * Frederic Eugene Ives (1856–1937), photography and halftoning pioneer * George Cecil Ives (1867–1950), poet, writer, penal reformer and early gay rights campaigner * George Frederick Ives (1881–1993), last surviving veteran of the Boer War * Gideon S. Ives (1846–1927), American politician * Grayston Ives (born 1948), British composer, singer and choral director * Greg Ives (born 1979), American NASCAR crew chief * Halsey Ives (1847–1911), American art museum director * Henry S. Ives ( 1862–1894), American financier * Herbert E. Ives (1882–1953), physicist and inventor; son of Frederick Ives * James Merritt Ives (1824–1895), American lithographer, partner in the firm Currier and Ives * John Ives (1751–1776), English antiquarian and officer of arms * Joseph Christmas Ives (1829–1868), American botanist, surveyor, engineer and Confederate officer * Joshua Ives (1854–1931), first Professor of Music at the University of Adelaide, South Australia * Norman Ives (1923–1978), American artist, professor, print publisher * Ralph B. Ives (1873–1934), American businessman * Thomas Ives (born 1996), American football player * William Ives (disambiguation), several people

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Ivo of Ramsey Saint Ivo (also known as Ives) was a Cornish bishop and hermit, and became the eponymous saint of St Ives, Huntingdonshire. History The discovery of Bishop Ivo's remains in 1001 was first mentioned briefly in John of Worcester's '' Chronico ...

(before 1000), Cornish saint *

Ivo of Chartres Ivo of Chartres, canon regular, Can.Reg. (also Ives, Yves, or Yvo; ; 1040 – 23 December 1115), was a French canon regular and abbot who then served as the Bishop of Chartres from 1090 until his death. He was an important authority in Catholic c ...

(1040–1115), French bishop and saint * Ives of Kermartin (1253–1303), French parish priest and patron saint of Brittany, lawyers, and abandoned children * Ives I de Belesme, 10th century Norman baron, controlling the lands and tower of Belesme *

Ives Goddard Robert Hale Ives Goddard III (born 1941) is a linguist and a curator emeritus in the Department of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution. He is widely considered the leading expert on the Algonqui ...

(born 1941), American linguist and curator * Ives Roqueta (1936–2015), Occitan author * Ives Antero de Souza (born 1985), Brazilian footballer

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