Leven is both a unisex given name and a surname. People with the name include:

Given name

Leven Cooper Allen Major General Leven Cooper Allen (March 29, 1894 – September 27, 1979) was an officer in the United States Army during World War II. Early life Leven Cooper Allen was born on March 29, 1894, in Fort Douglas, Utah. Before his military service, h ...

(1894–1979), American army officer *

Leven H. Ellis Leven Handy Ellis (April 6, 1881 – January 4, 1968) was an American politician who served as the 15th lieutenant governor of Alabama from 1943 to 1947. Ellis was born in Nixburg, in Coosa County, Alabama. He obtained a B.Ped. degree from ...

(1881–1968), American politician *

Leven Kali Leven Kali is a Dutch singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work on Beyoncé's ''Renaissance'' and Drake's ''More Life''. Born in the Netherlands while his father was on tour, Simon-Seay grew up in Sant ...

, Dutch singer *

Leven Powell Leven Powell (1737August 23, 1810) was a Virginia planter, merchant, Continental Army officer and Federalist politician who served several terms in the Virginia House of Delegates as well as in the Virginia Ratification Convention representing ...

(1737–1810), American army officer and politician *

Leven Rambin Leven Rambin is an American actress. She is known for playing look-alike half-sisters Lily Montgomery and Ava Benton on ''All My Children'', and for her recurring roles on ''Grey's Anatomy'' and ''Gone'', as well as '' Terminator: The Sarah Conn ...

, American actress

Surname

Andrew Baxter Leven Andrew Baxter Leven (2 February 1885 – 1966) was a Scottish-born architect in Australia. As chief architect in the Queensland Department of Public Works, he designed many of Queensland's public buildings, some of which are now heritage-listed. ...

(1885–1966), Scottish-born Australian architect *

Boris Leven Boris Leven (in early film credits – ''Boris Levin''; August 13, 1908 – October 11, 1986) was a Russian-born Academy Award-winning art director and production designer whose Hollywood career spanned fifty-three years. Born in Moscow in ...

(1908–1986), Russian-born American art director *

Jackie Leven Jackie Leven (18 June 1950 – 14 November 2011) was a Scottish songwriter and folk musician. After starting his career as a folk musician in the late 1960s, he first found success with new wave band Doll by Doll. He later recorded as a solo ...

(1950–2011), Scottish singer and songwriter *

Jeremy Leven Jeremy Leven (born August 16, 1941) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. Born in South Bend, Indiana, Leven lives in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Paris, and New York City. Early life Leven was educated at St. John's Colleg ...

(born 1941), American director and novelist *

John Levén John Gunnar Levén (born 25 October 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish bassist in the Swedish rock band Europe. Levén and vocalist Joey Tempest are the only band members who have performed on all of Europe's studio albums. Career When ...

(born 1963), Swedish musician * Marian Leven (born 1944), Scottish artist *

Mats Levén Mats Leven is a Swedish singer. Some of his most notable collaborations have been with guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, symphonic metallers Therion and doom metallers Candlemass. In 2011, due to family issues on the part of Firewind's lead singer ...

, Swedish singer * Matt Vant Leven (born 1987), New Zealand rugby player *

Mel Leven Melville A. Leven (11 November, 1914–17 December, 2007) was an American composer and lyricist who had a long association with the Walt Disney Company, although he also wrote songs for Peggy Lee ("Every Time"), The Andrews Sisters ("Commoners B ...

(1914–2007), American composer *

Milton M. Leven Milton Maxwell Leven (8 June 1911 — 22 April 1979) was an American engineer. He was an engineering and manager of Experimental Mechanics at Westinghouse Research Laboratories and held numerous service roles in the Society for Experimental Stre ...

(1911—1979), American engineer * Narcisse Leven (1833–1915), French lawyer and politician * Peter Leven (born 1983), Scottish football player * Ryan Leven (born 1977), American football players *

Steve Leven Steve Leven (born 15 October 1982 in Sydney, Australia) is a retired Australian professional basketball player. College career Leven, a tall combo guard, started his college basketball career with Auburn University in 2002, then transferred ...

(born 1982), Australian basketball player {{given name, type=both Unisex given names Surnames of Scottish origin Jewish surnames