Raven (surname)
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Raven is a surname, and may refer to:
- Andrew RavenAndrew RavenAndrew Owen Earle Raven OBE , was a British conservationist and an influential contributor to modern land policy in Scotland....
, a Scottish conservationist - Arlene RavenArlene RavenArlene Raven was a feminist art historian, author, critic, educator, and curator...
, an art historian, author and feminist - Bertram RavenBertram RavenBertram H. Raven is an American academic, who has been a member of the faculty of the Psychology Department at UCLA since 1956, where he is currently a Professor Emeritus. He is perhaps best known for his early work in collaboration with John R. P...
(born 1926), an American academic - Charles Raven (disambiguation)
- Charlotte RavenCharlotte RavenCharlotte Raven is a British author and journalist.She studied English at Manchester University. As a Labour Club activist there in the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was part of a successful campaign to oust then student union communications officer Derek Draper, though she subsequently had a...
, a British author and journalist - Cliff RavenCliff RavenCliff Raven Ingram was one of a handful of tattoo artists who pioneered the adoption of the Japanese tattoo aesthetic in the U.S. Born in Indiana as "Cliff H...
, a pioneering American tattoo artist - David Raven (disambiguation)
- Eddy RavenEddy RavenEdward Garvin Futch is an American country music artist known professionally as Eddy Raven. Known for his Cajun-influenced country music, Raven has been a recording artist since 1962...
(born 1944), an American singer and songwriter - Ernst RavenErnst RavenErnst or Ernest Raven was an immigrant from Germany who became a prominent resident of Texas; he served as consul for the German Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in the State of Texas during the American Civil War....
(1804–1881), an immigrant from Germany who became a prominent resident of Texas - John RavenJohn RavenJohn Earle Raven , who published as J. E. Raven, was an English classical scholar, notable for his work on presocratic philosophy, and amateur botanist.-Early life and education:...
(1914-1980), an English classical scholar and amateur botanist - Julius A. RavenJulius A. RavenJulius A. Raven was a United States Navy officer who received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal for his actions during World War II.-Biography:...
(1918-1942), a United States navy officer, pilot, and Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal recipient - Leonard Raven-HillLeonard Raven-HillLeonard Raven-Hill was an English artist, illustrator and cartoonist.He was born in Bath and educated at Bristol Grammar School and the Devon county school. He studied art at the Lambeth School of Art and then in Paris under MM. Bougereau and Aimé Morot...
, an English artist and illustrator - Marion RavenMarion RavenMarion Elise Ravn, born 25 May 1984 in Lørenskog, Norway, is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, and former child actress. Her surname is of Norse origin, with Ravn meaning Raven, which she adopted as her stage name Marion Raven as well as her trademark raven logo. She was one-half of the now defunct...
(born 1984), a Norwegian singer-songwriter and former child actress - Paul Raven (disambiguation)
- Peter H. RavenPeter H. RavenPeter Hamilton Raven is a botanist and environmentalist, notable as the longtime director, now President Emeritus, of the Missouri Botanical Garden.-Early life:...
(born 1936), a botanist and environmentalist - Robert J. Raven, an Australian arachnologist
- Simon RavenSimon RavenSimon Arthur Noël Raven was an English novelist, essayist, dramatist and raconteur who, in a writing career of forty years, caused controversy, amusement and offence...
, a novelist, journalist and dramatist - Vincent RavenVincent RavenSir Vincent Litchfield Raven KBE was chief mechanical engineer of the North Eastern Railway from 1910 to 1922.- Biography :...
(1859-1934), a British locomotive engineer