# Cheever

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**Cheever** is an [English](/source/English_people) surname. It is from [Anglo-Norman French](/source/Anglo-Norman_language) *chivere*, 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](/source/Abijah_Cheever) (1760–1843), American doctor and politician, descendant of Ezekiel Cheever
- [Benjamin Cheever](/source/Benjamin_Cheever) (born 1948), American writer and editor, son of John Cheever
- [Benjamin H. Cheever Jr.](/source/Benjamin_H._Cheever_Jr.) (1850–1930), US Army officer
- [Charles A. Cheever](/source/Charles_A._Cheever) (1852–1900), American inventor and businessman
- [Charlie Cheever](/source/Charlie_Cheever) (born 1981), American engineer and businessman, one of the founders of the website [Quora](/source/Quora)
- [Eddie Cheever](/source/Eddie_Cheever) (born 1958), American racing driver
- [Eddie Cheever III](/source/Eddie_Cheever_III) (born 1993), Italian racing driver, son of Eddie Cheever
- [Ezekiel Cheever](/source/Ezekiel_Cheever) (1614–1708), England-born schoolmaster
- [George B. Cheever](/source/George_B._Cheever) (1807–1890), American minister and abolitionist writer
- [John Cheever](/source/John_Cheever) (1912–1982), American novelist and short story writer
- [Jonathan Cheever](/source/Jonathan_Cheever) (born 1985), American snowboarder
- [Joseph Cheever](/source/Joseph_Cheever) (1772–1872), American farmer and politician, brother of Abijah Cheever
- [Michael Cheever](/source/Michael_Cheever) (born 1973), American football center in the National Football League
- [Ross Cheever](/source/Ross_Cheever) (born 1964), American racing driver, brother of Eddie Cheever
- [Susan Cheever](/source/Susan_Cheever) (born 1943), American author, daughter of John Cheever

## See also

- [Cheevers](/source/Cheevers)

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