title: Culver (surname)
text: # Culver (surname)
  
  Culver is a surname that can mean "dove" or "pidgeon" (see: culver). Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Andrew Culver (railroad) (1832–1906), founder of the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad
  * Chet Culver (born 1966), American politician and the former governor of Iowa
  * Ellsworth Culver (1927–2005), humanitarian/aid worker and co-founder of Mercy Corps International
  * Frank Culver (1897–1955), college football player and attorney
  * Frank Culver (NFL) (1897–1969), professional football player
  * Frank P. Culver (c. 1864–1949), president of Polytechnic College
  * Frank P. Culver Jr. (1889–1980), justice of the Texas Supreme Court
  * George Culver (born 1943), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  * Harry Culver (1880–1946), American real-estate developer, founder of Culver City, California
  * Henry Harrison Culver (1840–1897), founder of the Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana
  * Jarrett Culver (born 1999), American basketball player
  * John Culver (1932–2018), American politician who represented Iowa; father of Chet Culver
  * Michael Culver (born 1938), English actor
  * Roland Culver (1900–1984), English actor
  