Conover is a surname of Irish[1] and Dutch origin.[2] Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Conover (born 1982), American stand-up comedian
- Charlotte Reeve Conover (1855–1940), American author, lecturer, political activist and educator
- Daniel Conover (1822–1896), American public servant political activist and industrialist
- David Conover (1919–1983), American author and photojournalist credited with discovering Marilyn Monroe
- David G. Conover, American documentary film and television director
- David O. Conover (born 1953), American marine biologist
- Henry Boardman Conover (1892–1950), American ornithologist
- Larry Conover (1894–1945), early National Football League player
- Lloyd Conover (1923–2017), American inventor of tetracycline
- Mark Conover (1960–2022), American long-distance runner and coach.
- Richard Field Conover (1858–1930), American tennis player, lawyer and real estate manager
- Scott Conover (born 1968), former National Football League player
- Simon B. Conover (1840–1908), Senator from Florida
- Ted Conover (born 1958), American writer
- Teresa Maxwell-Conover (1884–1968), American Broadway actress
- William Sheldrick Conover II (1928–2022), Congressman
- Willis Conover (1920–1996), American jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America
References
edit- ^ "The Cambridge Press 11 May 1889 — Cambridge Public Library's Historic Cambridge Newspaper Collection". cambridge.dlconsulting.com. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "Archival Collections".