Love (surname)
Love is an English language surname predominant, in Great British terms, in the west of Scotland.
It is derived from "Luiff", which came from "Wolf".[1]
It may be spelling without diacritics of names such as Löve.
Notable people with the surname include:
In sports
- Bob Love (born 1942), American basketball player
- Bryce Love (born 1997), American football player
- Colin Love (born 1945), Australian rugby league football administrator
- Davis Love III (born 1964), American golfer
- Donald Love (born 1994), Scottish footballer; defender for Sunderland
- Glenn Love (born 1989), American football player
- Harry Love (cricketer) (1871–1942), English cricketer
- Ian Love (born 1958), Welsh footballer
- Jesse Love (born 2005), American racing driver
- Joanne Love (born 1985), Scottish footballer
- John Love (1924–2005), Rhodesian race car driver.
- Jordan Love (born 1998), American football player
- Josh Love (born 1996), American football player
- Julian Love (born 1998), American football player
- Kevin Love (born 1988), American basketball player
- Kyle Love (born 1986), American football player
- Mike Love (defensive lineman) (born 1994), American football player
- Ricky Love, American basketball player
- Stan Love (born 1949), American basketball player; father of Kevin Love and brother of Beach Boys member Mike Love
- Vágner Love (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
- Yeardley Love (1987–2010), American women's lacrosse player and murder victim
In music
- Airrion Love (born 1968), American singer (member of The Stylistics)
- Courtney Love (born 1964), American musician and actress
- Darlene Love (born 1941), American singer
- D. Wayne Love, British vocalist with the Alabama 3 (A3 in the US)
- G. Love (born 1972), stage name of Garrett Dutton III, American musician
- Geoff Love (1917–1991), British musician
- Gerard Love bass player and songwriter with Teenage Fanclub
- Kylie Sonique Love (born 1983), American drag queen, singer, dancer and reality television personality
- Larry Love, British vocalist with the Alabama 3 (A3 in the US)
- Mary Love (1943–2013), American soul and gospel singer
- Mike Love (born 1941), American singer-songwriter and founding member of The Beach Boys
- Monie Love (born 1970), stage name of Simone Wilson or Simone Gooden, British singer, emcee and radio personality
- Patrick Love (born 1968), American gospel musician
- Rico Love (born 1982), American rapper and record producer
- Shirley Love (born 1940), American opera singer
In entertainment
- Adrian Love (1944–1999), British radio presenter
- Angelina Love, the best-known ring name of Lauren Ann Williams (born 1981), Canadian wrestler
- Bessie Love (1898–1986), American actress
- Brandi Love, stage name for Tracey Lynn Livermore (born 1973), an American pornographic actress
- Brother Love, stage name for Bruce Prichard (born 1963), a professional wrestling personality
- Darris Love, (born 1980), American actor
- Dude Love, a ring name of Mick Foley (born 1965), American wrestler
- Gary Love (born 1964), British actor and film director
- Harry Love (animator) (1911–1997), American animator
- Kermit Love (1916–2008), American puppeteer, costume designer and actor
- Nick Love (born 1969), English film director and writer
- Pauline Joless Love (1914–2001), American actress better known as Pauline Moore
- Willie Love (1906–1953), American Delta blues pianist
In science and technology
- Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940), British mathematician
- David Love (geologist) (1913–2002), American field geologist
- David J. Love (born 1979), American professor of engineering
- Robert Love (born 1981), American open-source software developer, author and speaker
- Stanley G. Love (born 1965), American scientist and NASA astronaut
In the military
- General Sir Frederick Love (1789–1866), British Army officer and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
- George M. Love (1831–1887), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Harry Love (lawman) (1810–1868), head of California's first law enforcement agency
- John Love (1820–1881) – United States Army Major General (Indiana) during and after the Mexican–American War
- John K. Love American Lt Gen (three-star) Marine Corps General serving with NATO
- Nancy Harkness Love (1914–1976), American pilot, commander of Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron in World War II
- Robert Love (soldier) (1760–1845), American Revolutionary War soldier and political leader
- Robert J. Love, American pilot, Korean War flying ace
In politics and law
- John Arthur Love (1916–2002), American politician, governor of the State of Colorado
- Mia Love (born 1975), American politician
- Milton Sydney Love (1852–1924), magistrate in New South Wales, Australia
- Peter Early Love (1818–1866), American politician, lawyer, jurist
- Ralph Love (1907–1994), New Zealand politician and activist
- Reggie Love (born 1981), personal aide to U.S. President Barack Obama
- Samuel B. Love, Florida politician
- Sandra Love (1945–2018), American politician
- Shirley Love (politician), (1933–2020), American politician and radio broadcaster
- William Love (disambiguation), several people, including
- William Love (Australian politician) (1810–1885), New South Wales MLA
- William Love (London MP) (c. 1620–1689), for City of London (UK Parliament constituency)
- William Carter Love (1784–1835), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
- William F. Love (1850–1898), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
- William L. Love (1872–?), New York politician
- William D. Love (1859–1933) United States Tax Court judge
In religion and philosophy
- Rev. John Love, D.D. (1757–1825), Noted Church of Scotland preacher and author.
- Richard Love (1596–1661), English churchman and academic
Others
- Bernice Love, unmarried name of Bernice Love Wiggins (1897–1936), Texas poet
- Buddy Love, the villain in the film The Nutty Professor and its remake
- George H. Love (1900–1991), American businessperson
- Hamilton Love (1875–1922), lumberman and sportswriter
- Horace Beevor Love (1800–1838), British portrait painter
- Iris Love (1933–2020), American archaeologist
- Layla Love (born 1980), American photographer
- Peter Love (executed 1610), English pirate
- Samuel G. Love (1821–1893), American educationist
- Tom Love (1937–2023), American entrepreneur
References
- Neufeld, Rob (December 11, 2018). "Visiting Our Past: When Buncombe County began". Asheville Citizen-Times.
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