Greaves (surname)

Greaves is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Aaron Greaves, Australian rules football coach and former player
 * Alex Greaves, British jockey
 * Angie Greaves, British radio presenter in London
 * Bob Greaves, British journalist, TV presenter and producer
 * Charles Greaves, engineer
 * Charles Sprengel Greaves, legal writer
 * C. J. Greaves, American racing driver
 * Dan Greaves (athlete) (born 1982), British athlete
 * Daniel Greaves (musician), Canadian rock vocalist and songwriter
 * Danny Greaves (footballer), English former professional footballer
 * Sir Edward Greaves, 1st Baronet (1608–1680), English royal physician
 * Edward Greaves (Australian politician) (1910–1964), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
 * Edward Greaves (MP) (1803–1879), English banker and Conservative politician
 * Edward Evelyn Greaves (1940–2018), High Commissioner of Barbados to Canada
 * Gary Greaves, American football player
 * Genielle Greaves (born 1983), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines cricketer
 * Ian Greaves (1942–2009), English footballer for Manchester United etc.
 * Ida Greaves (1875–1954), Australian WWI matron
 * Jane Greaves, British astronomy
 * Jimmy Greaves (1940–2021), English footballer
 * John Greaves, English mathematician and antiquary
 * John Greaves (musician), British bass guitarist and composer
 * John Edward Greaves (1846-1923), British vice-consul at Berdiansk, Russian Empire, founder of John E. Greaves and Co.
 * John Ernest Greaves, Welsh slate mine owner and Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire
 * Johnny Greaves (boxer), English boxer
 * Johnny Greaves (racing driver), American racetrack driver
 * Johnny Greaves (rugby league), Australian rugby player
 * Louise Archambault Greaves, filmmaker, co-producer, director with husband William Greaves
 * Lucien Greaves (born c.1976), American social activist, a founder of the Satanic Temple
 * Mark Greaves (born 1975), English football defender, played for Hull, Boston United etc.
 * Melvyn Greaves (born 1941), British cancer biologist
 * Nicholas Greaves (1605?–1673), English churchman, Dean of Dromore Cathedral, Co. Down
 * Percy L. Greaves, Jr. (1906–1984), American economist and presidential candidate
 * Philip Greaves (born 1931), Barbadian politician
 * R.B. Greaves, R&B musician
 * Sandra Greaves, Canadian judoka
 * Shanae Greaves, (born 1993), Australian basketball player
 * Thomas Greaves (footballer) (1888–1960), English football forward with Stoke 1908–11
 * Thomas Greaves (musician) (fl. 1604)
 * Thomas Greaves (orientalist) (1613–1676)
 * Tommy Greaves (1892–19??), English football full back with Bury and Darlington 1911–28
 * Tony Greaves, Baron Greaves (1942–2021), British Liberal Democrat politician
 * Walter Greaves (artist) (1846–1930), artist and protégé of Whistler
 * Walter Greaves (cyclist) (1907–1987), British cyclist who set the world record for distance ridden in a year
 * William Greaves, filmmaker
 * William Michael Herbert Greaves, British astronomer