Ives is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

  • Alice Emma Ives (1876–1930), American dramatist, journalist
  • Burl Ives (1909–1995), American singer, author and actor
  • Charles Ives (1874–1954), American composer
  • Charles Ives (footballer) (1907–1942), football player from New Zealand
  • Chauncey Ives (1810–1894), American sculptor in Italy
  • Clarrie Ives (1890–1956), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Clay Ives (born 1972), Canadian-born American luger
  • David Ives (born 1950), contemporary American playwright
  • Dick Ives (1926–1997), American basketball player
  • Edward D. Ives (1925–2009), American folklorist
  • Edward Ives (toymaker) (1839–1918), U.S. toymaker
  • Edward Ives (rower) (born 1961), American Olympic oarsman
  • Edward H. Ives (1819–1892), Wisconsin politician
  • Eric Ives (1931–2012), English historian
  • Eugene S. Ives (1859–1917), New York and Arizona politician
  • F. Badger Ives (1858–1914), Wisconsin politician
  • Florence Carpenter Ives (1854–1900), American journalist
  • Frederic Eugene Ives (1856–1937), photography and halftoning pioneer
  • George Cecil Ives (1867–1950), poet, writer, penal reformer and early gay rights campaigner
  • George Frederick Ives (1881–1993), last surviving veteran of the Boer War
  • Gideon S. Ives (1846–1927), American politician
  • Grayston Ives (born 1948), British composer, singer and choral director
  • Greg Ives (born 1979), American NASCAR crew chief
  • Halsey Ives (1847–1911), American art museum director
  • Henry S. Ives ( 1862–1894), American financier
  • Herbert E. Ives (1882–1953), physicist and inventor; son of Frederick Ives
  • James Merritt Ives (1824–1895), American lithographer, partner in the firm Currier and Ives
  • John Ives (1751–1776), English antiquarian and officer of arms
  • Joseph Christmas Ives (1829–1868), American botanist, surveyor, engineer and Confederate officer
  • Joshua Ives (1854–1931), first Professor of Music at the University of Adelaide, South Australia
  • Mick Ives (1939–2024), English racing cyclist
  • Norman Ives (1923–1978), American artist, professor, print publisher
  • Ralph B. Ives (1873–1934), American businessman
  • Thomas Ives (born 1996), American football player
  • William Ives (disambiguation), several people

Given name

  • Ivo of Ramsey (before 1000), Cornish saint
  • Ivo of Chartres (1040–1115), French bishop and saint
  • Ives of Kermartin (1253–1303), French parish priest and patron saint of Brittany, lawyers, and abandoned children
  • Ives I de Belesme, 10th century Norman baron, controlling the lands and tower of Belesme
  • Ives Goddard (1941–2025), American linguist and curator
  • Ives Roqueta (1936–2015), Occitan author
  • Ives Antero de Souza (born 1985), Brazilian footballer

See also

  • Senator Ives (disambiguation)
  • Ivo, a variant
  • Yves (given name), a variant