Shriver
title: "Shriver" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["occupational-surnames", "english-language-occupational-surnames"] topic_path: "general/occupational-surnames" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shriver" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Shriver is an occupational surname. The name derives from the Indo-European root word , which came to mean "to write", and which relates to multiple modern words, including in English and and in German (to write). The surname Shriver may refer to:
- Anthony Shriver (born 1965), American political activist
- Bobby Shriver (born 1954), American politician
- Brian Shriver (born 1987), American soccer player
- David Shriver (1735–1826), American politician and judge from Maryland
- David Shriver Jr. (1769–1852), American politician and engineer from Maryland
- Edward Shriver (1812–1896), American politician from Maryland
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921–2009), American disability rights activist
- Garner E. Shriver (1912–1998), American politician
- Isaac Shriver (1777–1856), American politician from Maryland
- Jacob Shriver (1779–1841), American politician from Maryland
- Jerry Shriver (1941–1969), US Army special forces and MACV-SOG soldier
- Lionel Shriver (born 1957), female American writer
- Loren Shriver (born 1944), American astronaut
- Maria Shriver (born 1955), American journalist
- Mark D. Shriver (born 1965), American geneticist
- Mark Kennedy Shriver (born 1964), American politician
- Marley Shriver (born 1937), American swimmer
- Pam Shriver (born 1962), American tennis player
- Phillip Shriver (1922–2011), American historian
- Sargent Shriver (1915–2011), American politician
- Thomas H. Shriver (1846–1916), American politician
- Timothy Shriver (born 1959), American nonprofit leader
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