Love (surname)

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

In sports

• Bob Love (born 1942), American basketball 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 Manchester United
• Glenn Love (born 1989), American football player
• Kevin Love (born 1988), 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
• 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
• Rico Love (born 1982), American rapper and record producer
• Shirley Love (born 1940), American opera singer

In entertainment

• Angelina Love, the best-known ring name of Lauren Ann Williams (born 1981), Canadian wrestler
• Bessie Love (1898–1986), American actress
• Darris Love, (born 1980), American actor
• Dude Love, a ring name of Mick Foley (born 1965), American wrestler
• Gary Love, British actor and film director
• Kermit Love (1916–2008), American puppeteer, costume designer and actor
• Nick Love (born 1969), English film director and writer

In science and technology

• Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940), British mathematician
• 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

• George M. Love (1831–1837), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Nancy Harkness Love (1914–1976), American pilot, commander of Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron in World War II
• Robert J. Love, American pilot, Korean War flying ace
• Robert Love (soldier) (1760–1845), American Revolutionary War soldier and political leader

Others

• Bernice Love, unmarried name of Bernice Love Wiggins (1897-1936), Texas poet
• George H. Love (1900–1991), American businessperson
• Peter Love (executed 1610), English pirate
• Peter Early Love (1818-1866), American politician, lawyer and jurist
• Reggie Love (born 1981), personal aide to U.S. President Barack Obama
• Mia Love (born 1975), Haitian–American Member of Congress from Utah