Cleaves is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Cassius Cleaves (born 2003), English rugby player Henry B. Cleaves Jessica Cleaves (1948–2014), American singer-songwriter Margaret Cleaves (1848–1917), American physician Mateen Cleaves (born 1977), American basketball player
See also Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of King Henry VIII Cleave (disambiguation)