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Vandiver Ranking

In the United States, the name Vandiver is the 4,588th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1


Contemporary Notables of the name Vandiver (post 1700) +

  • Elizabeth Vandiver, noted American professor of classics
  • Willard Duncan Vandiver (1854-1932), member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Jerry Vandiver (b. 1948), American songwriter and musician
  • Shaun Vandiver (b. 1968), retired American college and professional basketball player
  • James Pendleton Vandiver (1869-1932), Kentucky fiddler
  • Frank Everson Vandiver (1925-2005), American Civil War historian and former president of Texas A&M
  • Jim Vandiver (b. 1939), retired American NASCAR Winston Cup driver
  • Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr. (1918-2005), American politician
  • Harry Vandiver (1882-1973), American mathematician awarded the Cole Prize for Number Theory in 1931
  • Charles H. Vandiver, American politician, Member of Missouri State Senate 17th District, 1897-1900 2
  • ... (Another 10 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 15) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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