Sulivan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bartholomew Sulivan (1810–1890), English sailor and hydrographer Laurence Sulivan (1713–1786), British East India Company director and politician Laurence Sulivan (1783–1866), Deputy Secretary at War, grandson of the above Timothy Sulivan (born 1946), British Army general
See also Lake Sulivan, a lake of the Falkland Islands Mount Sulivan, a mountain of the Falkland Islands Sullivan (disambiguation)