Hopper (surname)
Hopper is an English surname meaning “dancer” or leaper”. Notable people with the surname include:
People
- Abigail Hopper Gibbons, American abolitionist
- Ailish Hopper, American poet
- Alan Hopper, English footballer
- Allan Hopper, multiple people
- Andrew Hopper, British solicitor
- Andy Hopper, incumbent Texas House District 64 Representative
- Andy Hopper, British computer scientist
- Anita Hopper, 21st-century American molecular geneticist
- Annie Powe Hopper, American college dean
- Augustus Hopper
- Bill Hopper, multiple people
- Briallen Hopper, American writer and scholar
- Brian Hopper, English musician
- Bruce Campbell Hopper, American WWI pilot and political scientist
- Catherine Odora Hoppers
- Christopher Hopper, British arts administrator
- Christopher Hopper (Methodist)
- Clay Hopper, American basketball player
- Darrel Hopper, American football player
- Deborah Hopper, American costume designer
- Dennis Hopper, American actor
- DeWolf Hopper, American actor, singer, comedian and producer
- E. Mason Hopper, American film director
- Edward Hopper, American painter and printmaker
- Edna Wallace Hopper, American actress
- Fran Hopper, American comic book artist
- Frederick Hopper, founder of Elswick Hopper
- Gary Hopper, American politician
- Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and naval officer
- Hal Hopper, American musician, composer, and screenwriter
- Harrison Hopper, English footballer
- Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist
- Henry J. Hopper, American politician and steel merchant
- Hugh Hopper, English guitarist and composer
- Humphrey Hopper, English mason and sculptor
- Irma Hopper, American fencer
- Isobel Hoppar, Scottish courtier
- Isaac Hopper, American abolitionist and underground railroad pioneer
- J. Hopper (Kent cricketer)
- Jacob Hopper, Australian rules footballer
- Jade Hopper, Australian tennis player
- James Hopper, multiple people
- Jerry Hopper, American film and television director
- Jessica Hopper, American writer
- Jim Hopper, multiple people
- John Hopper, multiple people
- Josephine Hopper, American artist
- Ken Hopper, Australian rules footballer
- Kenneth Hopper, Scottish academic
- Kev Hopper, English musician
- Lefty Hopper, American baseball player
- Linda Hopper, American musician
- Luico Hopper, American musician
- Mary Hopper, American musical artist
- Matt Hopper, English rugby union footballer
- Matthew Hopper, English footballer
- Max Hopper, American IT manager
- Michael Hopper, Canadian Forces officer
- Niall Hopper, Scottish footballer
- Norris Hopper, American baseball player
- Paul Hopper, multiple people
- Queenie Scott-Hopper, English children's author
- R. J. Hopper, British archaeologist and historian
- Randy Hopper, American politician
- Ray Hopper, Australian politician
- Regina Hopper, American journalist and attorney
- Robin Hopper, Canadian ceramist
- Ruthanna Hopper, American author and actress
- Ryan Hopper, English footballer
- Sean Hopper, musical artist
- Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell, American artist best known for Hawaiian themes
- Stephen Hopper, Australian botanist denoted by the author abbreviation "Hopper" when citing a botanical name
- Suzanne Hopper, American police officer
- Thomas Hopper, also Tom Hopper, multiple people
- Tim Hopper, American actor
- Tony Hopper, English footballer
- Ty'Ron Hopper, American footballer
- Vernon Hopper, American football coach
- Victoria Hopper, Canadian-born British actress
- Wilbert Hopper, Canadian business executive
- William Hopper, multiple people
Fictional characters
- Doc Hopper, the villain in The Muppet Movie
- Franz Hopper, a character in Code Lyoko
- Jane Hopper, a character in the Netflix television series Stranger Things
- Jim Hopper, a character in the Netflix television series Stranger Things
- Hopper, the main antagonist of Pixar's 2nd animated film A Bug's Life (1998)
- Vance Hopper, a character in The Black Phone