Pepper (name)
Pepper is a given name, nickname, and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Abel C. Pepper, American politician and Indian agent
- Art Pepper, American jazz musician
- Augustus Joseph Pepper, British surgeon & forensic pathologist
- Barbara Pepper, American stage, television, radio, & film actress
- Barry Pepper, Canadian actor
- Belville Robert Pepper, British singer
- Ben Pepper, Australian professional basketball player
- Beverly Pepper, American sculptor
- Bill Pepper, English footballer
- Bob Pepper (baseball), American baseball pitcher
- Bob Pepper (illustrator), American illustrator
- Buddy Pepper, American pianist, songwriter, arranger and actor
- C. Doris Hellman Pepper, American historian of science
- Carl Pepper, English footballer
- Cec Pepper, Australian first-class cricketer
- Charles Pepper (cricketer), English first-class cricketer
- Charles T. Pepper, American physician
- Claude Pepper, U.S. Congressman from Florida
- Conor Pepper, Irish footballer
- Curtis Bill Pepper, American journalist and author
- Cuthbert Pepper, Member of Parliament in 1597 and 1601
- Cynthia Pepper, retired American actress
- Cyril Pepper, New Zealand rugby union player
- Daniel Pepper, English swimmer
- David Pepper (intelligence official), British civil servant, director of GCHQ
- David Pepper (politician), American politician
- Del Pepper, American politician
- Devin Pepper, United States Space Force major general
- Dick Pepper, English musician and writer
- Don Pepper, American professional baseball player
- Dottie Pepper, American golfer
- Edward Pepper, British Olympic gymnast
- Edwina Sheppard Pepper, ecologist in West Virginia
- Eleanor Pepper, American architect and interior designer
- Elenore Pepper, American field hockey player
- Elijah Pepper, Australian-American professional basketball player
- Elizabeth Pepper, American editor and publisher of The Witches’ Almanac
- Elizabeth Pepper (martyr), burned at the stake for her Protestant beliefs
- Evelyn Pepper, CM, RRC, Canadian nurse and nursing sister
- Frank Pepper, English footballer
- Frank S. Pepper, British writer of comics and story papers
- Fred Pepper, English footballer
- G. Willing Pepper, Philadelphia corporate executive & philanthropist
- Gene Pepper, American footballer
- George Dana Boardman Pepper, American academic administrator
- George H. Pepper, American ethnologist and archaeologist
- George Pepper (artist) RCA, Canadian artist
- George Pepper (film producer), blacklisted Hollywood organizer and producer
- George W. Pepper, U.S. senator and lawyer
- Gregory Pepper, musician based in Guelph, Ontario
- Guy Pepper, English professional rugby union player
- Hamish Pepper, New Zealand sailor
- Harry S. Pepper, English light music composer and BBC producer
- Herbert Pepper, French songwriter
- Irvin S. Pepper, Democratic U.S. representative
- Jack Pepper, American vaudeville dancer, singer, comedian, musician
- Jacob Pepper, Australian professional soccer player
- James Auburn Pepper, farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan
- James Welsh Pepper, American music publisher and instrument maker; founded J.W. Pepper & Son in 1876
- Jeannie Pepper, American pornographic actress
- Jeffrey Pepper, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- Jess Pepper, Scottish environmentalist, charity worker, founder of the Climate Café initiative
- Jim Pepper, American jazz musician
- John E. Pepper Jr., American businessman
- John Henry Pepper, English scientist, inventor, and lecturer
- John Pepper, Hungarian Communist politician
- John Pepper (cricketer), English cricketer
- John Randolph Pepper, American-Italian photographer
- Jordan Pepper, South African racing driver
- Kathleen Daly Pepper, Canadian painter
- Kelly Pepper, English singer-songwriter
- Kenneth Pepper, Commissioner of HM Customs and Excise
- Laurin Pepper, American Major League Baseball player
- Mary Sifton Pepper, American journalist and translator
- Max Pepper, English professional English rugby union footballer
- Michael Pepper, British physicist working in semiconductor nanostructures
- Michael Pepper (cricketer), English cricketer
- Nigel Pepper, English footballer
- Pamela Pepper, American judge
- Patricia Pepper, British road cyclist
- Paul Pepper, TV and radio host
- Ray Pepper, American Major League Baseball outfielder
- Redd Pepper, Barbadian-British voice actor
- Robert H. Pepper, lieutenant general of the United States Marine Corps
- Robert Pepper, American specialist in communications policy
- Sam Pepper, English YouTube personality
- Simon Pepper, Director of the World Wildlife Fund
- Simon Pepper (professor), emeritus professor of architecture at the University of Liverpool
- Stephen Pepper American philosopher
- Sultan Pepper, American comedy writer
- Suzanne Pepper, Hong Kong–based American political scientist and journalist
- Tasmin Pepper, South African female racing driver
- Taybor Pepper, American football player
- Thelma Pepper, Canadian artist
- Tom Pepper, computer programmer
- Tony Pepper, American journalist & news anchor
- Wendy Pepper, American fashion designer
- William Pepper Jr., Philadelphia physician, founder of the Free Library of Philadelphia
- William Francis Pepper, New York City lawyer
- Wolfgang Pepper, German journalist and politician
- Zoe Pepper, Australian filmmaker, director of the 2025 film ''Birthright''
Given name
- Pepper Binkley, American actress
- Pepper Constable, American football player
- Pepper D. Culpepper, American political scientist
- Pepper Keenan, American rock musician
- Pepper Ottman, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representative since 2021
- Pepper Schwartz, American sociologist and sexologist
- Pepper Winters, Hong Kong-born American romance novelist
Nickname
- Pepper Adams, American jazz saxophonist
- Pepper Bassett, American baseball player
- Pepper Daniels, American baseball player
- Pepper Gomez, American professional wrestler and bodybuilder
- Pepper Jay, American music producer, teacher, lecturer, actress, author, and attorney
- Pepper Johnson, American football coach and player
- Pepper LaBeija, American drag queen and fashion designer
- Pepper Martin, American baseball player
- Pepper Martin (actor), Canadian-American actor and professional wrestler
- Pepper MaShay, American musician and singer-songwriter
- Pepper Morgan, American baseball player
- Pepper Paire, catcher and infielder from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- Pepper Parks, American professional wrestler
- Pepper Peploski, American baseball player
- Pepper Rodgers, American football player and coach
- Pepper Rose, English singer
- Pepper Sharpe, American baseball player
- Pepper Somerset, female vocalist in the American Industrial band My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
- Pepper Wilson, American executive and manager
Fictional characters
Given name or only name
- Mrs. Pepper, a female character in the Nick Jr. series Blue's Clues
- Pepper, title character of the 1975 film The Great Waldo Pepper, played by Robert Redford
- Pepper, in the musical Annie
- Pepper, a horse in the television series Horseland
- Pepper, in the musical Mamma Mia!
- Pepper, in the webcomic series Pepper&Carrot
- Pepper, in the book Good Omens
- Pepper, in the television series American Horror Story
- Sgt. Leann "Pepper" Anderson, the central character in the 1970s Police Woman TV series, played by Angie Dickinson
- Pepper Brooks, television commentator played by Jason Bateman in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
- Pepper Clark, a skunk in the cartoon Littlest Pet Shop
- Pepper Dennis, a news reporter in the television show Pepper Dennis played by Rebecca Romijn
- Pepper Ann Pearson, the protagonist and title character in Disney's 1997 animated series Pepper Ann
- Pepper Potts, Tony Stark's assistant and later lover in the Iron Man/Marvel Comics universe
- Pepper Roni, the central protagonist of the LEGO Island video game trilogy and a mascot for The LEGO Group in the late 1990s and early 2000s
- Pepper Saltzman, a guest character played by Nathan Lane in Modern Family
- Pepper Steiger, in ''Neighbours''
Surname
- Floyd Pepper, a puppet character in The Muppet Show
- Hugo Pepper, 2006 children's book written by Paul Stewart, illustrated by Chris Riddell
- Suzy Pepper, character in ''Glee''