Piper (surname)
Piper is a surname of German, English and Scandinavian origin, derived from the Old English "pipere" and the Old Norse that also means beauty and purity"pipari, meaning "flute" or "fluteplayer", originating from long pepper in Indo-Aryan languages.
People with the surname include:
Academia
- Charles Piper, American botanist and agriculturalist
- Franciszek Piper, Polish historian
- James A. Piper, New Zealander-Australian physicist
- Martha Piper, President of the University of British Columbia
- Otto Piper, German architectural historian
- Ross Piper British zoologist
Art and design
- Adrian Piper, American conceptual artist and philosopher
- Christian Piper, German artist
- Edward Piper, English painter
- John Piper (artist), English artist
- Keith Piper (artist), British artist
- Lloyd Piper, Australian cartoonist
- Luke Piper, English painter, son of Edward Piper
- Rose Piper, American artist
- Tom Piper, British theatre designer
Business
- Christina Piper, Swedish countess, landowner and entrepreneur, wife of the politician Carl Piper
- Odessa Piper, American restaurateur
- William T. Piper, American airplane manufacturer, founder of Piper Aircraft
Music
- Billie Piper, English singer, dancer and actress
- Myfanwy Piper, English art critic and librettist
- Randy Piper, American rock guitarist and songwriter
Performing arts
- Ailsa Piper, Australian actress, playwright, and director
- Arón Piper, Spanish-German actor and singer-songwriter
- Billie Piper, English singer, dancer, and actress
- Frederick Piper, English actor
- Gordon Piper, Australian actor, theatre director, and scriptwriter
- Jacki Piper, British actor
- Jason Piper, English voice actor and ballet dancer
- "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Canadian professional wrestler and actor
- Sally Gifford Piper, Canadian actress, usually credited as Sally Gifford
- Tim Piper, Australian filmmaker
Politics
- August J. Piper, American politician
- Carl Piper, Swedish politician
- Greg Piper, Australian politician
- Pat Piper (politician), American politician
- Sue Piper, retired New Zealand unionist and local politician
- William Piper American politician
- William Adam Piper, American politician
- William G. Piper, American politician
Sport
- Carly Piper, American former swimmer
- Cherie Piper, Canadian retired ice hockey player
- David Piper (racing driver), British former racing driver
- Donald Piper (basketball) American basketball player
- Jim Piper, Australian swimmer
- Jim Piper (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Keith Piper (cricketer), former Warwickshire wicketkeeper
- Keith W. Piper, American football coach
- Matt Piper, English footballer
- Nesta Piper, Montserratian cricketer
- Nicky Piper, Welsh retired boxer
- Norman Piper, English former footballer
- Oliver Piper, Welsh-born Irish rugby union player
- Pat Pieper, American sports announcer
Writing
- Ailsa Piper, Australian actress, playwright, and director
- David Piper (curator), British museum curator and author
- Evelyn Piper, pen name of Merriam Modell, American author of short stories, suspense and pulp fiction
- H. Beam Piper, American science fiction author
- John Piper (theologian), American Calvinist Baptist preacher and author
- Michael Collins Piper, American political writer, conspiracy theorist, and talk radio host
Other people
- Arthur William Piper, judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia
- Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper, Swedish nobleman and diplomat
- Earl S. Piper, U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier general
- Hedda Piper, Swedish courtier
- John Piper (broadcaster), BBC radio host
- (John) Piper, Indigenous Australian explorer
- John Piper (military officer), Scottish-born officer, lieutenant-governor of Norfolk Island
- Katie Piper, English former model and TV presenter who suffered an acid attack to the face
- Leonora Piper, American trance medium
- Peter Piper (Royal Navy officer), Second World War officer
- Reg Piper, Australian former Anglican bishop
- Robert Piper, Australian United Nations official
- Sophie Piper, Swedish countess
- Stina Piper, Swedish countess