Pope (name)
Pope is a surname of several proposed and likely convergent origins. It has been linked to the English surname Pape, likely having roots as a nickname for someone who plays a clergyman in pageantry or someone with a matching pompous disposition. It also has origins deriving from French and German surnames related to clergymen, and may also be a variant of the surname Poppe.
Notable people with this surname include:
- Albert Augustus Pope, American bicycle and automobile manufacturer
- Alexander Pope, English poet
- Alexander Pope (actor), Irish actor and painter
- Allen Lawrence Pope, American military and paramilitary aviator
- Anson W. Pope, American politician
- Arthur Upham Pope, American archaeologist and historian
- Barbara S. Pope, U.S. Department of Defense official
- Barton C. Pope, Florida state representative
- Bill Pope, American cinematographer
- Brent Pope (rugby analyst), New Zealand-born rugby analyst for Irish television
- Carl C. Pope, American legislator and jurist
- Carly Pope, Canadian actress
- Carole Pope, Canadian singer
- Cassadee Pope, American singer
- Charles Pope (disambiguation), several people
- Cheryl Pope, American artist
- Christopher Pope (physicist), American physicist
- Clifford H. Pope, American herpetologist
- Cora Scott Pond Pope, American teacher, pageant writer, real estate developer
- Duane Earl Pope, American bank robber and murderer
- Dudley Pope, British author
- Dudley Pope (cricketer), English cricketer
- Eddie Pope, American football player
- Edmund Mann Pope, American military officer and politician
- Edwin Pope, American journalist
- Eva Pope, English actress
- Everett P. Pope, US Marine Corps officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Frankie Pope, English association footballer
- Fred Pope, Scottish association footballer
- Generoso Pope, Italian-American businessman
- Generoso Pope Jr., American media mogul
- Georgina Pope, Canadian military nurse
- Gustav Pope, British painter
- Hugh Pope, English Dominican biblical scholar
- James Pope (disambiguation), several people
- Jessie Pope, English poet
- John Pope (disambiguation), several people
- Jordan Pope, American basketball player
- Kyle Pope, American editor and publisher
- Laurence Pope, American diplomat
- Lawrence Pope, American lawyer and legislator
- Leonard Pope, American football player
- Leslie Pope, American set decorator
- Lloyd Pope, Australian cricketer
- Lucas Pope, American video game developer
- Lynda Pope, Australian chess player
- Mal Pope, Welsh musician
- Marion Manville Pope, American poet, author, traveler, philanthropist
- Mark Pope, American basketball player and coach
- Martin Pope, American physical chemist
- Marvin H. Pope, American scholar of Hebrew
- Maurice Arthur Pope, Canadian diplomat
- Maurice Pope (linguist), British linguist
- Nathaniel Pope, American politician and judge of Illinois
- Nick Pope (disambiguation), several people
- Norm Pope, Australian rugby league footballer
- Odean Pope, American tenor saxophonist
- Ollie Pope, English cricketer
- Paul Pope, American alternative cartoonist
- Peggy Pope, American actress
- Percival C. Pope, American Marine Corps Brevet Medal recipient
- Roland Pope, Australian cricketer and ophthalmologist
- Spencer Pope, American football player
- Susan W. Pope, American politician
- Sydney Pope, Irish military pilot for the British Empire
- Tim Pope, music video director
- Tom Pope, English association footballer
- Tony Pope, American voice actor
- Vyvyan Pope, British World War II General
- Walter Pope, English astronomer and writer
- Walter Elmer Pope, American politician and lawyer
- Walter Lyndon Pope, United States federal court judge
- William Jackson Pope, English chemist
- William Pope, English clergyman
- William Godfrey Thomas Pope, British engineer and businessman in Portugal
Given name
- Pope Yeatman, American mining engineer
Nickname
- Eoin O'Mahony (politician), Irish barrister, genealogist, and political activist referred to as Eoin "the Pope" O'Mahony
- Paul Castellano, Mafia boss frequently referred to as "The Pope"
- Donn Pall, American baseball player nicknamed "The Pope"
- The Pope (wrestler), a ring name of Elijah Burke
Fictional characters
- Pope, a family surname in Sons of Anarchy
- Eli Pope, a character on the television series Scandal
- Henry Pope (Prison Break)
- Olivia Pope, a character on the television series ''Scandal''