Topper (surname)
Topper is an occupational surname, originally denoting "a person connected with spinning of flax or wool".
Notable persons and characters with this name include:
People
- Burt Topper, American film director and screenwriter of teen cult films
- Curt Topper, American politician from Pennsylvania
- Hertha Töpper, Austrian operatic contralto and voice teacher
- Jesse Topper, American politician
- Steve Topper, Australian rugby player, brother of Stuart
- Stuart Topper, Australian rugby player, brother of Steve
- Uwe Topper, German non-fiction author
Fictional characters
- Bud Topper, one of the main characters in the television series Noddy
- Cosmo Topper, the protagonist of Thorne Smith's novel "Topper" and all its adaptations.
- Mr. Topper, a bachelor, and character in Charles Dickens' novella "A Christmas Carol".