Hopper (surname)

Hopper is an English surname meaning “dancer” or “leaper”. Notable people with the surname include:

People

• Abigail Hopper Gibbons (née Hopper, 1801–1893), American abolitionist
• Ailish Hopper, American poet
• Alan Hopper (born 1937), English footballer
• Allan Hopper, multiple people
• Andrew Hopper (1948–2018), British solicitor
• Andy Hopper (born 1977), American politician from Texas
• Andy Hopper (born 1953), British computer scientist
• Anita Hopper, 21st-century American molecular geneticist
• Annie Powe Hopper (1876–1952), American college dean
• Augustus Hopper
• Bill Hopper, multiple people
• Briallen Hopper, American writer and scholar
• Brian Hopper (born 1943), English musician
• Bruce Campbell Hopper (1891–1973), American WWI pilot and political scientist
• Catherine Odora Hoppers
• Christopher Hopper (1918–2009), British arts administrator
• Christopher Hopper (Methodist)
• Clay Hopper (1902–1976), American basketball player
• Darrel Hopper (born 1963), American football player
• Deborah Hopper, American costume designer
• Dennis Hopper (1936–2010), American actor
• DeWolf Hopper (1858–1935), American actor, singer, comedian and producer
• E. Mason Hopper (1885–1967), American film director
• Edward Hopper (1882–1967), American painter and printmaker
• Edna Wallace Hopper (1872–1959), American actress
• Fran Hopper (1922–2017), American comic book artist
• Frederick Hopper, founder of Elswick Hopper
• Gary Hopper, American politician
• Grace Hopper (1906–1992), American computer scientist and naval officer
• Hal Hopper (1912–1970), American musician, composer, and screenwriter
• Harrison Hopper (born 2000), English footballer
• Hedda Hopper (1885–1966), American actress and gossip columnist
• Henry J. Hopper, American politician and steel merchant
• Hugh Hopper (1945–2009), English guitarist and composer
• Humphrey Hopper (1764/5–1844), English mason and sculptor
• Irma Hopper, American fencer
• Isobel Hoppar (c. 1490–after 1538), Scottish courtier
• Isaac Hopper (1771–1852), American abolitionist and underground railroad pioneer
• J. Hopper (Kent cricketer) (fl. 1822–1827)
• Jacob Hopper (born 1997), Australian footballer
• Jade Hopper (born 1991), Australian tennis player
• James Hopper, multiple people
• Jerry Hopper (1907–1988), American film and television director
• Jessica Hopper (born 1976), American writer
• Jim Hopper, multiple people
• John Hopper, multiple people
• Josephine Hopper (1883–1968), American artist
• Ken Hopper, Australian rules footballer
• Kenneth Hopper (1926–2019), Scottish academic
• Kev Hopper (born 1961), English musician
• Lefty Hopper (1874-1959), American baseball player
• Linda Hopper (born 1959), American musician
• Luico Hopper (born 1952), American musician
• Mary Hopper (born 1951), American musical artist
• Matt Hopper (born 1985), English rugby player
• Matthew Hopper (1893–1978), English footballer
• Max Hopper (1934–2010), American IT manager
• Michael Hopper, Canadian Forces officer
• Niall Hopper (born 1935), Scottish footballer
• Norris Hopper (born 1979), American baseball player
• Paul Hopper, multiple people
• Queenie Scott-Hopper, English children's author
• R. J. Hopper (1910–1987), British archaeologist and historian
• Randy Hopper (born 1966), American politician
• Ray Hopper (born 1960), Australian politician
• Regina Hopper, American journalist and attorney
• Robin Hopper (1939–2017), Canadian ceramist
• Ruthanna Hopper (born 1972), American author and actress
• Ryan Hopper (born 1993), English footballer
• Sean Hopper, musical artist
• Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell (1886–1985), American artist
• Stephen Hopper (born 1951), Australian botanist
• Suzanne Hopper (1970–2011), American police officer
• Thomas Hopper, multiple people
• Tim Hopper, American actor
• Tony Hopper (1976–2018), English footballer
• Ty'Ron Hopper (born 2001), American footballer
• Vernon Hopper (1911–1988), American football coach
• Victoria Hopper (1909–2007), Canadian-born British actress
• Wilbert Hopper (1933–2006), 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