Roper (surname)

Politicians

• Daniel Calhoun Roper, an American politician
• Elmer Ernest Roper, a Canadian politician
• John Roper, Baron Roper, a British politician
• William Roper , a British politician and writer
• Sandra Roper, a New York lawyer and politician

  Academics and writers

• Brian Roper, former vice-chancellor of London Met
• Clyde Roper, zoologist known for his research on giant squid
• Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford
• L. David Roper, discoverer of the Roper resonance in particle physics and genealogist
• Lyndal Roper, Fellow at Oriel College and author of Witch Craze
• Margaret Roper, English writer, translator

  Athletes

• Tony Roper , pickup race driver.
• Jim Roper, race driver
• Brian Roper, an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Donegal
• Don Roper, an English footballer
• John Roper, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
• Justin Roper, American football player
• Steve Roper, an American rock climber
• Chris G. Roper, a British national squash player

  Entertainers

• Brian Roper , British and American film actor noted for his character portrayal as Dickon in The Secret Garden .
• David Roper, British actor
• Deidra Muriel Roper, an American DJ and singer.
• George Roper, British stand-up comedian. Known for his work on the British comedy show The Comedians.
• Lizzie Roper, British actress
• Reese Roper, singer / songwriter for the bands Five Iron Frenzy, Brave Saint Saturn, and Roper
• Todd Roper, drummer for the band Deathray
• Skid Roper, an American musician
• Jake Roper, host of YouTube science show Vsauce 3.

  Other people

• Col. Roper, Commander in Chief of the Island of St. Vincent, killed in a duel with Mr. Thomas Purefoy.
• Abel Roper, English journalist and publisher
• Margaret Roper, daughter of Sir Thomas More
• Moses Roper, a slave born in North Carolina who escaped to England and wrote a book about his slavery experiences
• Elmo Roper, founder of the Roper Opinion Research Company, later renamed Roper Starch Worldwide Company
• George Denny Roper, founder of the Roper Manufacturing Company of Zanesville, Ohio, later purchased by Whirlpool Corporation
• Harry J. Roper, current partner and Chair - Intellectual Property, Jenner & Block
• Jesse M. Roper, an officer of the United States Navy
• Joanna Roper, British civil servant and diplomat
• John Charles Abercromby Roper,, British foreign-service officer
• Lanning Roper, a United States citizen who became a well-known English gardener
• John Roper, Australian explorer; Roper Peak and Roper River in the Northern Territory are named after him
• Kevin Roper, animator for Hanna-Barbera Productions in the 1970s
• Patrick Trevor-Roper, a British surgeon and gay rights activist
• Sylvester Howard Roper, Inventor of the motorcycle
• Shirley Phelps-Roper, de facto spokesman for the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, daughter of Fred Phelps

  Fictional characters

• George Roper, fictional character in the British sitcom George and Mildred.
• Stanley Roper, a character in the sitcoms Three's Company and its spinoff The Ropers.
• Scott Roper, a character played by Eddie Murphy in Metro .
• Steve Roper, a character in the comic strip Steve Roper and Mike Nomad.
• Roper, a character played by John Saxon in Enter the Dragon.
• Richard Onslow Roper, a character from John le Carré's novel The Night Manager.