Cooper (surname)
Cooper is an Anglo-Saxon surname meaning maker of barrels and may refer to many people.
A
- Afua Cooper, Jamaican-Canadian poet and academic
- Alan Cooper, creator of Visual Basic
- Alexander Cooper, English painter
- Alfred Cooper, English surgeon
- Alfred Cooper, South African cricketer
- Alice Cooper (b. 1948), born Vincent Damon Furnier, musician
- Anderson Cooper, journalist
- Andrew Cooper III, modelling pseudonym of Sam J. Jones
- Andy Cooper, American baseball player
- Ann Cooper Whitall, American Quaker
- Anna J. Cooper, African-American educator
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, head of cabal running the British government of the 1670s-80s
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Victorian era politician and reformer
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (1831-1886)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (1869-1961)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley, 10th Earl
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury, short-lived aristocrat
- Ashley Cooper (race driver), an Australian race-car driver
- Ashley Cooper, an Australian male tennis player
- Astley Cooper, English surgeon
B
- Barry Cooper (musicologist), English musicologist and composer
- Barry Cooper (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
- Barry F. Cooper, Canadian political scientist
- S. Barry Cooper, British mathematician
- Bert Cooper, American boxer
- Betty Cooper, fictional character from Archie Comics
- Bradley Cooper, American actor
- Bradley Cooper, Bahamian discus thrower and shot putter
- Bransby Cooper, Australian cricketer
- Brent Cooper, American boxer
- Buzz Cooper, fictional character from Guiding Light
C
- Calico Cooper, American actress
- Carl Cooper, British Anglican bishop
- Cecil Cooper, American baseball player
- Charles Cooper, one of several people including
- Charles "Tarzan" Cooper, basketball player (New York Renaissance)
- Charles "Chuck" Cooper, basketball player (first African-American draftee)
- Charles Cooper, a television and movie actor.
- Charles J. Cooper, former CJ Rehnquist clerk at same time as CJ Roberts and leading appellate litigator in DC firm.
- Charles Henry Cooper, an English antiquarian
- Charlotte Cooper, one of several people including
- Charlotte Cooper (tennis player) - Charlotte Reinagle Cooper, later Cooper Sterry, five-times Wimbledon Ladies Champion in the Victorian era.
- Charlotte Cooper (author) - British writer born 1968
- Charlotte Cooper (Bassist/Singer) - English band The Subways
- Chris Cooper, one of several people including
- Chris Cooper (actor), American actor
- Chris Cooper (American football), NFL player
- Christin Cooper, American skier
- Clarence Cooper, American judge
- Colin Campbell Cooper, American Impressionist painter
- Curtis Cooper, Mersenne prime discoverer
- Cynthia Cooper, one of several people including
- Cynthia Cooper, the whistleblower who exposed the corporate scandal at Worldcom.
- Cynthia Cooper, American basketball player
D
- Dale Cooper, fictional character from Twin Peaks
- Daniel C. Cooper, early American surveyor and politician
- D. B. Cooper, famous airline hijacker
- D. C. Cooper, heavy metal singer born in 1965
- Dave Cooper, graphic artist, cartoonist
- David Cooper, one of several people including
- Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer
- David Cooper (psychiatrist), anti-psychiatrist
- David Charles Cooper (b. 1967), Canadian cartoonist, commercial illustrator and graphic designer
- David James Cooper, Canadian journalist and Green Party candidate
- Dennis Cooper, American poet and writer
- Lady Diana Cooper, society beauty and actress, wife of Duff Cooper
- Don Cooper, American baseball player
- Douglas Cooper, Canadian-American writer
- Douglas H. Cooper, American Civil War Confederate general
E
- Duff Cooper, British politician and writer
- Earl Cooper, Leading Race car driver, 1900-1925
- Eddie Cooper, British actor
- Edmund Cooper, English writer
- Edward Cooper, English soldier
- Edward Cooper, Former mayor of New York City
- Elizabeth Cooper, Filipina-American actress, there is also a fictional character of the same name
F
- Frank Cooper, Australian politician
- Frank Cooper, fictional character from Guiding Light
- Frederic Taber Cooper, American writer, editor and academic
- Frederick Cooper, American historian
G
- Gareth Cooper, Welsh rugby player
- Gary Cooper, born Frank James Cooper, American film actor
- George Cooper, one of several people
- Gladys Cooper, English actress
- Gordon Cooper, astronaut
- Gwen Cooper one of the main protagonists in the fictional television series Torchwood.
H
- Harry Cooper, one of several people including
- Helen Cooper, one of several people including
- Helen Cooper, a professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University
- Helen Cooper, an illustrator and author of children's books
- Helen Cooper, Canadian politician and former mayor of Kingston, Ontario
- Henry Cooper, one of several people including
I
- Ian Cooper (ice hockey), British ice hockey player
- Ivan Cooper, Northern Ireland politician
J
- Jackie Cooper, American actor
- Jacqui Cooper, Australian skier
- James Cooper, one of several people including
- James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), American writer
- James Cooper (Pennsylvania) (1810-1863), American soldier & politician - Pennsylvania
- James Cooper (VC) (b. ca. 1840), English soldier
- James Graham Cooper, biologist
- Jeff Cooper, one of several people including
- Jeff Cooper, a former United States military figure known as the "Father of Modern Shooting",
- Jeff Cooper, a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom
- Jere Cooper, American politician
- Jerry W. Cooper, American politician
- Jessie Cooper, Australian politician
- Jilly Cooper, English novelist
- Jim Cooper (fl. 2000s), American politician - Tennessee
- Jimmy Cooper, one of several people including
- Jimmy Cooper, fictional TV character (from The O.C.)
- Jimmy Cooper, Scottish hammered dulcimer player
- John Cooper, one of several people including
- John Cooper (around 1575–1626) or Giovanni Coprario, an English composer.
- John Tyler Cooper (1844–1912), a mayor of Atlanta
- John Sherman Cooper (1901–1991), a United States senator and member of the Warren Commission
- John Cooper, lead singer/bass guitar player for musical group Skillet
- John Cooper, former head coach at Ohio State and Arizona State
- John Cooper (car maker), founder with his father of the Cooper Car Company, eponym of the Mini Cooper
- John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich, the English historian John Julius Norwich, son of Duff Cooper
- Josh Cooper, English cryptographer
- Julie Cooper, fictional TV character from The O.C.
- Justine Cooper, fictional character from Angel
K
- Kaitlin Cooper, fictional TV character from The O.C.
- Katie Cooper, American actress
- Kenneth H. Cooper, eponym of the Cooper test for fitness
- Kenny Cooper, English footballer
- Kevin Cooper, English footballer
- Kyle Cooper
L
- Lauren Cooper, a character in The Catherine Tate Show
- Leon Neil Cooper, Nobel Laureate in physics, important contributor to the theory of superconductivity
- Lindsay Cooper, English musician (bassoon and oboe), composer and activist
- Lindsay L. Cooper, Scottish musician (double-bass and cello)
- Marc Cooper, American journalist and blogger
M
- Marianne Leone Cooper, American actress
- Marina Cooper, fictional character from Guiding Light
- Marissa Cooper, fictional TV character from The O.C.
- Mark Anthony Cooper, atty, legislator, iron man of Georgia
- Martin Cooper, inventor of the mobile phone
- Matthew Cooper, American reporter
- Matt Cooper, Irish journalist
- Merian C. Cooper American movie actor, director, screenwriter and producer, "father" of King Kong & Colonel, General (army air corp), pilot in 5 wars
- Michael Cooper, American basketball player and coach
- Mike Cooper, Canadian politician
- Mike Cooper (broadcaster), Canadian broadcaster
- Milton William Cooper, American writer
- Miranda Cooper, British songwriter
- Mort Cooper, American baseball player
- Myers Y. Cooper, American politician
N
- Neale Cooper, Scottish football manager
- Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury
P
- Pat Cooper, American comedian
- Paul Cooper, English footballer
- Paulette Cooper, American journalist
- Peter Cooper, inventor, philanthropist, and founder of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
- Priscilla Cooper Tyler, de facto First Lady of USA 1842-4
Q
- Quade Cooper, Australian rugby union player
R
- Ray Cooper, English musician
- Revel Cooper, Australian artist
- Richard Cooper, one of several people including
- Sir Richard Cooper, 2nd Baronet, British Conservative politician
- Richard Cooper, Jr, British artist
- Risteárd Cooper, Irish comedian
- Robert Cooper, one of several people including
- Robert A. Cooper, former governor of South Carolina
- Robert C. Cooper, a Canadian writer and producer who is the executive producer of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.
- Robert Cooper (diplomat), the European Union's Council of Ministers' Director-General for Foreign Affairs.
- Rosie Cooper, British politician
- Roxanne Cooper, British singer
- Roy Cooper, one of several people including
- Roy A. Cooper, American politician
- Roy Percy Cooper, Australian ornithologist
- Russell Cooper, Australian politician
S
- Samuel Cooper, English painter
- Samuel Cooper, Boston, MA, (1725-1783) (Dr(Phd)/Rev) Patriot in Rev War
- Samuel Cooper (general), American Confederate general
- Selina Cooper, English suffragist and politician
- Shane Cooper, German installation artist
- Shaun Cooper, English footballer
- Shewell Cooper, organic gardener
- Simon Cooper, British Army officer
- Stoney Cooper, American country musician
- Susan Cooper, author of The Dark Is Rising
- Susan Fenimore Cooper, author, daughter of James Fenimore Cooper
- Susie Cooper, English ceramic designer
T
- Tarzan Cooper, American basketball player
- Terence Cooper, Northern Irish actor
- Terry Cooper, English football player
- Theodore Cooper, American engineer
- Thomas Cooper, one of several people including
- Thomas Cooper - bishop of Lincoln and Winchester.
- Thomas Sidney Cooper - English painter
- Thomas Cooper (1805 - 1892) - chartist poet
- Thomas Cooper - 19th century US politician
- Thomas Cooper (representative) (1764-1829) U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Thomas Cooper, Captain of Boston (-1706) largest tax payer of Boston, grandfather of patriot Saml
- Thomas Cooper de Leon, American journalist
- Tommy Cooper, famous British comedian
- Trisha Cooper, British broadcaster
V
- Val Cooper, fictional character from the Marvel Universe
W
- Walker Cooper, American baseball player
- Warren Cooper, New Zealand politician
- Whina Cooper, New Zealand Māori leader
- Wilbur Cooper, American baseball player
- Wilhelmina Cooper, American model
- William Cooper, one of several people including
- Judge William Cooper (1754-1809), the father of James Fenimore Cooper and founder of Cooperstown, New York.
- William Cooper (1798-1864), nineteenth century American conchologist
- William Cooper (1849-1939), Australian cricketer
- William Cooper (1861-1941), founder of the Australian Aborigines League
- William Cooper (1910-2002), the twentieth century English novelist
- William Cooper (1943-2001), the American radio talk show host killed in a shootout with police
- William Bryant Cooper, Lt. Governor of North Carolina
- William B. Cooper, American politician
- William D. Cooper, Master Builder
- William T. Cooper (b. 1934), Australian artist
- Milton William Cooper, American writer and conspiracy theorist
- Wilson Marion Cooper, Sacred Harp teacher
- Wyatt Emory Cooper, American screenwriter
- Wyllis Cooper, American radio writer
- Yvette Cooper, a British Labour Party politician and Government Minister
See also
This page lists people with the surname Cooper.
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