Hooper (surname)

Hooper (or Hoopes) is a surname originating in England. It is derived from the archaic term for a person who aided in the building of barrels by creating the hoop for the barrel. Most Hoopers are English or of English descent.

Hooper

• Austin Hooper (born 1994), American football player
• Ben W. Hooper (1870–1957), governor of Tennessee 1911–1915
• Carl Hooper (born 1966), West Indian cricket player
• Charmaine Hooper (born 1968), Canadian soccer player
• Chris Hooper (musician), Canadian musician with the Grapes of Wrath
• Chris Hooper (basketball) (born 1991), American basketball player
• Claire Hooper (born 1976), Australian stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter and writer
• Claire Hooper (artist) (born 1978), British artist
• Craig Hooper (born 1959), Australian musician
• Daniel Hooper aka Swampy (environmentalist) (born 1973), British environmental protester
• David Vincent Hooper (1915–1998), British chess player and writer
• Dick Hooper (born 1956), Irish long-distance runner
• Dudley Hooper (1911–1968), British accountant and early promoter of electronic data processing
• Ed Hooper (born 1964), American author, journalist and historian
• Edward W. Hooper (1839–1901), American Union Army officer and Harvard College treasurer
• Edwin B. Hooper (1909–1986), Vice-Admiral of the United States Navy and Historian
• Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), American transcendentalist poet
• Emma Hooper, Canadian author
• Frances Hooper (1892–1986), American journalist, collector of arts and books, advertising executive
• George Hooper (disambiguation), several people
• Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper (born 1939), British politician
• Gloria Hooper (athlete) (born 1992), Italian sprinter
• Harry Hooper (1887–1974), American baseball player
• Horace Everett Hooper (1859–1922), American publisher of Encyclopædia Britannica
• Ibrahim Hooper, also known as Doug Hooper, American activist, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
• J. Robert Hooper (1936–2008), Maryland politician
• Jack Hooper (intelligence officer), deputy director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
• James Hooper (born 1987), British adventurer
• James Thomas Hooper (1897–1971), British collector
• Joe R. Hooper (1938–1979), American Medal of Honor awardee
• JJ Hooper Jonathan James Hooper (born 1993), English footballer
• Jonathan S Hooper (born 1962), English painter
• Joseph L. Hooper (1877–1934), U.S. Representative from Michigan
• John Hooper (disambiguation), several people
• Johnson J. Hooper (c. 1815 – 1863), American humorist
• Kate Hooper (born 1978), Australian water polo player
• Lance Hooper (born 1967), American NASCAR driver and team owner
• Lora Hooper, American biologist
• Lucy Hooper (1816–1841), American poet
• Lucy Hamilton Hooper (1835–1893), American poet, journalist, editor, playwright
• Lyndon Hooper (born 1966), Canadian soccer player
• Melanie Hooper, Australian dancer
• Mike Hooper (footballer) (born 1964), English footballer
• Minnie Hooper (1876–1964), Australian ballet teacher
• Nellee Hooper (born 1963), British producer/remixer for popular/rock music groups
• Nicholas Hooper, English composer
• Ofelia Hooper (1900–1981), Panamanian sociologist and poet
• Pat Hooper (1952–2020), Irish long-distance runner
• Paul Hooper (born 1952), English clergyman, former Archdeacon of Leeds
• Ralph Hooper (1926–2022), British aeronautical engineer
• Robin Hooper (1914-1989), British pilot and ambassador to Greece
• Selden G. Hooper (1904–1976), United States Navy admiral convicted by court-martial
• Stanford Caldwell Hooper (1884–1955), U.S. Navy admiral and radio pioneer
• Stuart Hooper (born 1981), English rugby union player
• Tobe Hooper (1943–2017), American television and film director in horror films
• Tom Hooper (ice hockey) (1883–1960), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Tom Hooper (director) (born 1972), British film and television director
• Tom Hooper (musician), Canadian songwriter and musician
• Tom Hooper (rugby union), Australian rugby union player
• Tony Hooper (1939–2020), English musician and one-time member of Strawbs
• Walter Hooper (1931–2020), American writer
• William Hooper (1742–1790), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence

Fictional characters

• Matt Hooper, a marine biologist from the novel Jaws, and the subsequent Jaws (film) portrayed by Richard Dreyfuss
• Molly Hooper, a character on the BBC TV show Sherlock
• JP Hooper, a character on the BBC TV show Death in Paradise
• Mr. Hooper, a character on the children's TV show Sesame Street
• Hoppity Hooper, a cartoon character and namesake of the cartoon Hoppity Hooper
• Edmund Hooper, a character in the novel called I'm the King of the Castle
• Candice Hooper, a character in the film Final Destination 5

Hoopes

• Darlington Hoopes (1896–1989), American politician and lawyer from Pennsylvania
• David C. Hoopes (born 1942), American public official
• Donelson Hoopes (1932–2006), American art historian and curator
• Josiah Hoopes (1832–1904), American botanist
• Laura Mays Hoopes (1942–2021), American biologist
• Lorenzo Hoopes (1913–2012), American executive
• Matt Hoopes, American artist
• Mitch Hoopes (1953–2020), American football player
• Roy Hoopes (1922–2009), American journalist and writer
• Samantha Hoopes (born 1991), American model
• Samuel H. Hoopes (1811–1892), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Townsend Hoopes (1922–2004), American historian and public official
• Wendy Hoopes (born 1972), American actress