Culpeper (surname)

Culpeper, Colepeper, or Culpepper is a surname, first written "de Colepeper" in the 12th century in Kent, England. Notable people with the surname include:

• The Culpeper baronets, including:
  • Sir Thomas Culpeper, 3rd Baronet (1588–1651), English politician
• The Barons Colepeper, including:
  • John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper (d. 1660), English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1643–1646
  • Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper (1635–1689), English colonial governor of Virginia
• Alan Culpepper (b. 1972), American distance runner, married to Shayne Culpepper
• Allen Ross Culpepper (1944–1969), American army captain cited for "extraordinary heroism" in the Vietnam War
• Brad Culpepper (b. 1969), American football player
• Daunte Culpepper (b. 1977), American football player
• John Culpeper (1366–1414), knight in the court of Henry V
• John Culpeper (fl. 1677), leader of Culpeper's Rebellion
• John Culpepper (1761–1841), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
• Martin Culpepper (c. 1540–1605), English clergyman, medical doctor and academic
• Marvin T. Culpepper (1908–1970), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654), English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer
• Robert C. Culpepper (1873–1950), American politician and judge
• Shayne Culpepper (b. 1973), American middle-distance athlete
• Thomas Culpeper (1514–1541), courtier of Henry VIII
• William A. Culpepper (1916–2015), state court judge in Louisiana
• William T. Culpepper III (b. 1947), North Carolina General Assemblyman

Fictional characters

• Duncan "Dunc" Culpepper, in the Culpepper Adventures series of novels by Gary Paulsen
• Frank Culpepper, in the 1972 film The Culpepper Cattle Co.
• Isabel Culpeper, in the books The Wolves of Mercy Falls
• T. G. Culpepper, in the 1963 film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
• Thomas Colpeper, in the 1943 film A Canterbury Tale