Copeland (surname)

Copeland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Copland (1900–1990), American composer
• Al Copeland (1944–2008), Louisiana restaurateur and founder of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits
• Anthony Copeland (born 1963), American football player
• Billy Copeland (1856–1917), Scottish cricketer, played for Lancashire CCC
• Brian Copeland (born 1964), American comedian, talk show host
• Chad Copeland (born 1971), American former basketball player
• Charles L. Copeland (born 1963), Delaware Politician
• Chris Copeland (born 1984), American basketball player
• David Copeland (born 1976), neo-Nazi nailbomber of London in 1999
• David Y. Copeland, III (born 1931), American politician
• Adam Copeland (born 1973), Canadian professional wrestler better known as Edge
• Edmund Copeland British cosmologist
• Edwin Copeland (1873–1964), biologist and founder of the Philippine College of Agriculture
• George Copeland (1882–1971), pianist
• Harry Copeland, American bank robber and member of the Dillinger gang
• Herbert Copeland (1902–1968), biologist
• Hyram Copeland (born 1940), American politician
• Ian Copeland (1949–2006), American talent agent; son of Miles (Jr.) and Lorraine Copeland
• Ida Copeland (1876–1964), British MP, F.R.S.
• Jack Copeland (born 1950), Philosopher
• James Copeland (1918–2002), Scottish actor
• James Copeland (1823–1857), American outlaw
• Jeremaine Copeland (1977), Canadian Football League player
• Jim Copeland (1945–2010), American football player
• John Anthony Copeland, Jr. (1834–1859), American abolitionist
• John Copeland (born 1970), American football player
• Johnny Copeland (1937–1997), American blues singer and guitarist
• Katherine Copeland (1990), British Olympic gold medalist in rowing
• Kenneth Copeland (born 1936), American televangelist
• Les C. Copeland (1887–1942) American composer and pianist
• Lorraine Copeland (1921–2013), British archaeologist; wife of Miles Copeland, Jr. and mother of Ian, Miles III, and Stewart
• Miles Copeland III (born 1944), founder of I.R.S. Records; son of Miles (Jr.) and Lorraine Copeland
• Miles Copeland Jr. (1916–1991), American CIA agent; husband of Lorraine Copeland and father of Ian, Miles III, and Stewart
• Misty Copeland (born 1982), American ballet dancer
• Faye Copeland (1921–2003), serial killer
• Ray Copeland (1914–1993), serial killer
• Richard Ronald John Copeland (1884–1958), bone china manufacturer, Spode; Freeman of City of London; Prime Warden of Goldsmiths' Company; High Sheriff
• Robert W. Copeland (1910–1973), USN RADM
• Shemekia Copeland (born 1979), American blues singer
• Stewart Copeland (born 1952), composer and drummer for the band The Police; son of Miles (Jr.) and Lorraine Copeland
• Tom Copeland (born 1924), American politician
• Trent Copeland (born 1986), Australian cricketer
• William Fowler Mountford Copeland II (1872–1953), horticulturist
• William Taylor Copeland (1797–1868), bone china manufacturer, Spode; Sheriff of London, 1829; Lord Mayor of London, 1835; MP, 1831–1865

See also

• Copeland (disambiguation)
• Copland (disambiguation)