Draper (surname)

Draper is a surname, taken from the occupation (a draper was a merchant in cloth or dry goods). It is the 1365th most common name in the USA, with approximately 22,383. Notable people with the surname include:

• Albert Draper (1897–1963), Canadian politician
• Charles Draper (musician) (1869–1952), British clarinetist
• Charles Stark Draper (1901–1987), American engineer, after whom the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, formerly part of MIT, is named
• Christopher Draper (1892–1979), British flying ace, secret agent, and film star
• Don Draper, fictional advertising executive from the television series Mad Men
• Dave Draper (born 1942), American bodybuilder
• Derek Draper (born 1967), British political lobbyist, spin doctor, editor of LabourList website, journalist, psychotherapist
• Dexter W. Draper (1881–1961), American college basketball and football coach
• Dontaye Draper (born 1984), American basketball player
• Dorothy Draper (1889–1969), American interior decorator
• Eben Sumner Draper (1858–1914), American politician, once governor of Massachusetts
• Foy Draper (1911–1943), American athlete
• Francis Collier Draper (1837–1894), Chief Constable of Toronto
• Fred W. Draper (1868–1962), American politician
• Hal Draper (1914–1990), American socialist author
• Henry Draper (1837–1882), American doctor and astronomer who was a pioneer of astrophotography, a brother of John Christopher Draper and son of John William Draper
• Herbert James Draper (1863–1920), English painter
• James Draper (disambiguation), multiple people
• John Draper (born 1943), American hacker and phreaker
• John Christopher Draper (1835–1885), American chemist, a son of John William Draper and brother of Henry Draper
• John William Draper (1811–1882−1882), American (English-born) scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer
• Kris Draper (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player
• Margaret Green Draper (1727–ca. 1804), American printer during the American Revolutionary War
• Mary Draper (1719–1810)
• Neville Draper, Australian rugby league footballer
• Paul Draper (dancer) (1909–1996)
• Paul W Draper (born 1978)
• Peter Draper (born 1958), Australian politician
• Polly Draper (born 1955), American actress, writer, producer, and director
• Ray Draper (1940–1982), American jazz musician
• Robert Draper (born 1959), American author
• Ronald Draper (born 1926), South African cricketer
• Ross Draper (born 1988), English footballer
• Ruth Draper (1884–1956), American actress
• Scott Draper (born 1974), Australian tennis player and golfer
• Theodore Draper (1912–2006), American historian and political writer
• Timothy C. Draper (born 1958), American venture capitalist
• Trish Draper (born 1959), Australian politician
• Warren Fales Draper (1883–1970), U.S. Deputy Surgeon General and member of Eisenhower's staff during WWII
• Warren Fales Draper (publisher) (1818–1905), publisher in Andover, Massachusetts for 50 years; philanthropist
• Wickliffe Draper (1891–1972), controversial American philanthropist who founded the Pioneer Fund
• William Draper (disambiguation):
• William Franklin Draper (artist) (1912–2003), American painter
• William Franklin Draper (politician) (1842–1910)
• William Henry Draper (1801–1877), Canadian judge and politician
• William Henry Draper (congressman) (1841–1921), American politician
• William Henry Draper Jr. (1894–1974), American general and venture capitalist, father of William Henry Draper III, grandfather of Timothy C. Draper and Polly Draper.
• William Henry Draper III (born 1928), American venture capitalist, son of William Henry Draper III, father of Timothy C. Draper and Polly Draper.