Roper (surname)

Roper
Origin
Meaning	occupational name for a maker or seller of rope
Other names
Variant form(s)	Rooper, Raper, Rapier, Repper

Roper is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Roper family

William Roper (1496–1578), attorney general of Henry VIII, was offered a Dukedom, but declined it.
Margaret Roper (1505–1544), English, writer, and daughter to Thomas More
John Roper, 1st Baron Teynham (c. 1534–1618)
Christopher Roper, 2nd Baron Teynham (1561–1622)
Sir Thomas Roper, 1st Viscount Baltinglass (1587–1638)
Elizabeth Roper (d. 1658), English courtier
Henry Roper, 8th Baron Teynham (c. 1676–1723)
Henry John Philip Sidney Roper-Curzon, 18th Baron Teynham (1867–1936)
Christopher John Henry Roper-Curzon, 19th Baron Teynham (1896–1972)
Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914–2003), Baron Dacre of Glanton
John Christopher Ingham Roper-Curzon, 20th Baron Teynham (1928–2021)

Politicians

Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867–1943), American politician
Elmer Roper (1893–1994), Canadian politician
Sandra Roper (born 1956), American lawyer and politician from New York
John Roper, Baron Roper (1935–2016), British politician

Academics and writers

Brian Roper (academic), vice-chancellor of London Met
Clyde Roper (born 1937), zoologist known for his research on giant squid
L. David Roper (born 1935), discoverer of the Roper resonance in particle physics and genealogist
Lyndal Roper, Fellow at Oriel College and author of Witch Craze
Nancy Roper (1918–2004), British nurse theorist and lexicographer

Sportspeople

Tony Roper (racing driver) (1964–2000), pickup race driver
Jim Roper (1916–2000), race driver
Brian Roper (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer
Don Roper (1922–2001), English footballer
John Roper, American baseball pitcher
Justin Roper (born 1987), American football player
Steve Roper, American rock climber

Entertainers

Brian Roper (actor) (1929–1994), British and American actor
David Roper, British actor
Deidra Muriel Roper (born 1948), American DJ and singer.
George Roper, British stand-up comedian
Lizzie Roper (born 1968), British actress
Reese Roper, singer/songwriter for Five Iron Frenzy, Brave Saint Saturn, and Roper
Todd Roper, drummer for the band Deathray
Skid Roper, American musician
Jake Roper, host of YouTube science show Vsauce 3

Other people

Abel Roper (1665–1726), English journalist and publisher
Moses Roper (c. 1810 – c. 1861), slave born in North Carolina who escaped to England and wrote a book about his slavery experiences
Elmo Roper (1900–1971), founder of the Roper Opinion Research Company (the "Roper Poll"), later renamed Roper Starch Worldwide Company
George Denny Roper (1855–1925), founder of the Roper Manufacturing Company of Zanesville, Ohio, later purchased by Whirlpool Corporation
Jesse M. Roper (1851–1901), American navy officer
Joanna Roper (born 1969), British civil servant and diplomat
Lanning Roper (1912–1983), American-born English gardener
John Roper (born c. 1822, date of death unknown), Australian explorer; Roper Peak and Roper River in the Northern Territory are named after him
Kevin Roper, animator for Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s
Patrick Trevor-Roper (1916–2004), British surgeon and gay rights activist
Sylvester Howard Roper (1823–1896), inventor of the motorcycle
Shirley Phelps-Roper (born 1957), de facto spokesman for the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, daughter of Fred Phelps

Fictional characters

George Roper, fictional character in the British sitcom George and Mildred.
Stanley Roper, a character in the sitcoms Three's Company and its spinoff The Ropers.
Scott Roper, a character played by Eddie Murphy in Metro (1997 film).
Steve Roper, a character in the comic strip Steve Roper and Mike Nomad.
Roper, a character played by John Saxon in Enter the Dragon.
Richard Onslow Roper, a character from John le Carré's novel The Night Manager.

References

^ ^a ^b Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 4 (First ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879881-1.

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[od-1] Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 4 (First ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879881-1.

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