Pope (name)

Pope is a surname of several proposed and likely convergent origins. It has been linked to the English surname Pape,[1][2] likely having roots as a nickname for someone who plays a clergyman in pageantry or someone with a matching pompous disposition.[1][3] It also has origins deriving from French and German surnames related to clergymen,[1][3] and may also be a variant of the surname Poppe.[3]

Notable people with this surname include:

* Albert Augustus Pope (1843–1909), American bicycle and automobile manufacturer
* Alexander Pope (1688–1744), English poet
* Alexander Pope (actor) (1763–1835), Irish actor and painter
* Anson W. Pope (1812–1871), American politician
* Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969), American archaeologist and historian
* Barbara S. Pope (born 1951), U.S. Department of Defense official
* Barton C. Pope (1813–1862), Florida state representative
* Bill Pope (born 1952), American cinematographer
* Brent Pope (rugby analyst) (born 1962), New Zealand-born rugby analyst for Irish television
* Carl C. Pope (1834–1911), American legislator and jurist
* Carly Pope (born 1980), Canadian actress
* Carole Pope (born 1950), Canadian singer
* Cassadee Pope (born 1989), American singer
* Charles Pope (disambiguation), several people
* Cheryl Pope (fl. 2000s–2020s), American artist
* Christopher Pope (physicist) (fl. 1970s–2020s), American physicist
* Clifford H. Pope (1899–1974), American herpetologist
* Cora Scott Pond Pope (1856–after 1932), American teacher, pageant writer, real estate developer
* Duane Earl Pope (born 1943), American bank robber and murderer
* Dudley Pope (1925–1997), British author
* Dudley Pope (cricketer) (1906–1934), English cricketer
* Eddie Pope (born 1973), American football (soccer) player
* Edmund Mann Pope (1837–1906), American military officer and politician
* Edwin Pope (1928–2017), American journalist
* Eva Pope (born 1967), English actress
* Everett P. Pope (1919–2009), US Marine Corps officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor
* Frankie Pope (1884–1953), English association footballer
* Fred Pope (1909–1983), Scottish association footballer
* Generoso Pope (1891–1950), Italian-American businessman
* Generoso Pope Jr. (1927–1988), American media mogul
* Georgina Pope (1862–1938), Canadian military nurse
* Gustav Pope (1831–1910), British painter
* Hugh Pope (1869–1946), English Dominican biblical scholar
* James Pope (disambiguation), several people
* Jessie Pope (1868–1941), English poet
* John Pope (disambiguation), several people
* Jordan Pope (born 2003), American basketball player
* Kyle Pope (fl. 2010s–2020s), American editor and publisher
* Laurence Pope (1945–2020), American diplomat
* Lawrence Pope (1940–2013), American lawyer and legislator
* Leonard Pope (born 1983), American football player
* Leslie Pope (1954–2020), American set decorator
* Lloyd Pope (born 1999), Australian cricketer
* Lucas Pope (born 1977/78), American video game developer
* Lynda Pope (born 1953), Australian chess player
* Mal Pope (born 1960), Welsh musician
* Marion Manville Pope (1859–1930), American poet, author, traveler, philanthropist
* Mark Pope (born 1972), American basketball player
* Martin Pope (1918–2022), American physical chemist
* Marvin H. Pope (1916-1997), American scholar of Hebrew
* Maurice Arthur Pope, Canadian diplomat
* Maurice Pope (linguist) (1926–2019), British linguist
* Nathaniel Pope (1784–1850), American politician and judge of Illinois
* Nick Pope (disambiguation), several people
* Norm Pope (1908–1985), Australian rugby league footballer
* Odean Pope (born 1938), American tenor saxophonist
* Ollie Pope (born 1998), English cricketer
* Paul Pope (born 1970), American alternative cartoonist
* Peggy Pope (1929–2020), American actress
* Percival C. Pope (1841–1922), American Marine Corps Brevet Medal recipient
* Roland Pope (1864–1952), Australian cricketer and ophthalmologist
* Spencer Pope (1893–1976), American football player
* Susan W. Pope (born 1942), American politician
* Sydney Pope (1898–1980), Irish military pilot for the British Empire
* Tim Pope (born 1956), music video director
* Tom Pope (born 1985), English association footballer
* Tony Pope (1947–2004), American voice actor
* Vyvyan Pope (1891–1941), British World War II General
* Walter Pope (1627–1714), English astronomer and writer
* Walter Elmer Pope (1879–1944), American politician and lawyer
* Walter Lyndon Pope (1889–1969), United States federal court judge
* William Jackson Pope (1870–1939), English chemist
* William Pope (1825–1905), English clergyman
* William Godfrey Thomas Pope (1880-1943), British engineer and businessman in Portugal

## Given name

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* Pope Yeatman (1861–1953), American mining engineer

## Nickname

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* Eoin O'Mahony (politician) (1905–1970), Irish barrister, genealogist, and political activist referred to as Eoin "the Pope" O'Mahony
* Paul Castellano (1915–1985), Mafia boss frequently referred to as "The Pope"
* Donn Pall (born 1962), American baseball player nicknamed "The Pope"
* The Pope (wrestler) (born 1978), a ring name of Elijah Burke

## Fictional characters

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* Pope, a family surname in Sons of Anarchy
* Eli Pope, a character on the television series Scandal
* Henry Pope (Prison Break)
* Olivia Pope, a character on the television series Scandal

## See also

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* Popé (c. 1630 – c. 1692), Pueblo leader
* Popo (disambiguation)

## References

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1. ^ a b c Reaney, Percy H.; Wilson, R. M. (2006). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. p. 2139\. ISBN 0203993551.
2. ^ Black, George Fraser (1999). The surnames of Scotland: their origin, meaning, and history (12. repr ed.). New York: Public Library. ISBN 0871041723.
3. ^ a b c McClure, Peter (2022). Lenarčič, Simon; Hanks, Patrick (eds.). Dictionary of American Family Names (Second ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190245122.

Surname list

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