Hooper (surname)

Hooper (or Hoopes) is a surname originating in England. It is derived from the archaic term for a person who aided in the building of barrels by creating the hoop for the barrel. Most Hoopers are English or of English descent. Some notable individuals named Hooper include:

• Austin Hooper (born 1994), American football player
• Ben W. Hooper (1870–1957), governor of Tennessee 1911–1915
• Carl Hooper (born 1966) West Indian cricket player
• Chris Hooper (musician), Canadian musician with the Grapes of Wrath
• Chris Hooper (basketball) (born 1991), American basketball player
• Claire Hooper (born 1978), British artist
• Craig Hooper (born 1959), Australian musician
• Daniel Hooper (born 1973), British environmental protester
• Dick Hooper (born 1956), Irish long-distance runner
• Dudley Hooper (1911–1968), British accountant and early promoter of electronic data processing
• Ed Hooper (born 1964), American author, Tennessee journalist and historian
• Edward Hooper, British journalist
• Edward W. Hooper (1839–1901), American Union Army officer and Harvard College treasurer
• Edwin B. Hooper (1909–1986), Vice-Admiral of the United States Navy and Historian
• Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), American transcendentalist poet, daughter of William F. Sturgis
• Emma Hooper, Canadian author
• Frances Hooper (1892—1986) American journalist, collector of arts and books, advertising executive
• George Hooper (1640–1727), English clergyman
• Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper (born 1939), British politician
• Gloria Hooper (born 1992), Italian sprinter
• Harry Hooper (1887–1974), American baseball player
• Horace Everett Hooper (1859–1922), publisher of Encyclopædia Britannica
• Ibrahim Hooper, also known as Doug Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
• J. Robert Hooper (1936-2008), Maryland politician
• Jack Hooper, former deputy director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
• James Hooper (born 1987), British adventurer
• James Thomas Hooper (1897–1971), British collector
• Joe R. Hooper (1938–1979), American Medal of Honor awardee
• Jonathan James Hooper (born 1993), English footballer
• Jonathan S Hooper (born 1962), English painter
• Joseph L. Hooper (1877–1934), U.S. Representative from Michigan
• John Hooper (disambiguation), several people
• Johnson J. Hooper (c. 1815 – 1863), American humorist
• Lance Hooper (born 1967), Former NASCAR Driver and Team Owner; Won 1996 Winston West Series Championship
• Lora Hooper, American biologist
• Lucy Hooper (1816–1841), 19th-century American poet
• Lucy Hamilton Hooper (1835–1893), American poet, journalist, editor, playwright
• Lyndon Hooper (born 1966), former professional Canadian soccer player
• Melanie Hooper, Australian dancer
• Mike Hooper (born 1964), English footballer
• Nellee Hooper (born 1963), British producer/remixer for popular/rock music groups
• Nicholas Hooper, English composer
• Ofelia Hooper (1900–1981), Panamanian sociologist and poet
• Pat Hooper (born 1952), Irish long-distance runner
• Paul Hooper (born 1975), American standup comedian and all around curmudgeon
• Ralph Hooper (born 1926), British aeronautical engineer
• Selden G. Hooper (1904–1976), United States Navy admiral convicted by court-martial
• Stanford Caldwell Hooper (1884–1955), U.S. Navy admiral and radio pioneer who has been called the Father of Naval Radio
• Stuart Hooper (born 1981), English rugby union player
• Tobe Hooper (1943–2017), American television and film director in horror films
• Tom Hooper (1883–1960), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Tom Hooper (director) (born 1972), British film and television director
• Tom Hooper, Canadian songwriter and musician
• Tony Hooper (born 1943), English musician and one-time member of Strawbs
• William Hooper (1742–1790), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence

Fictional characters

• Matt Hooper, a marine biologist from the novel Jaws, and the subsequent movie adaptation portrayed by Richard Dreyfuss
• Molly Hooper, a character on the BBC TV show Sherlock
• JP Hooper, a character on the BBC TV show Death in Paradise
• Mr. Hooper, a character on the children's TV show Sesame Street
• Hoppity Hooper, a cartoon character and namesake of the cartoon Hoppity Hooper
• Edmund Hooper, a character in the novel called I'm the King of the Castle
• Candice Hooper, a character in the film Final Destination 5
• Mr Hooper, a character in the movie Ghost Dad ( played by Bill Cosby)