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:

Persons

• Austin Hooper, American football player
• Ben W. Hooper (1870–1957), governor of Tennessee 1911–1915
• Carl Hooper (born 1966) West Indian cricket player
• Chris Hooper (contemporary), Canadian musician
• Craig Hooper (contemporary), Australian musician
• Daniel Hooper (contemporary), British environmental protester
• Dick Hooper (born 1956), Irish long-distance runner
• Ed Hooper (contemporary), American author, Tennessee journalist and historian
• Edward Hooper (journalist) (contemporary), British journalist
• Edward W. Hooper (1839–1901), 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
• Gary Hooper (born 1988), English footballer
• George Hooper (1640–1727), English clergyman
• Harry Hooper (1887–1974), American baseball player
• Horace Everett Hooper (1859–1922), publisher of Encyclopædia Britannica
• Ibrahim Hooper, also known as Doug Hooper (contemporary), spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
• J. Robert Hooper, Maryland politician
• Jack Hooper, former deputy director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
• James Hooper, British adventurer
• James Thomas Hooper (1897–1971), British collector
• Joe R. Hooper (1938–1979), American Medal of Honor awardee
• 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
• Lyndon Hooper (born 1966), former professional Canadian soccer player
• Mike Hooper (contemporary), English footballer
• Nellee Hooper (contemporary), British producer/remixer for popular/rock music groups
• Nicholas Hooper (contemporary), English composer
• Pat Hooper (born 1952), Irish long-distance runner
• 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, English rugby union player
• Tobe Hooper (born 1943), American television and film director in horror films
• Tom Hooper (1883–1960), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Tom Hooper (director), British film and television director
• Tom Hooper (contemporary), Canadian songwriter and musician
• Tony Hooper, English musician and one-time member of Strawbs
• William Hooper (1742–1790), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence

Fictional persons

• Matt Hooper, a marine biologist from the novel Jaws, and the subsequent movie adaptation.
• Molly Hooper, a character on the BBC TV show Sherlock
• JP Hooper, a character on the BBC TV show Death in Paradise
• Mr. Hooper, character on the children's TV show Sesame Street
• Hooper Hamilton, a founder of the World State in H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come
• Hoppity Hooper, a cartoon character and namesake of the cartoon Hoppity Hooper
• Edmund Hooper, a fictional character in the novel called I'm the King of the Castle