Bishop is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A–G

* A. C. Bishop (fl. late 19th century), American politician * Abby Bishop (born 1988), Australian professional basketball player *

Adelaide Bishop Adelaide Bishop (23 June 1928 – 20 June 2008) was an American operatic soprano, musical theatre actress, opera director, stage director, and voice teacher. She began her career appearing in Broadway musicals as a teenager during the early 1940 ...

(1928–2008), American operatic soprano, musical theatre actress, opera and stage director, and voice teacher *

Alec Bishop Major-General Sir William Henry Alexander "Alec" Bishop (20 June 1897 – 15 May 1984) was a British Army officer and administrator. Military career Bishop was born in Plymstock, Devon, the eldest child of Walter Edward Bishop and Eliza Knowles ...

(1897–1984), British Army officer and administrator * Alfred Bishop (disambiguation) * Alison Bishop (disambiguation) * Amanda Bishop, Australian actress *

Amasa Stone Bishop Amasa Stone Bishop (1921 – May 21, 1997) was an American nuclear physicist specializing in fusion physics. He received his B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1943. From 1943 to 1946 he was a member of the staff of R ...

(1921–1997), American nuclear physicist *

Andrew Bishop Andrew Bishop (born 7 August 1985) is a former Welsh international rugby union player who played for the Ospreys at Centre. He was a stalwart of the Wales Under 21 Grand Slam victory in 2005. In May 2008 he was selected for the Wales' squad ...

(born 1985), Welsh international rugby union player *

Andy Bishop Andrew Jamie Bishop (born 19 October 1982) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League North club Stalybridge Celtic. Bishop started his career in the youth team at Walsall, taking loan spells with Ki ...

(born 1982), English footballer * Angela Bishop (born 1967), Australian reporter and television presenter * Ann Bishop (disambiguation) *

Arlene Bishop Arlene Bishop is a Canadian lyricist, screenwriter, artist and singer-songwriter. Biography Arlene Bishop was born in Churchill, Manitoba and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. She currently resides in Toronto. As a recording artists Bishop has plac ...

, Canadian lyricist, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter * Arthur Bishop (disambiguation) * Barbara Bishop (born 1956), Barbadian sprinter *

Barry Bishop (disambiguation) Barry Bishop may refer to: *Barry Bishop (mountaineer) (1932–1994), American mountaineer *Barry Bishop (politician) (born 1938), Australian politician See also

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* Ben Bishop (born 1986), American professional ice hockey goaltender *

Bernardine Bishop Bernardine Anna Livia Mary Bishop (née Wall; 16 August 1939 – 4 July 2013) was an English novelist, teacher and psychotherapist.24 July 201"Bernardine Bishop obituary" ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved 10 April 2015 Her first novel, ''Perspectives ...

(1939–2013), English novelist, teacher and psychotherapist * Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831–1884), Princess of the Kamehameha dynasty *

Billy Bishop Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial com ...

(1894–1956), Canadian First World War flying ace * Bob Bishop (scout), Northern Irish football scout for Manchester United *

Braden Bishop Braden Adam Bishop (born August 22, 1993) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners. He was drafted by the Mariners in the 3rd round of the 2015 Major League Baseball ...

(born 1993), American baseball player *

William Bradford Bishop William Bradford Bishop Jr. (born August 1, 1936) is a former United States Foreign Service officer who has been a fugitive from justice since allegedly killing his wife, mother, and three sons in 1976. On April 10, 2014, the Federal Bureau of In ...

(born 1936), American former U.S. Foreign Service officer accused of killing his family; better known as Bradford Bishop *

Bridget Bishop Bridget Bishop ( 1632 – 10 June 1692) was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Nineteen were hanged, and one, Giles Corey, was pressed to death. Altogether, about 200 people were tried. Family life ...

( – 1692), the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 *

Bronwyn Bishop Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop (née Setright; born 19 October 1942) is an Australian former politician. She was a member of federal parliament for almost 30 years, the longest period of service by a woman. A member of the Liberal Party, she was a mi ...

(born 1942), Australian politician * Carl Whiting Bishop (1881–1942), American archeologist * Charles Reed Bishop (1822–1915), American businessman and philanthropist *

Christopher Bishop Christopher Michael Bishop (born 7 April 1959) is the Laboratory Director at Microsoft Research, Microsoft Research Cambridge, Honorary Professor of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh and a Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge. Bis ...

, British physicist and computer scientist *

Cindy Bishop Cynthia Carmen Burbridge-Bishop ( th, ซินเธีย คาร์เมน เบอร์บริดจ์-บิชอพ; born December 30, 1978) or Sirinya Burbridge ( th, สิรินยา เบอร์บริดจ์), is ...

(born 1978), Thai actress, model, TV personality and entrepreneur *

Claire Huchet Bishop Claire Huchet Bishop (30 December 1898 – 13 March 1993) was a Swiss children's writer and librarian. She wrote two Newbery Medal runners-up, ''Pancakes-Paris'' (1947) and ''All Alone (Claire Huchet Bishop novel), All Alone'' (1953), and she w ...

(1898–1993), Swiss-American children's writer * Dan Bishop (born 1964), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina *

David Bishop (runner) David Bishop (born 9 May 1987 in Darmstadt, Germany) is an international middle-distance running athlete representing Great Britain, and was an All-American at the University of New Mexico. He was the 2013 UK National 3000m Champion and was th ...

(born 1987), British middle-distance athlete * David Bishop (writer) (born 1966), New Zealand, screenwriter, author and comics editor * Dorothy Bishop (early 21st c.), American entertainer * Dorothy V. M. Bishop (born 1952), British psychologist *

Duffy Bishop Duffy Bishop is an American electric blues singer and songwriter. She is in the Cascade Blues Association and Washington Blues Society Halls of Fame, and has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award by both bodies. In a career spanning over for ...

, American blues singer and songwriter * Edward Bishop (disambiguation) *

Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American people, American poet and short-story writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the N ...

(1911–1979), American poet and writer *

Elvin Bishop Elvin Richard Bishop (born October 21, 1942) is an American blues and rock music singer, guitarist, bandleader, and songwriter. An original member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a membe ...

(born 1942), American blues and rock 'n roll musician * Jamie Foxx (birth name Eric Marlon Bishop, born 1967), American actor, singer and comedian *

Errett Bishop Errett Albert Bishop (July 14, 1928 – April 14, 1983) was an Americans, American mathematician known for his work on analysis. He expanded constructive analysis in his 1967 ''Foundations of Constructive Analysis'', where he Mathematical proof, p ...

(1926–1983), American mathematician

H–M

* Harold Bishop (disambiguation) * Harry Bishop (disambiguation) * Henry Bishop (disambiguation) * Howard Bishop, Hawaiian film and theatre actor *

Hunter Bishop Hunter David Bishop (born June 25, 1998) is an American professional baseball center fielder in the San Francisco Giants organization. He played college baseball at Arizona State University. He was selected by the Giants with the 10th overall pic ...

(born 1998), American baseball player * Ian Bishop (disambiguation), several people *

Isaac W. Bishop Isaac W. Bishop (born c. 1804) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was admitted to the bar in 1829. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Washington Co.) in 1832. He was a member of the New York State Senate (4 ...

, 19th-century New York politician * Jacqueline Bishop, Jamaican writer, visual artist and photographer * James Bishop (disambiguation), several people * Jermaine Bishop (born 1997), American basketball player *

Jerry G. Bishop Jerry G. Bishop (August 3, 1936 – September 15, 2013) was a radio and television personality who is known for being Chicago's original "Svengoolie", and for his award-winning twelve-year stint on ''Sun-Up San Diego''. Education Born Jairus ...

(1936–2013), American radio and television personality *

Jesse Bishop Jesse Walter Bishop (March 1, 1933 – October 22, 1979) was an American criminal convicted of the December 1977 murder of David Ballard during a robbery at a Las Vegas Strip casino. Bishop was executed in 1979 by the state of Nevada via gas chamb ...

(1933–1979), American convicted murderer * Joey Bishop (1918–2007), American entertainer * John Bishop (disambiguation), several people * Joyce Bishop (1896–1993), English educator *

Julie Bishop Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2018. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Curtin ...

(born 1956), Australian politician * Julie Bishop (actress) (1914–2001), Hollywood leading lady of the 1930s and 40s * K. J. Bishop, Australian writer and artist *

Katharine Bishop Katharine Julia Scott Bishop (June 23, 1889 – September 20, 1975) was a trained anatomist, medical physician, researcher and educator best known for co-discovering Vitamin E. Early life In 1889, Bishop was born in New York as Katharine Scott ...

(1889–1976), co-discoverer of Vitamin E * Kelly Bishop (born 1944), American actress * Kevin Bishop (born 1980), English actor and comedian *

Kirsten Bishop Kirsten Johanne Alice Bishopric (September 6, 1963 – April 15, 2014), also known as Kirsten Bishop, was a Canadian actress best known providing the voices of Zoycite, Emerald, Kaorinite, and Badiyanu in the original English adaptation of t ...

(1963–2014), voice actress *

Malcolm Bishop Malcolm Leslie Bishop, , is a Welsh lawyer and translator. Bishop was educated at Ruabon Grammar School and Regent's Park College, Oxford, of which he is now Honorary Standing Counsel. He was called to the Bar in 1968 and is now a King's Counse ...

, Welsh lawyer and QC *

Mark Bishop Thomas Mark Bishop (born 29 June 1954) is a former Australian politician who served as an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Western Australia from July 1996 until June 2014. He was born in Adela ...

(born 1954), Australian Labor Party member * Mary Agnes Dalrymple Bishop (1857–1934), American journalist, newspaper editor * Maurice Bishop (1944–1983), Grenadian revolutionary and politician *

Max Bishop Max Frederick Bishop (September 5, 1899 – February 24, 1962) was an American professional baseball player, scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from through , most notably as a member of the Philadelphia At ...

(1889–1962), American baseball player * Meredith Bishop (born 1976), American actress *

Mervyn Bishop Mervyn Bishop (born July 1945) is an Australian news and documentary photographer. Joining ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' as a cadet in 1962 he was the first Aboriginal Australian to work on a metropolitan daily newspaper and one of the first to b ...

(born 1945), Australian photographer *

Michael Bishop (disambiguation) Michael Bishop may refer to: Music * Michael Bishop (bassist) (born 1968), American bassist, member of GWAR and Kepone * Michael Bishop (sound engineer) (1951–2021), American musical engineer Politics * Michael Bishop, Baron Glendonbrook (born ...

, several people * J. Michael Bishop (born 1938), American immunologist and microbiologist * Morris Bishop (1893–1973), American scholar, historian, biographer, author, and humorist

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Neal Bishop Neal Robert Bishop (born 7 August 1981) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder and is player/manager of Gainsborough Trinity F.C., Gainsborough Trinity. He previously played in the Football Leagu ...

(born 1981), English footballer *

Nicholas Bishop Nicholas Bishop (born 19 September 1973) is an English-born Australian actor. He is best known for his television roles as Detective Peter Baker on the soap opera ''Home and Away'' (2004–07) and as Peter Dunlop on the ABC medical drama ''Body ...

(born 1973), Australian actor *

Raymond J. Bishop Raymond J. Bishop (January 15, 1906 – February 19, 1978) was a Catholic priest who was one of the several involved in the case of exorcising a boy in Maryland, who allegedly was possessed after using a ouija board. The case inspired author William ...

(1906–1978), Catholic priest and exorcist *

Richard M. Bishop Richard Bishop (November 4, 1812 – March 2, 1893), also known as Richard M. Bishop and Papa Richard, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Bishop served as the 34th governor of Ohio. Biography Richard Moore Bishop was born i ...

(1812–1893), American politician from Ohio *

Rob Bishop Robert William Bishop (born July 13, 1951) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he became the dean of Utah's congressional delegation after the retirement of O ...

(born 1951), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives *

Robert Bishop (artist) Robert K. Bishop (1945-1991) was a bondage artist best known for his images of restrained and gagged women published by the House of Milan, for which he also worked as production manager. His main work period was during the 1970s and early 1980s ...

, bondage artist, also known by the pseudonym "Bishop" *

Robert Hamilton Bishop Robert Hamilton Bishop (July 26, 1777 in West Lothian, Scotland – April 29, 1855 in Pleasant Hill, Ohio) was a Scottish-American educator and Presbyterian minister who became the first president of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. A professor o ...

(1777–1855), first president of Miami University *

Roswell P. Bishop Roswell Peter Bishop (January 6, 1843 – March 4, 1920) was an American Civil War veteran, lawyer, and a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served six terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1907. Early ...

(1843–1920), American politician from Michigan *

Rudine Sims Bishop Rudine Sims Bishop, professor emerita at Ohio State University, has been referred to as the "mother of" multicultural children's literature for her sociologically groundbreaking American children's literature research. Biography Bishop was born ...

(born 1937), US-American professor of literature * Russell Bishop (disambiguation) * Ruth Bishop (born 1933), Australian virologist *

Sarah Bishop Sarah Bishop (previously Falkland) is a journalist on British television working as a reporter and newsreader on BBC ''Midlands Today'' for the West Midlands Region. Career Before joining ''Midlands Today'', she worked as Sarah Falkland for the ...

, British journalist *

Sherman C. Bishop Sherman Chauncey Bishop (1887–1951) was a herpetologist and arachnologist from New York. He studied at Cornell University and, with Cyrus R. Crosby, gave the spruce-fir moss spider its scientific name. His ''Handbook of Salamanders'' (1943) was ...

(1887–1951), American herpetologist and arachnologist *

Sid Bishop (footballer, born 1900) Sidney Macdonald Bishop (10 February 1900 – 4 May 1949) was an English footballer whose main position was right-sided half-back, although he also sometimes played as an inside forward. Career Bishop began his days as a footballer playing for ...

, died 1949, English international footballer with West Ham United, Leicester City and Chelsea * Sid Bishop (footballer, born 1934), English footballer with Leyton Orient *

Stephen Bishop (disambiguation) Stephen or Steve Bishop may refer to: * Stephen Bishop (actor) (born 1970), American baseball player and actor * Stephen Bishop (cave explorer) (1821–1857), African American cave explorer * Stephen Bishop (singer) (born 1951), American pop singer ...

, several people *

Stuart Bishop Stuart J. Bishop (born August 19, 1975) is an American politician serving as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 43rd district. He assumed office on January 9, 2012. Education After graduating from Hanson Memorial High Sc ...

(born ), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives * Tim Bishop (born 1950), American politician from New York * Vaughn Bishop, American intelligence officer currently serving as the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) *

Vivien Bishop Vivien C. Bishop (born 1945) is a New Zealand artist. Her works are held in the collections of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Background Vivien Bishop was born in 1945 in Christchurch, New ...

(born 1945), New Zealand painter * Walter Bishop (disambiguation) * Wesley T. Bishop (born 1967), American academic, lawyer, and politician

Characters

*On ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

'' ** Emily Bishop, one of the longest-running characters, appearing regularly between 1961 and 2016 ** Ernest Bishop, her husband, appearing initially at the wedding of popular character Elsie Tanner in 1967, and then regularly between 1969 and 1978 when the character was killed off *On '' Fringe'' **

Peter Bishop Peter Bishop is a fictional character of the Fox television series ''Fringe''. He is portrayed by Joshua Jackson Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is known for his starring role as Charlie Conway in ...

, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) consultant and jack of all trades **

Dr. Walter Bishop Walter Harold Bishop, Ph.D. is a fictional character on the Fox television series '' Fringe''. He is portrayed by John Noble. Noble also plays Walter's counterpart in the show's parallel universe, who is referred to in the show as Walternate. Ar ...

, scientist and DHS consultant *On '' Heroes (U.S. TV series)'' ** Elle Bishop *On '' Mad Men'' ** Helen Bishop *On ''

Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...

'' **

Harold Bishop Harold Wayne Bishop is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Ian Smith. The actor was offered the role by the show's creator and executive producer Reg Watson. Smith made his first screen appearance as H ...

*On '' New Girl'' ** Winston Bishop *On ''

NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to: Law enforcement * National Criminal Intelligence Service, the predecessor to the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom * Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement and intelli ...

'' ** Ellie Bishop *On '' Station 19'' **Maya Bishop *On '' A Discovery of Witches'' **Diana Bishop *On the ''

Marvel Universe The Marvel Universe is a fictional shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place. Super-teams such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of ...

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Kate Bishop (comics) Hawkeye (Katherine Elizabeth "Kate" Bishop) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Allan Heinberg and artist Jim Cheung, Bishop first appeared in ''Young Avengers'' #1 (April 2005). ...

*In Juice (film) **Roland Bishop *In ''

Strike Witches is a Japanese media mix originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The franchise has since been adapted into several light novel, manga, and anime series and various video games. ...

'' **Lynette Bishop