Hooper (or Hoopes) is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

originating in England. It is derived from the archaic term for a person who aided in the building of

barrels A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. They are traditionally made of wooden staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. The word vat is often used for large containers for liquids, u ...

by creating the hoop for the barrel. Most Hoopers are English or of English descent. Notable individuals named Hooper include: *

Austin Hooper Austin Manuel Hooper (born October 29, 1994) is an American football tight end for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford, and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round o ...

(born 1994), American football player *

Ben W. Hooper Ben Walter Hooper (October 13, 1870April 18, 1957), was an American politician who served two terms as the 31st governor of Tennessee from 1911 to 1915. Elected as a Electoral alliance, Fusionist candidate, he was one of just three Republican Part ...

(1870–1957), governor of Tennessee 1911–1915 *

Carl Hooper Carl Llewelyn Hooper (born 15 December 1966) is a former Guyanese cricketer who captained the West Indies in Tests and ODIs. An all-rounder, he was a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler, who came to prominence in the late 1980s in a side ...

(born 1966), West Indian cricket player *

Charmaine Hooper Charmaine Elizabeth Hooper (born January 15, 1968) is a Canadian retired soccer player. A four-time winner of the Canadian Players of the Year award and member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame, Hooper played on the Canada women's national socc ...

(born 1968), Canadian soccer player *

Chris Hooper (musician) The Grapes of Wrath are a platinum-selling Canadian rock band. Formed in 1983, they enjoyed their greatest commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The group split in 1992, with Kane going solo while Jones and the Hoopers continu ...

, Canadian musician with the Grapes of Wrath * Chris Hooper (basketball) (born 1991), American basketball player *

Claire Hooper Claire Hooper (born 5 September 1976) is an Australian stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter and writer. Hooper is co-hosting '' The Great Australian Bake Off'' alongside Mel Buttle. She appeared as a team captain on the 2008 rev ...

(born 1976), Australian stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter and writer * Claire Hooper (artist) (born 1978), British artist *

Craig Hooper Craig Lincoln Hooper (born 23 November 1959) is an Australian musician who was a core member (with Dave Mason) of indie rock band The Reels (1977–1992), and was in bands The Mullanes (the initial incarnation of Crowded House), The Church ( ...

(born 1959), Australian musician *Daniel Hooper aka Swampy (environmentalist) (born 1973), British environmental protester * David Vincent Hooper (1915–1998), British chess player and writer * Dick Hooper (born 1956), Irish long-distance runner * Dudley Hooper (1911–1968), British accountant and early promoter of electronic data processing *

Ed Hooper William Edward (Ed) Hooper (born March 10, 1964) is an author, film producer and columnist from Knoxville, Tennessee. He is most widely known for his work in military affairs reporting and his coverage of historic preservation and U.S. veteran ...

(born 1964), American author, journalist and historian * Edward W. Hooper (1839–1901), American Union Army officer and Harvard College treasurer *

Edwin B. Hooper Edwin Bickford Hooper (February 26, 1909 – September 12, 1986) was a vice admiral of the United States Navy—his naval service spanned 5 decades from 1930 to the 1970. He served in World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars and made important cont ...

(1909–1986), Vice-Admiral of the United States Navy and Historian *

Ellen Sturgis Hooper Ellen Sturgis Hooper (February 17, 1812 – November 3, 1848) was an American poet. A member of the Transcendental Club, she was widely regarded as one of the most gifted poets among the New England Transcendentalists. Her work is occasionally repr ...

(1812–1848), American transcendentalist poet * Emma Hooper, Canadian author *

Frances Hooper Frances Milliken Hooper (September 18, 1892, Chicago, Illinois — April 30, 1986, Kenilworth, Illinois) was a journalist, one of the first female advertising executives in the United States, founder and president of the Frances Hooper Advertisi ...

(1892–1986), American journalist, collector of arts and books, advertising executive *

George Hooper (disambiguation) George Hooper may refer to: * George Hooper (bishop) (1640–1727), English bishop * George K. Hooper (1868–1939), American engineer and architect * George Hooper (artist) (1910–1994), British artist * Arthur George Hooper Arthur George Hoo ...

, several people *

Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper Gloria Dorothy Hooper, Baroness Hooper, (born 25 May 1939) is a British lawyer and a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords. The daughter of Frederick and Frances (née Maloney) Hooper, she was educated at La Sainte Union Convent High ...

(born 1939), British politician *

Gloria Hooper (athlete) Gloria Hooper (born 3 March 1992) is an Italian sprinter who won a silver medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. She won seven times the national championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m. Biography Born in Villafranc ...

(born 1992), Italian sprinter * Harry Hooper (1887–1974), American baseball player * Horace Everett Hooper (1859–1922), American publisher of Encyclopædia Britannica *

Ibrahim Hooper Ibrahim Hooper (born Douglas Hooper) is the National Communications Director and spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington D.C.-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. Early life, education, and ear ...

, also known as Doug Hooper, American activist, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) *

J. Robert Hooper James Robert Hooper (July 27, 1936 – January 24, 2008) was an American politician who served on the Maryland Senate from 1999 to 2007. Education Hooper attended Bel Air High School in Bel Air, Maryland. Career Hooper owned Harford Sanitatio ...

(1936–2008), Maryland politician *

Jack Hooper (intelligence officer) Jack Hooper (William John "Jack" Hooper) is the former deputy director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) who became well known mainly for his role in some of Canada's most sensitive and controversial spy-service scandals, includ ...

, deputy director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service *

James Hooper James N. Hooper (born 1987) is a British mountain climber and adventurer who in 2006 became one of the youngest Britons to climb Mount Everest, along with his friend Rob Gauntlett. Biography Hooper was born in Portsmouth and raised in Cardiff, ...

(born 1987), British adventurer *

James Thomas Hooper James Thomas Hooper (1 September 1897 – 9 February 1971) was a British collector of ethnographic artifacts of the Inuit, Native American, Oceanic and African peoples. Early life Hooper was born in North Wraxall-Wiltshire in 1897 and began collect ...

(1897–1971), British collector * Joe R. Hooper (1938–1979), American Medal of Honor awardee *

JJ Hooper Jonathan James Hooper (born 9 October 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for club Blyth Spartans. He graduated through the Newcastle United Academy, and played on loan at Darlington 1883 and Workington. He joined Northampt ...

Jonathan James Hooper (born 1993), English footballer * Jonathan S Hooper (born 1962), English painter *

Joseph L. Hooper Joseph Lawrence Hooper (December 22, 1877 – February 22, 1934) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Hooper was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 22, 1877 and moved to Michigan with his parents, who settled in Battle Creek, Mich ...

(1877–1934), U.S. Representative from Michigan * John Hooper (disambiguation), several people *

Johnson J. Hooper Johnson Jones Hooper (June 9, 1815 – June 7, 1862) was an American lawyer and writer from Alabama known for his humorist works set in what was then known as the Southwest of America, particularly the collection of stories published as ''Adv ...

(c. 1815 – 1863), American humorist *

Kate Hooper Kate Jon-Marie Hooper (born 26 February 1978 in Auckland, New Zealand) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hooper plays at centre forward and is from Perth in Western Australia. See al ...

(born 1978), Australian water polo player * Lance Hooper (born 1967), American NASCAR driver and team owner *

Lora Hooper Lora Hooper is an American biologist, currently the Jonathan W. Uhr Distinguished Chair in Immunology and Nancy Cain and Jeffrey A. Marcus Scholar in Medical Research at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. In 2015, she was elected to t ...

, American biologist *

Lucy Hooper Lucy Hooper (February 4, 1816 – August 1, 1841) was a 19th-century American writer known for her poetry and newspaper accounts. Her interests included botany and poetry. Though she died of consumption at the age of 25, she is remembered for wri ...

(1816–1841), American poet *

Lucy Hamilton Hooper Lucy Hamilton Hooper (, Jones; January 20, 1835 – August 31, 1893) was an American poet, journalist, editor, playwright, and translator. Soon after her marriage in 1854, a commercial crisis ruined her husband's business and she was compelled ...

(1835–1893), American poet, journalist, editor, playwright *

Lyndon Hooper Lyndon Hooper (born May 30, 1966) is a Canadian former professional soccer player and former assistant coach of the Toronto Lynx soccer team of the United Soccer Leagues First Division. He was a prominent Canadian international. Club career G ...

(born 1966), Canadian soccer player *

Melanie Hooper Melanie Hooper is an Australian ballroom and Latin dancer. She was a professional dancer on Australia's ''Dancing with the Stars''. She also toured with dance show ''Burn the Floor''. Early life Melanie Hooper was born in Townsville, Australi ...

, Australian dancer * Mike Hooper (footballer) (born 1964), English footballer *

Minnie Hooper Fanny Emily Mary Hooper, known as Minnie Hooper (1876 – 1964), was an Australian dance instructor and ballet mistress. She has been credited, with Jennie Brenan and Minnie Everett, with maintaining the high standard of Australian dance and ballet ...

(1876–1964), Australian ballet teacher * Nellee Hooper (born 1963), British producer/remixer for popular/rock music groups *

Nicholas Hooper Nicholas Hooper is a British film and television composer and guitarist. He has scored the award-winning BBC productions ''Land of the Tiger'' and ''Andes to Amazon'', as well as the TV movies ''The Girl in the Café'' and ''My Family and Other A ...

, English composer * Ofelia Hooper (1900–1981), Panamanian sociologist and poet * Pat Hooper (1952–2020), Irish long-distance runner *

Paul Hooper Paul Denis Gregory Hooper (born 26 April 1952, in Winchester) was Archdeacon of Leeds from 2012 until 30 October 2016.

(born 1952), English clergyman, former Archdeacon of Leeds *

Ralph Hooper Ralph Spenser Hooper, OBE, FREng, FRAeS (30 January 1926 – 12 December 2022) was an English aeronautical engineer, recognised mostly for his work on the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, specifically in relation to the marriage between the Pegasus en ...

(1926–2022), British aeronautical engineer * Selden G. Hooper (1904–1976), United States Navy admiral convicted by court-martial *

Stanford Caldwell Hooper Stanford Caldwell Hooper (August 16, 1884 – April 6, 1955) was a Rear admiral (United States), Rear Admiral of the United States Navy, and a noted radio pioneer who has been called "the Father of Naval Radio". Hooper conducted pioneering radi ...

(1884–1955), U.S. Navy admiral and radio pioneer *

Stuart Hooper Stuart Hooper (born 18 November 1981) is the current director of rugby and former rugby union player, at Bath Rugby. He last played for Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership in April 2016. Early life Born in Exeter, Hooper played basketball at ...

(born 1981), English rugby union player * Tobe Hooper (1943–2017), American television and film director in horror films *

Tom Hooper (ice hockey) Charles Thomas Hooper (November 24, 1883 – March 23, 1960) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the Kenora Thistles, Montreal Hockey Club, and Montreal Wanderers The Montreal Wanderers were an amateur, and later profess ...

(1883–1960), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Tom Hooper (director) (born 1972), British film and television director *

Tom Hooper (musician) Tommy Scott Hooper is a Canadian songwriter and musician. He was a founding member of the Kelowna punk band Gentlemen of Horror, and also of The Grapes of Wrath, one of the most popular Canadian rock bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Wh ...

, Canadian songwriter and musician * Tom Hooper (rugby union), Australian rugby union player *

Tony Hooper Anthony Hooper (14 September 1939 – 18 November 2020) was an English folk singer-songwriter and musician. He was best known as a founder-member of Strawbs together with Dave Cousins and double bassist Ron Chesterman. He left The Strawbs ...

(1939–2020), English musician and one-time member of Strawbs *

Walter Hooper Walter McGehee Hooper (March 27, 1931December 7, 2020) was an American writer and literary advisor of the estate of C.S. Lewis. He was a literary trustee for Owen Barfield from December 1997 to October 2006. Life Hooper was born in Reidsville, No ...

(1931–2020), American writer *

William Hooper William Hooper (June 28, 1742 October 14, 1790) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and politician. As a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina, Hooper signed the Continental Association and the Declaration of I ...

(1742–1790), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence * Bella Hooper (born 2003)

Fictional characters

*Matt Hooper, a marine biologist from the novel ''Jaws'', and the subsequent Jaws (film) 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 ''I’m the King of the Castle'' is a 1970 novel by English writer Susan Hill. The 1989 French film '' Je suis le seigneur du château'' directed by Régis Wargnier Régis Wargnier (; born 18 April 1948) is a French film director, film produc ...

'' *Candice Hooper, a character in the film ''

Final Destination 5 ''Final Destination 5'' is a 2011 American 3D supernatural horror film directed by Steven Quale and written by Eric Heisserer. It is the fifth installment in the ''Final Destination'' film series and a prequel to the first film. ''Final Dest ...

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