''Hopper'' is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

* Ailish Hopper, American poet * Alan Hopper (born 1937), English footballer *

Andrew Hopper Andrew Christopher Graham Hopper (1 October 1948 – 25 July 2018) was a British solicitor who practised on his own account in a niche practice concerned with professional regulation and discipline, principally in relation to solicitors. He ...

(1948–2018), British solicitor *

Andy Hopper Sir Andrew Hopper (born 1953) is a British-Polish Computer Technologist and entrepreneur. He is treasurer and vice-president of the Royal Society, Professor of Computer Technology, former Head of the University of Cambridge Department of Compu ...

(born 1953), British computer scientist * Bill Hopper (disambiguation), several people * Briallen Hopper, American writer and scholar *

Brian Hopper Brian Hopper (born 3 January 1943) is an English guitarist and saxophonist. Hopper was born in Whitstable, Kent, England, and is the older brother of the late bassist Hugh Hopper. With Hugh, he was a member in the early Canterbury scene T ...

(born 1983), English musician * Christopher Hopper (1918–2009), British arts administrator *

Clay Hopper Robert Clay Hopper (October 3, 1902 – April 17, 1976) was an American professional baseball player and manager in minor league baseball. Hopper played from 1926 through 1941 and continued managing through 1956. Managing the Montreal Royals ...

(1902–1976), American basketball player * Deborah Hopper, American costume designer * Dennis Hopper (1936–2010), American actor *

DeWolf Hopper William DeWolf Hopper (March 30, 1858September 23, 1935) was an American actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer. A star of vaudeville and musical theater, he became best known for performing the popular baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" ...

(1858–1935), American actor, singer, comedian and producer * E. Mason Hopper (1885–1967), American film director *

Edward Hopper Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. While he is widely known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Hopper created subdued drama ...

(1882–1967), American painter and printmaker *

Edna Wallace Hopper Edna Wallace Hopper (January 17, 1872 – December 14, 1959) was an American actress on stage and in silent films. She was known as the "eternal flapper". Biography Hopper was believed to have been born on January 17, 1872, as Edna Marga ...

(1872–1959), American actress *

Fran Hopper Fran Hopper (July 13, 1922 – November 29, 2017), née Frances R. Deitrick, was an American comic-book artist active during the 1930s–1940s period known as the Golden Age of Comic Books. One of the earliest women in the field, she drew primari ...

(1922–2017), American comic book artist *

Grace Hopper Grace Brewster Hopper (; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of compu ...

(1906–1992), American computer scientist and naval officer *

Hal Hopper Harold Stevens Hopper (November 11, 1912 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – November 2, 1970 in Sylmar, California) was an American singer/songwriter, film score composer and screenwriter. Life Hopper was a member of The Pied Pipers singing grou ...

(1912–1970), American musician, composer, and screenwriter * Harrison Hopper (born 2000), English footballer *

Hedda Hopper Hedda Hopper (born Elda Furry; May 2, 1885February 1, 1966) was an American gossip columnist and actress. At the height of her influence in the 1940s, her readership was 35 million. A strong supporter of the House Un-American Activities Committ ...

(1885–1966), American actress and gossip columnist *

Hugh Hopper Hugh Colin Hopper (29 April 1945 – 7 June 2009) was a British progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. He was a prominent member of the Canterbury scene, as a member of Soft Machine and other bands. Biography Early career Starting in ...

(1945–2009), English guitarist and composer *

Humphrey Hopper Humphrey Hopper (1767–1844) was an English sculptor and stonemason. He was given the government commission for the memorial in St Paul's Cathedral to General Andrew Hay. Life He was born in Wolsingham in County Durham in 1765 the son o ...

(1764/5–1844), English mason and sculptor *

Isobel Hoppar Isobel Hoppar or Hopper (born c.1490, died after 1538) was a Scottish landowner and governess of Margaret Douglas. She was a powerful political figure in Scotland during the youth of King James V, and her wealth and influence attracted misogynous ...

(–after 1538), Scottish courtier *

Isaac Hopper Isaac Tatem Hopper (December 3, 1771 – May 7, 1852) was an American abolitionist who was active in Philadelphia in the anti-slavery movement and protecting fugitive slaves and free blacks from slave kidnappers. He was also co-founder of Child ...

(1771–1852), American abolitionist and underground railroad pioneer * J. Hopper (Kent cricketer) () * Jacob Hopper (born 1997), Australian rules footballer *

Jade Hopper Jade Hopper (born 13 July 1991) is a former professional Australian tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each playe ...

(born 1991), Australian tennis player * James Hopper (disambiguation), several people *

Jerry Hopper Harold Hankins Hopper (July 29, 1907 – December 17, 1988), known professionally as Jerry Hopper, was an American film and television director, active from the mid-1940s through the early 1970s. Early life Jerry Hopper was born in Guthrie, ...

(1907–1988), American film and television director *

Jessica Hopper Jessica Hopper (born September 5, 1976) is an American writer. She published ''The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic,'' a compilation of her essays, reported pieces, zines, and reviews, in May 2015. In 2018, she publish ...

(born 1976), American writer * Jim Hopper (disambiguation), several people * John Hopper (politician) (1923–1996), American politician * John Hopper (scientist), Australian genetic epidemiologist *

Josephine Hopper Josephine Verstille Hopper (née Nivison; March 18, 1883 – March 6, 1968) was an American painter who studied under Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller, and won the Huntington Hartford Foundation fellowship. She was the wife of Edward Hoppe ...

(1883–1968), American artist *

Kev Hopper Kev Hopper (born 1961) is an English bass guitarist. Life and career Hopper is probably best known as the bass guitarist with Stump, an Anglo/Irish indie/experimental/rock group formed in London in 1983. Stump released two albums, the self rel ...

(born 1961), English musician * Lefty Hopper (1874-1959), American baseball player *

Linda Hopper Linda Elizabeth Hopper is the vocalist for the Atlanta, Georgia-based rock group Magnapop. Her pop punk/power pop vocal style helped to define the band's sound and she has co-written their minor hit singles " Slowly, Slowly" and " Open the Door" ...

(born 1959), American musician * Luico Hopper (born 1952), American musician *

Matt Hopper Matt Hopper (born 29 January 1985) is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He primarily plays as a Centre but can also cover Fullback. Hopper started playing mini rugby at age 10 and continued through school and in t ...

(born 1985), English rugby union footballer * Matthew Hopper (1893–1978), English footballer *

Max Hopper Max D. Hopper (November 4, 1934 – January 25, 2010) was an American IT manager, who served as the CIO of Bank of America, the SVP (IS) of American Airlines (AA) and the chairman of the Sabre group. In 1992 '' Computerworld'' named him among ...

(1934–2010), American IT manager * Niall Hopper (born 1935), Scottish footballer *

Norris Hopper Norris Stephen Hopper (born March 24, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played three seasons of Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds. Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the eighth round of the 1998 ...

(born 1979), American baseball player *

Paul J. Hopper Paul J. Hopper is an American linguist, who was born in Great Britain. In 1973, he proposed the glottalic theory regarding the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European consonant inventory, in parallel with the Georgian linguist Tamaz Gamkrelidze ...

, American linguist of British birth * Paul A. Hopper (born 1956), Australian bioentrepreneur *

Randy Hopper Randal B. "Randy" Hopper is a former Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 18th District from 2009 until losing his seat to Jessica King in a 2011 recall election. The 18th District includes ...

(born 1966), American politician *

Ray Hopper Raymond Gordon Hopper (born 3 March 1960) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2015. Originally elected as the member for Darling Downs as an independent in 2001, he joined th ...

(born 1960), Australian politician * Regina Hopper, American journalist and attorney * Robin Hopper (1939–2017), Canadian ceramist * Ruthanna Hopper (born 1972), American author and actress * Ryan Hopper (born 1993), English footballer * Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell (1886–1985), American artist best known for Hawaiian themes * Stephen Hopper (born 1951), Australian botanist denoted by the author abbreviation "Hopper" when citing a botanical name * Suzanne Hopper (1970–2011), American police officer *

Tim Hopper Tim Hopper is an American actor known for his appearances in movies like '' Tenderness'' and ''To Die For''. He has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois since 1988 and acted in various stage product ...

, American actor * Thomas Hopper (disambiguation), also Tom Hopper, several people * Tony Hopper (1976–2018), English footballer *

Victoria Hopper Victoria Hopper (24 May 1909 – 22 January 2007) was a Canadian-born British stage and film actress and singer. Biography Victoria Evelyn Hopper was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and brought up in North East England. She studie ...

(1909–2007), Canadian-born British actress * Wilbert Hopper (1933–2006), Canadian business executive * William Hopper (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

Franz Hopper ''Code Lyoko'' () is a French animated television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop Group (seasons 2-4) for France 3 and Canal J, with the participation of Conseil G ...

, a character in ''Code Lyoko'' * Jim Hopper, a character in the Netflix television series '' Stranger Things'' {{surname, Hopper