Ripley may refer to:

People and characters

Ripley (name) Ripley is both a surname and a unisex given name. People bearing it include: Given name * Ripley P. Bullen (1902–1976), American archaeologist and academic * Ripley Hitchcock (1857–1918), American editor * Ripley Parker (born 2000), daug ...

* ''Ripley'', the test mannequin aboard the first International Space Station space station Dragon 2 space test flight Crew Dragon Demo-1 *

Ellen Ripley Ellen Louise Ripley, often referred to simply as Ripley, is a fictional Character (arts), character and protagonist of the Alien (franchise), ''Alien'' film series, played by American actress Sigourney Weaver. The character earned Weaver worldwide ...

, a fictional character from the

Alien Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extrater ...

sci-fi–horror franchise * Tom Ripley, a fictional character in a series of crime novels by Patricia Highsmith and their adaptations ** ''Ripley'' (TV series), a 2024 miniseries adaptation

Places

England

* Ripley, Derbyshire * Ripley, North Yorkshire * Ripley, Surrey

United States

Ripley, California Ripley is a census-designated place community in east Riverside County, California, Riverside County. It is located along California State Route 78, State Route 78 (SR78) between Palo Verde, California, Palo Verde and Blythe, California, Blythe. Th ...

* Ripley, Georgia * Ripley, Illinois *

Ripley, Indiana Ripley is an unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 S ...

Ripley, Maine Ripley is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The community was named after Brigadier General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley of the War of 1812. The population was 484 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census B ...

Ripley, Maryland Ripley is an unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States. It was named after a local family, and has a large Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian be ...

Ripley, Michigan Ripley is a small, Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, Franklin Township situated upon a slope, just east of Hancock, Michigan, Hancock on M-26 (Michigan highway), M-26 and across the Port ...

* Ripley, Mississippi *

Ripley, Independence, Missouri Ripley is a neighborhood of Independence, Missouri Independence is the fifth-largest city in Missouri and the county seat of Jackson County. Independence is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the largest suburb on the Missouri s ...

* Ripley, New York, a town **

Ripley (CDP), New York Ripley is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Ripley in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 872, out of a total town population of 2,415. Ripley is located on U.S. Route 20 ...

, a census-designated place in the town * Ripley, Ohio *

Ripley, Oklahoma Ripley is a town in southeastern Payne County, Oklahoma, United States.

* Ripley, Tennessee *

Ripley, West Virginia Ripley is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, West Virginia, Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,074 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History Ripley was originally owned and settled by Wil ...

Old Ripley, Illinois Old Ripley is a village in Bond County, Illinois, United States. The population was 82 at the 2020 census. History Old Ripley was once called New Berlin and was then called Ripley. Old Ripley was incorporated as a village in 1906.Allan H. Keith'' ...

* Ripley County, Indiana * Ripley County, Missouri *

Ripley Township, Dodge County, Minnesota Ripley Township is a township in Dodge County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 212 at the 2000 census. Ripley Township was organized in 1858. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of ...

Ripley Township, Morrison County, Minnesota Ripley Township is a township in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 692 at the 2000 census. Ripley Township was named after Fort Ripley. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total ...

Other countries

Ripley, Queensland Ripley is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ripley had a population of 1,405 people. Geography The eastern boundary of Ripley is aligned with Bundamba Creek. The Centenary Highway passes through the south east c ...

, Australia * Ripley, Ontario, Canada

Other places

Camp Ripley Camp Ripley is a military and civilian training facility operated by the Minnesota National Guard near the city of Little Falls in the central part of the state. The location of the camp was selected in 1929 by Ellard A. Walsh, Adjutant General ...

, a military and civilian training facility near Little Falls, Minnesota, U.S. *

Ripley Castle Ripley Castle is a Grade I listed 14th-century country house in Ripley, North Yorkshire, England, north of Harrogate. The house is built of coursed squared gritstone and ashlar with grey slate and stone slate roofs. A central two-storey block ...

, Yorkshire, England, UK *

Ripley (crater) Ripley is the unofficial name given to an impact crater on Pluto's moon Charon. It is named after the heroine Ellen Ripley in the science-fiction/horror film ''Alien Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a ...

, a crater on Pluto's moon Charon named after Ellen Ripley in the 1979 SF movie ''Alien'' * Ripley Formation, a geological formation in the U.S. states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee

Other uses

Ripley machine gun The Ripley Machine Gun was a volley gun, an early precursor of the machine gun, which was patented in 1861 by Ezra Ripley. Although it is likely that it was never actually produced, it demonstrated a number of basic concepts that were employed in t ...

Ripley S.A. Ripley S. A. is a Chilean department store, financial services, and shopping malls management company. Ripley is headquartered in Santiago, Chile and also has operations in Peru, Argentina and Colombia. Ripley has 67 stores, with 38 in Chile a ...

, Chilean retailer *

Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy is a mixed Church of England high school operating under academy status, in the city of Lancaster in the north west of England. The school has over 1700 pupils between 11 and 18 years old, 350 of who ...

The Ripley ''Dreamcatcher'' is a 2001 science fiction horror novel by American writer Stephen King, featuring elements of body horror, suspense and alien invasion. The book, written in cursive, helped the author recuperate from a 1999 car accident, and ...

, a fictional virus created by author Stephen King for the novel ''Dreamcatcher''