Popper (surname)

Popper is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Albert Popper (1808–1889), Mayor of Vimperk and official doctor of the Schwarzenberg Princes * Ami Popper (born 1969), convicted murderer *

Catherine Popper Catherine Popper (born December 28, 1973) is an American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her work with Jesse Malin, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and Jack White. Popper is also a member of ...

(born 1973), rock musician *

David Popper David Popper (June 16, 1843 – August 7, 1913) was a Bohemian cellist and composer. Some other sources list his date of birth as December 9, 1843. Life Popper was born in Prague, and studied music at the Prague Conservatory. His family was Je ...

(1843–1913), Bohemian composer and cellist * David H. Popper (1912–2008), American diplomat *

Erwin Popper Erwin Popper (9 December 1879 − 28 September 1955) was an Austrian physician, who, in 1909, along with Karl Landsteiner discovered the infectious character of poliomyelitis.Title of German publication: ''Landsteiner, K. und Popper, E.: Übertragun ...

(1879–1955), Austrian physician *

Frank Popper Frank Popper (17 April 1918 – 12 July 2020) was a Czech-born French-British historian of art and technology and Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the Science of Art at the University of Paris VIII. He was decorated with the medal of the Lé ...

(1918–2020), art historian *

Frank J. Popper Frank J. Popper (born 1944) is a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University and the Princeton Environmental Institute at Princeton University, known for proposing the Buffalo Commons concept for ...

(born 1944), Rutgers urban planner * Ilona Novák-Popper (1925-2019), Hungarian swimmer *

Joachim Edler von Popper Joachim Edler von Popper (20 October 1722 – 11 May 1795) came from family of entrepreneurs and communal leaders from Březnice (''Breznitz'') in the Kingdom of Bohemia, now the Czech Republic. His father, Wolf Popper, was a Primator (Chief Jud ...

(1722–1795), Court Jew and lessee of the Habsburg tobacco monopoly *

John Popper John Popper (born March 29, 1967) is an American musician and songwriter, known as the co-founder, lead vocalist, and frontman of the rock band Blues Traveler. Early life John Popper was born in Chardon, Ohio. His father was a Hungarian immig ...

(born 1967), musician and songwriter *

Josef Popper Josef Popper-Lynkeus (21 February 1838 – 22 December 1921) was an Austrian scholar, writer, and inventor. Josef Popper was born in the Jewish quarter in Kolín, Bohemia (now Czech Republic). He was the uncle of Austrian-British philosopher Kar ...

(1838–1921), Austrian engineer and author *

Julius Popper Julius Popper (December 15, 1857 – June 5, 1893), also known in Spanish language, Spanish as Julio Popper (), was a Wallachia, Wallachian-born Romanian-Argentine engineer, adventurer, and explorer. Popper was one of the perpetrators of the Sel ...

(1857–1893), Romanian explorer *

Karl Popper Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher, academic and social commentator. One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known for his rejection of the cl ...

(1902–1994), philosopher of science, defender of liberal democracy *

Ota Pavel Ota Pavel (born Otto Popper) (2 July 1930, in Prague – 31 March 1973, in Prague) was a Czech writer, journalist and sport reporter. He is primarily an author of autobiographical and biographical novels. Biography He was born in Prague as the ...

(1930–1973), Czech author (born ''Otto Popper'') *

Robert Popper Robert Darren Popper (born 23 November 1967) is a British comedy producer, writer, actor, and author, best known as co-creator of the mock BBC documentary ''Look Around You'', and creator of Channel 4's sitcom ''Friday Night Dinner''. He also w ...

(born 1967), comedy producer, writer and actor * Siegfried Popper (1848–1933), Austrian naval constructor *

Meir ben Judah Leib Poppers Meir ben Judah Leib Poppers or Meir ben Judah Loeb Ha-Kohen Ashkenazi Poppers ( 1624–1662) was a Bohemian rabbi and kabbalist. He was born in Prague and died in Jerusalem in February or March, 1662. He studied the Kabbala under Israel Ashkenazi ...

(ca 1624–1662), Bohemian rabbi and Kabbalist {{Surname, Popper Jewish surnames