Roper (surname)

Roper

Origin
Meaning	occupational name for a maker or seller of rope [1]
Other names
Variant form(s)	Rooper, Raper, Rapier, Repper [1]

Roper is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Roper family

• William Roper (1496–1578), attorney general of Henry VIII, was offered a Dukedom, but declined it.
• Margaret Roper (1505–1544), English, writer, and daughter to Thomas More
• John Roper, 1st Baron Teynham (c. 1534–1618)
• Christopher Roper, 2nd Baron Teynham (1561–1622)
• Sir Thomas Roper, 1st Viscount Baltinglass (1587–1638)
• Elizabeth Roper (d. 1658), English courtier
• Henry Roper, 8th Baron Teynham (c. 1676–1723)
• Henry John Philip Sidney Roper-Curzon, 18th Baron Teynham (1867–1936)
• Christopher John Henry Roper-Curzon, 19th Baron Teynham (1896–1972)
• Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914–2003), Baron Dacre of Glanton
• John Christopher Ingham Roper-Curzon, 20th Baron Teynham (1928–2021)

Politicians

• Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867–1943), American politician
• Elmer Roper (1893–1994), Canadian politician
• Sandra Roper (born 1956), American lawyer and politician from New York
• John Roper, Baron Roper (1935–2016), British politician

Academics and writers

• Brian Roper (academic), vice-chancellor of London Met
• Clyde Roper (born 1937), zoologist known for his research on giant squid
• L. David Roper (born 1935), discoverer of the Roper resonance in particle physics and genealogist
• Lyndal Roper, Fellow at Oriel College and author of Witch Craze
• Nancy Roper (1918–2004), British nurse theorist and lexicographer

Sportspeople

• Tony Roper (racing driver) (1964–2000), pickup race driver
• Jim Roper (1916–2000), race driver
• Brian Roper (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Don Roper (1922–2001), English footballer
• John Roper, American baseball pitcher
• Justin Roper (born 1987), American football player
• Steve Roper, American rock climber

Entertainers

• Brian Roper (actor) (1929–1994), British and American actor
• David Roper, British actor
• Deidra Muriel Roper (born 1948), American DJ and singer.
• George Roper, British stand-up comedian
• Lizzie Roper (born 1968), British actress
• Reese Roper, singer/songwriter for Five Iron Frenzy, Brave Saint Saturn, and Roper
• Todd Roper, drummer for the band Deathray
• Skid Roper, American musician
• Jake Roper, host of YouTube science show Vsauce 3

Other people

• Abel Roper (1665–1726), English journalist and publisher
• Moses Roper (c. 1810 – c. 1861), slave born in North Carolina who escaped to England and wrote a book about his slavery experiences
• Elmo Roper (1900–1971), founder of the Roper Opinion Research Company (the "Roper Poll"), later renamed Roper Starch Worldwide Company
• Jesse M. Roper (1851–1901), American navy officer
• Joanna Roper (born 1969), British civil servant and diplomat
• Lanning Roper (1912–1983), American-born English gardener
• Kevin Roper, animator for Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s
• Patrick Trevor-Roper (1916–2004), British surgeon and gay rights activist
• Sylvester Howard Roper (1823–1896), inventor of the motorcycle
• Shirley Phelps-Roper (born 1957), de facto spokesman for the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, daughter of Fred Phelps

Fictional characters

• George Roper, fictional character in the British sitcom George and Mildred .
• Stanley Roper, a character in the sitcoms Three's Company and its spinoff The Ropers.
• Scott Roper, a character played by Eddie Murphy in Metro (1997 film) .
• Steve Roper, a character in the comic strip Steve Roper and Mike Nomad .
• Roper, a character played by John Saxon in Enter the Dragon .
• Richard Onslow Roper, a character from John le Carré's novel The Night Manager .

See also

• Roper (disambiguation)
• Roeper
• Baron Teynham, peerage held by the Roper family since 1616

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 4 (First ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-879881-1.