Bishop (surname)

Bishop is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:

• Amanda Bishop, Australian actress
• Andy Bishop (born 1982), English footballer
• Anne Bishop, American novelist of fantasy fiction
• Arthur Ernest Bishop (1917–2006). Australian engineer and inventor
• Arthur Gary Bishop (1951–1988), American serial killer
• Ben Bishop (born 1986), American professional ice hockey goaltender
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831–1884), Princess of the Kamehameha dynasty
• Billy Bishop (1894–1956), Canadian First World War flying ace
• Bob Bishop (scout), Northern Irish football scout for Manchester United
• Bradford Bishop (born 1936), U.S. Foreign Service officer
• Bridget Bishop (c. 1632 – 1692), the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692
• Bronwyn Bishop (born 1942), Australian politician
• Charles Reed Bishop (1822–1915), American businessman and philanthropist
• David Bishop, New Zealand, screenwriter, author and comics editor
• David Bishop (athlete) (born 1987), British middle-distance athlete
• Ed Bishop (1932–2005), American film, television, stage and radio actor
• Edward Bishop (Salem), accused of witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials
• Edward Bishop III, accused of witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials
• Edward Stanley Bishop (1920–1984), British Labour Party politician
• Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), American poet and writer
• Elvin Bishop (born 1942), American blues and rock 'n roll musician
• Errett Bishop (1926–1983), American mathematician
• Harry A. Bishop, mayor of Juneau, Alaska 1912–1913
• Henry Bishop (postmaster general) (1611–1691), English postmaster general
• Henry Rowley Bishop (1786–1855), English musical composer
• Ian Bishop (cricketer), West Indian cricketer and commentator
• Joey Bishop (1918–2007), American entertainer
• Julie Bishop (actress) (1914–2001), Hollywood leading lady of the 1930s and 40s
• Julie Bishop (born 1956), Australian politician
• K. J. Bishop, Australian writer and artist
• Kelly Bishop (born 1944), American actress
• Kevin Bishop (born 1980), English actor and comedian
• Kirsten Bishop, voice actress
• Malcolm Bishop, Welsh lawyer and QC
• Mark Bishop (born 1954), Australian Labor Party member
• Matt Bishop (born 1962), head of Communications and Public Relations for the McLaren Group
• Maurice Bishop (1944–1983), Grenadian revolutionary and politician
• Meredith Bishop (born 1976), American actress
• Michael Bishop (businessman) (born 1942), British businessman
• Michael Bishop (author) (born 1945), American science fiction and fantasy author
• Michael Bishop (bassist), American bassist, member of GWAR and Kepone
• Michael Bishop (football player) (born 1976), American football player
• J. Michael Bishop (born 1938), American immunologist and microbiologist
• Morris Bishop (1893–1973), American scholar, historian, biographer, author, and humorist
• Neal Bishop (born 1981), English footballer
• Nicholas Bishop (born 1973), Australian actor
• Raymond J. Bishop (1906–1978), Catholic priest and exorcist
• Richard M. Bishop (1812–1893), American politician from Ohio
• Rob Bishop (born 1951), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Robert Bishop (artist) (1945–1991), American erotic artist
• Robert Hamilton Bishop (1777–1855), first president of Miami University
• Roswell P. Bishop (1843–1920), American politician from Michigan
• Russell Bishop (academic), New Zealand academic
• Russell Bishop (sex offender) (born 1966), convicted English sex offender
• Sherman C. Bishop (1887–1951), American herpetologist and arachnologist
• Stephen Bishop
• Stuart Bishop (born c. 1975), incoming member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Tim Bishop (born 1950), American politician from New York
• Walter Bishop, Sr. (1905–1964), Jamaican composer and songwriter
• Walter Bishop, Jr. (1927–1988), American bop and hard bop jazz pianist

See also

• Bishop (disambiguation)
• Bischof
• Bischoff
• The Bishops, respectively Michael and Peter Bishop

References