Roper (surname)

Roper, which means a maker or seller of rope, is a surname. People with the name include:

Politicians

• Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867–1943), an American politician
• Elmer Ernest Roper (1893–1994), a Canadian politician
• John Roper, Baron Roper (1935–2016), a British politician
• William Roper (biographer) (1496–1578), a British politician and writer
• Sandra Roper, a New York lawyer and politician

Academics and Writers

• Brian Roper (academic), former vice-chancellor of London Met
• Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford
• L. David Roper (born 1935), discoverer of the Roper resonance in particle physics and genealogist
• Laura Wood Roper (1911–2003), author and biographer
• Lyndal Roper, Fellow at Oriel College and author of Witch Craze

Athletes

• Tony Roper (racing driver) (1964–2000), pickup race driver.
• Jim Roper (1916-2000), race driver
• Brian Roper (Gaelic footballer), an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Donegal
• Don Roper (1922–2001), an English footballer
• John Roper, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
• Justin Roper (born 1987), American football player
• Steve Roper, an American rock climber

Entertainers

• Brian Roper (actor) (1929–1994), British and American film actor noted for his character portrayal as Dickon in The Secret Garden (1949 film).
• David Roper, British actor
• Deidra Muriel Roper (born 1948), an American DJ and singer.
• George Roper, British stand-up comedian. Known for his work on the British comedy show The Comedians.
• Reese Roper, singer / songwriter for the bands Five Iron Frenzy, Brave Saint Saturn, and Roper
• Todd Roper, drummer for the band Deathray
• Skid Roper, an American musician

Other People

• Col. Roper (died 1788), Commander in Chief of the Island of St. Vincent, killed in a duel with Mr. Thomas Purefoy.^[1]
• Margaret Roper, daughter of Sir Thomas More.
• Moses Roper (c. 1810 – c 1861), a 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
• George Denny Roper (1855–1925), founder of the Roper Manufacturing Company of Zanesville OH, later purchased by Whirlpool Corporation.
• Harry J. Roper, current partner and Chair - Intellectual Property, Jenner & Block
• Jesse M. Roper (1851–1901), an officer of the United States Navy
• John Charles Abercromby Roper, (1915–1998), British foreign-service officer
• Lanning Roper (1912–1983), a United States citizen who became a well-known English gardener
• John Roper (born c. 1822, date of death unknown), Australian explorer; Roper Peak and Roper River in the Northern Territory are named after him
• Kevin Roper, animator for Hanna-Barbera Productions in the 1970s
• Patrick Trevor-Roper (1916–2004), a 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

Fictitious 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.

See also

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

1. ↑ The History of Duelling, Vol. 2, by J. G. Millingen (London: Richard Bentley, 1841), pp. 146,7