Hooper (or Hoopes) is a surname originating in England. It is derived from the archaic term for a person who aided in the building of barrels by creating the hoop for the barrel. Most Hoopers are English or of English descent.
Hooper
- Austin Hooper (born 1994), American football player
- Ben W. Hooper (1870–1957), governor of Tennessee 1911–1915
- Carl Hooper (born 1966), West Indian cricket player
- Charmaine Hooper (born 1968), Canadian soccer player
- Chris Hooper (musician), Canadian musician with the Grapes of Wrath
- Chris Hooper (basketball) (born 1991), American basketball player
- Claire Hooper (born 1976), Australian stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter and writer
- Claire Hooper (artist) (born 1978), British artist
- Craig Hooper (born 1959), Australian musician
- Daniel Hooper aka Swampy (environmentalist) (born 1973), British environmental protester
- David Vincent Hooper (1915–1998), British chess player and writer
- Dick Hooper (born 1956), Irish long-distance runner
- Dudley Hooper (1911–1968), British accountant and early promoter of electronic data processing
- Ed Hooper (born 1964), American author, journalist and historian
- Edward W. Hooper (1839–1901), American Union Army officer and Harvard College treasurer
- Edwin B. Hooper (1909–1986), Vice-Admiral of the United States Navy and Historian
- Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), American transcendentalist poet
- Emma Hooper, Canadian author
- Frances Hooper (1892–1986), American journalist, collector of arts and books, advertising executive
- George Hooper (disambiguation), several people
- Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper (born 1939), British politician
- Gloria Hooper (athlete) (born 1992), Italian sprinter
- Harry Hooper (1887–1974), American baseball player
- Horace Everett Hooper (1859–1922), American publisher of Encyclopædia Britannica
- Ibrahim Hooper, also known as Doug Hooper, American activist, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
- J. Robert Hooper (1936–2008), Maryland politician
- Jack Hooper (intelligence officer), deputy director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- James Hooper (born 1987), British adventurer
- James Thomas Hooper (1897–1971), British collector
- Joe R. Hooper (1938–1979), American Medal of Honor awardee
- JJ Hooper Jonathan James Hooper (born 1993), English footballer
- Jonathan S Hooper (born 1962), English painter
- Joseph L. Hooper (1877–1934), U.S. Representative from Michigan
- John Hooper (disambiguation), several people
- Johnson J. Hooper (c. 1815 – 1863), American humorist
- Kate Hooper (born 1978), Australian water polo player
- Lance Hooper (born 1967), American NASCAR driver and team owner
- Lora Hooper, American biologist
- Lucy Hooper (1816–1841), American poet
- Lucy Hamilton Hooper (1835–1893), American poet, journalist, editor, playwright
- Lyndon Hooper (born 1966), Canadian soccer player
- Melanie Hooper, Australian dancer
- Mike Hooper (footballer) (born 1964), English footballer
- Minnie Hooper (1876–1964), Australian ballet teacher
- Nellee Hooper (born 1963), British producer/remixer for popular/rock music groups
- Nicholas Hooper, English composer
- Ofelia Hooper (1900–1981), Panamanian sociologist and poet
- Pat Hooper (1952–2020), Irish long-distance runner
- Paul Hooper (born 1952), English clergyman, former Archdeacon of Leeds
- Ralph Hooper (1926–2022), British aeronautical engineer
- Robin Hooper (1914-1989), British pilot and ambassador to Greece
- Selden G. Hooper (1904–1976), United States Navy admiral convicted by court-martial
- Stanford Caldwell Hooper (1884–1955), U.S. Navy admiral and radio pioneer
- Stuart Hooper (born 1981), English rugby union player
- Tobe Hooper (1943–2017), American television and film director in horror films
- Tom Hooper (ice hockey) (1883–1960), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Tom Hooper (director) (born 1972), British film and television director
- Tom Hooper (musician), Canadian songwriter and musician
- Tom Hooper (rugby union), Australian rugby union player
- Tony Hooper (1939–2020), English musician and one-time member of Strawbs
- Walter Hooper (1931–2020), American writer
- William Hooper (1742–1790), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Fictional characters
- Matt Hooper, a marine biologist from the novel Jaws, and the subsequent Jaws (film) portrayed by Richard Dreyfuss
- Molly Hooper, a character on the BBC TV show Sherlock
- JP Hooper, a character on the BBC TV show Death in Paradise
- Mr. Hooper, a character on the children's TV show Sesame Street
- Hoppity Hooper, a cartoon character and namesake of the cartoon Hoppity Hooper
- Edmund Hooper, a character in the novel called I'm the King of the Castle
- Candice Hooper, a character in the film Final Destination 5
Hoopes
- Darlington Hoopes (1896–1989), American politician and lawyer from Pennsylvania
- David C. Hoopes (born 1942), American public official
- Donelson Hoopes (1932–2006), American art historian and curator
- Josiah Hoopes (1832–1904), American botanist
- Laura Mays Hoopes (1942–2021), American biologist
- Lorenzo Hoopes (1913–2012), American executive
- Matt Hoopes, American artist
- Mitch Hoopes (1953–2020), American football player
- Roy Hoopes (1922–2009), American journalist and writer
- Samantha Hoopes (born 1991), American model
- Samuel H. Hoopes (1811–1892), American politician from Pennsylvania
- Townsend Hoopes (1922–2004), American historian and public official
- Wendy Hoopes (born 1972), American actress
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