Pepper is a given name, nickname and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Abel C. Pepper (1793–1860), American politician and Indian agent
• Art Pepper (1925–1982), American jazz musician
• Barry Pepper (born 1970), Canadian actor
• Belville Robert Pepper (1850–1888), British singer
• Bill Pepper (1895–1918), English footballer
• Charles T. Pepper (1830–1903), American physician.
• Claude Pepper (1900–1989), U.S. Congressman from Florida
• Conor Pepper (born 1994), Irish footballer
• Cuthbert Pepper (died 1608), Member of Parliament in 1597 and 1601
• Daniel Pepper (born 1989), English swimmer
• Dick Pepper (1889–1962), English musician and writer
• Dottie Pepper (born 1965), American golfer
• George W. Pepper (1867–1961), U.S. senator and lawyer
• Harry S. Pepper (1891–1970), English light music composer and BBC producer
• James Welsh Pepper (1853–1919), American music publisher and instrument maker; founded J.W. Pepper & Son in 1876
• Jeffrey Pepper, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023
• Jim Pepper (1941–1992), American jazz musician
• John Henry Pepper (1821–1900), English scientist, inventor, and lecturer
• Nigel Pepper (born 1968), English footballer
• Pamela Pepper (born 1964), American judge
• Sam Pepper (born 1989), English YouTube personality
• Stephen Pepper (1891–1972) American philosopher
• Taybor Pepper (born 1994), American football player
• Tom Pepper (born 1975), computer programmer
• Wendy Pepper (born 1964), American fashion designer
• William Pepper Jr. (1843–1898), Philadelphia physician and founder of the Free Library of Philadelphia
• William Francis Pepper (born 1937), New York City lawyer

Given name or nickname

• Pepper Adams (1930–1986), American jazz saxophonist
• Pepper Binkley, American actress
• Pepper Keenan (born 1967), American rock musician
• Pepper LaBeija (1948–2003), American drag queen and fashion designer
• Pepper Martin (1904–1965), American baseball player
• Pepper MaShay (born 1953), American musician and singer-songwriter
• Pepper Ottman, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives since 2021
• Pepper Paire (1924–2013), catcher and infielder from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
• Pepper Rodgers (1931–2020), American football player and coach
• Pepper Schwartz (born 1945), American sociologist and sexologist
• Pepper Somerset, female vocalist in the American Industrial band My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
• Pepper Winters, Hong Kong-born American romance novelist
• Pepper Thomas, (born 1963), American writer and poet

Fictional characters

• Pepper Roni, the central protagonist of the LEGO Island video game trilogy and a mascot for The LEGO Group in the late 1990s and early 2000s
• Sgt. Leann "Pepper" Anderson, the central character in the 1970s Police Woman TV series, played by Angie Dickinson
• Pepper Brooks, television commentator played by Jason Bateman in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
• Pepper Clark, a skunk in the cartoon Littlest Pet Shop
• Pepper Dennis, news reporter in the television show Pepper Dennis played by Rebecca Romijn
• Pepper Ann Pearson, the protagonist and title character in Disney's 1997 animated series Pepper Ann
• Pepper Potts, Tony Stark's assistant and later lover in the Iron Man/Marvel Comics universe
• Pepper Saltzman, a guest character played by Nathan Lane in Modern Family
• Pepper Steiger, in Neighbours
• Floyd Pepper, a puppet character in The Muppet Show
• Suzy Pepper, character in Glee
• the title character of the 1975 film The Great Waldo Pepper, played by Robert Redford
• Pepper, in the musical Annie
• Pepper, a horse in the television series Horseland
• Pepper, in the musical Mamma Mia!
• Pepper, in the webcomic series Pepper&Carrot
• Pepper, in the book Good Omens
• Pepper, in the television series American Horror Story

See also

• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (disambiguation)
• Peppers (surname)
• Pepper (disambiguation)
• Peppa Pig