Hooper (surname)
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Hooper 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. Some notable individuals named Hooper:
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- Ben W. HooperBen W. HooperBen Walter Hooper was governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1911 to 1915.-Biography:Hooper, who was of illegitimate birth, spent part of his childhood in an orphanage, was unofficially "adopted" by members of his rural Baptist church, and was belatedly acknowledged by his natural father, a...
(1870–1957), governor of Tennessee 1911–1915 - Carl HooperCarl HooperCarl Llewellyn Hooper is a former West Indian cricket player and captain.-Career:He was a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler, who came to prominence in the late 1980s in a side that included such players as Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Walsh and represented...
(born 1966) West Indian cricket player - Chris HooperChris HooperChris Hooper is a Canadian songwriter and musician.He was a member of The Grapes of Wrath, one of the most popular Canadian rock bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is Tom Hooper's brother.-External links:** where Chris is a Producer*...
(contemporary), Canadian musician - Craig HooperCraig HooperCraig Hooper is an Australian musician who was a core member of Indie rock band The Reels and was in bands The Mullanes , The Church and The Crystal Set...
(contemporary), Australian musician - Daniel HooperSwampyDaniel Hooper is an environmental activist, sometimes characterised as an environmental protester or eco-warrior, from the United Kingdom...
(contemporary), British environmental protester - Dick HooperDick HooperRichard Hooper is a former long-distance runner from Raheny, Dublin, Ireland.-Career:He represented Ireland in the Olympic marathon in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988...
(born 1956), Irish long-distance runner - Ed HooperEd HooperWilliam Edward Hooper is an author, news broadcaster and columnist from Knoxville, Tennessee. He is most widely known for his work in military affairs reporting and his coverage of historic preservation and U.S. veterans issues....
(contemporary), American author, TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is... - Edward HooperEdward HooperEdward Hooper is a British journalist best known for his book, The River, which investigates the origins and early epidemiology of AIDS and makes a case for the OPV AIDS hypothesis, which states that the AIDS virus was accidentally created by scientists testing an experimental polio vaccine...
(contemporary), British journalist - Ellen Sturgis HooperEllen Sturgis HooperEllen Sturgis Hooper was an American poet. A member of the Transcendental Club, she was widely regarded as one of the most gifted poets among the New England Transcendentalists...
(1812–1848), American transcendentalist poet, daughter of William F. SturgisWilliam F. SturgisWilliam F. Sturgis was a Boston merchant in the China trade and the Maritime Fur Trade.-Biography:... - Emma Hooper (contemporary), Canadian author and violist
- Gary HooperGary HooperGary Hooper is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League club Celtic.Hooper started his career at non-League Grays Athletic in 2003. While there he won the 2004-05 Conference South, as well as the FA Trophy twice in 2005 and 2006. After this Championship club...
(born 1988), English footballer - George HooperGeorge HooperGeorge Hooper was a learned and influential high churchman of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He served as bishop of the Welsh diocese, St Asaph, and later for the diocese of Bath and Wells, as well as chaplain to members of the royal family.-Early life:George Hooper was born...
(1640–1727), English clergyman - Harry HooperHarry HooperHarry Bartholomew Hooper was a Major League Baseball player in the early 20th century. Hooper batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Hooper was born in Bell Station, California. A graduate in engineering at Saint Mary's College of California, he broke into the majors with the Red Sox in 1909,...
(1887–1974), American baseball player - Horace Everett HooperHorace Everett HooperHorace Everett Hooper was the publisher of Encyclopædia Britannica from 1897 until his death.-Early life:...
(1859–1922), publisher of Encyclopædia Britannica - Ibrahim HooperIbrahim HooperIbrahim Hooper , a convert to Islam, is the National Communications Director and spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations , a Washington D.C.-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization.-Early life:...
, also known as Doug Hooper (contemporary), spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) - J. Robert HooperJ. Robert HooperJames Robert Hooper , was a former member of the Maryland Senate.-Education:Hooper attended Bel Air High School in Bel Air, Maryland.-Career:...
, Maryland politician - Jack HooperJack HooperJack Hooper is the former deputy director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service who became well known mainly for his role in some of Canada’s most sensitive and controversial spy-service scandals, including CSIS’s involvement in the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian engineer father of two...
, former deputy director of the Canadian Security Intelligence ServiceCanadian Security Intelligence ServiceThe Canadian Security Intelligence Service is Canada's national intelligence service. It is responsible for collecting, analyzing, reporting and disseminating intelligence on threats to Canada's national security, and conducting operations, covert and overt, within Canada and abroad.Its... - James HooperJames HooperJames Hooper, in 2006, became one of the youngest Britons to climb Mount Everest, along with his school friend Rob Gauntlett. In November 2008 James and Rob were awarded with the National Geographic Adventurers of the Year prize for their expedition from the North Geomagnetic Pole to the South...
, British adventurer - James Thomas HooperJames Thomas HooperJames Thomas Hooper was a British collector of ethnographic artifacts of the Inuit, Native American, Oceanic and African peoples....
(1897–1971), British collector - Joe R. Hooper (1938–1979), American Medal of Honor awardee
- Joseph L. HooperJoseph L. HooperJoseph Lawrence Hooper was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Hooper was born in Cleveland, Ohio and moved to Michigan with his parents, who settled in Battle Creek in 1891. He attended the grade and high schools there. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1899, and commenced...
(1877–1934), U.S. Representative from Michigan - John HooperJohn HooperJohn Hooper, Johan Hoper, was an English churchman, Anglican Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester. A Protestant Reformer, he was killed during the Marian Persecutions.-Biography:...
(1495–1555), English churchman, Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester - John Hooper (politician)John Hooper (politician)John Hooper was an Irish nationalist journalist, politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented South-East Cork from 1885 to 1889....
(1846–1897), Irish politician and journalist - Johnson J. HooperJohnson J. HooperJohnson Jones Hooper was an American humorist, born in Wilmington, North Carolina. He moved to Dadeville, Alabama where he edited a newspaper and practiced law...
(c. 1815–1863) American humorist - Lyndon HooperLyndon HooperLyndon Hooper is a former professional Canadian soccer player and former assistant coach of the Toronto Lynx soccer team of the United Soccer Leagues First Division...
(born 1966), former professional Canadian soccer player - Louisa Hooper (contemporary), English poet and writer
- Mike Hooper (contemporary), English footballer
- Nellee HooperNellee HooperNellee Hooper is a British producer/remixer/composer best known for his work with Björk, No Doubt/Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Sinéad O'Connor, Garbage, Andrea Corr, U2, Sneaker Pimps, Soul II Soul and Massive Attack...
(contemporary), British producer/remixer for popular/rock music groups - Nicholas HooperNicholas HooperNicholas Hooper is a British film and television composer. He has scored the award-winning BBC productions Land of the Tiger and Andes to Amazon, as well as the TV movies The Girl in the Café and My Family and Other Animals among others...
(contemporary), English composer - Pat HooperPat HooperPatrick Hooper is a former long-distance runner from Ireland. He represented Ireland twice and his personal best is 2:17:46. He is the older brother of marathoner and three-time Olympian Dick Hooper.-Achievements:...
(born 1952), Irish long-distance runner - Selden G. HooperSelden G. HooperSelden G. Hooper was the only Admiral of the United States Navy to be convicted by court-martial.Hooper was the commissioning commanding officer of the on 22 November 1943.In U.S. V...
(1904–1976), United States Navy admiral convicted by court-martial - Stanford Caldwell HooperStanford Caldwell HooperStanford Caldwell Hooper was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy, and a noted radio pioneer who has been called "the Father of Naval Radio"...
(1884–1955), U.S. Navy admiral and radio pioneer who has been called the Father of Naval Radio - Tobe HooperTobe HooperTobe Hooper is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre. His works include the cult classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , along with its first sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ; the three-time Emmy-nominated Stephen King film adaptation...
(born 1943), American television and film director in horror films - Tom Hooper (1883–1960), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Tom Hooper (director)Tom Hooper (director)Thomas George "Tom" Hooper is a British film and television director of English and Australian background. Hooper began making short films at the age of 13, and had his first professional short, Painted Faces, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1992. At Oxford University Hooper directed plays and...
, British film and television director - Tom Hooper (contemporary), Canadian songwriter and musician
- Tony HooperTony HooperTony Hooper is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as a founder-member of Strawbs together with Dave Cousins. He left Strawbs in 1972 after their album Grave New World, when it became obvious that the band was moving further away from its folk roots towards rock and...
, English musician and one-time member of Strawbs - William HooperWilliam HooperWilliam Hooper was an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina from 1774 through 1777...
(1742–1790), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Fictional persons
- Mr. HooperMr. HooperHarold Hooper was a character on Sesame Street, played by Will Lee, who was the original proprietor of Mr. Hooper's Store, which still retains his name.-Biography:...
, character on the children's TV show Sesame Street - Hooper Hamilton, a founder of the World State in H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to ComeThe Shape of Things to ComeThe Shape of Things to Come is a work of science fiction by H. G. Wells, published in 1933, which speculates on future events from 1933 until the year 2106. The book is dominated by Wells's belief in a world state as the solution to mankind's problems....
- Hoppity HooperHoppity HooperHoppity Hooper is a 1964 animated television series produced by Jay Ward, originally broadcast on ABC and co-sponsored by General Mills and Topper Toys.-Series premise:...
, a cartoon character and namesake of the cartoon Hoppity Hooper