Roper (surname) - Other People

Other People

• Col. Roper (died 1788), Commander in Chief of the Island of St. Vincent, killed in a duel with Mr. Thomas Purefoy.
• 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
• Stu "the" Roper (born 1972)