Roper (surname)
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Politicians
- Daniel Calhoun RoperDaniel Calhoun RoperDaniel Calhoun Roper was a U.S. administrator, particularly under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born in Marlboro County, South Carolina...
, b 1867 d 1943, an American politician - Elmer Ernest RoperElmer Ernest RoperElmer Ernest Roper was a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as leader of the Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was also a candidate for the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:Roper was born in...
, b 1893 d 1994, a Canadian politician - John Francis Hodgess Roper, a British politician
- William Roper (1496 - 1578), a British politician and writer
- Sandra RoperSandra RoperSandra Roper is an American civil rights lawyer and failed 2001 candidate for district attorney in Brooklyn, New York. An opponent of the Jim Brennan political machine and a political associate of John O'Hara, she is being prosecuted for what Christopher Ketcham says "most observers agree is an...
, a New York lawyer and politician
Academics and Writers
- Brian Roper (academic)Brian Roper (academic)Brian Roper is a British economist and former vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University.-Career:Roper was born and raised in southeast London, and studied economics at the University of Wales...
, former vice-chancellor of London Met - Hugh Trevor-Roper, a 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...
of Germany. - L. David Roper b. 1935, discoverer of the Roper resonanceRoper resonanceThe Roper resonance, also known as P11, is an unstable baryon state/particle with a mass of about 1,440 MeV/c2 and with a relatively wide full Breit-Wigner width Γ≈300 MeV/c2. It contains three quarks with total spin J=1/2 and total isospin I=1/2...
in particle physics and genealogist - Laura Wood Roper b. 1911 d. 2003, author and biographer
- Lyndal RoperLyndal RoperLyndal Roper is Professor of Early Modern History at Balliol College, University of Oxford and author of a variety of ground-breaking works on witchcraft in early-modern Europe. In 2011 she was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History....
Fellow at Oriel College and author of Witch Craze - Scott C. Roper b. 1969, an American geographerGeographerA geographer is a scholar whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society.Although geographers are historically known as people who make maps, map making is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography...
, professor, and author
Athletes
- Anthony Dean Roper (Tony)Tony RoperAnthony Dean "Tony" Roper was a NASCAR driver. He was born in Springfield, Missouri, to Dean Roper and Shirley Medley. Growing up his family was heavily involved in auto racing. Roper started racing in 1986. For the next six years Tony raced in IMCA Modifieds and late models on Midwest dirt and...
, b 1964 d 2000, pickup race driver. His father Carrol Dean Roper was also a race driver. - Brian Roper (sports), an Irish Gaelic footballGaelic footballGaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
er who plays for DonegalDonegal GAAThe Donegal County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Donegal GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Donegal. The county board is also responsible for the Donegal inter-county teams.Gaelic football is strongest in the... - Donald George Beaumont RoperDon RoperDonald George Beaumont "Don" Roper was an English footballer.-Playing career:Born in Botley, Hampshire, Roper was a prolific scorer as a schoolboy...
, b 1922 d 2001, an English footballer - John Roper, Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
pitcher for the Cincinnati RedsCincinnati RedsThe Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890.... - Steve RoperSteve RoperSteve Roper is a noted climber and historian of the Sierra Nevada in the United States. He along with Allen Steck are the founding editors of the Sierra Club journal Ascent.Roper is the winner of the Sierra Club's Francis P...
, 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)The Secret Garden (1949 film)The Secret Garden is a 1949 US drama film. It is the second screen adaptation of the classic 1909 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett . The screenplay by Robert Ardrey was directed by Fred M. Wilcox...
. - David RoperDavid RoperDavid Roper is a British actor, best known for his roles in the sitcoms The Cuckoo Waltz and Leave it to Charlie....
, British actor - Deidra Muriel Roper, b 1948, an American DJ and singer.
- George RoperGeorge RoperThis is an article about the British comedian. For information on the British sitcom character, see Man About the House.George Roper was an English stand-up comedian, best known for his appearances in the long-running UK television series The Comedians.- Early history :He was born George Francis...
, British stand-up comedian. Known for his work on the British comedy show The Comedians. - Paul "Mookie" Roper, a former DJ for WSOU-FMWSOU-FMWSOU is a non-commercial, college radio station. The station broadcasts from the campus of Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. It is a student-run station with university administrator Mark Maben serving as its current General Manager...
, former play-by-play broadcaster for the ECHL'sECHLThe ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
Trenton Devils, and current play-by-play announcer for the OHL'sOntario Hockey LeagueThe Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
Erie OttersErie OttersThe Erie Otters are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League . Based in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, they have played their home games at the Louis J. Tullio Arena since 1996... - Reese RoperReese RoperMichael Reese Roper is an independent filmmaker and the former lead singer and chief song writer of the third-wave ska band Five Iron Frenzy. After Five Iron Frenzy disbanded in 2003, Reese released a single album using the moniker Roper. He is also part of the band Brave Saint Saturn, who released...
, singer / songwriter for the bands Five Iron Frenzy, Brave Saint Saturn, and Roper - Todd Roper, drummer for the band DeathrayDeathrayDeathray was a band from Sacramento, California formed by former Cake members Greg Brown and Victor Damiani, and Dana Gumbiner, a musician formerly of the Sacramento indie band Little Guilt Shrine....
(and formerly for the band Cake) - Skid RoperSkid RoperSkid Roper is an American musician active in the 1980s and early 1990s. He has recorded with several groups including surf band, The Evasions, but is best known for his work with Mojo Nixon between 1985 and 1989.With Nixon, Roper served mainly as an instrumentalist...
, an American musician
Other People
- Col. Roper, d 21 Dec 1788, Commander in Chief of the Island of St. Vincent, killed in a duel with Mr. Thomas Purefoy.
- Margaret RoperMargaret RoperMargaret Roper was an English writer and translator. She was the daughter of Thomas More and wife of William Roper. During More's imprisonment in the Tower of London, she was a frequent visitor to his cell, along with her husband.Roper married William Roper in 1521 in Eltham, Kent...
, daughter of Sir Thomas More. - Moses RoperMoses RoperMoses Roper was a mulatto slave who wrote one of the major early books about life as a slave in the United States — Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery.-Life as a slave:...
, b c1810 d c1861, a slave born in North Carolina who escaped to England and wrote a book about his slavery experiences - Elmo Burns Roper, Jr.Elmo RoperElmo Burns Roper, Jr. was a pollster known for his pioneering work in market research and opinion polling. In 1934, he cofounded Cherington, Wood, and Roper, a marketing research firm. When that partnership fell apart, he founded his own research company, Elmo Roper, Inc...
, b 1900 d 1971, founder of the Roper Opinion Research Company (the "Roper Poll"), later renamed Roper Starch Worldwide Company and eventually acquired by NOP World and then GfKGfKThe GfK Group, established in 1934 as Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung is Germany's largest market research institute, and the fourth largest market research organisation in the world, after Nielsen Company, Kantar Group, and IMS Health... - George Denny Roper, b 1855 d 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 & BlockJenner & BlockJenner & Block is a U.S. law firm with offices in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. Approximately 450 attorneys serve a wide range of clients in corporate litigation, business transactions, and in the public sector. Jerold S. Solovy was the longtime Chair of the firm, but on Sept...
- Jesse M. RoperJesse M. RoperJesse M. Roper was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War.-Biography:Born at Glasgow, Missouri, Roper was appointed midshipman in June 1868 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1872. Commissioned lieutenant commander in 1899, he assumed command of USS...
, b 1851 d 1901, an officer of the United States Navy - John Charles Abercromby Roper, b 1915, d 1998, British foreign-service officer
- Lanning RoperLanning RoperLanning Roper was an American landscape architect and writer who studied and lived in England.-Life:Born in West Orange, New Jersey, Roper received an honors degree in Fine Arts from Harvard University in 1933....
, b 1912 d 1983, a United States citizen who became a well-known English gardener - John Roper, b c1822, Australian explorer; Roper Peak and Roper RiverRoper RiverThe Roper River is one of the largest rivers in the Northern Territory, Australia, extending east for over 500 km to meet the sea in Limmen Bight on the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is navigable for about 145 km, until the tidal limit at Roper Bar, and forms the southern boundary of the region...
in the Northern Territory are named after him - Kevin Roper, animator for Hanna-BarberaHanna-BarberaHanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...
Productions in the 1970s - Patrick Trevor-RoperPatrick Trevor-RoperPatrick Trevor-Roper , British eye surgeon and pioneer gay rights activist, was one of the first people in the United Kingdom to "come out" as openly gay, and played a leading role in the campaign to repeal the UK's anti-gay laws....
, b 1916 d 2004, a British surgeon and gay rights activist - Sylvester Howard Roper b. 1823 d. 1896, Inventor of the motorcycleMotorcycleA motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...
- Shirley Phelps-RoperShirley Phelps-RoperShirley Lynn Phelps-Roper is an American lawyer and political activist. She is best known as the spokesperson of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, an organization known for its highly publicized public protests conducted under the slogan "God Hates...
b. 1957, de facto spokesman for the Topeka, KansasTopeka, KansasTopeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
-based Westboro Baptist ChurchWestboro Baptist ChurchThe Westboro Baptist Church is an independent Baptist church known for its extreme stance against homosexuality and its protest activities, which include picketing funerals and desecrating the American flag. The church is widely described as a hate group and is monitored as such by the...
, daughter of Fred PhelpsFred PhelpsFred Waldron Phelps, Sr. is an American pastor heading the Westboro Baptist Church , an independent Baptist church based in Topeka, Kansas...
Fictitious characters
- George Roper, fictional character in the British sitcom George and MildredGeorge and MildredGeorge and Mildred is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television that aired from 1976 to 1979. It was a spin-off from Man About the House and starred Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce as an ill-matched married couple, George and Mildred Roper...
. - Stanley RoperStanley RoperStanley Roper is the name of a fictional character from the sitcom Three's Company and its spinoff The Ropers.-Background:In Three's Company, Stanley Roper owns and manages the apartment building in Santa Monica that is home to Jack Tripper, Janet Wood and Chrissy Snow. He has a love-hate...
, a character in the sitcoms Three's Company and its spinoff The Ropers. - Scott Roper, a character played by Eddie MurphyEddie MurphyEdward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician....
in Metro (1997 film). - Steve Roper, a character in the comic stripComic stripA comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Steve Roper and Mike NomadSteve Roper and Mike NomadSteve Roper and Mike Nomad was an American adventure comic strip that ran under various earlier titles from November 1936 to December 26, 2004...
. - Roper, a character played by John SaxonJohn SaxonJohn Saxon may refer to:* John Saxon , motion picture actor, specializing in action films* John Saxon , known for developing a new system of mathematics education...
in Enter the DragonEnter the DragonEnter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts co-production with Golden Harvest and Warner Bros. studios, directed by Robert Clouse; starring Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly and John Saxon. This is Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973...
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