Hooper

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. Notable individuals named Hooper include: 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.