Cooper (surname)
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Cooper is a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 originating in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, and means maker of barrels; see Cooper (profession)
Cooper (profession)
Traditionally, a cooper is someone who makes wooden staved vessels of a conical form, of greater length than breadth, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads...

. Cooper is the 32nd most common surname in the United Kingdom.

Many notable persons share this surname.

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  • Afua Cooper
    Afua Cooper
    Afua Cooper is a Jamaican-born Canadian historian, author and dub poet.-Biography:Born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, Cooper grew up in Kingston, Jamaica and migrated to Toronto in 1980. She holds a Ph.D. in African-Canadian history with specialties in slavery and abolition...

     (born 1957), Jamaican-Canadian poet and academic
  • Alan Cooper
    Alan Cooper
    Alan Cooper is known for his role in humanizing technology through his groundbreaking work in software design. Widely recognized as the “Father of Visual Basic," Cooper is the author of the books, About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design and The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why...

     (born 1952), creator of Visual Basic
  • Alexander Cooper
    Alexander Cooper
    Alexander Cooper was an English Baroque miniature painter.-Biography:He was the elder brother of the painter Samuel Cooper. He learned painting from Peter Oliver and was active in London from 1633 - 1642, whereupon he traveled to The Hague...

     (17th-century–1660), English painter
  • Alfred Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Alice Cooper
    Alice Cooper
    Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

     (born 1948), born Vincent Damon Furnier, musician
  • Allen Foster Cooper
    Allen Foster Cooper
    Allen Foster Cooper was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Allen Foster Cooper was born in Franklin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the State Normal School in California, Pennsylvania in 1881. He attended Mount Union College in...

     (1838–1918), American politician
  • Anderson Cooper
    Anderson Cooper
    Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories...

     (born 1967), journalist
  • Andrew Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Andy Cooper
    Andy Cooper
    Andrew Lewis Cooper , nicknamed "Lefty," was an American left-handed pitcher, who hit right-handed, in baseball's Negro Leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006....

     (1898–1941), American baseball player
  • Ann Cooper Whitall
    Ann Cooper Whitall
    Ann Cooper Whitall was a prominent Quaker woman in early America.Ann Cooper was born in Woodbury, New Jersey. She married James Whitall. During the American War for Independence, Whitall stayed in her house, even though British warships were firing cannon in that direction during the Battle of...

     (1716–1797), American Quaker
  • Ann Nixon Cooper
    Ann Nixon Cooper
    Ann Louise Nixon Cooper was a centenarian mentioned in United States President-elect Barack Obama's November 2008 election speech as a representative of the change in status African Americans had undergone during the past century and more in America...

     (1902–2009), African-American representative
  • Anna J. Cooper
    Anna J. Cooper
    Anna Julia Haywood Cooper was an author, educator, speaker and one of the most prominent African American scholars in United States history. Upon receiving her Ph.D in history from the University of Paris-Sorbonne in 1924, Cooper became the fourth African American woman to earn a doctoral degree...

     (1859–1964), African-American educator
  • Anthony Ashley-Cooper (disambiguation), 10 of the 12 Earls of Shaftesbury
  • Ashley Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Astley Cooper
    Astley Cooper
    Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Baronet was an English surgeon and anatomist, who made historical contributions to otology, vascular surgery, the anatomy and pathology of the mammary glands and testicles, and the pathology and surgery of hernia.-Life:Cooper was born at Brooke Hall in Brooke, Norfolk...

     (1768–1841), English surgeon

B

  • Barry Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Ben Cooper (disambiguation)
    Ben Cooper (disambiguation)
    Ben Cooper is a retired American film and television actor.Ben Cooper may also refer to:* Ben Cooper , singer/songwriter from Jacksonville, Florida* Ben Cooper, Inc., a corporation which manufactured Halloween costumes...

  • Bert Cooper
    Bert Cooper
    Bertram Cooper , also known as Smokin' Bert Cooper is a heavyweight boxer, most famous for his devastating punching power and several wild brawls in the 1990s.-Pro career:...

     (born 1966), American boxer
  • Betty Cooper
    Betty Cooper
    Betty Cooper is a fictional character of Archie Comics, the blonde-haired daughter of Hal and Alice Cooper. Betty likes sports, and is also a cheerleader. Betty was created in December 1941. Her older brother Chic Cooper and older sister Polly Cooper have both moved out of Riverdale, their hometown...

    , fictional character from Archie Comics
  • Bradley Cooper
    Bradley Cooper
    Bradley Cooper is an American film, theater, and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films The Hangover, The A-Team, and Limitless. In 2011, People magazine named Cooper "Sexiest Man Alive".-Early life:...

     (born 1975), American actor
  • Bradley Cooper (athlete)
    Bradley Cooper (athlete)
    Bradley "Brad" Cooper is a retired male discus thrower and shot putter from the Bahamas. He competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. Cooper set his personal best, , in the discus event on June 14, 1986 in Nassau.-References:* * *...

     (born 1957), Bahamian discus thrower and shot putter
  • Bransby Cooper
    Bransby Cooper
    Bransby Beauchamp Cooper was a member of the Australian cricket team that played in the inaugural Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1876–77...

     (1844–1914), Australian cricketer
  • Brent Cooper
    Brent Cooper
    Brent "The Disciple" Cooper is a professional boxer. He is also a devout Christian and works as a personal trainer. The vast majority of his professional fights have been contested in Nashville.-Boxing career:...

     (born 1973), American boxer
  • Buzz Cooper
    Buzz Cooper
    Frank Achilles "Buzz" Cooper Sr. is a fictional character on the popular CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light.The character of Buzz was originated by Justin Deas in February 1993 and he has been with the show to its final airdate which was September 18, 2009...

    , fictional character from Guiding Light

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  • Calico Cooper, American actress
  • Carl Cooper (born 1960), British Anglican bishop
  • Cecil Cooper
    Cecil Cooper
    Cecil Celester Cooper , nicknamed "Coop," is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball and the former manager of the Houston Astros. From through , Cooper played for the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers...

     (born 1949), American baseball player
  • Charles Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Charlotte Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Chris Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Christin Cooper
    Christin Cooper
    Christin Elizabeth Cooper is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist from Ketchum, Idaho.-Racing career:...

     (born 1959), American skier
  • Clarence Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Colin Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Colm Cooper
    Colm Cooper
    Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Dr. Croke’s and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2002. Cooper is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation.-Club:Cooper helped Dr. Crokes win the 2000 Kerry...

     (born 1983), Irish Gaelic footballer with Kerry GAA
  • Courtney Ryley Cooper
    Courtney Ryley Cooper
    Courtney Ryley Cooper was an American circus performer, publicist and writer. During his career he published over 30 books, many focusing on crime; J. Edgar Hoover considered him at one time "the best informed man on crime in the U...

     (1886–1940), circus clown, journalist and book author
  • Curtis Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Cynthia Cooper (disambiguation)

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  • Dale Cooper
    Dale Cooper
    FBI Special agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper is a fictional character from the television series Twin Peaks, portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan. He is the lead protagonist of the series, and briefly appears in the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me....

    , fictional character from Twin Peaks
  • Daniel C. Cooper
    Daniel C. Cooper
    Daniel C. Cooper was an American surveyor, farmer, miller and political leader.-Biography:He was born in the Passaic Valley at Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey, the son of wealthy farmer George Cooper and Margaret Lafferty...

     (1773–1818), early American surveyor and politician
  • D. B. Cooper
    D. B. Cooper
    D. B. Cooper is the name popularly used to refer to an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in the airspace between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington on November 24, 1971. He extorted $200,000 in ransom and parachuted to an uncertain fate...

    , airline hijacker
  • D. C. Cooper
    D. C. Cooper
    Donald Christopher "D.C." Cooper is an American singer and musician.-Biography:He started out playing in several area bands and touring the local club circuit in Pittsburgh while he studied singing under renowned opera coach Charlotte Coleman...

     (born 1965), heavy metal singer born in 1965
  • David Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Dennis Cooper
    Dennis Cooper
    Dennis Cooper is an American novelist, poet, critic, editor and performance artist.-Career:Cooper grew up the son of a wealthy businessman in Arcadia, California. His first forays into literature came early, focusing on imitations of Rimbaud, Verlaine, de Sade, and Baudelaire...

     (born 1953), American poet and writer
  • Lady Diana Cooper
    Lady Diana Cooper
    Lady Diana Cooper, Viscountess Norwich was an English socialite and actress.-Birth and youth:Born Lady Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners, she was officially the youngest daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland and his wife, the former Violet Lindsay, but Lady Diana's real father was widely supposed...

     (1892–1986), society beauty and actress, wife of Duff Cooper
  • Don Cooper
    Don Cooper
    Donald James Cooper is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball and the current pitching coach of the Chicago White Sox.-Early life:...

     (born 1957), American baseball player
  • Douglas Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Duff Cooper
    Duff Cooper
    Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich GCMG, DSO, PC , known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician, diplomat and author. He wrote six books, including an autobiography, Old Men Forget, and a biography of Talleyrand...

     (1890–1954), British politician and writer

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  • Earl Cooper
    Earl Cooper
    Earl Cooper was an American racecar driver.-Racing career:...

     (1886–1965), leading race car driver, 1900–1925
  • Eddie Cooper
    Eddie Cooper
    Eddie Cooper is a British actor, best known for his portrayal of the main character Charlie Spinner in the CBBC television series Oscar Charlie opposite David Swift. Also notable are roles as Albert Sandwich in the BBC film drama Carrie's War, Prince Harry in the television film about Prince...

     (born 1987), British actor
  • Edmund Cooper
    Edmund Cooper
    Edmund Cooper was an English poet and prolific writer of speculative fiction, romances, technical essays, several detective stories, and a children's book. These were published under his own name and several pen names...

     (1926–1982), English writer
  • Edward Cooper (disambiguation)
    Edward Cooper (disambiguation)
    Edward Cooper may refer to:* Edward Cooper , West Virginia congressman* Edward Cooper , mayor of New York City 1879–1880* Edward Cooper , British recipient of the Victoria Cross...

  • Elizabeth Cooper
    Elizabeth Cooper
    Elizabeth Cooper was a Scottish-Filipina film actress, vaudeville dancer, and singer. In addition to her movie career, Cooper was also known for being the mistress of General Douglas MacArthur....

     (died 1960), Filipina-American actress
  • Emma Lampert Cooper
    Emma Lampert Cooper
    Emma Lampert Cooper was one of Rochester, New York's most renowned painters. She was married to painter Colin Campbell Cooper ....

     (1855–1920), American painter

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  • Frank Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Frederic Taber Cooper
    Frederic Taber Cooper
    Frederic Taber Cooper, Ph.D. was an American editor and writer. He was born May 27, 1864 in New York City, graduated from Harvard University in 1886 and obtained an LL.B. from Columbia University in 1887....

     (1864–1937), American writer, editor and academic
  • Frederick Cooper
    Frederick Cooper
    Frederick Cooper is an American historian who specializes in colonialization, decolonialization and African history. Cooper received his Ph.D from Yale University in 1974 and is currently professor of history at New York University....

    , American historian

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  • G. Cooper (MCC cricketer)
    G. Cooper (MCC cricketer)
    G Cooper was an English amateur cricketer who made 6 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1797 to 1807.-External sources:*...

    , English amateur cricketer
  • Gareth Cooper
    Gareth Cooper
    Gareth Cooper is a former Wales international rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for the Cardiff Blues. He is renowned for his darting breaks from rucks.-Career:...

     (born 1979), Welsh rugby player
  • Gary Cooper (disambiguation)
    Gary Cooper (disambiguation)
    Gary Cooper may refer to:*Gary Cooper, American actor*Gary Cooper , MLB outfielder for the Atlanta Braves in 1980*Gary Cooper , MLB third baseman for the Houston Astros in 1991*Gary Cooper , English footballer...

  • George Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Gladys Cooper
    Gladys Cooper
    Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, DBE was an English actress whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television....

     (1888–1971), English actress
  • Gordon Cooper
    Gordon Cooper
    Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. , also known as Gordon Cooper, was an American aeronautical engineer, test pilot and NASA astronaut. Cooper was one of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first manned space effort by the United States...

     (1927–2004), astronaut
  • Grey Cooper
    Grey Cooper
    Grey Cooper was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1765 and 1790 and was Secretary to the Treasury under various administrations....

     (c. 1720–1801), English MP
  • Gwen Cooper
    Gwen Cooper
    Gwen Cooper is a fictional character in the BBC television programme Torchwood, a spin-off to the long-running show Doctor Who, portrayed by Welsh actress Eve Myles. The series' lead female character, Gwen has featured in every episode of the sci-fi programme to date as well as two crossover...

    , in the fictional television series Torchwood

H

  • Harry Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Helen Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Helene Cooper
    Helene Cooper
    Helene Cooper is a Liberian-born American journalist who is a White House correspondent for the New York Times. Before that, she was the paper's diplomatic correspondent in Washington, D.C....

     (born 1966), Liberian-American author and journalist
  • Henry Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Hugh Cooper (1865–1937), American engineer

I

  • Ian Cooper (disambiguation)
    Ian Cooper (disambiguation)
    Ian Cooper may refer to:*Ian Cooper , retired English football player*Ian Cooper , retired Australian football player*Ian Cooper , British ice hockey player...

  • Ivan Cooper
    Ivan Cooper
    Ivan Averill Cooper is a former politician from Northern Ireland who was a Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and founding member of the SDLP...

     (born 1944), Northern Ireland politician

J

  • Jack Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Jackie Cooper
    Jackie Cooper
    Jackie Cooper was an American actor, television director, producer and executive. He was a child actor who managed to make the transition to an adult career. Cooper was the first child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination...

     (1922–2011), American actor
  • Jacqui Cooper
    Jacqui Cooper
    Jacqui Cooper is an Australian freestyle skier and motivational speaker.Cooper has been participating in aerial skiing since she was 16, and has been in the Australian team for 13 years. She has had many injuries, including a shattered knee and a broken back.She competed at the 1994 Winter...

     (born 1973), Australian skier
  • James Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Jeff Cooper (disambiguation)
    Jeff Cooper (disambiguation)
    Jeff Cooper is a former United States military figure known as the "Father of Modern Shooting".Jeff Cooper may also refer to:* Jeff Cooper , British radio broadcaster on 97.4 Rock FM...

  • Jere Cooper
    Jere Cooper
    Jere Cooper was a Democratic United States Representative from Tennessee.-Biography:Cooper was born on a farm near Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee...

     (1893–1957), American politician
  • Jerry W. Cooper
    Jerry W. Cooper
    Jerry W. Cooper is a Tennessee Democratic politician and a former member of the Tennessee Senate for the 14th district, which encompasses Franklin, Bledsoe, Coffee, Grundy, Sequatchie, Van Buren, and Warren counties...

     (born 1948), American politician
  • Jessie Cooper
    Jessie Cooper
    Jessie Mary Cooper . Elected as a Liberal and Country League representative to the South Australian Legislative Council in 1959, she was the first female member of the Parliament of South Australia, beating Joyce Steele, who had been elected to the House of Assembly the same day, by only an hour...

     (1914–1993), Australian politician
  • Jilly Cooper
    Jilly Cooper
    Jilly Cooper OBE is an English author. She started her career as a journalist and wrote numerous works of non-fiction before writing several romance novels, the first of which appeared in 1975. She is most famous for writing the Rutshire Chronicles.-Early life:Jilly Sallitt was born in Hornchurch,...

     (born 1937), English novelist
  • Jim Cooper (disambiguation)
    Jim Cooper (disambiguation)
    Jim Cooper may refer to:*Jim Cooper , Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 5th district*Jim Cooper , American Christian musician, songwriter, and producer...

  • Jimmy Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Joe Cooper (disambiguation)
  • John Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Johnny Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Joseph Cooper (disambiguation)
    Joseph Cooper (disambiguation)
    Joseph Cooper was a pianist and broadcaster.Joseph Cooper may also refer to:*Joseph Alexander Cooper, American soldier*Joseph Cooper House...

  • Josh Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Julie Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Justin Cooper (disambiguation)
    Justin Cooper (disambiguation)
    Justin Cooper may refer to:*Justin D. Cooper, President of Redeemer University College*Justin Cooper , Canadian football player*Justin Cooper , American child actor...

  • Justine Cooper, fictional character from the TV series Angel

K

  • Kaitlin Cooper
    Kaitlin Cooper
    Kaitlin Cooper is a fictional character on the Fox television series The O.C., played by Willa Holland. She was originally played by Shailene Woodley.-Season 1:...

    , fictional TV character from The O.C.
  • Kenneth H. Cooper
    Kenneth H. Cooper
    Kenneth H. Cooper is an doctor of medicine and former Air Force Colonel from Oklahoma, who introduced the concept of aerobics. He is the author of the 1968 book Aerobics, which emphasized a point system for improving the cardiovascular system...

     (born 1931), eponym of the Cooper test for fitness
  • Kenny Cooper
    Kenny Cooper
    Kenneth Scott Cooper, Jr. is an American soccer player who currently plays for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer....

     (born 1984), American footballer
  • Kenny Cooper, Sr. (born 1946), former English soccer goalkeeper and coach
  • Kevin Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Korey Cooper
    Korey Cooper
    Korey Cooper is the keyboardist, guitarist, and backing vocalist for the Christian Rock band Skillet. Her husband, John Cooper, is the lead singer and bassist of the band, as well as one of the founding members...

     (born 1972), musician, member of Skillet
  • Kyle Cooper
    Kyle Cooper
    Kyle Cooper is a modern designer of motion picture title sequences.Cooper studied graphic design under Paul Rand at Yale University. Early in his professional career, Cooper worked as a creative director at R/GA - an advertising agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles...

     (born 1962), designer of motion picture title sequences

L

  • Lauren Cooper
    Lauren Cooper
    Dame Lauren Alesha Masheka Tanesha Felicia Jane Cooper is a fictional character in The Catherine Tate Show. Lauren is one of the show's main characters and is played by Catherine Tate...

    , a character in The Catherine Tate Show
  • Leigh Cooper
    Leigh Cooper
    Leigh Vernon Cooper is an English football manager and former player.He progressed through the youth system at Plymouth Argyle to make his first team debut in November 1979 against Colchester United. Having established himself as a regular on the left side of midfield, he scored his first of 18...

     (born 1961), English footballer
  • Leon Cooper
    Leon Cooper
    Leon N Cooper is an American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, who with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer, developed the BCS theory of superconductivity...

     (born 1930), Nobel Laureate in physics - theory of superconductivity
  • Lettice Cooper
    Lettice Cooper
    Lettice Ulpha Cooper, , was an English writer. She was born in Eccles, Lancashire on 3 September 1897. She began to write stories when she was seven, and studied Classics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford graduating in 1918....

     (1897–1994), English writer
  • Lindsay Cooper
    Lindsay Cooper
    Lindsay Cooper is an English bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the Pedestrians...

     (born 1951), English musician (bassoon and oboe), composer and activist
  • Lindsay L. Cooper
    Lindsay L. Cooper
    Lindsay L. Cooper was a Scottish double-bass and cello player. He spent four years working as a ship's musician and had performed and recorded with a number of other musicians and bands, including Michael Jackson, Boy George, Derek Bailey and Mike Oldfield.A native of Glasgow, Cooper moved to...

     (1940–2001), Scottish musician (double-bass and cello)
  • Lionel Cooper
    Lionel Cooper
    Lionel Cooper was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s. A state and international representative winger, he played in Sydney for the Eastern Suburbs club and in England for Huddersfield.-Australian career:...

    , Australian rugby league player
  • Lionel Cooper (mathematician)
    Lionel Cooper (mathematician)
    Jacob Lionel Bakst Cooper was a South African mathematician who worked in operator theory, transform theory, thermodynamics, functional analysis and differential equations.-Development:Cooper was born in Beaufort West, Cape Province, South Africa...

     (1915–1979), South African mathematician
  • Louise Cooper
    Louise Cooper
    Louise Cooper was a British fantasy writer who lived in Cornwall with her husband, Cas Sandall.Cooper was born in Hertfordshire. She began writing stories when she was at school to entertain her friends. She continued to write and her first full-length novel was published at the age of twenty...

     (1952–2009), British writer

M

  • Marc Cooper
    Marc Cooper
    Marc Cooper is an American journalist, author, journalism professor and blogger. He is currently a contributing editor to The Nation. He wrote the popular "Dissonance" column for LA Weekly from 2001 until November 2008...

    , American journalist and blogger
  • Marianne Leone Cooper
    Marianne Leone Cooper
    Marianne Leone is an American film and television actress, screenwriter, and essayist. She is likely best-known for her recurring role as Christopher Moltisanti's mother on The Sopranos....

     (born 1952), American actress
  • Marina Cooper
    Marina Cooper
    Marina Nadine Lewis is a fictional character on the popular CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light. The character is the only child of police chief, Frank Cooper, and ex-wife, Eleni Andros and was born on-screen on May 8, 1993. In December 2001, her birth year was SORASed to the early 1980s...

    , fictional character from Guiding Light
  • Marissa Cooper
    Marissa Cooper
    Marissa Cooper is a fictional character on the FOX television series The O.C., portrayed by Mischa Barton. Marissa was among the original "core four" characters on The O.C. until her death in the season three finale, "The Graduates."...

    , fictional TV character from The O.C.
  • Mark Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Marquis Cooper
    Marquis Cooper
    Marquis Victor Cooper was an American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft...

     (1982–2009), American NFL football player
  • Martha Cooper
    Martha Cooper
    Martha Cooper is an American photojournalist born in the 1940s in Baltimore, Maryland where she picked up photography at the age of three. She graduated from high school at the age of 16, earned an art degree at age 19 from Grinnell College...

     (born c. 1940), American photojournalist
  • Martin Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Matt Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Matthew Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Merian C. Cooper
    Merian C. Cooper
    Merian Caldwell Cooper was an American aviator, United States Air Force and Polish Air Force officer, adventurer, screenwriter, and film director and producer. His most famous film was the 1933 movie King Kong.-Early life:...

     (1893–1973), American movie actor, director, screenwriter and producer
  • Michael Cooper (disambiguation)
    Michael Cooper (disambiguation)
    Michael Cooper may refer to:*Michael Cooper, basketball coach*Michael Cooper , founding member of the reggae band Third World*Michael Cooper , British photographer*Michael Cooper , English rugby league footballer...

  • Mike Cooper (disambiguation)
    Mike Cooper (disambiguation)
    Mike Cooper may refer to:*Mike Cooper , former politician in Ontario, Canada*Mike Cooper , Canadian radio personality*Mike Cooper , Warrington Wolves rugby league player...

  • Milton William Cooper
    Milton William Cooper
    Milton William Cooper was an American writer, shortwave broadcaster, conspiracy theorist, and political activist.-Biography:...

     (1943–2001), American writer
  • Miranda Cooper
    Miranda Cooper
    Miranda Eleanor De Fonbrune Cooper has been on the UK charts longer than any other female songwriter in the country. In 2007 Harper's Bazaar wrote of her: ‘If it's a hit you want, you'd better talk to Cooper...

     (born 1975), British songwriter
  • Mort Cooper
    Mort Cooper
    Morton Cecil Cooper was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals...

     (1913–1958), American baseball player
  • Myers Y. Cooper
    Myers Y. Cooper
    Myers Young Cooper was a Republican politician from Ohio. Cooper was the 51st Governor of Ohio.Born In St. Louisville, Ohio, the youngest of eleven children, Cooper had a public school education, and attended the National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio for three years...

     (1873–1958), American politician

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  • Neale Cooper (born 1963), Scottish football manager
  • Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury
    Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury
    Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, also known as Nick Ashley-Cooper, succeeded his brother as Earl of Shaftesbury...

     (born 1979), Earl of Shaftesbury

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  • Pat Cooper
    Pat Cooper
    Pat Cooper is an American actor and comedian. Cooper is primarily known for his stand-up routines, where he often makes reference to his Italian heritage from Mola di Bari, Italy...

     (born 1929), American comedian
  • Paul Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Paulette Cooper
    Paulette Cooper
    Paulette Marcia Cooper is an American author who is best known for activism against the Church of Scientology and the harassment she suffered as a result. Cooper's books have sold close to a half a million copies.-Early life:...

     (born 1944), American journalist
  • Peter Cooper (disambiguation)
    Peter Cooper (disambiguation)
    Pete or Peter Cooper may refer to:* Peter Cooper , American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist* Pete Cooper , American PGA and Senior PGA Tour golfer* Pete Cooper , English fiddler...

  • Priscilla Cooper Tyler
    Priscilla Cooper Tyler
    Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper Tyler was the daughter in law of John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States...

     (1816–1889), de facto First Lady of USA 1842-4

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  • Ray Cooper
    Ray Cooper
    Ray Cooper is an English musician. He is a session and road-tour percussionist, and occasional actor, who has worked with several musically diverse bands and artists including George Harrison, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, and Elton John. Cooper is commonly regarded by music fans, critics and fellow...

     (born 1942), English musician
  • Revel Cooper
    Revel Cooper
    Revel Ronald Cooper was an Indigenous Australian artist.-Early life:Cooper was born in Katanning, Western Australia in the mid-1930s and as a ward of the state was placed at Carrolup Native Settlement.-Children of Carrolup:...

     (died 1983), Australian artist
  • Richard Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Risteárd Cooper
    Risteárd Cooper
    Risteárd Cooper is an Irish actor, comedian, singer and writer and is one third of comedy trio Aprés Match.Cooper graduated from the acting programme at the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College...

    , Irish comedian
  • Robert Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Rosie Cooper
    Rosie Cooper
    Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for West Lancashire since 2005.- Early years :Cooper was born in Liverpool, the daughter of deaf parents...

     (born 1950), British politician
  • Roxanne Cooper, British singer
  • Roy Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Russell Cooper (disambiguation)
    Russell Cooper (disambiguation)
    Russell Cooper may refer to:*Russell Cooper, Australian politician*Russell W. Cooper , American economist* Russell K. Cooper, a Canadian history advocate, and news photographer...


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  • Samuel Cooper (disambiguation)
    Samuel Cooper (disambiguation)
    Samuel Cooper is the name of:*Samuel Cooper , English miniature painter*Samuel Cooper , Congregationalist minister in Boston, Massachusetts...

  • Sarah Cooper
    Sarah Cooper
    Sarah Jane Cooper was a British marmalade maker and wife of Frank Cooper .Sarah Cooper was born Sarah Jane Gill in Beoley, Worcestershire in 1848. In 1872 she got married in Clifton, Bristol to Frank Cooper of Oxford and they made their home at 31 Kingston Road, Oxford.In 1867 Frank had inherited...

     (1848–1932), Victorian British Oxford-based marmalade maker
  • Selina Cooper
    Selina Cooper
    Selina Cooper was an English Suffragist and the first woman to represent the Independent Labour Party in 1901 when she was elected as a Poor Law Guardian....

     (1864–1946), English suffragist and politician
  • Shane Cooper
    Shane Cooper
    Shane Cooper is an installation artist, specializing in Internet and interactive art.He works in the special effects field, and has contributed work to such films as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong...

     (disambiguation)
  • Shaun Cooper
    Shaun Cooper
    Shaun Cooper is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Bournemouth.-Football career:...

     (born 1983), English footballer
  • Sheldon Lee Cooper
    Sheldon Cooper
    Sheldon Lee Cooper, B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D. is a fictional character from Texas on the CBS television series The Big Bang Theory, portrayed by actor Jim Parsons...

    , fictional character from American TV sitcom The Big Bang Theory
    The Big Bang Theory
    The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the show, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers...

  • Sherry Cooper
    Sherry Cooper
    Sherry S. Cooper is a Canadian-American economist. She is currently Chief Economist of BMO Capital Markets, with responsibilities for economic forecasting and risk assessment. She comments regularly in the press on financial issues.- Education and career :...

    , Canadian-American, Chief Economist of BMO Capital Markets
  • Shewell Cooper
    Shewell Cooper
    Dr. Wilfred Edward Shewell-Cooper, M.B.E., N.D.H., F.L.S., F.R.S.L., F.R.H.S., Dip. Hort. was a British organic gardener and pioneer of no dig gardening. He was the author of Soil, Humus and Health , The Royal Gardeners , Grow your own food supply , The ABC of Vegetable Gardening and many other...

     (1900–1982), organic gardener
  • Simon Cooper
    Simon Cooper
    Major-General Sir Simon Christie Cooper GCVO was Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District and later Master of the Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom...

     (born 1936), British Army officer
  • Sly Cooper (character)
    Sly Cooper (character)
    Sly Cooper is the main protagonist of the Sly Cooper video game series and hero of three platform games developed by Sucker Punch Productions for the Sony PlayStation 2. Sly is voiced by Kevin Miller...

    , fictional character from the video game series Sly Cooper
  • Stoney Cooper
    Stoney Cooper
    Dale Troy Cooper , known professionally as Stoney Cooper, was an American country star and member of the Grand Ole Opry. He was a master of the fiddle and the guitar.-Biography:...

     (1918–1977), American country musician
  • Susan Cooper (disambiguation)
    Susan Cooper (disambiguation)
    Susan Cooper is the name of:*Susan Cooper , British author*Susan Cooper , Professor of Experimental Physics at Oxford University*Susan Fenimore Cooper , writer*Susan Rogers Cooper , American mystery novelist...


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  • Tarzan Cooper
    Tarzan Cooper
    Charles "Tarzan" Cooper was an American professional basketball player. He is mostly known for his time with the New York Renaissance ....

     (1907–1980), American basketball player
  • Terence Cooper
    Terence Cooper
    Terence Cooper was a film actor.Born in 1933 at Carnmoney, today an area within the borough of Newtownabbey near Belfast, Northern Ireland, Cooper is most famous for appearing in the 1967 film, Casino Royale, a James Bond satire based on Ian Fleming's first Bond novel of the same name...

     (1933–1997), Northern Irish actor
  • Terry Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Theodore Cooper
    Theodore Cooper
    Theodore Cooper was an American civil engineer. He may be best known as supervising engineer on the Quebec Bridge when it collapsed in 1907....

     (1839–1919), American engineer
  • Thomas Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Tim Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Tommy Cooper
    Tommy Cooper
    Thomas Frederick "Tommy" Cooper was a very popular British prop comedian and magician from Caerphilly, Wales.Cooper was a member of The Magic Circle, and respected by traditional magicians...

     (1921–1984), famous British comedian
  • Trisha Cooper
    Trisha Cooper
    Trisha Cooper is an English radio trainer, producer and broadcaster in England. Specialising in European classical music, theatre and the arts, she broadcasts regularly for BBC Radio and Television and is the face and voice of Sheffield's International Concert Season.Trisha Cooper was born in...

    , British broadcaster

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  • Walker Cooper
    Walker Cooper
    William Walker Cooper was an American professional baseball player. He was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for six National League teams from 1940 to 1957...

     (1915–1991), American baseball player
  • Warren Cooper
    Warren Cooper
    Warren Cooper QSO is a former New Zealand politician. He was a National Party MP from 1975 to 1996, holding cabinet positions including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence. Cooper also twice served as Mayor of Queenstown, from 1968 to 1975 and 1995 to 2001.-Early life:Cooper was...

     (born 1933), New Zealand politician
  • Whina Cooper
    Whina Cooper
    Dame Whina Cooper ONZ DBE , was born Hohewhina Te Wake, daughter of Heremia Te Wake of the Te Rarawa iwi, at Te Karaka, Hokianga,...

     (1895–1994), New Zealand Māori leader
  • Wilbur Cooper
    Wilbur Cooper
    Arley Wilbur Cooper was an American left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Pittsburgh Pirates. A four-time winner of 20 games in the early 1920s, he was the first National League left-hander to win 200 games...

     (1892–1973), American baseball player
  • Wilhelmina Cooper
    Wilhelmina Cooper
    Wilhelmina Cooper was a model who began with Ford Models and, at the peak of her success, founded her own agency, Wilhelmina Models, in New York City in 1967.-Life:...

     (1939–1980), American model
  • William Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Wilson Marion Cooper
    Wilson Marion Cooper
    Wilson Marion Cooper of Dothan, Alabama, was a notable musician and music teacher within the Sacred Harp tradition. Marion Cooper was born in Henry County, Alabama, the son of W. S. and Elizabeth Ann Cooper. He was a cousin of Alabama governor William C. Oates.- Overview :W. M. Cooper prepared a...

     (died 1916), Sacred Harp teacher
  • Wyatt Emory Cooper
    Wyatt Emory Cooper
    Wyatt Emory Cooper was an American author and screenwriter.-Early life and career:Cooper was born in Quitman, Mississippi, son of a poor family with deep Southern roots, and later moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, as a young child. Cooper moved to New York in his twenties to pursue acting...

     (1927–1978), American screenwriter
  • Wyllis Cooper
    Wyllis Cooper
    Wyllis Oswald Cooper was an American writer and producer.He is best remembered for creating and writing the old time radio programs Lights Out and Quiet, Please -Biography:...

     (1899–1955), American radio writer

See also

  • Cooper (given name)
    Cooper (given name)
    -List of people with the given name Cooper:* Cooper Carlisle, American professional football player* Cooper Cronk, Australian rugby league player* Cooper Edens, author and illustrator of children's books* Cooper Huckabee, film and television actor...

  • Cooper (disambiguation)
  • Couper (disambiguation)
  • Cowper (surname)
    Cowper (surname)
    Cowper is a surname of several persons:* Bob Cowper , Australian cricketer* Charles Cowper , Australian politician* Edward Alfred Cowper , British mechancial engineer, metallurgist...

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