Harper Surname

According to Wikipedia:
"Harper is a Scottish family name which has also seen popularity as a given name. The name is believed to have originated from the Dalriadan region of Scotland especially in the Lennox district."

According to Surname Guide.com:
"Harper originated as a surname when used to designate one particularly skilled in the art of playing the harp, as Charles le harper (Charles the harper) and is of considerable antiquity. The Harper family has been one of outstanding prominence in both England and Ireland as well as in America."



Some Famous Harpers

• Alan Harper (1944— ), Anglican primate
• Alan Harper (1960— ), English footballer
• Ben Harper (1817–1887), American politician
• Ben Harper (1969— ), American musician
• Bill Harper (1897–1989), Scottish football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Billy Harper (1943—), American jazz saxophonist
• Blake Harper (1968— ), Canadian pornographic actor
• Bruce Harper Retired gridiron football player for New York Jets
• Charles George Harper (1863 – 1943), English writer and illustrator
• Charley Harper (1922—2007), American artist and illustrator
• Clifford Harper (1949— ), English anarchist and cartoonist
• Colin Harper (b.1946), English footballer and football manager
• Daryl Harper (1951— ), Australian Test cricket umpire
• David Harper, British biologist, aka DGC Harper
• Dawn Harper (1984- ), US gold medalist in 100 meter hurdles
• Derek Harper (1961— ), former American professional basketball player
• Edith Harper, pseudonym of Anna Wickham (1884–1947), British poet and feminist
• Edward Eugene Harper (1946– ), currently FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
• Elijah Harper (1949— ), Aboriginal Cree Canadian politician and band chief
• Emily Harper (1981— ), American actress
• Eric Harper, (1877-1918), New Zealand national rugby union player
• Frances Harper (1825–1911), American abolitionist and poet
• Gisèle Côté-Harper, Canadian law professor and human rights activist
• Graeme Harper, British television director
• Hannah Harper (1982— ), British actress
• Heather Harper (1930— ), Irish operatic soprano
• Hill Harper (1973— ), American film, television and stage actor
• Jessica Harper (1949— ), American actress and producer, singer and author of children's music and books
• John Harper (politician), former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
• John Ernest Harper (29 May 1874-27 May 1949), Royal Navy Admiral
• John L. Harper, British biologist
• John William Harper (1916–1944), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Kevin Harper (1976— ), Scottish Association Football player
• Louis Harper, Scottish civil engineer
• Lynne Harper (1946–1959), Canadian murder victim
• Mark Harper (contemporary), British politician, Member of Parliament
• Nick Harper (1965— ), British singer/songwriter/guitarist, son of Roy Harper
• Pat Harper, American TV news anchorwoman who, for a story, pretended to be homeless
• Peter Harper, blues musician
• Reg Harper (contemporary), Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island
• Robert Goodloe Harper (1765–1825), American politician, senator from Maryland
• Robin Harper (1940— ), Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament
• Roger Harper (1963— ), West Indian cricket player
• Ron Harper (1964— ), American basketball player
• Roy Harper (1941— ), British singer-songwriter, father of Nick Harper
• Skinny Bobby Harper (1939–2003), American radio and video DJ
• Stephen Harper (1959— ), current (22nd) Prime Minister of Canada
• Steve Harper (footballer) (1975— ), English football player
• Susan Harper (1952— ), Canadian diplomat
• Tom Harper, former coach of the Wake Forest college football program
• Tom Harper, a pseudonym for novelist Edwin Thomas (1977— )
• Tommy Harper (1940— ), former American baseball player
• Valerie Harper (1940— ), American actress
• William Allen Harper, JFK assassination witness
• William Claude Harper (born 1944), American jewelry artist
• William Edmund Harper (1878–1940), Canadian astronomer
• William Harper (composer & photographer) (1949-), composer
• William Harper (South Carolina) (1790–1847), a US Senator from South Carolina
• William Rainey Harper (1856–1906), first president of the University of Chicago