Culpeper, Colepeper, or Culpepper is a surname, first written "de Colepeper" in the 12th century in Kent, England.[1] Notable people with it include:
- Culpeper baronets, including:
- Sir Thomas Culpeper, 3rd Baronet (1656–1723), English politician
- Barons Colepeper, including:
- John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper (d. 1660), English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1643–1646
- Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper (1635–1689), English colonial governor of Virginia
- Alan Culpepper (b. 1972), American distance runner, married to Shayne Culpepper
- Brad Culpepper (b. 1969), American football player
- Daunte Culpepper (b. 1977), American football player
- John Culpepper (disambiguation), also Culpeper and Colepeper
- Martin Culpepper (c. 1540–1605), English clergyman, medical doctor and academic
- Marvin T. Culpepper (1908–1970), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654), English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer
- Robert C. Culpepper (1873–1950), American politician and judge
- Shayne Culpepper (b. 1973), American middle-distance athlete
- Thomas Culpeper (disambiguation), also Culpepper and Colepeper
- William Culpepper (disambiguation)
Fictional characters
- Duncan "Dunc" Culpepper, in the Culpepper Adventures series of novels by Gary Paulsen
- Frank Culpepper, in the 1972 film The Culpepper Cattle Co.
- Isabel Culpeper, in the books The Wolves of Mercy Falls
- T. G. Culpepper, in the 1963 film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
- Thomas Colpeper, in the 1943 film A Canterbury Tale
References
- ↑ Origin of the Surname. By Warren Culpepper, 18 February 2012. Accessed 13 March 2020.
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