Harper refers to:

Generally

• An older word for harpist, someone who plays the harp.
• Harper (film), a 1966 film starring Paul Newman.
• Battle of Harpers Ferry (September 12–15, 1862), a battle in the American Civil War
• Harper College, community college in Palatine, Illinois, USA
• Harpers, a semi-secret organization of good in the fictional Forgotten Realms of Dungeons & Dragons
• Harper & Brothers, New York City book and magazine publishing firm, founded Harper's Magazine and Harper's Bazaar
• Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises, (471 U.S. 539) (1985), United States Supreme Court decision concerning the fair use doctrine
• Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History, published by Harper & Brothers (1901, 1905)
• Harper's Magazine, American monthly general-interest magazine
• Harper's Bazaar, American fashion magazine
• Harper's Weekly, American political magazine published by Harper & Brothers (1857–1916)
• "Harper Valley PTA", 1968 country music song by Tom T. Hall
• Harper Valley PTA (TV series), 1980s television sitcom based on the song Harper Valley PTA
• HarperCollins, imprint for publishing used by News Corporation
• USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49), dock landing ship of the United States Navy

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Persons' last name

• Marc Harper (1976–), Inventor of the Harper Filter
• Ben Harper (1969–), American musician
• Blake Harper (1968–) Canadian pornographic actor
• Clifford Harper (1949–), English anarchist and cartoonist
• Derek Harper (1961–), American former professional basketball player
• Edith Harper (1884–1947), British poet and feminist, wrote under the pseudonym Anna Wickham
• Elijah Harper (1949–), Aboriginal Cree Canadian politician and band chief
• Emily Harper (1981–), American actress
• Frances Harper (1825–1911), American abolitionist and poet
• Gisèle Côté-Harper (contemporary), Canadian law professor and human rights activist
• Graeme Harper (contemporary), British television director
• Heather Harper (1930–), Irish operatic soprano
• Hill Harper (1973–), American film, television and stage actor
• John William Harper (1916–1944), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Kevin Harper (1976–), Scottish Association Football player
• Liza Harper (1976–), French pornographic actress
• 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
• Paul Vincent Harper, (born 1915), American doctor
• Reg Harper (contemporary), Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island
• Robert G. Harper, (1765–1825), American politician, senator from Maryland
• Robin Harper (1940–), Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament
• 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
• Tommy Harper (1940–), American former baseball player
• Valerie Harper (1940–), American actress
• William Allen Harper (contemporary), witness to the assassination of John F. Kennedy
• William R. Harper (1856–1906), first president of University of Chicago

Ben Harper Ben Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American musician of the 1990s and 2000s. ... Blake Harper (born October 19, 1968 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is the stage name of Peter Tiefenback, a gay porn star. ... Cover art of Harpers 1978 Class War Comix Clifford Harper (born July 13, 1949) is an artist who describes himself as a committed anarchist and cartoonist. ... Derek Ricardo Harper (born October 13, 1961 in Elberton, Georgia) is a former professional basketball player from the University of Illinois, who spent 16 seasons as a point guard in the National Basketball Association with the Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers. ... Anna Wickham was the pseudonym of Edith Alice Mary Harper (1884 -1947), a British poet with strong Australian connections. ... Elijah Harper (born March 3, 1949) is a Aboriginal Cree Canadian politician and band chief. ... Emily Harper (born February 16, 1978 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American actress. ... Frances Harper Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (24 September 1825 - 22 February 1911) born to free parents in Baltimore, Maryland, was an African-American abolitionist and poet. ... Gisèle Côté-Harper is a Canadian lawyer and professor. ... Graeme Harper is a British television director. ... Heather Harper (born May 8, 1930) is an Irish operatic soprano. ... Hill Harper in a screen shot from ABCS The Court Hill Harper (born Frank Hill Harper on May 17, 1973 in Iowa City, Iowa), is an American film, television and stage actor. ... John William Harper was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Kevin Harper is a Scottish Association Football (Soccer) player, born in 1976. ... Liza Harper (born March 21, 1976) a French pornographic actress. ... Mark James Harper (born June 26, 1970) is the Conservative MP for the Forest of Dean. ... Nick Harper (born June 22, 1965) is a British singer/songwriter/guitarist who has developed a cult following. ... Reg Harper is a politician of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. ... Robert Harper Robert Goodloe Harper (b. ... Robin Harper is a Member of the Scottish Parliament, representing the Scottish Green Party for the Lothians. ... Ronald Harper (born January 20, 1964 in Dayton, Ohio) is a former professional basketball player whose career spanned from 1986 to 2001 with four teams in the National Basketball Association. ... Roy Harper (born 12 June 1941), is a British singer-songwriter who specialises in uncompromising lyrics and folk influenced compositions. ... Skinny Bobby Harper (1939 - July 22, 2003) was a radio and video DJ. First making it big in Cincinnati, he moved to Atlanta in the late 1960s, where WKRP in Cincinnati creator Hugh Wilson used him as inspiration for the sitcoms off-the-wall character Dr. Johnny Fever. ... Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. ... Steve Harper (born March 14, 1975 in Easington, Northumberland) is an English football goalkeeper. ... Susan Harper (born 1952, Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadian diplomat. ... Tommy Harper (born October 14, 1940 in Oak Grove, Louisiana) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the Cincinnati Reds (1962-67), Cleveland Indians (1968), Seattle Pilots (1969), Milwaukee Brewers (1970-71), Boston Red Sox (1972-74), California Angels (1975), Oakland Athletics (1975) and Baltimore... Valerie Harper Valerie Harper (born August 22, 1940 in Suffern, New York) is an American actress, best known for the 1970s television role of Rhoda Morgenstern-Gerard, which she played on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and its spinoff, Rhoda. ... William Billy Allen Harper - On November 22, 1963 he was a Texas Christian University medical student who after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Harper discovered a large piece of President Kennedys skull bone (referred to as the Harper fragment) in the grass to the left and forward... William Rainey Harper (1856-1906) Noted academic; organizer and first President of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. ...

Persons' first name

• Harper Goff (1911–1993), American artist, musician, and actor
• Harper Lee (1926–), American novelist

Harper Goff (born March 16, 1911 in Fort Collins, Colorado, died March 3, 1993) was an artist, musician, and actor. ... Harper Lee (right) with producer Alan J. Pakula in a 1962 publicity photo for the film of To Kill a Mockingbird Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American novelist, best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. ...

Fictional persons

• The Harper family, from the situation comedy My Family
• The Harpers, who sing of history and custom in the Pern novels
• Joe Harper, character in the novel Tom Sawyer
• Kate Harper, character on the television show The West Wing
• Lew Harper, the film version of Lew Archer
• Patrick Harper, character in the television series Sharpe
• Seamus Zelazny Harper, character in the television series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda

• Several characters in the American sitcom Mama's Family
  • Ellen Harper
  • Naomi Harper
  • Thelma Harper
  • Vinton Harper
  • Matthew Harper

My Family is a British sitcom that first aired in 2000 on BBC1. ... Pern is a fictional planet in the universe created by science fiction writer Anne McCaffrey for her Dragonriders of Pern series of novels. ... Tom Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ... Mary McCormack as Kate Harper and Anna Deavere Smith as Dr. Nancy McNally. ... Lew Archer is a fictional character created by Ross Macdonald. ... Regimental Sergeant Major Patrick Harper Patrick Harper is a fictional character created by Bernard Cornwell in The Richard Sharpe Series. ... Seamus Harper is a fictional character in the television series Gene Roddenberrys Andromeda. ... Mamas Family was an American television sitcom which ran from 1983 to 1985 on NBC and from 1986 to 1990 in first-run syndication. ... Ellen Harper is a fictional character in the sitcom Mamas Family. ... Dorothy Lyman as Naomi Harper. ... Vicki Lawrence playing Thelma Mama Harper. ... Vinton Harper is a fictional character from the sitcom Mamas Family. ...

Place names

• Harper, Liberia (also known as Cape Palmas), capital of Maryland County, Liberia
• Harper, Iowa, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA
• Harper, Kansas, Harper County, Kansas, USA
• Harper, Texas, Gillespie County, Texas, USA
• Harper, Prince Edward Island, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Harpers Ferry, Iowa, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
• Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA
• Harper County, Kansas, USA
• Harper County, Oklahoma, USA
• Harper Woods, Michigan, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

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