Culpeper (surname)

Culpeper, Colepeper, or Culpepper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• The Barons Culpeper, including:
  • Sir Thomas Culpeper, 3rd Baronet (1588–1651), English politician

• The 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
• Allen Ross Culpepper (1944–1969), American army captain cited for "extraordinary heroism" in the Vietnam War
• Bobby Culpepper (1941–2015), American lawyer and politician
• Brad Culpepper (b. 1969), American football player
• Daunte Culpepper (b. 1977), American football player
• John Culpeper (1366–1414), knight in the court of Henry V
• John Culpepper (1761–1841), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
• Martyn Culpepper (fl. 1573–1599), English academic administrator at the University of Oxford
• 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 (1514–1541), courtier of Henry VIII
• William A. Culpepper (1916–2015), state court judge in Louisiana
• William T. Culpepper, III (b. 1947), North Carolina General Assemblyman

Fictional characters

• Thomas Colpeper, fictional character in the 1943 film A Canterbury Tale
• T. G. Culpepper, fictional character in the 1963 film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World