# Bishop (surname)

Bishop is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## A–G

* A. C. Bishop (fl. late 19th century), American politician
* Abby Bishop (born 1988), Australian professional basketball player
* Adam Bishop (born 1989), British strongman
* Adelaide Bishop (1928–2008), American operatic soprano, musical theatre actress, opera and stage director, and voice teacher
* Alec Bishop (1897–1984), British Army officer and administrator
* Alfred Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alison Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
* Amanda Bishop, Australian actress
* Amasa Stone Bishop (1921–1997), American nuclear physicist
* Andrew Bishop (born 1985), Welsh international rugby union player
* Andy Bishop (born 1982), English footballer
* Angela Bishop (born 1967), Australian reporter and television presenter
* Ann Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
* Arthur Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
* Barbara Bishop (born 1956), Barbadian sprinter
* Barry Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
* Beanie Bishop (born 1999), American football player
* Ben Bishop (born 1986), American professional ice hockey goaltender
* Bernardine Bishop (1939–2013), English novelist, teacher and psychotherapist
* Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831–1884), Princess of the Kamehameha dynasty
* Billy Bishop (1894–1956), Canadian First World War flying ace
* Bob Bishop (scout), Northern Irish football scout for Manchester United
* Braden Bishop (born 1993), American baseball player
* William Bradford Bishop (born 1936), American former U.S. Foreign Service officer accused of killing his family; better known as Bradford Bishop
* Bridget Bishop (c. 1632 – 1692), the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692
* Bronwyn Bishop (born 1942), Australian politician
* Carl Whiting Bishop (1881–1942), American archeologist
* Charles Reed Bishop (1822–1915), American businessman and philanthropist
* Christopher Bishop, British physicist and computer scientist
* Cindy Bishop (born 1978), Thai actress, model, TV personality and entrepreneur
* Claire Huchet Bishop (1898–1993), Swiss-American children's writer
* Cole Bishop (born 2001), American football player
* D'Andre Bishop (born 2002), Antigua and Barbuda international footballer
* Dan Bishop (born 1964), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
* David Bishop (runner) (born 1987), British middle-distance athlete
* David Bishop (writer) or D. V. Bishop, (born 1966), New Zealand, screenwriter, author and comics editor
* Dorothy Bishop (early 21st c.), American entertainer
* Dorothy V. M. Bishop (born 1952), British psychologist
* Duffy Bishop, American blues singer and songwriter
* Edward Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
* Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), American poet and writer
* Elvin Bishop (born 1942), American blues and rock 'n roll musician
* Jamie Foxx (birth name Eric Marlon Bishop, born 1967), American actor, singer and comedian
* Errett Bishop (1926–1983), American mathematician

## H–M

* Harold Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
* Harry Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
* Henry Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
* Howard Bishop, Hawaiian film and theatre actor
* Hunter Bishop (born 1998), American baseball player
* Ian Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people, several people
* Isaac W. Bishop, 19th-century New York politician
* Jacqueline Bishop, Jamaican writer, visual artist and photographer
* James Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people, several people
* Jermaine Bishop (born 1997), American basketball player
* Jerry G. Bishop (1936–2013), American radio and television personality
* Jesse Bishop (1933–1979), American convicted murderer
* Joey Bishop (1918–2007), American entertainer
* John Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people, several people
* Joyce Bishop (1896–1993), English educator
* Julie Bishop (born 1956), Australian politician
* Julie Bishop (actress) (1914–2001), Hollywood leading lady of the 1930s and 40s
* K. J. Bishop, Australian writer and artist
* Katharine Bishop (1889–1976), co-discoverer of Vitamin E
* Kelly Bishop (born 1944), American actress
* Kevin Bishop (born 1980), English actor and comedian
* Kirsten Bishop (1963–2014), voice actress
* Malcolm Bishop, Welsh lawyer and QC
* Mark Bishop (born 1954), Australian Labor Party member
* Mary Agnes Dalrymple Bishop (1857–1934), American journalist, newspaper editor
* Maurice Bishop (1944–1983), Grenadian revolutionary and politician
* Max Bishop (1889–1962), American baseball player
* Meredith Bishop (born 1976), American actress
* Mervyn Bishop (born 1945), Australian photographer
* Michael Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people, several people
* J. Michael Bishop (born 1938), American immunologist and microbiologist
* Morris Bishop (1893–1973), American scholar, historian, biographer, author, and humorist

## N–Z

* Neal Bishop (born 1981), English footballer
* Nicholas Bishop (born 1973), Australian actor
* Raymond J. Bishop (1906–1978), Catholic priest and exorcist
* Richard M. Bishop (1812–1893), American politician from Ohio
* Rob Bishop (born 1951), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
* Robert Bishop (artist), bondage artist, also known by the pseudonym "Bishop"
* Robert Hamilton Bishop (1777–1855), first president of Miami University
* Roswell P. Bishop (1843–1920), American politician from Michigan
* Rudine Sims Bishop (born 1937), US-American professor of literature
* Russell Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ruth Bishop (1933–2022), Australian virologist
* Sarah Bishop, British journalist
* Seth Scott Bishop (1852–1923), American laryngologist
* Sherman C. Bishop (1887–1951), American herpetologist and arachnologist
* Sid Bishop (footballer, born 1900), died 1949, English international footballer with West Ham United, Leicester City and Chelsea
* Sid Bishop (footballer, born 1934), English footballer with Leyton Orient
* Stephen Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people, several people
* Stuart Bishop (born c. 1975), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Tim Bishop (born 1950), American politician from New York
* Tony Bishop (born 1989), Panamanian basketball player
* Vaughn Bishop, American intelligence officer currently serving as the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
* Vivien Bishop (born 1945), New Zealand painter
* Walter Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
* Wesley T. Bishop (born 1967), American academic, lawyer, and politician

## Characters

* On Coronation Street
** Emily Bishop, one of the longest-running characters, appearing regularly between 1961 and 2016
** Ernest Bishop, her husband, appearing initially at the wedding of popular character Elsie Tanner in 1967, and then regularly between 1969 and 1978 when the character was killed off
* On Fringe
** Peter Bishop, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) consultant and jack of all trades
** Dr. Walter Bishop, scientist and DHS consultant
* On Heroes (American TV series)
** Elle Bishop
* On Mad Men
** Helen Bishop
* On Neighbours
** Harold Bishop
* On New Girl
** Winston Bishop
* On NCIS
** Ellie Bishop
* On Station 19
** Maya Bishop
* On A Discovery of Witches
** Diana Bishop
* On the Marvel Universe
** Kate Bishop (comics)
* In Juice (film)
** Roland Bishop
* In Strike Witches
** Lynette Bishop