# Pepper (name)

Pepper is a given name, nickname and surname. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* Abel C. Pepper (1793–1860), American politician and Indian agent
* Art Pepper (1925–1982), American jazz musician
* Barry Pepper (born 1970), Canadian actor
* Belville Robert Pepper (1850–1888), British singer
* Bill Pepper (1895–1918), English footballer
* Charles T. Pepper (1830–1903), American physician.
* Claude Pepper (1900–1989), U.S. Congressman from Florida
* Conor Pepper (born 1994), Irish footballer
* Cuthbert Pepper (died 1608), Member of Parliament in 1597 and 1601
* Daniel Pepper (born 1989), English swimmer
* Dick Pepper (1889–1962), English musician and writer
* Dottie Pepper (born 1965), American golfer
* George W. Pepper (1867–1961), U.S. senator and lawyer
* Harry S. Pepper (1891–1970), English light music composer and BBC producer
* James Welsh Pepper (1853–1919), American music publisher and instrument maker; founded J.W. Pepper & Son in 1876
* Jeffrey Pepper, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023
* Jim Pepper (1941–1992), American jazz musician
* John Henry Pepper (1821–1900), English scientist, inventor, and lecturer
* Nigel Pepper (born 1968), English footballer
* Pamela Pepper (born 1964), American judge
* Sam Pepper (born 1989), English YouTube personality
* Stephen Pepper (1891–1972) American philosopher
* Taybor Pepper (born 1994), American football player
* Tom Pepper (born 1975), computer programmer
* Wendy Pepper (born 1964), American fashion designer
* William Pepper Jr. (1843–1898), Philadelphia physician and founder of the Free Library of Philadelphia
* William Francis Pepper (born 1937), New York City lawyer

## Given name

* Pepper Binkley, American actress
* Pepper Constable (1914–1986), American football player
* Pepper D. Culpepper (born 1968), American political scientist
* Pepper Keenan (born 1967), American rock musician
* Pepper Ottman, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representative since 2021
* Pepper Schwartz (born 1945), American sociologist and sexologist
* Pepper Winters, Hong Kong-born American romance novelist

## Nickname

* Pepper Adams (1930–1986), American jazz saxophonist
* Pepper Bassett (1910–1980), American baseball player
* Pepper Daniels (1902–1978), American baseball player
* Pepper Gomez (1927–2004), American professional wrestler and bodybuilder
* Pepper Jay (born 1949), American music producer, teacher, lecturer, actress, author, and attorney
* Pepper Johnson (born 1964), American football coach and player
* Pepper LaBeija (1948–2003), American drag queen and fashion designer
* Pepper Martin (1904–1965), American baseball player
* Pepper Martin (actor) (1936–2022), Canadian-American actor and professional wrestler
* Pepper MaShay (born 1953), American musician and singer-songwriter
* Pepper Morgan, American baseball player
* Pepper Paire (1924–2013), catcher and infielder from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
* Pepper Parks (born 1980), American professional wrestler
* Pepper Peploski (1891–1972), American baseball player
* Pepper Rodgers (1931–2020), American football player and coach
* Pepper Rose, English singer
* Pepper Sharpe (1918–1997), American baseball player
* Pepper Somerset, female vocalist in the American Industrial band My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
* Pepper Wilson (1921–1988), American executive and manager

## Fictional characters

* Pepper Roni, the central protagonist of the LEGO Island video game trilogy and a mascot for The LEGO Group in the late 1990s and early 2000s
* Sgt. Leann "Pepper" Anderson, the central character in the 1970s Police Woman TV series, played by Angie Dickinson
* Pepper Brooks, television commentator played by Jason Bateman in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
* Pepper Clark, a skunk in the cartoon Littlest Pet Shop
* Pepper Dennis, a news reporter in the television show Pepper Dennis played by Rebecca Romijn
* Pepper Ann Pearson, the protagonist and title character in Disney's 1997 animated series Pepper Ann
* Pepper Potts, Tony Stark's assistant and later lover in the Iron Man/Marvel Comics universe
* Pepper Saltzman, a guest character played by Nathan Lane in Modern Family
* Pepper Steiger, in Neighbours
* Floyd Pepper, a puppet character in The Muppet Show
* Suzy Pepper, character in Glee
* Mrs. Pepper, a female character in the Nick Jr. series Blue's Clues
* The title character of the 1975 film The Great Waldo Pepper, played by Robert Redford
* Pepper, in the musical Annie
* Pepper, a horse in the television series Horseland
* Pepper, in the musical Mamma Mia!
* Pepper, in the webcomic series Pepper&Carrot
* Pepper, in the book Good Omens
* Pepper, in the television series American Horror Story