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
 * Arlene Bishop, Canadian lyricist, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter
 * Arthur Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Barbara Bishop (born 1956), Barbadian sprinter
 * Barry Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
 * 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) (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 (U.S. 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