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 or nickname

 * Pepper Adams (1930–1986), American jazz saxophonist
 * Pepper Binkley, American actress
 * Pepper Keenan (born 1967), American rock musician
 * Pepper LaBeija (1948–2003), American drag queen and fashion designer
 * Pepper Martin (1904–1965), American baseball player
 * Pepper MaShay (born 1953), American musician and singer-songwriter
 * Pepper Ottman, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives since 2021
 * Pepper Paire (1924–2013), catcher and infielder from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
 * Pepper Rodgers (1931–2020), American football player and coach
 * Pepper Schwartz (born 1945), American sociologist and sexologist
 * Pepper Somerset, female vocalist in the American Industrial band My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
 * Pepper Winters, Hong Kong-born American romance novelist
 * Pepper Thomas, (born 1963), American writer and poet

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, 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