Ropes (surname)

Ropes is a surname, likely of a trade-related origin. People with the surname include:


 * Adrian Ropes (1941–2004), Egyptian-born English television actor
 * Arthur Reed Ropes, real name of Adrian Ross (1859–1933), British songwriter
 * Bradford Ropes (1905–1966), American novelist and screenwriter
 * David Ropes (died 1781), privateer from Salem, Massachusetts
 * George Ropes (1788–1819), American artist
 * James Hardy Ropes (1866–1933), American theologian
 * John Codman Ropes (1836–1899), American military historian and lawyer, co-founder of the law firm Ropes & Gray
 * Nathaniel Ropes, merchant and namesake of the Nathaniel Ropes Building in Cincinnati, Ohio
 * Sharon Erickson Ropes (born 1954), Minnesota politician
 * Wayne M. Ropes (1898–1948), American politician and businessman