Draper (surname)
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Draper is a surname, taken from the occupation (a draper was a merchant in cloth or dry goods). It is the 1365th most common name in the USA, with approximately 22,383. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Draper (1897–1963), Canadian politician
- Charles Draper (musician) (1869–1952), British clarinetist
- Charles Stark Draper (1901–1987), American engineer, after whom the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, formerly part of MIT, is named
- Christopher Draper (1892–1979), British flying ace, secret agent, and film star
- Don Draper, fictional advertising executive from the television series Mad Men
- Dave Draper (born 1942), American bodybuilder
- Derek Draper (born 1967), British political lobbyist, spin doctor, editor of LabourList website, journalist, psychotherapist
- Dexter W. Draper (1881–1961), American college basketball and football coach
- Dontaye Draper (born 1984), American basketball player
- Dorothy Draper (1889–1969), American interior decorator
- Eben Sumner Draper (1858–1914), American politician, once governor of Massachusetts
- Foy Draper (1911–1943), American athlete
- Francis Collier Draper (1837–1894), Chief Constable of Toronto
- Fred W. Draper (1868–1962), American politician
- Hal Draper (1914–1990), American socialist author
- Henry Draper (1837–1882), American doctor and astronomer who was a pioneer of astrophotography, a brother of John Christopher Draper and son of John William Draper
- Herbert James Draper (1863–1920), English painter
- James Draper (disambiguation), multiple people
- John Draper (born 1943), American hacker and phreaker
- John Christopher Draper (1835–1885), American chemist, a son of John William Draper and brother of Henry Draper
- John William Draper (1811–1882−1882), American (English-born) scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer
- Kris Draper (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player
- Margaret Green Draper (1727–ca. 1804), American printer during the American Revolutionary War
- Mary Draper (1719–1810)
- Neville Draper, Australian rugby league footballer
- Paul Draper (dancer) (1909–1996)
- Paul W Draper (born 1978)
- Peter Draper (born 1958), Australian politician
- Polly Draper (born 1955), American actress, writer, producer, and director
- Ray Draper (1940–1982), American jazz musician
- Robert Draper (born 1959), American author
- Ronald Draper (born 1926), South African cricketer
- Ross Draper (born 1988), English footballer
- Ruth Draper (1884–1956), American actress
- Scott Draper (born 1974), Australian tennis player and golfer
- Theodore Draper (1912–2006), American historian and political writer
- Timothy C. Draper (born 1958), American venture capitalist
- Trish Draper (born 1959), Australian politician
- Warren Fales Draper (1883–1970), U.S. Deputy Surgeon General and member of Eisenhower's staff during WWII
- Warren Fales Draper (publisher) (1818–1905), publisher in Andover, Massachusetts for 50 years; philanthropist
- Wickliffe Draper (1891–1972), controversial American philanthropist who founded the Pioneer Fund
- William Draper (disambiguation):
- William Franklin Draper (artist) (1912–2003), American painter
- William Franklin Draper (politician) (1842–1910)
- William Henry Draper (1801–1877), Canadian judge and politician
- William Henry Draper (congressman) (1841–1921), American politician
- William Henry Draper Jr. (1894–1974), American general and venture capitalist, father of William Henry Draper III, grandfather of Timothy C. Draper and Polly Draper.
- William Henry Draper III (born 1928), American venture capitalist, son of William Henry Draper III, father of Timothy C. Draper and Polly Draper.
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