Bishop (surname)
family name
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
Alimenta Bishop (1914–2013), Grenadian activist and stateswoman
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
Arthur Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
Barbara Bishop (born 1956), Barbadian sprinter
Barry Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people
Beanie Bishop (born 1999), American football player
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) or D. V. Bishop, (born 1966), New Zealand, screenwriter, author and comics editor
DeSean Bishop (born 2004), American football player
Dickinson Bishop (1887–1961), American businessman, World War I veteran and Titanic survivor
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
Franklin Bishop (1932–2016), American politician
H–M
Haley Bishop, UK-based American actress
Harold Bishop (American football) (born 1970), American football player
Harold Bishop (engineer) (1900–1983), British broadcasting engineer
Harriet Bishop (1817–1883), American educator, writer, suffragist and temperance activist
Harry Bishop (politician) (1865–1920), Mayor of Juneau, Alaska
Harry Gore Bishop (1874–1934), United States Army general
Hazel Bishop (1906–1998), American chemist and founder of a cosmetics company
Heather Bishop (born 1949), Canadian folk singer-songwriter
Heber R. Bishop (1840–1902), American businessman and art collector
Henry Alfred Bishop (1860–1934), American politician
Henry Bishop (composer) (1787–1856), English composer
Henry Bishop (postmaster general) (1605–1691), British postmaster general
Henry Bishop (cricketer) (1849–1891), English-born Australian cricketer
Henry Bishop (bird man and goldfish king) (1838–1907), American aquarist and aviculturist
Henry W. Bishop (1829–1913), American community leader
Howard Bishop, American actor
Humphrey Bishop (1612–1675), English politician
Hunter Bishop (born 1998), American baseball player
Hutchens Chew Bishop (1859–1937), American priest
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
Jermaine Bishop Jr. (born 2008), American football 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
Lloyd Bishop (1890–1968), American baseball player
Malcolm Bishop (born 1944), 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 (1936–2026), American immunologist and microbiologist
Morris Bishop (1893–1973), American scholar, historian, biographer, author, and humorist
N–Z
Neal Bishop (born 1981), English footballer
Nic Bishop (born 1973), Australian actor
Nicholas Bishop (actor, born 1985), British 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) died 2020, 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, Former American intelligence officer and 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
Fictional characters
Elle Bishop on the American TV series Heroes
Ellie Bishop on NCIS
Emily Bishop and Ernest Bishop on Coronation Street
Harold Bishop on Neighbours
Helen Bishop on Mad Men
Peter Bishop and Dr.
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