Cope is a

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, and may refer to * Amber Cope, American racing driver and niece of Derrike Cope *

Angela Ruch Angela Christine Ruch (, née Cope, born August 18, 1983) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She is the niece of Derrike Cope and the sister of Amber Cope. She last competed in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, dri ...

, (née Cope) American racing driver and twin of Amber Cope. *

Sir Anthony Cope Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet (c. 1548 – 6 July 1614) of Hanwell in Oxfordshire, was an English Puritan Member of Parliament. Origins Anthony Cope was the second son of Edward Cope (d. 1557) (son of the author Anthony Cope (d. 1551)) by hi ...

(''c''. 1486–1551) *

Arabella Diana Cope Arabella Diana Cope (1769 – 1 August 1829) was a British noblewoman. She was Duchess of Dorset by her first marriage to John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, and subsequently Countess of Whitworth by her second marriage to Charles Whitworth, 1st E ...

(1769–1829), British noblewoman * Arthur C. Cope (1909–1966), American organic chemist *

Arthur Stockdale Cope Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope, (born 2 November 1857 – 5 July 1940) was a British portraitist. Biography Cope was born on 2 November 1857, in South Kensington, London. His father was Charles West Cope (1811–1890), a successful history and ...

(1857–1940), English portrait painter *

Bob Cope Bob Cope (November 6, 1936 – August 3, 1997) was an American football coach. In a 32-year career, he served as assistant coach at Vanderbilt Commodores football, Vanderbilt, SMU Mustangs football, SMU, Arkansas Razorbacks football, Arkansas, O ...

, American football coach *

Charles West Cope Charles West Cope (28 July 1811– 21 August 1890) was an English, Victorian era painter of genre and history scenes, and an etcher. He was responsible for painting several frescos in the House of Lords in London. Life and work Early lif ...

(1811–1890), English artist * Cuthbert Leslie Cope (1903–1975), English physician * Davey Cope (1877–1898), South African rugby union player *

David Cope David Howell Cope (May 17, 1941 – May 4, 2025) was an American author, composer, scientist, and Dickerson Professor of Music at UC Santa Cruz. His primary area of research involved artificial intelligence and music; he wrote programs and algo ...

(1941–2025), American author, composer, artificial intelligence and music researcher * David Cope (economist), British energy & resource economist *

Derrike Cope Derrike Wayne Cope (born November 3, 1958) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He is best known for his surprise win in the 1990 Daytona 500. He last competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 15 Chevrolet ...

, American racing driver *

Edward Drinker Cope Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American zoologist, paleontology, paleontologist, comparative anatomy, comparative anatomist, herpetology, herpetologist, and ichthyology, ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker fam ...

, American anatomist and paleontologist * Edward Meredith Cope, English classical scholar *

Frederick Cope Frederick Cope (August 27, 1849 – September 19, 1897) was the third Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving from 1892 to 1893. Cope was born in Simcoe, Canada West in 1849. He was the second son of Frederick Manuel Cope & Eli ...

, Canadian politician *

Geoff Cope Geoffrey Alan Cope (born 23 February 1947) played first-class cricket for Yorkshire from 1966 to 1980, and appeared in three Test matches for England. Life and career Born on 23 February 1947, Burmantofts, Leeds, Yorkshire as the son of a Fre ...

, English cricketer * George Cope (tobacco manufacturer), English industrialist *

Gilbert Cope Gilbert Cope (August 17, 1840 – December 17, 1928) was an American historian and genealogist who authored numerous publications on the history and prominent families of Chester County, Pennsylvania. His magnum opus was the ''History of Chester ...

(1840–1928), American historian and genealogist * Harold Cope (1902–1980), English footballer *

Jack Cope Robert Knox "Jack" Cope (3 June 1913 – 1 May 1991) was a South African novelist, short story writer, poet and editor. Life Jack Cope was born in Natal, South Africa, and home-schooled by tutors. From the age of 12, he boarded at Durban High Sc ...

, South African writer *

James Cope (UK politician) James Cope (c.1709 – 1756) was a British Member of Parliament and political envoy. He was the son of Gen. Sir John Cope by Jane, the daughter of Anthony Duncombe. He worked as secretary to Walter Titley at the Danish court in Copenhagen fro ...

, British MP and Resident to the Hanseatic League in the mid-eighteenth century *

Jamie Cope Jamie Cope (born 12 September 1985) is an English former professional snooker player. A finalist in two ranking tournaments, the 2006 Grand Prix and the 2007 China Open, Cope also reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Masters. He reached his h ...

, English snooker player *

Jean-François Copé Jean-François Copé (; born 5 May 1964) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Meaux since 1995 with an interruption from 2002 to 2005. He was Government Spokesman between 2002 and 2007, when assumed other tenures in the government—inclu ...

, French politician *

Jean-Baptiste Cope Jean Baptiste Cope (Kopit in Mi’kmaq meaning ‘beaver’) was also known as Major Cope, a title he was probably given from the French military, the highest rank given to Mi’kmaq. Cope was the sakamaw (chief) of the Mi'kmaq people of Shubena ...

, Mi'kmaq sakamaw (leader of the Mi'kmaq people) *

Jim Cope James Francis Cope (26 November 19073 February 1999) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1955 to 1975. He was Speaker of the House of Representative ...

(1911–1999), Australian politician *

John Cope (British Army officer) Sir John Cope (July 1688 – 28 July 1760) was a British soldier, and Whig Member of Parliament, representing three separate constituencies between 1722 and 1741. He is now chiefly remembered for his defeat at Prestonpans, the first s ...

, English general during the 1745 Jacobite Uprising *

John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley John Ambrose Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley, PC (born 13 May 1937) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Education Cope was educated at Oakham School before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. Career Cope contested Wool ...

, English politician *

Julian Cope Julian David Cope (born 21 October 1957) is an English musician and author. He was the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band the Teardrop Explodes and has followed a solo career since 1983 in addition to working on musical side proj ...

, English musician *

Kenneth Cope Kenneth Charles Cope (14 April 1931 – 11 September 2024) was an English actor and scriptwriter. He was best known for his roles as Marty Hopkirk in '' Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'', Jed Stone in ''Coronation Street,'' Ray Hilton in '' ...

, English actor * Kenneth Cope (musician), American composer *

Kit Cope Kristopher Lee "Kit" Cope (born March 17, 1977) is an American Kickboxing, Muay Thai kickboxer and Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight (MMA), Featherweight, Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight, and Welterweight ( ...

, American martial arts fighter * Louise Todd Cope (1930–2020), American artist *

Marianne Cope Marianne Cope, O.S.F. (also known as Marianne of Molokai; January 23, 1838 – August 9, 1918) was a German-born American Religious Sister who was a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse, New York, and founding director of its St. ...

, American nun and Catholic saint *

Mike Cope Mike Cope (born May 8, 1962) is an American former stock car racing driver. A two-time champion of the NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series, he also competed in the NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He is no relation to Daytona ...

, American racing driver *

Myron Cope Myron Sidney Kopelman (January 23, 1929 – February 27, 2008), known professionally as Myron Cope, was an American sports journalist, radio personality, and sportscaster. He is best known for being " the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers". Cop ...

, American radio personality *

Nick Cope Nick Cope (born 8 December) is an English musician running regular music sessions in Oxfordshire for young children and their families. Cope also performs at schools and theatres and music festivals in the UK and overseas. He presents a progra ...

, English musician * Peter Cope, American test pilot *

Richard Cope Richard Cope (1776–1856) was an English congregationalist minister and religious writer. Cope was educated at Hoxton Theological College, 1798–9. He was then minister and proprietor of a boarding-school at Launceston, from 1800 to 1820, rec ...

(1776–1856), English congregationalist minister and religious writer * Sidney Cope (1904–1986), English cricketer * Thomas Cope (1827–1884), English tobacco manufacturer * Tom Cope, English footballer *

Thomas D. Cope Thomas Darlington Cope (December 28, 1880 – December 13, 1964) was an American physicist and historian of science who published numerous articles concerning the Mason-Dixon survey in America, providing the most thorough record of the scientific a ...

, American historian and physicist * Warner Cope, American judge *

Wendy Cope Wendy Cope (born 21 July 1945) is a contemporary English poet. She read history at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She now lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire, with her husband, the poet Lachlan Mackinnon. Biography Cope was born in Erith in Kent (now ...

, English poet *

Zachary Cope Sir Vincent Zachary Cope MD MS FRCS (14 February 1881 – 28 December 1974) was an English physician, surgeon, author, historian and poet perhaps best known for authoring the book ''Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen'' from 1921 until 1 ...

, English physician and surgeon

Cope family

The Cope family of

Loughgall Loughgall ( ; ) is a small village, townland (of 131 acres) and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the historic Barony (Ireland), baronies of Armagh (barony), Armagh and Oneilland West. It had a ...

County Armagh County Armagh ( ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and adjoins the southern shore of Lough Neagh. It borders t ...

is a historic family in British politics.

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* Robert Cope *

Robert Camden Cope Robert Camden Cope (1771 – 5 December 1818) was a British politician from Loughgall, County Armagh in Ireland. He sat in the First Parliament of the United Kingdom. Life Educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Cope was elected in Armagh with Ar ...

* Anthony Cope

Cope family

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