Casper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Casper (born 1965), American diplomat and ambassador *

Billy Casper William Earl Casper Jr. (June 24, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American professional golfer. He was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. In his youth, Casper started as a caddie a ...

(1931–2015), American golfer *

Chris Casper Christopher Martin Casper (born 28 April 1975) is an English football manager and former player who is the academy manager at side Burnley. As a player he was a defender who played in the Premier League for Manchester United and in the Footba ...

(born 1975), English former footballer and football manager *

Dave Casper David John Casper (born February 2, 1952) nicknamed "the Ghost", is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Oakland Raiders. Casper has been inducted into bo ...

(born 1951), American professional football player * Drew Casper, American film historian and theorist * Duncan Spears Casper, (1824–1898), early Mormon pioneer and one of the first settlers of

Holladay, Utah Holladay is a city in central Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area and abuts the Wasatch National Forest. The population was 31,965 at the 2020 census, a significant incr ...

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Gerhard Casper Gerhard Casper (born December 25, 1937) is a political scientist. He served as 9th president of Stanford University from 1992 to 2000, as the 8th dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 1979 to 1987, and as provost of the University of ...

(born 1937), ninth president of Stanford University *

John Casper John Howard Casper (born July 9, 1943) is a former American astronaut and retired United States Air Force pilot. Early life and education Although born on July 9, 1943, in Greenville, South Carolina, Casper considers Gainesville, Georgia to be h ...

(born 1943), astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel *

Siegfried Jost Casper Siegfried Jost Casper (12 January 1929 – 13 June 2021) was a German biologist whose primary research was in limnology and the plant genus ''Pinguicula'' (the butterworts). Together with Heinz-Dieter Krausch he published a basic reference work on ...

(1929–2021), German biologist

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