Napier /ˈneɪpɪər/ is a surname with an English, Scottish or Polish origin. The British surname Napier is derived from an occupational name for someone who sold or produced table linen; or for a naperer which was a servant who was responsible for the washing and storage of linen in a medieval household. The surname is derived from the Middle English, Old French napier, nappier which is a derivative of the Old French nappe meaning "table cloth". The earliest occurrences of the surname is of a Peter Napier in 1148 in the Winton Domesday; Ralph (le) Naper, le Napier in 1167–71; and Reginald le Nappere in 1225. The surname can also be a shortened form of the Polish surname Napierala.
Alan Napier (1903–1988), actor who played Alfred the Butler in the television series Batman
Sir Albert Edward Alexander Napier, (1881–1973), British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department, 1944 - 1954
Alex Napier (musician), musician, formerly a drummer for the band Uriah Heep
Sir Alexander Napier, 2nd Laird of Merchistoun (died c. 1473-4), Scottish administrator, diplomat and member of the Scottish Parliament
Sir Archibald Napier (1534–1608), Scottish landowner and official, master of the Scottish mint and seventh Laird of Merchiston.
Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier, the 9th Laird Napier of Merchiston (c. 1576–1645), Scottish politician and judge
Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier (c. 1625–1660), Scottish peer and royalist
Arthur Sampson Napier (1853-1916), British academic
Bill Napier (William M. Napier, born 1940), Scottish astronomer and author
Buddy Napier (Skelton Le Roy "Buddy" Napier), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Charles Elers Napier (1812–1847), British naval officer
Charles "Charlie" Edward Napier (born 1910), Scottish footballer
Sir Charles James Napier (1782–1853), British general
Sir Charles Napier (1786–1860), Scottish admiral of the Royal Navy
Charles Napier (1936–2011), American actor
Sir Charles Napier Inn, an 18th-century pub in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England
Charles Napier (aviator) (1892–1918), World War I flying ace
Claude Napier, British translator of Scandinavian
David Napier (precision engineer) (1785–1873), Scottish engineer
David Napier (marine engineer) (1790–1869), Scottish marine engineer
Diana Napier (1905–1982), British film actor
Duncan Napier, Victorian botanist and herbalist
Elma Napier (1892–1973), Scottish-born writer and politician who lived most of her life in the Caribbean island of Dominica
Findlay Napier, (born 1978), Scottish musician, guitarist and songwriter
Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier (1758-1823), British peer and army officer
Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick (1819 – 1898)
George Napier (1751–1804), British Army officer
George Thomas Napier (1784–1855), George Napier's son, also a British Army officer, Governor of the Cape
George Napper (1550–1610) or Napier, English Roman Catholic priest and martyr
Sir Gerrard Napier, 1st Baronet (1606–1673), of Middle Marsh and Moor Crichel in Dorset, English Member of Parliament, Royalists during the English Civil War
Graham Napier (born 1980), English cricketer
Henry Edward Napier, another of George Napier's sons, naval officer and historian.
Ian Napier (aviator), World War I flying ace
Irene Napier (born 1953), Scottish film and television Make-up artist
Jack Napier (porn star) (born 1976), Puerto Rican pornographic actor
James Napier (chemist) (1810–1884), Scottish chemist and antiquarian
James Napier (actor) (born 1982), New Zealand actor
James Robert Napier (1821–1879), Scottish engineer, inventor of Napier's diagram
Jim Napier (born 1938), baseball catcher and manager
James Napier, "Jimmy Napes", English songwriter, producer and musician
Jessica Napier (born 1979), New Zealand actress, daughter of Marshall Napier
John Napier (1550–1617), Scots mathematician, physicist and astronomer
John Napier (1859–1939), English clergyman and cricketer
Sir John Mellis Napier (1882-1976), Chief Justice of South Australia 1942-1967
John R. Napier (1917–1987), primatologist from the University of London, founder of the Primate Society of Great Britain
John Napier (born 1944), theatre set designer, recipient of many Tony and Olivier awards
John Napier (born 1946), Irish-born footballer and manager, notably with Bradford City A.F.C.
John Napier (born 1946), footballer, birth name Robert John Napier
John Light Napier (born 1947), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
John Napier (born 1986), American bobsledder
Joseph Napier (1804-1882), politician in the United Kingdom
Joseph Napier, a station keeper for the United States Lifesaving Service, founder of the lifesaving station at St. Joseph, Michigan,whose name was given to the cutter USCGC Joseph Napier
Lonnie Napier (born 1940), American politician from Kentucky
Macvey Napier (1776–1847), Scottish lawyer, editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica
Margaret Brisbane, 5th Lady Napier (died 1706), Scottish peer
Mark Napier (1798–1879), Scottish historian
Mark Napier (born 1957), retired Canadian ice-hockey player
Mark Napier (born 1961), American internet artist
Mark Francis Napier, British Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire, 1892–1895
Marshall Napier, New Zealand actor, father of Jessica Napier
Montague Stanley Napier (1870–1931), English automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer
Mick Napier, American actor and director
Sir Nathaniel Napier (died 1635), of Middlemarsh Hall and Moor Crichel in Dorset, English Member of Parliament
Sir Nathaniel Napier, 2nd Baronet (1636–1709), English politician, traveller and dilettante.
Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier (born 1930), Scottish soldier and courtier
Nigel Napier-Andrews (born 1942), British/Canadian TV producer and director
Oliver Napier (1935-2011), first leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Phillip Morris Napier, American politician in Maine
Richard Napier (1559–1634), astrologer
Priscilla Napier, English biographer
Prudence Hero Napier, British primatologist
Richard Napier (1559 – 1 April 1634) English astrologer and medical practitioner
Robert Napier (1791-1876), Scottish marine engineer
Sir Robert Napier (died 1615), English judge, Member of Parliament, Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland
Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, of Luton Hoo (1560-1637), English merchant
Sir Robert Napier, 2nd Baronet (c. 1603-1661), his son, Member of Parliament
Robert Napier (died 1766), British Adjutant-General to the Forces
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-1890), British Field Marshal
The Robert Napier School, Gillingham, Kent
Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, of Punknoll (1642–1700)
Robina Napier, aka Mrs. Alexander Napier, 19c British translator and antiquarian
Russell Napier (1910–1974), Australian actor
Shabazz Napier (born 1991), Puerto Rican-American basketball player
Sheena Napier, British costume designer
Simon Napier-Bell (born 1939), English music professional, one-time manager of The Yardbirds, Wham! and others
Sue Napier (born 1948), Tasmanian politician
Susan Napier, New Zealand novelist
Susan J. Napier, American professor
Thomas Napier (philanthropist) (1802–1881), Scottish philanthropist
Vice Admiral Sir Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier (1867–1920), Royal Navy office
Wilfrid Napier (born 1941), South African cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
William Napier, pseudonym for British novelist Christopher Hart
William Napier (1804–1879), lawyer, newspaper editor (in Singapore), and Lieutenant-Governor of Labuan
William Napier (1828–1908), winner of the Victoria Cross
Major-General William Craig Emilius Napier (1818–1903), British Army officer, Governor of the Royal Military College Sandhurst
William Ewart Napier (17 January 1881 in East Dulwich, Surrey - 6 September 1952 in Washington, D.C.) was an American chess master of English birth
General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1785–1860), British Army officer and military historian
William Rawdon Napier (1877-1951), Admiral of the Royal Navy
Lord Napier
Baron Napier of Magdala
Napier baronets of Luton Hoo, Middle Marsh, Merchistoun, Merrion Square, and Punknoll
Carson Napier, fictional hero of Edgar Rice Burroughs Venus series
Declan Napier, fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
India Napier, fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Jack Napier, fictional villain from Batman
Rebecca Napier, fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Sean Napier, fictional character in Exosquad
Major Napier, suspect in the film The Hindenburg
Evelyn Napier, minor character in Downton Abbey
Edie Napier, shopkeeper in Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
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