Napier - Notables

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Notable Napier's

• Stockard Channing
• Cate Blanchett
• 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, b. 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, (1910–1973), 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
• Charles Napier, (1892–1918), World War I flying ace
• Claude Napier, British translator of Scandinavian
• David Napier, (1785–1873), Scottish Precision engineer
• David Napier, (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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1953), Scottish film and television Make-up artist
• Jack Napier, (b. 1972), American pornographic actor
• James Napier, (1810–1884), Scottish chemist and antiquarian
• James Napier, (b. 1982), New Zealand actor
• James Robert Napier (1821–1879), Scottish engineer, inventor of Napier's diagram
• Jim Napier (b. 1938), baseball catcher and manager
• James Napier, "Jimmy Napes", English songwriter, producer and musician
• Jessica Napier (b. 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 (b. 1944), theatre set designer, recipient of many Tony and Olivier awards
• John Napier (b. 1946), Irish-born footballer and manager, notably with Bradford City A.F.C.
• John Napier (b. 1946), footballer, birth name Robert John Napier
• John Light Napier (b. 1947), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• John Napier (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1957), retired Canadian ice-hockey player
• Mark Napier (b. 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 (d. 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 (b. 1930), Scottish soldier and courtier
• Nigel Napier-Andrews (b. 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
• Priscilla Napier, English biographer
• Prudence Hero Napier, British primatologist
• Richard Napier (1559–1634), astrologer
• Richard Napier (1559 – 1 April 1634) English astrologer and medical practitioner
• Robert Napier (1791-1876), Scottish marine engineer
• Sir Robert Napier, (d. 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, (d. 1766), British Adjutant-General to the Forces
• Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-1890), British Field Marshal
• 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 (b. 1991), Puerto Rican-American basketball player
• Sheena Napier, British costume designer
• Simon Napier-Bell (b. 1939), English music professional, one-time manager of The Yardbirds, Wham! and others
• Sue Napier (b. 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 (b. 1941), South African cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• 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
• Lt. Gen. Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1785–1860), British Army officer and military historian
• William Rawdon Napier (1877-1951), Admiral of the Royal Navy