Bishop (surname)

Bishop (surname)

Family name
name = Bishop


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pronunciation = BISH-Up
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region = English
origin = English
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footnotes = [ [http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files ] ]

Bishop is a surname, and may refer to:

* Andy Bishop (born 1982), English footballer
* Anne Bishop, is a novelist of fantasy fiction.
* Arthur Gary Bishop
* Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Princess of the Kamehameha dynasty
* Billy Bishop, (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian First World War flying ace
* Bob Bishop
* Bradford Bishop
* Bridget Bishop, (ca. 1632, England – 10 June 1692 Salem, Massachusetts) was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
* Bronwyn Bishop
* Charity Bishop, American author and movie reviewer
* Charles Reed Bishop
* Dave Bishop, saxophone player
* David Bishop
* David Bishop (athlete), British junior athlete
* David Bishop (Neighbours)
* Ed Bishop, American film, television, stage and radio actor based in Britain
* Edward Bishop (Salem)
* Edward Bishop III
* Edward Stanley Bishop
* Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and writer
* Elvin Bishop
* Errett Bishop, mathematician
* Harold Bishop, fictional character from the Australian television soap opera "Neighbours"
* Henry Rowley Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley Bishop was an English musical composer.
* Joey Bishop
* Julie Bishop (actress), Hollywood leading lady of the 1930s and 40s
* Julie Bishop, Australian politician
* K. J. Bishop
* Kelly Bishop
* Kevin Bishop
* Kirsten Bishop
* Lucas Bishop, a fictional character associated with the X-Men and Avengers, who took his surname as a codename.
* Malcolm Bishop
* Mark Bishop
* Matt Bishop
* Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada
* Meredith Bishop
* Michael Bishop (businessman) (born 1942), British businessman
* Michael Bishop (author) (born 1945), American science fiction and fantasy author
* Michael Bishop (bassist), American bassist, member of GWAR and Kepone
* Michael Bishop (football player) (born 1976), American football player
* J. Michael Bishop, is an American immunologist and microbiologist who won the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
* Morris Bishop, was an American scholar, historian, biographer, author, and humorist.
* Neal Bishop
* Nicholas Bishop
* Richard M. Bishop
* Rob Bishop
* Robert Bishop (artist), erotic artist
* Robert Hamilton Bishop, first president of Miami University
* Roswell P. Bishop
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* Stephen Bishop, was a mixed race slave famous for being one of the lead explorers and guides to the Mammoth Cave in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
* Stephen Bishop (musician)
* Tim Bishop
* Walter Bishop, Sr., was a Jamaican composer and songwriter.
* Walter Bishop, Jr., was an American bop and hard bop jazz pianist.
*The Bishops, respectively Michael and Peter Bishop

ee also

* Bishop (disambiguation)
* Bischof
* Bischoff

References


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