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Culpeper, Colepeper, or Culpepper are varying forms of the last name of several people:
- John Culpeper (1366–1414), knight in the court of Henry V
- Thomas Culpeper (1514–1541), courtier of Henry VIII
- Martyn Culpepper, English academic administrator at the University of Oxford
- Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654), English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer
- The Barons Colepeper including:
- John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper (d. 11 June 1660), English politician & Chancellor of the Exchequer 1643–1646
- Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper (1635–1689), English colonial governor of Virginia
- John Culpepper (1761–1841), North Carolina Congressman
- William T. Culpepper, III (b. 1947), North Carolina General Assemblyman
- Brad Culpepper (b. May 8, 1969), American football player
- Alan Culpepper (b. 15 December 1972), American distance runner married to Shayne Culpepper
- Shayne Culpepper (b. 3 December 1973), American middle distance athlete
- Daunte Culpepper (b. 28 January 1977), American football player
- Thomas Culpeper, fictional character in the 1943 film A Canterbury Tale
- C. G. Culpepper, fictional character in the 1963 film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The meaning and origin of the name Culpeper are obscure.
It is also the name of:
- Culpeper, Virginia
- Culpeper County, Virginia
- USS PC-1240 Culpeper, patrol ship of the United States Navy
- The Culpepper Cattle Co., a 1972 western
- Culpepper Island, a small uninhabited isle off the coast of Barbados, West Indies
- Culpepper Island, other name of the Darwin Island in the Galapagos, Ecuador.
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