Leiper

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Leiper is a surname. People with the surname include:

  • Charles Leiper Grigg (1868–1940), the inventor of Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime soda, better known by its later name, 7 Up
  • Dave Leiper (David Paul Leiper, born 1962), a relief pitcher with Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics
  • George Gray Leiper (1786–1868), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  • Henry Smith Leiper (1891–1975), a missionary
  • Jack Leiper (John Morton Leiper, 1921–2006), an English cricketer
  • Jack Leiper (baseball) (1867–1960), an American professional baseball player
  • Joe Leiper, Scottish footballer
  • Jeff Leiper, the current Ottawa city councillor for Kitchissippi Ward
  • Moira Leiper Ducharme, the first female mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia (1991–1994)
  • Robert Leiper (born 1961), an English cricketer
  • Robert Thomson Leiper (1881–1969), a British parasitologist and helminthologist
  • Thomas Leiper (1745–1825), a Scottish American merchant and local politician who served in the American Revolutionary War
  • Tim Leiper (Timothy Joseph Leiper, born 1966), an American professional baseball coach and manager
  • William Leiper (1839-1916), a Scottish architect notable particularly for his domestic architecture in and around the town of Helensburgh

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