Topper is an occupational surname, originally denoting "a person connected with spinning of flax or wool".
Notable persons and characters with this name include:
People Burt Topper (1928–2007), American film director and screenwriter of teen cult films Curt Topper, American politician from Pennsylvania Hertha Töpper (1924–2020), Austrian operatic contralto and voice teacher Jesse Topper (born 1981), American politician Steve Topper (born 1961), Australian rugby player, brother of Stuart Stuart Topper (born 1971), Australian rugby player, brother of Steve Uwe Topper (born 1940), German non-fiction author
Fictional characters Bud Topper, one of the main characters in the television series Noddy Cosmo Topper, the protagonist of Thorne Smith's novel "Topper" and all its adaptations. Mr. Topper, a bachelor, and character in Charles Dickens' novella "A Christmas Carol".