Ripper is the surname of:

Eric Ripper (born 1951), Australian retired politician Georgie Ripper (born 1977), English children's book illustrator João Guilherme Ripper (born 1959), Brazilian composer, conductor and academic Michael Ripper (1913–2000), English actor Rudolph von Ripper (1905–1960), Austrian-born American painter, illustrator and soldier Velcrow Ripper (born 1963), Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and public speaker William Ripper (1853–1937), British mechanical engineer and academic