Wolpe is a locational surname of German origin, named after the medieval County of Wölpe. It may refer to: AnnMarie Wolpe (1930-2018), South African sociologist, wife of Harold Berthold Wolpe (1905–1989), German visual designer David Wolpe (born 1958), American rabbi Harold Wolpe (1926–1996), South African economist, husband of AnnMarie Howard Wolpe (1939–2011), American politician Irma Wolpe (1902–1984), Romanian-born composer Joseph Wolpe (1915–1997), South African psychiatrist Lenny Wolpe (born 1951), American actor Paul Root Wolpe (born 1957), American sociologist Sholeh Wolpé, Iranian-born American poet, literary translator and playwright Shalom Dov Wolpo, also Sholom Ber Wolpe (born 1948), Israeli rabbi Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972), American composer See also Volpe Wölpe, a river in Germany County of Wölpe, a territorial lordship in the Middle Ages German-language surnames Jewish surnames