Tepper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: David Tepper (born 1957), American investor and owner of the NFL's Carolina Panthers J. G. O. Tepper (1841–1923), South Australian entomologist Jeremy Tepper (born 1963), American country musician Leonard Tepper (1939–2001), American actor Lou Tepper (born 1945), American football coach Robert Tepper, American singer Sheri S. Tepper (1929-2016), American author Sid Tepper (1918–2015), Jewish American singer and songwriter Stephen Tepper (born 1969), hockey player Susan Tepper (1943–1991), American artist William Tepper (1948–2017), American actor and screenwriter Yotam Tepper, Israeli archaeologist See also Tepper Aviation, a cargo airline Tepper School of Business, the business school at Carnegie Mellon University named after David Tepper Low German surnames Jewish surnames