Harper is the name of some places:

• Harper, Liberia
• Harper, Oregon in the United States of America
• Harper, West Virginia in the United States of America

There was also Harper & Brothers, a publishing company, which founded Harper's Weekly (now Harper's Magazine). After merging with Row, Peterson, & Company to become Harper & Row, it went through another merger and is now known as HarperCollins.

A harper is an older word for harpist, someone who plays the harp.

Harpers are members of a fictional secret society of heroes in the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game world.

For the Canadian politician, see Stephen Harper.