Worldwide, Bishop (Bishop 
, בישופ, بيشوب, along with others...) is quite a common primarily masculine, but very seldom girly forename. The given name Bishop is habitual in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where it is quite a common masculine name, Ghana, where it is quite a rare male name, and Botswana. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Nigeria, the United States, and Ghana. More prevalently, Bishop is the last name as well as the forename.
Bishop is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bishop Myriel , the fictional Bishop from Les Misérables; Bishop , the fictional android character from Aliens; Bishop of Hereford , the character in the Robin Hood legend; Bishop , the fiktiv character from the animated 2012–2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series, Annihilation: Earth, Part 2 and Bishop Grouse , character in Saiyuki, and in many other works.
| humphrey bishop English politician (b. 1612) |
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sereno edwards bishop Hawaiians scientist and presbyterian minister, US (b. 1827) |
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| gladden bishop American Mormon leader (1809-1864), US (b. 1809) |
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| giles bishop American photographer (1826-1909), US (b. 1826) |
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| archibald bishop Canadian politician, CA (b. 1829) |
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| hutchens chews bishop American theologian, US (b. 1859) |
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| avard longley bishop (b. 1875) |
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bradford bishop American on the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list, US (b. 1936) |
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| dickinson bishop Titanic survivor, US (b. 1887) |
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| sherman c. bishop American zoologist, US (b. 1887) |
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| morris bishop American historian, US (b. 1893) |
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sanford bishop American politician, US (b. 1947) |
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| shelton hale bishop (b. 1889) |
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vaughn bishop American intelligence officer (b. 1950) |
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| harlow bishop botanical collector (1902 - 1989) (b. 1902) |
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