Schaper is a German and Dutch surname. Notable people with it include:

• Edzard Schaper (1908–1984), German author

• Hermann Schaper (1911–2002), German SS officer and war criminal

• Robert N. Schaper (1922–2007), American evangelical theologian and seminary professor

• Rüdiger Schaper (born 1959), German journalist

• Susanne Schaper (born 1978), German politician

• W. Herbert Schaper (1914–1980), American inventor of board games and founder of W. H. Schaper Manufacturing Co..

See also

• Michiel Schapers (born 1959), Dutch tennis player

• Schäfer/Schaefer/Schafer/Schaeffer etc., surname

• Schaap, surname

• Schaps, surname

• Schapira, surname

• Shapira, surname

• Shapiro, surname