Throop may refer to:

Locations

  • Throop, Dorset
  • Throop, New York, a town in Cayuga County
  • Throop, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lackawanna County
  • Throop College, the original name of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
  • Throop Peak, in the San Gabriel Mountains, California

People

  • Amos G. Throop (1811–1894), founder of Caltech
  • Arthur Throop (1884–1973), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Enos T. Throop (1784–1874), Governor of New York
  • Frances Hunt Throop (1860-1933), American painter
  • George B. Throop (1793–1854), New York and Michigan politician
  • George H. Throop (1818–1896), American teacher and novelist
  • George R. Throop, scholar of Greek and Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis
  • George Throop (baseball) (born 1950), American baseball player
  • Tom Throop (born 1947), American politician

See also

  • Throup, a surname
  • Troop (surname)