Fred William Hooper (October 6, 1897 – August 4, 2000) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.

[1] Born in Cleveland, Georgia, Hooper quit school in the eighth grade and worked as a schoolteacher, a carpenter, a riveter, a prizefighter and a potato farmer.

[1] He bought 5,000 acres (20 km2) near Montgomery, Alabama and started breeding champion Hereford cattle and eventually horses.

Fred Hooper was responsible for bringing top Latin American riders to the United States.

Hall of Fame jockeys Laffit Pincay Jr., Braulio Baeza, and Jorge Velásquez all got their start with him.