Thomas Valpy French (1825 - 1891) was an Anglican missionary in India and Persia
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Michael Valpy is an award-winning Canadian journalist and author
Toynbee was the uncle, via his brother Harry Valpy Toynbee, of universal historian Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889–1975); with whom he is often confused.
The Bruce Valpy play Hornby was performed in the 2007 Canterbury Festival by pupils from Dover College.
In 1966 and 1967, Valpy was a staff member for the short-lived Company of Young Canadians and then returned to the Vancouver Sun, first as a member of its editorial board and then as a political columnist based in Ottawa.
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In the 2000 federal election, Valpy ran as a New Democratic Party candidate in the Toronto riding of Trinity—Spadina, against Liberal Party of Canada incumbent Tony Ianno.
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Valpy co-authored three books (two on Canada's Constitution and the third on on the 21st-century generation of new Canadian adults), produced public affairs documentaries for CBC Radio, contributed chapters to several books on public policy issues and written for Maclean's, Time Canada, Policy Options, Shambhala Sun and Elm Street magazines.
Former Heads of Department include Professor Valpy FitzGerald, Professor Barbara Harriss-White, Rosemary Thorp and Professor Frances Stewart.
In 1813 Robert was sent to school under John Valpy at Norwich, where John Lindley the botanist, and "Rajah" Sir James Brooke, were his fellow pupils.
In 1902 Champneys was sold to Lady Rothschild by the Rev. Arthur Sutton Valpy, a descendant of Richard Valpy who had inherited it in 1871.