A sleeper is a person who is sleeping. It may also refer to:
Entertainment
Sleeper hit, a work that obtains unexpected recognition or success
Music
Sleeper (band), a Britpop band in the 1990sThe Sleepers (San Francisco band), a punk/post-punk band active from 1978 until 1981The Sleepers (Chicago band), an American rock band formed in 2002Sleepers (album), a solo album from rapper Big PoohSleeper (Tribe album), by American alternative rock band TribeSleeper (Godstar album)Sleeper (Everyday Sunday album)
Films
Sleeper (film), a 1973 Woody Allen filmSleeper (2005 film), a 2005 Austrian/German filmSleeper (2009 film), an action/thriller film starring Scott Levy and Bruce HopkinsSleeper (2012 film), a horror/thriller film starring Brittany Belland, Jessica Cameron and John Bloom, and directed by Justin RussellSleepers (film), a 1996 film based on the novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra
Television
"Sleeper" (Buffy episode), from the seventh and final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer"Sleeper" (The New Avengers episode), from the first season of The New Avengers"Sleeper" (Torchwood), an episode from Series 2 of the series Torchwood"Sleepers" (Sanctuary), an episode fron the second season of SanctuarySleepers (TV series), a British comedy/dramaAn extraterrestrial in the U.S. TV series The Event
Other
Sleeper (comic book), published by DC ComicsSleepers, a 1995 novel by Lorenzo CarcaterraThe Sleeper (Wild Cards), a character in the Wild Cards science fiction series who periodically hibernates, awakening each time in a new bodyThe Sleeper, the main antagonist in Gothic (computer game)Sleeper, the Japanese name for the Pokémon Hypno
Transportation
Sleeper bus, designed to carry fewer passengers in greater comfortSleeper (car), an automobile that has been modified to improve its performance without changing its outward appearance; the British term for this is Q-carSleeper truck, a truck with a sleeping compartmentSleeping car, a railway passenger car with bedsRailway sleeper, a railroad tie
Biology
Sleepers or sleeper gobies, the common names for fish belonging to the family EleotridaeSleeper cichlid, perch-like member of the genus Nimbochromis
Other uses
Le Sommeil (The Sleepers), a painting by Gustave CourbetThe Sleepers (New Hampshire), a pair of mountain peaks in the United StatesSleeper, a sleeping partner in businessSleeper, a strong internal beam (structure) in construction and shipbuildingSleeper dike, a low inland dike, made obsolete by a newer dike closer to shoreSleeper agent, a secret agent or similar operative left long inactiveBlanket sleeper, a one-piece, footed sleeping garmentSleeper couch, also known as a fold-out couch or hide-a-bedSleeper earring, originally designed to be worn while sleeping to keep the hole in a pierced ear openSleeper hold, a rear naked choke hold used in professional wrestling"The sleeper", a yo-yo trick