Kemp (surname)

Kemp is a surname of English, Scottish, German and Dutch origin which means "soldier". Notable people with the surname include:

• Adrienne W. Kemp (1930–2022), British statistician
• Agnes Kemp (1823–1908), American physician and temperance movement leader
• Albert Edward Kemp (1858–1929), Canadian businessman and politician
• Annerose Kemp (1936–2013), German pedagogue
• Amelia Kemp, English footballer
• Anthony Kemp (actor) (born 1954), British actor
• Anthony Kemp (historian) (1939–2018), English military historian
• Anthony Fenn Kemp (1773–1868), Australian soldier and merchant
• Arthur Kemp (born 1962), South African/British politician and writer
• Barbara Kemp (1881–1959), German opera singer
• Barry Kemp (Egyptologist) (1940–2024), English archaeologist and Egyptologist
• Bolivar E. Kemp (1871–1933), Louisiana congressman
• Bolivar Edwards Kemp Jr. (1904–1965), Louisiana Attorney General, 1948–1952
• Brandis Kemp (1944–2020), American actress
• Brian Kemp (born 1963), governor of Georgia (US)
• Carlo Kemp (born 1998), American football player
• Dave Kemp (born 1953), English footballer and football manager
• David Kemp (disambiguation), several people
• Davie Kemp (born 1950), Scottish footballer
• Earl Kemp (1929–2020), American science fiction editor and critic
• Edward Kemp (landscape architect) (1817–1891), English garden designer and author
• Edward Kemp (playwright) (born 1965), English playwright and theatre director, director of RADA
• Elise Kemp (1881–1917), New Zealand born nurse and nursing sister
• Eric Kemp (1915–2009), Bishop of Chichester
• Gary Kemp (born 1959), English pop musician
• Gene Kemp (1926–2015), British author
• George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale (1866–1945), British politician, soldier and businessman
• George Hubert Kemp (1897–1918), British soldier
• George Meikle Kemp (1795–1844), Scottish carpenter, draughtsman and architect
• Gilbert Kemp, English footballer
• Hal Kemp (1904–1940), American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, composer, and arranger
• Harry Kemp (1883–1960), American poet and prose writer
• Haydn Kemp (1897–1982), English footballer
• C. Henry Kempe (1922–1984), American pediatrician who identified battered child syndrome
• Jack Kemp (1935–2009), American politician and football quarterback
• James Kemp (missionary) (1797–1872), British missionary to New Zealand
• James Furman Kemp (1859–1926), American geologist
• Jan Kemp (disambiguation), several people
• Jeka Kemp (1876–1966), Scottish artist
• Jennie Murray Kemp (1858–1928), American temperance activist
• Jennifer Kemp (born 1955), American swimmer
• Jeremy Kemp (1935–2019), English actor
• John Kemp (disambiguation), several people
• Johnny Kemp (1959–2015), Bahamian singer, songwriter, and record producer
• Jonathan Kemp (born 1981), English squash player
• Joseph Kemp (minister) (1872–1933), English-born New Zealand Baptist minister and preacher
• Joseph Kemp (organist), English composer and organist
• Sir Joseph Horsford Kemp, Chief Justice of Hong Kong
• Sir Kenneth Hagar Kemp, 12th Baronet (1853–1936), British soldier, lawyer, landowner and cricketer
• Kirsten Kemp (born 1970), English actress and television presenter
• Lindsay Kemp (1938–2018), British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist and choreographer
• Maida Springer Kemp (1910–2005), American labor organizer
• Martin Kemp (born 1961), English actor and musician
• Martin Kemp (art historian) (born 1942), British art historian and professor
• Martine Kemp (born 1994), Luxembourgian politician
• Matt Kemp (born 1984), American baseball outfielder
• Matthew Kemp (soccer) (born 1980), Australian footballer
• Mathew Kemp (died 1682), Virginia colonial politician, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
• Maurice Kemp (born 1991), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Otto Kemp (born 1999), American baseball player
• Paul Kemp (actor) (1896–1953), German actor
• Penn Kemp (born 1944), Canadian writer
• Peter Kemp (rower) (1853–1951), Australian sculler
• Peter Kemp (swimmer) (1877–1965), British swimmer
• Philip Kemp (born 1999), American ice hockey player
• RaShaun Kemp, American politician
• Richard Kemp (born 1959), British army officer
• Richard Kemp (politician), British politician in Liverpool
• Rick Kemp (born 1941), English musician
• Robert S. Kemp, American professor of commerce
• Rod Kemp (born 1944), Australian politician
• Roman Kemp (born 1993), English radio host
• Rose Kemp (born 1984), English singer and guitarist
• Ross Kemp (born 1964), English actor and journalist
• Sally Kemp (1933-2017), American actress, known for Spellbinder
• Shawn Kemp (born 1969), American basketball player
• Stacey Kemp (born 1988), English pair skater
• Steve Kemp (baseball) (born 1954), American baseball player
• Steve Kemp (musician) (born 1978), English rock drummer
• Takutai Tarsh Kemp (1975–2025), New Zealand politician, community health leader and hip hop dance director
• Tara Kemp (born 1964), American singer
• Thomas Read Kemp (1783–1844), English property developer and politician
• Tony Kemp (baseball) (born 1991), American baseball player
• Tony Kemp (nurse), English nurse
• Tony Kemp (rugby league) (born 1968), New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
• Travis Kemp (1914–1995), British dancer and choreographer
• Troy Kemp (born 1966), Bahamas high jumper
• Ursula Kemp (c.1525–1582), English cunning woman and midwife
• William Kempe (c.1560-c.1603), original Shakespeare actor, known as Will Kemp
• Willie Kemp (1888–1965), Scottish singer and writer
• Willy Kemp (1925–2021), Luxembourgian professional road bicycle racer

See also

• Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, a Māori soldier whose name was often anglicised to "Major Kemp"
• Kemp (disambiguation)
• Kempe (disambiguation)

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