Pappas or Papas (, ) is a Greek surname, which means "priest" (occupational surname). In the United States, it is often a shortened form of a longer surname like Papadopoulos or Papageorgiou. The genitive form, Pappa or Papa (, ), is used by women. Notable individuals with this surname include:
- Alexi Pappas (born 1990), Greek-American long-distance runner
- Alexis Pappas (1915âÂÂ2010), Norwegian chemist
- Arthur Pappas, Australian rugby player
- Athena Papas, American dental science scholar
- Charilaos Pappas (born 1983), Greek soccer player
- Charles H. Papas (1918âÂÂ2007), American applied physicist and electrical engineer
- Chris Pappas (American politician) (born 1980), U.S. Representative
- Chris Pappas (South African politician) (born 1991), member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
- DeAnna Pappas (born 1981), American TV Personality
- Diane Pappas (born 1971), Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Doug Pappas (1962âÂÂ2004), American baseball expert
- Emmanouel Pappas (1772âÂÂ1821), leader in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire
- Erik Pappas (born 1966), American baseball player
- George Pappas (born 1942), American epistemologist and professor of philosophy
- George Pappas (bowler) (born 1947), American professional bowler
- Gregory Fernando Pappas (born 1960), American philosopher
- Irene Papas (1929âÂÂ2022), Greek actress and singer
- Isabella Pappas (born 2002), English actress and singer
- Ithaka Darin Pappas (born 1966), Californian interdisciplinary artist
- Jared Pappas-Kelley, American filmmaker and publisher
- Judith Zaffirini (née Pappas, born 1946), American politician from Texas
- Leonidas Pappas (born 1967), Greek wrestler
- Manolis Pappas (born 1951), Greek soccer player
- Marc Pappas, American politician from New Hampshire
- Maria Pappa (born 1971), Swiss politician
- Michael Papas, Greek-Cypriot independent filmmaker
- Michael James Pappas (born 1960), American politician from New Jersey
- Milt Pappas (1939âÂÂ2016), American baseball player
- Nick Pappas, Australian solicitor (lawyer) active in the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League
- Nikolaos Pappas (1930âÂÂ2013), Greek admiral
- Nikos Pappas (basketball) (born 1990), Greek basketball player
- Nikos Pappas (politician), Greek politician
- Robin Pappas, American actress
- Sophocles Papas (1893 or 1894âÂÂ1986), Greek classical guitar pedagogue and music publisher.
- Tas Pappas (born 1975), Australian skateboarder
- Tasos Pappas (born 1984), Greek soccer player
- Theodore Pappas, executive editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Thomas Pappas (born 1959), United States Army officer involved in the Abu Ghraib scandal
- Tom Pappas (born 1976), American track and field decathlete
- William Papas (1927âÂÂ2000), South African political cartoonist and caricaturist
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