Phelps (surname)

Phelps is an English surname. The name is originated as a patronymic form of the name Philip. The name Philip is derived from the Greek name Philippos, which is composed of two elements: the first, philein, "to love"; the second, hippos, "horse". The Dictionary of American Family Names states that the surname Phelps is generally found in the south-western part of England.

Notable people

• Abel Mix Phelps (1851–1902), American surgeon
• A. Warren Phelps (1829–1885), American politician
• Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps (1793–1884), American educator, author, editor
• Anson Green Phelps (1781–1853), co-founder of mining company Phelps Dodge
• Amos A. Phelps (1805–1847), abolitionist
• Amos A. Phelps (politician) (1867–?), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Artur Gustav Martin Phleps (1881–1944), was an Austro-Hungarian, Romanian and German army officer
• Aurora Phelps (1839–1876), American land reformer, trade union labor and women's rights advocate
• Austin Phelps (1820–1890), American clergyman and author of devotional and educational works, 19th century
• Babe Phelps (1908–1992), American baseball catcher
• Benjamin K. Phelps (1832–1880), New York County District Attorney
• Bill Phelps (1934–2019), Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
• Brandon Phelps (Illinois politician)
• Brandon Phelps (Missouri politician)
• Brian Phelps, radio personality
• Martha Austin Phelps (1870–1933), American female chemist
• Brian Phelps (diver), British former diver
• Cameron Phelps, Australian rugby league footballer
• Chance Phelps, US Marine killed in action in Iraq
• Charles Phelps (politician) (1852–1940), first Connecticut Attorney General
• Charles D. Phelps, American physician
• Charles E. Phelps, American Civil War-era soldier and politician
• Charles Phelps Taft, American lawyer and politician, brother of President Taft
• Charles Phelps Taft II, Mayor of Cincinnati, son of President Taft
• Christian Phelps (born 1993), Wisconsin politician
• Christopher Phelps, American historian
• David Phelps (disambiguation), several people

• Dee Dee Phelps, American singer-songwriter and author
• Digger Phelps, American basketball coach
• Don Phelps, American football player
• Ed Phelps, American baseball catcher
• Edmund Phelps, Nobel Prize-winning economist at Columbia University
• Edward H. Phelps, lieutenant colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War
• Edward John Phelps, late 19th-century American lawyer, diplomat and politician
• Eleanor Phelps, American theatre, film and television actress
• Elisha Phelps, United States Representative from Connecticut
• Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, American writer
• Fannie Phelps Adams (1917–2016), American educator, activist
• Forrest Phelps American politician
• Fred Phelps, the founding pastor of Westboro Baptist Church
• George May Phelps, American inventor of automated telegraphy equipment
• Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, American architect
• Jake Phelps, Editor in Chief of Thrasher Magazine
• James and Oliver Phelps, identical twins and actors
• Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist
• Jeff Phelps, American sportscaster
• Jill Farren Phelps, television producer
• John Phelps (disambiguation), several people
• John Phelps (regicide) (1619–?), tried Charles I of England for high treason in 1649
• John M. Phelps (1821–1884), Republican President of the West Virginia Senate
• John S. Phelps (1814–1886), Governor of Missouri (1876–1881)
• John W. Phelps (1813–1885), American Civil War general and presidential candidate
• John E. Phelps (1839–1921), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
• John Jay Phelps (1810–1869), American railroad baron and financier
• Joseph Lee Phelps, Canadian farmer and political figure
• Josh Phelps, Major League Baseball player
• Kelly Joe Phelps, singer/songwriter, blues slide guitarist
• Ken Phelps, Major League Baseball player
• Kerryn Phelps, Australian doctor
• Lancelot Phelps (priest) (1853–1936), British cleric and Provost of Oriel College, Oxford
• Lonnie Phelps (born 2000), American football player
• Mark Phelps, American basketball coach
• Matthew Phelps, Australian first-class cricketer
• Michael Phelps, American swimmer, multi-Olympic medalist
• Michael E. Phelps, inventor of Positron Emission Tomography
• Noah Phelps, American Revolutionary War-era soldier, spy, and politician
• Noah Phelps (Wisconsin politician), American surveyor and politician
• Oliver Phelps, American land speculator, settler and judge in New York
• Orange Phelps, American politician and movie theater owner in Hillsboro, Oregon
• Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, philanthropist
• Peter Phelps, Australian actor
• Phelps Phelps, 38th Governor of American Samoa and US Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
• Phlash Phelps, American disc jockey
• Ray Phelps, American baseball pitcher
• Richard Phelps (artist), (1710–1785), English portrait artist
• Richard Phelps (bell-founder), (c. 1670–1738), English maker of bells
• Richard Phelps (pentathlete), British athlete
• Robert Phelps (disambiguation), several people
• Robert Phelps (1926–2013), American mathematician
• Robert Phelps (academic) (1808–1890), British academic
• Robert Phelps (wrestler) (1890–?), British wrestler
• Robert Phelps (pentathlete) (born 1939), British modern pentathlete
• Samuel Phelps, English actor
• Samuel S. Phelps, United States Senator
• Sarah Phelps, British television, radio, film and freelance playwright
• Seth Ledyard Phelps, Union naval officer in the American Civil War
• Shirley Phelps-Roper, daughter of Fred Phelps (above)
• Timothy Guy Phelps, business executive and politician
• Tommy Phelps (born 1974), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Walter Phelps (1832–1878), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
• Wesley Phelps (1923–1944), Medal of Honor recipient
• Willard Phelps (born 1941), Yukon politician
• William Phelps (disambiguation), many people
• William Phelps (colonist) (1599–1672), one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut
• William Phelps (priest) (1797–1867), Church of England cleric
• William E. Phelps (1835–?), American politician from Illinois
• William F. Phelps (1822–1907), educational pioneer and author
• William H. Phelps Sr. (1875–1965), American ornithologist and businessman.
• William H. Phelps Jr. (1902–1988), Venezuelan ornithologist and businessman.
• William J. Phelps (1808–1883), Illinois legislator
• William Lyon Phelps (1865–1943), American author and critic
• William Preston Phelps (1848–1917), American landscape painter
• William Wallace Phelps (1826–1873), United States Representative from Minnesota
• William Walter Phelps (1839–1894), United States Representative from New Jersey
• W. W. Phelps (Mormon) (1792–1872), early convert and leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
• M. William Phelps (born 1968), American crime writer and investigative journalist
• Zach Phelps (1857–1901), American baseball principal owner

Fictional characters

• Cole Phelps, police detective in the 2011 video game L.A. Noire
• Jim Phelps, a fictional character from the Mission: Impossible TV series
• Mary Phelps, a fiction doctor from Casualty TV series
• Sally Phelps, Tom Sawyer's aunt in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• Travis Phelps, a fictional character from the video game Sally Face

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