Kemp (surname)
Kemp is a surname of English origin which means "soldier." Notable people with the surname include:
- Michael Kemp, Scottish Chef and ledgend
- Agnes Kemp, American physician and temperance movement leader
- Albert Edward Kemp, Canadian businessman and politician
- Amelia Kemp, English footballer
- Anthony Fenn Kemp, Australian soldier and merchant
- Anthony Kemp, English military historian
- Arthur Kemp, South African/British politician and writer
- Barbara Kemp, German opera singer
- Barry Kemp, English archaeologist and Egyptologist
- Bolivar E. Kemp, Louisiana congressman
- Bolivar Edwards Kemp Jr., Louisiana Attorney General, 1948-1952
- Brian Kemp, governor of Georgia
- Dan Kemp, American actor
- David Kemp , Australian politician
- David Kemp , English footballer
- David Kemp , British hearing researcher
- Earl Kemp, American science fiction editor, critic and fan
- Edward Kemp , English garden designer and author
- Edward Kemp , English playwright and theatre director, Director of RADA
- Elise Kemp, New Zealand born nurse and nursing sister
- Eric Kemp, Bishop of Chichester
- Gary Kemp, English pop musician
- Gene Kemp, British author
- George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale, British politician, soldier and businessman
- George Meikle Kemp, Scottish carpenter /joiner, draughtsman and architect
- Gilbert Kemp, English footballer
- Hal Kemp, American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, composer, and arranger
- Harry Kemp, American poet and prose writer
- C. Henry Kempe, American pediatrician who identified battered child syndrome
- Jack Kemp, American politician and football quarterback
- James Furman Kemp, American geologist
- Jan Kemp, American academic who exposed the bias in passing college football players
- Jan Kemp,, South African Boer leader, rebel general and politician
- Jeka Kemp, Scottish artist
- Jennifer Kemp, American swimmer
- Jeremy Kemp, English actor
- John Kemp, several people
- Johnny Kemp, Bahamian singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Jonathan Kemp, squash player
- Joseph Kemp, English composer and organist
- Sir Joseph Horsford Kemp, Chief Justice of Hong Kong
- Joseph Kemp , English-born New Zealand Baptist minister and preacher
- Joseph A. Kemp, entrepreneur and industrialist from Wichita Falls, Texas
- Sir Kenneth Hagar Kemp, 12th Baronet, British soldier, lawyer, landowner and cricketer
- Kirsten Kemp, American actress and television presenter
- Lindsay Kemp, British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist and choreographer
- Maida Springer Kemp, American labor organizer
- Martin Kemp , English actor and musician
- Martin Kemp , British art historian and professor
- Matt Kemp, American baseball outfielder
- Matthew Kemp , Australian footballer
- Mathew Kemp, Virginia colonial politician, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
- Peter Kemp , Australian sculler
- Peter Kemp , British swimmer
- Richard Kemp, American, Producer, Screenwriter
- Rick Kemp, English musician
- Rod Kemp, Australian politician
- Rose Kemp, English singer and guitarist
- Ross Kemp, English actor and journalist
- Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
- Stacey Kemp, English pair skater
- Steve Kemp, American baseball player
- Steve Kemp , English rock drummer
- Tara Kemp, American singer
- Thomas Read Kemp, English property developer and politician
- Tony Kemp, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
- Troy Kemp, Bahamas former high jumper
- Ursula Kemp, English cunning woman and midwife
- Willie Kemp, Scottish singer and writer
- Willy Kemp, Luxembourgian professional road bicycle racer
