# Kemp (surname)

Kemp is a surname of English origin which means "soldier". Notable people with the surname include:
* 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 /joiner, 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
* 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
* Shawn Kemp (born 1969), American basketball player
* Stacey Kemp (born 1988), English pair skater
* Steve Kemp (born 1954), American baseball player
* Steve Kemp (musician) (born 1978), English rock drummer
* 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
* Willie Kemp (1888–1965), Scottish singer and writer
* Willy Kemp (1925–2021), Luxembourgian professional road bicycle racer