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, British statistician
- Agnes Kemp, American physician and temperance movement leader
- Albert Edward Kemp, Canadian businessman and politician
- Annerose Kemp, German pedagogue
- Amelia Kemp, English footballer
- Anthony Kemp (actor), British actor
- Anthony Kemp (historian), English military historian
- Anthony Fenn Kemp, Australian soldier and merchant
- Arthur Kemp, South African/British politician and writer
- Barbara Kemp, German opera singer
- Barry Kemp (Egyptologist), English archaeologist and Egyptologist
- Bolivar E. Kemp, Louisiana congressman
- Bolivar Edwards Kemp Jr., Louisiana Attorney General, 1948–1952
- Brandis Kemp, American actress
- Brian Kemp, governor of Georgia
- Carlo Kemp, American football player
- Dave Kemp, English footballer and football manager
- David Kemp (disambiguation), several people
- Davie Kemp, Scottish footballer
- Earl Kemp, American science fiction editor and critic
- Edward Kemp (landscape architect), English garden designer and author
- Edward Kemp (playwright), 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 Hubert Kemp, British soldier
- George Meikle Kemp, Scottish carpenter, 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
- Haydn Kemp, English footballer
- C. Henry Kempe, American pediatrician who identified battered child syndrome
- Jack Kemp, American politician and football quarterback
- James Kemp (missionary), British missionary to New Zealand
- James Furman Kemp, American geologist
- Jan Kemp (disambiguation), several people
- Jeka Kemp, Scottish artist
- Jennie Murray Kemp, American temperance activist
- Jennifer Kemp, American swimmer
- Jeremy Kemp, English actor
- John Kemp (disambiguation), several people
- Johnny Kemp, Bahamian singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Jonathan Kemp, English squash player
- Joseph Kemp (minister), 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, British soldier, lawyer, landowner and cricketer
- Kirsten Kemp, English 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 (art historian), British art historian and professor
- Martine Kemp, Luxembourgian politician
- Matt Kemp, American baseball outfielder
- Matthew Kemp (soccer), Australian footballer
- Mathew Kemp, Virginia colonial politician, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
- Maurice Kemp, American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Otto Kemp, American baseball player
- Paul Kemp (actor), German actor
- Penn Kemp, Canadian writer
- Peter Kemp (rower), Australian sculler
- Peter Kemp (swimmer), British swimmer
- Philip Kemp, American ice hockey player
- RaShaun Kemp, American politician
- Richard Kemp, British army officer
- Richard Kemp (politician), British politician in Liverpool
- Rick Kemp, English musician
- Robert S. Kemp, American professor of commerce
- Rod Kemp, Australian politician
- Roman Kemp, English radio host
- Rose Kemp, English singer and guitarist
- Ross Kemp, English actor and journalist
- Sally Kemp, American actress, known for Spellbinder
- Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
- Stacey Kemp, English pair skater
- Steve Kemp (baseball), American baseball player
- Steve Kemp (musician), English rock drummer
- Takutai Tarsh Kemp, New Zealand politician, community health leader and hip hop dance director
- Tara Kemp, American singer
- Thomas Read Kemp, English property developer and politician
- Tony Kemp (baseball), American baseball player
- Tony Kemp (nurse), English nurse
- Tony Kemp (rugby league), New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
- Travis Kemp, British dancer and choreographer
- Troy Kemp, Bahamas high jumper
- Ursula Kemp, English cunning woman and midwife
- William Kempe, original Shakespeare actor, known as Will Kemp
- Willie Kemp, Scottish singer and writer
- Willy Kemp, Luxembourgian professional road bicycle racer