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, American surgeon
- A. Warren Phelps, American politician
- Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, American educator, author, editor
- Anson Green Phelps, co-founder of mining company Phelps Dodge
- Amos A. Phelps, abolitionist
- Amos A. Phelps (politician), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Artur Gustav Martin Phleps, was an Austro-Hungarian, Romanian and German army officer
- Aurora Phelps, American land reformer, trade union labor and women's rights advocate
- Austin Phelps, American clergyman and author of devotional and educational works, 19th century
- Babe Phelps, American baseball catcher
- Benjamin K. Phelps, New York County District Attorney
- Bill Phelps, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
- Brandon Phelps (Illinois politician)
- Brandon Phelps (Missouri politician)
- Brian Phelps, radio personality
- Martha Austin Phelps, 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), 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, 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
- 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), tried Charles I of England for high treason in 1649
- *John M. Phelps, Republican President of the West Virginia Senate
- *John S. Phelps, Governor of Missouri
- *John W. Phelps, American Civil War general and presidential candidate
- *John E. Phelps, Union Army officer during the American Civil War
- *John Jay Phelps, 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), British cleric and Provost of Oriel College, Oxford
- Lonnie Phelps, 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),, English portrait artist
- Richard Phelps (bell-founder),, English maker of bells
- Richard Phelps (pentathlete), British athlete
- Robert Phelps (disambiguation), several people
- *Robert Phelps, American mathematician
- * Robert Phelps (academic), British academic
- * Robert Phelps (wrestler), British wrestler
- * Robert Phelps (pentathlete), 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
- Timothy Guy Phelps, business executive and politician
- Tommy Phelps, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Walter Phelps, Union Army officer during the American Civil War
- Wesley Phelps, Medal of Honor recipient
- Willard Phelps, Yukon politician
- William Phelps (disambiguation), many people
- *William Phelps (colonist), one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut
- *William Phelps (priest), Church of England cleric
- *William E. Phelps, American politician from Illinois
- *William F. Phelps, educational pioneer and author
- *William H. Phelps Sr., American ornithologist and businessman.
- *William H. Phelps Jr., Venezuelan ornithologist and businessman.
- *William J. Phelps, Illinois legislator
- *William Lyon Phelps, American author and critic
- *William Preston Phelps, American landscape painter
- *William Wallace Phelps, United States Representative from Minnesota
- *William Walter Phelps, United States Representative from New Jersey
- W. W. Phelps (Mormon), early convert and leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
- M. William Phelps, American crime writer and investigative journalist
- Zach Phelps, 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