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
 * 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
 * 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