Pappas

Pappas or Papas (Παππάς, Παπάς) is a Greek surname, which means "priest" (occupational surname). In the United States, it is often a shortened form of a longer surname like Papadopoulos or Papageorgiou. The genitive form, Pappa or Papa (Παππά, Παπά), is used by women. Notable individuals with this surname include:


 * Alexi Pappas (born 1990), Greek-American long-distance runner
 * Alexis Pappas (1915–2010), Norwegian chemist
 * Arthur Pappas, Australian rugby player
 * Athena Papas, American dental science scholar
 * Charilaos Pappas (born 1983), Greek soccer player
 * Charles H. Papas (1918–2007), American applied physicist and electrical engineer
 * Chris Pappas (American politician) (born 1980), U.S. Representative
 * Chris Pappas (South African politician) (born 1991), member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
 * DeAnna Pappas (born 1981), American TV Personality
 * Diane Pappas (born 1971), Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives
 * Doug Pappas (1962–2004), American baseball expert
 * Emmanouel Pappas (1772–1821), leader in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire
 * Erik Pappas (born 1966), American baseball player
 * George Pappas (born 1942), American epistemologist and professor of philosophy
 * George Pappas (bowler) (born 1947), American professional bowler
 * Gregory Fernando Pappas (born 1960), American philosopher
 * Irene Papas (1929–2022), Greek actress and singer
 * Jared Pappas-Kelley, American filmmaker and publisher
 * Leonidas Pappas (born 1967), Greek wrestler
 * Manolis Pappas (born 1951), Greek soccer player
 * Marc Pappas, American politician from New Hampshire
 * Maria Pappa (born 1971), Swiss politician
 * Michael Papas, Greek-Cypriot independent filmmaker
 * Michael James Pappas (born 1960), American politician from New Jersey
 * Milt Pappas (1939–2016), American baseball player
 * Nick Pappas, Australian solicitor (lawyer) active in the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League
 * Nikolaos Pappas (1930–2013), Greek admiral
 * Nikos Pappas (basketball) (born 1990), Greek basketball player
 * Nikos Pappas (politician), Greek politician
 * Robin Pappas, American actress
 * Sophocles Papas (1893 or 1894–1986), Greek classical guitar pedagogue and music publisher.
 * Tas Pappas (born 1975), Australian skateboarder
 * Tasos Pappas (born 1984), Greek soccer player
 * Theodore Pappas, executive editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica
 * Thomas Pappas (born 1959), United States Army officer involved in the Abu Ghraib scandal
 * Tom Pappas (born 1976), American track and field decathlete
 * William Papas (1927–2000), South African political cartoonist and caricaturist