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 (1851–1902), American surgeon
 * A. Warren Phelps (1829–1885), American politician
 * Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps (1793–1884), American educator, author, editor
 * Anson Greene Phelps (1781–1853), co-founder of mining company Phelps Dodge
 * Amos A. Phelps (1805–1847), abolitionist
 * Amos A. Phelps (politician) (1867–?), members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
 * Artur Gustav Martin Phleps (1881–1944), was an Austro-Hungarian, Romanian and German army officer
 * Aurora Phelps (1839–1876), American land reformer, trade union labor and women's rights advocate
 * Austin Phelps (1820–1890), American clergyman and author of devotional and educational works, 19th century
 * Benjamin K. Phelps (1832–1880), New York County District Attorney
 * Bill Phelps (1934–2019), Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
 * Brian Phelps, radio personality
 * Martha Austin Phelps (1870–1933), 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) (1852–1940), 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
 * Christopher Phelps, American historian
 * David Phelps (disambiguation), several people
 * David Phelps (musician) (born 1969), American Christian music vocalist and songwriter
 * David Phelps (sport shooter) (born 1977), British sport shooter
 * David Phelps (baseball) (born 1986), American baseball pitcher
 * David D. Phelps (born 1947), U.S. Representative from Illinois
 * David Sutton Phelps Jr. (1930–2009), American anthropologist


 * 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) (1619–?), tried Charles I of England for high treason in 1649
 * John M. Phelps (1821–1884), Republican President of the West Virginia Senate
 * John S. Phelps (1814–1886), Governor of Missouri (1876–1881)
 * John W. Phelps (1813–1885), American Civil War general and presidential candidate
 * John E. Phelps (1839–1921), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
 * John Jay Phelps (1810–1869), 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) (1853–1936), British cleric and Provost of Oriel College, Oxford
 * Lonnie Phelps (born 2000), 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), (1710–1785), English portrait artist
 * Richard Phelps (bell-founder), (c. 1670–1738), English maker of bells
 * Richard Phelps (pentathlete), British athlete
 * Robert Phelps (disambiguation), several people
 * Robert Phelps (1926–2013), American mathematician
 * Robert Phelps (academic) (1808–1890), British academic
 * Robert Phelps (wrestler) (1890–?), British wrestler
 * Robert Phelps (pentathlete) (born 1939), 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 (above)
 * Timothy Guy Phelps, business executive and politician
 * Tommy Phelps (born 1974), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Walter Phelps (1832–1878), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
 * Wesley Phelps (1923–1944), Medal of Honor recipient
 * Willard Phelps (born 1941), Yukon politician
 * William Phelps (disambiguation), many people
 * William Phelps (colonist) (1599–1672), one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut
 * William Phelps (priest) (1797–1867), Church of England cleric
 * William E. Phelps (1835–?), American politician from Illinois
 * William F. Phelps (1822–1907), educational pioneer and author
 * William H. Phelps Sr. (1875–1965), American ornithologist and businessman.
 * William H. Phelps Jr. (1902–1988), Venezuelan ornithologist and businessman.
 * William J. Phelps (1808–1883), Illinois legislator
 * William Lyon Phelps (1865–1943), American author and critic
 * William Preston Phelps (1848–1917), American landscape painter
 * William Wallace Phelps (1826–1873), United States Representative from Minnesota
 * William Walter Phelps (1839–1894), United States Representative from New Jersey
 * W. W. Phelps (Mormon) (1792–1872), early convert and leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
 * M. William Phelps (born 1968), American crime writer and investigative journalist
 * Zach Phelps (1857–1901), 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