Tempest (surname)

Tempest is the surname of:


 * Tempest family, a recusant family of northern England in the 16th and 17th centuries
 * Vane-Tempest baronets, dynasty of barons in the United Kingdom
 * Vane-Tempest-Stuarts, Marquesses of Londonderry
 * Annie Tempest (born 1959), British artist and cartoonist known for the comic strip The Yuppies
 * Billy Tempest (1893–1945), English footballer
 * Dale Tempest (born 1963), English former footballer
 * Edmund Tempest (1894–1921), British First World War flying ace
 * Florence Tempest (1889 – after January 1932), American comedian and dancer
 * Gerard Francis Tempest (1918–2009), American painter, sculptor and architect
 * Greg Tempest (born 1993), English footballer
 * Joey Tempest (born 1963), Swedish rock musician
 * John Tempest (disambiguation), various British Members of Parliament
 * Kae Tempest (born 1985), English poet and spoken word artist
 * Margaret Tempest (1892–1982), English author and artist, best known for illustrating the Little Grey Rabbit books
 * Marie Tempest (1864–1942), English singer and actress
 * Pierce Tempest (1653–1717), English book and print seller
 * Robert Tempest, High Sheriff of Durham 1558–1562
 * William Tempest (born 1987), British fashion designer
 * William Tempest (politician) (1653–1700), English Member of Parliament