Kemp

Kemp may refer to:

Places

United States

• Kemp, Illinois
• Kemp, Ohio
• Kemp, Oklahoma
• Kemp, Texas

People

• Kemp Hannon, American politician
• Albert Edward Kemp (1858–1929), Canadian businessman and politician
• Anthony Fenn Kemp (1773–1868), Australian soldier and merchant
• Arthur Kemp (born 1962), South African/British politician and writer
• Bolivar E. Kemp (1871–1933), Louisiana congressman
• Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr. (1904–1965), Louisiana Attorney General, 1948-1952
• Dan Kemp (1927–2000), American actor
• David Kemp (politician) (born 1941), Australian politician
• David Kemp (footballer) (born 1953), English footballer
• David Kemp (professor) (fl. 1978), British hearing researcher
• Earl Kemp (born 1929), American science fiction editor, critic and fan
• Edward Kemp (1817–1891), English garden designer and author
• Elise Kemp (1881–1917), New Zealand born nurse and nursing sister
• Gary Kemp (born 1959), English pop musician
• Gene Kemp (born 1926), British author
• George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale (1866-1945), British politician, soldier and businessman
• George Meikle Kemp (1795–1844), Scottish carpenter /joiner, draughtsman and architect
• Hal Kemp (1904–1940), American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, composer, and arranger
• Harry Kemp (1883–1960), American poet and prose writer
• C. Henry Kempe (1922–1984), American pediatrician who identified battered child syndrome
• Jack Kemp (1935–2009), American politician and football quarterback
• Jacques Kemp (born 1949), Dutch businessman
• James Furman Kemp (1859–1926), American geologist
• Jan Kemp (1949–2008), American academic who exposed the bias in passing college football players
• Jan Kemp (South African), (1872–1946), South African Boer leader, rebel general and politician
• Jennifer Kemp (born 1955), American swimmer
• Jeremy Kemp (born 1935), English actor
• John Kemp (c. 1380 – 1454), Archbishop of Canterbury
  • and others
• Johnny Kemp, Bahamian musician
• Jonathan Kemp (born 1981), squash player
• Joseph Kemp (organist), English composer and organist
• Sir Joseph Horsford Kemp, Chief Justice of Hong Kong
• Joseph Kemp (minister) (1872–1933), English-born New Zealand Baptist minister and preacher
• Joseph A. Kemp (1861-1930), entrepreneur and industrialist from Wichita Falls, Texas
• Sir Kenneth Hagar Kemp, 12th Baronet (1853–1936), British soldier, lawyer, landowner and cricketer
• Kirsten Kemp (born 1970), American actress and television presenter
• Lindsay Kemp (born 1938), British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist and choreographer
• Maida Springer Kemp (1910-2005), American labor organizer
• Martin Kemp (entertainer) (born 1961), English actor and musician
• Martin Kemp (art historian) (fl. since 1970), British art historian and professor
• Matthew Kemp (footballer) (born 1980), Australian footballer
• Matthew Kemp (water polo) (born 1984), South African water polo player
• Mathew Kemp (died 1682), Virginia colonial politician, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
• Matt Kemp (born 1984), American baseball outfielder
• Michael Kemp (born 1987 Baltimore, MD), American businessman
• Peter Kemp (rower) (1853–1951), Australian sculler
• Peter Kemp (swimmer) (born 1878), British swimmer
• Richard Kemp (born 1955, Lubbock, Texas), American, Producer, Screenwriter
• Rick Kemp (born 1941), English musician
• Rod Kemp (born 1944), Australian politician
• 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
• Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui (c. 1820–98), also known as Major Kemp, Māori military leader
• Thomas Read Kemp (1783–1844), English property developer and politician
• Tony Kemp (born 1968), New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
• Troy Kemp (born 1966), Bahamas former high jumper
• Ursula Kemp (c. 1525 – 1582), English cunning woman and midwife
• Willie Kemp (1888–1965), Scottish singer and writer
• Willy Kemp (born 1925), Luxembourgian professional road bicycle racer

Art, entertainment, and media

• "Kemp" (song), a song appearing on Home From Home by Millencolin
• Johnny Kemp (album)

Other uses

• Kemp (wool), a type of sheep's hair
• KEMP Technologies, a networking appliances company