Margery Kempe, 15th century English autobiographer, religious pilgrim

Shawn Kemp, NBA player

Jack Kemp, U.S. politician, Buffalo Bills football player

Kent (game) a card game, also known as Kemp

John Kemp (or Kempe), archbishop of Canterbury

Rudolf Kempe, German conductor

William Kempe, English actor and morris dancer

Ross Kemp, British actor (played Grant Mitchell in Eastenders)

David Kemp (footballer)

Martin Kemp (actor), British actor (played Steve Owen in EastEnders), member of Spandau Ballet

Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, also known as Major Kemp, Māori military leader

Rick Kemp, English bass guitar player, songwriter, singer and record producer

Kemp, Texas

Rod Kemp, Australian Senator (see also his brother David Kemp, also a Senator)

Kemp, Oklahoma

David Kemp, Australian Senator (see also his brother Rod Kemp, also a Senator)

Kempe chain, part of the four-colour theorem

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, a novel by Penelope Lively

Charles Eamer Kempe, Victorian stained glass designer

Steve Kemp, drummer for the British indie-rock band HARD-Fi

Kemp (song), a song appearing on Home From Home by Millencolin

Alfred Bray Kempe, English mathematician

Carl Kempe, Swedish paper producer

Frieder Kempe, German sports scientist

Kemp, Illinois

Kempe Gowda I, Yelahanka chieftain

Kemp (wool), a type of sheep's hair

Matt Kemp, a Major League Baseball Player who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers