Kempf is a surname. Notable persons with that name include: * Andreas Kempf (born 1967), German curler *

Franz Kempf Franz Moishe Kempf (20 June 1926 – 8 February 2020) was an Australian artist who worked in Australia and Europe. He was a lecturer in printmaking at the University of Adelaide. Early life and education Kempf was born in Melbourne on 20 June ...

(1926–2020), Australian artist *

Freddy Kempf Frederick Albert Kempf (born 14 October 1977) is a British pianist born in Croydon to a German father and a Japanese mother. He lives in Berlin. Early life Kempf was born in Croydon. He was educated at The Junior Kings School and St Edmund's ...

(born 1977), British pianist residing in Berlin *

Hippolyt Kempf Hippolyt Kempf (born 10 December 1965, in Lucerne) is a Swiss Nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won a complete set of Olympic medals, earning two of them at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary (gold: 15& ...

(born 1965), Swiss skier *

Julije Kempf Julije Kempf (25 January 1864 – 6 June 1934) was a Croatian historian and writer. Kempf was born in Požega, Slavonia. After graduating from Požega gymnasium, he attended teachers school in Zagreb. Afterwards, he worked in Novi Vinodolski ...

(1864–1934), Croatian historian and writer *

Martine Kempf Martine Kempf is a French computer scientist who is known for inventing the Katalavox in 1985, a computer-based voice activation system. Martine Kempf was born to Jean-Pierre Kempf and Brigitte Maguerite Klockenbring Kempf in 1951 in Dossenheim-Koc ...

, French scientist * Paul Kempf (1856–1920), German astronomer, astrophysicist *

Roger Kempf Roger Kempf (6 July 1927 – 9 September 2014) was a French writer, philosopher, Germanist and ethnologist of literature, and ''emeritus'' professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich. He was awarded several literary prizes, inclu ...

(1927–2014), French writer *

Starr Kempf Starr Gideon Kempf (August 13, 1917 in Bluffton, Ohio – April 7, 1995 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) was an American sculptor, architect, and artist best known for his graceful steel wind kinetic sculptures. Life Starr Kempf was raised on a ...

(1917–1995), American sculptor and architect best known for his wind kinetic sculptures *

Werner Kempf Werner Kempf (9 March 1886 – 6 January 1964) was a general in the German Army rising to corps-level command during World War II. Kempf is best known for commanding the Army Detachment Kempf during the Battle of Kursk. Career Kempf joined the ...

(1886–1964), German World War II Panzer General *

Wilhelm Kempf (bishop) Wilhelm Kempf (10 August 1906 – 9 October 1982) was a German Catholic theologian who served between 1949 and 1981 as Bishop of Limburg. After the Second World War, he introduced the reforms of the Second Vatican Council to his Diocese. Career ...

(1906–1982), German bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg The Diocese of Limburg (Latin: ''Dioecesis Limburgensis'') is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cologne, with metropolitan see being the Archdiocese of Cologne. Its territory encompasses ...

* Wilhelm Kempf (psychologist) (born 1947), Austrian psychologist and researcher

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