Phillipps is both a given name and an

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surname. Notable people with the name include: "Phillipps" has also been a shortened version of

Philippson Philippson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Philipp", coming from the German language given name variant of "Philip", both derived from ''philippos'', of Ancient Greek origin (prefix ''philein'', meaning "to love"; suffix ''hippos'', meanin ...

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surname especially prevalent amongst

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Dutch Jews The history of the Jews in the Netherlands began largely in the 16th century when they began to settle in Amsterdam and other cities. It has continued to the present. During the occupation of the Netherlands by Nazi Germany in May 1940, the ...

. People with the given name Phillipps: *

Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps De Lisle Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps de Lisle (17 March 1809 – 5 March 1878) was a British Roman Catholic convert. He founded Mount St Bernard Abbey, a Trappist abbey in Leicestershire, and worked for the reconversion or reconciliation of Britain t ...

(1809–1878), founder of a Trappist abbey * John Phillipps Kenyon (1927–1996), British historian People with the surname Phillipps: *

Anthea Phillipps Datin Anthea Phillipps B.Sc. (born 3 June 1956) is a British botanist. Phillipps was brought up in Sabah, Borneo as a child (and still dwells there today). She received a Botany degree from the University of Durham, England. She worked at the S ...

(born 1956), British botanist *

Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps VC (28 May 1835 – 17 September 1857) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonweal ...

(1835–1857), English recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Jack Phillipps John Hugh Phillipps (born Auckland, 1 January 1898, died Wellington, New Zealand, 8 June 1977) was a New Zealand cricket administrator. He managed the New Zealand cricket team's tours of England in 1949 and 1958, and the MCC's tour of New Zea ...

(1898-1977), New Zealand cricket administrator * Martin Phillipps (born 1963), New Zealand singer/songwriter of

The Chills The Chills are a New Zealand rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980. The band is essentially the continuing project of singer/songwriter Martin Phillipps, who is the group's sole constant member. For a time in the 1990s, the act was billed a ...

Roy Phillipps Roy Cecil Phillipps, MC & Bar, DFC (1 March 1892 – 21 May 1941) was an Australian fighter ace of World War I. He achieved fifteen victories in aerial combat, four of them in a single action on 12 June 1918. A grazier b ...

(1892–1941), Australian fighter ace *

Thomas Phillipps Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (2 July 1792 – 6 February 1872), was an English antiquary and book collector Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, ...

(1792–1872), English antiquary and book collector *

Vivian Phillipps Henry Vivian Phillipps (13 April 1870 – 16 January 1955) was a British teacher, lawyer and Liberal politician. Family and education Phillipps was born in Beckenham, Kent, the son of Henry Mitchell Phillipps. In 1883, he went to Charterhouse ...

(Henry Vivian Phillipps, 1870–1955), British teacher, lawyer and Liberal politician *

William Herbert Phillipps William Herbert Phillipps (3 December 1847 – 6 January 1935), generally referred to as W. Herbert Phillipps, later Sir Herbert Phillipps was a prominent South Australian businessman and philanthropist. Early days Herbert was the son of Susanna ...

(1847–1935), South Australian businessman and philanthropist * William J. Phillipps (1893–1967), New Zealand ichthyologist

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