Tappen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Abraham B. Tappen (1823–1896), American lawyer and politician
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Gerhard Tappen (1866–1953), German World War I general
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Kathryn Tappen (born 1981),
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*Sarah Cornelia Tappen (d. 1800), wife of
George Clinton, fourth Vice President of the United States from 1805 to 1812
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