Kempe may refer to: * Kempe baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England *

Kempe chain Kempe may refer to: * Kempe baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England * Kempe chain, part of the four-colour theorem * Kempe Fjord, King Christian X Land, Greenland * Kempe Glacier, Antarctica * Kempe Hill, former name of Camp Hill, West Mi ...

, part of the four-colour theorem *

Kempe Fjord Kempe Fjord ( da, Kempes Fjord) is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park area. This fjord is part of the King Oscar Fjord system.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Gr ...

, King Christian X Land, Greenland *

Kempe Glacier Kempe Glacier () is a short alpine glacier in Antarctica, bounded on the north by Dismal Ridge and on the south by the Mount Kempe – Mount Dromedary Gulaga, dual-named as Mount Dromedary and also referred to as Mount Gulaga, is mountain l ...

, Antarctica *

Kempe Hill Camp Hill is the name of a road and surrounding area in Birmingham, West Midlands, England south east of the city centre. The area's name was first recorded as Kempe Hill, derived from a family name, in 1511, but it became known as Camp Hill af ...

, former name of Camp Hill, West Midlands, England

People with the surname

Alfred Kempe Sir Alfred Bray Kempe FRS (6 July 1849 – 21 April 1922) was a mathematician best known for his work on linkages and the four colour theorem. Biography Kempe was the son of the Rector of St James's Church, Piccadilly, the Rev. John Edward K ...

(1849–1922), English mathematician *

Arnold E. Kempe Arnold E. Kempe (January 23, 1927 – July 22, 2022) was an American politician and lawyer. Kempe graduated from Humboldt Senior High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He lived in West St. Paul, Minnesota with his wife and family. Kempe served in ...

(born 1927), American lawyer and politician *

Carl Kempe Johan Carl Kempe (8 December 1884 – 8 July 1967) was leader of the Swedish pulp and paper industry Mo och Domsjö AB (now Holmen Group) and involved in several other companies in the large economic sphere of the Kempe family. He was also a si ...

(1884–1967), Swedish paper producer *

Charles Eamer Kempe Charles Eamer Kempe (29 June 1837 – 29 April 1907) was a British Victorian era designer and manufacturer of stained glass. His studios produced over 4,000 windows and also designs for altars and altar frontals, furniture and furnishings, lich ...

(1837–1907), English stained glass designer * C. Henry Kempe (1922–1984), American pediatrician who identified the Battered child syndrome *

Kempe Gowda I Kempe Gowda I, locally venerated as Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda, or commonly known as Kempe Gowda, was a chieftain under the Vijayanagara Empire in early-modern India. He is famous for founding the present-day southern Indian city of Bangalore. E ...

(1513–69), Yelahanka chieftain, founded the city of Bangalore *

Margery Kempe ' Margery Kempe ( – after 1438) was an English Christian mystic, known for writing through dictation ''The Book of Margery Kempe'', a work considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language. Her book chronicles Kempe's d ...

(c. 1373–after 1438), English autobiographer, religious pilgrim * Raymond J. Kempe (born 1931), American lawyer and politician *

Rudolf Kempe Rudolf Kempe (14 June 1910 – 12 May 1976) was a German conductor. Biography Kempe was born in Dresden, where from the age of fourteen he studied at the Dresden State Opera School. He played oboe in the opera orchestra of Dortmund and ...

(1910–76), German conductor *

William Kempe William Kempe (c. 1560–c. 1603), commonly referred to as Will Kemp, was an English actor and dancer specialising in comic roles and best known for having been one of the original players in early dramas by William Shakespeare. Roles associat ...

(died c. 1603), English actor and morris dancer

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