Pappas or Papas ( el, Παππάς, ) is a

Greek surname In the modern world, Greeks names are the personal names among people of Greek language and culture generally consist of a given name and a family name. History Ancient Greeks generally had a single name, often qualified with a patronymic, a c ...

, which means "priest" (

occupational surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

). In the United States, it is often a shortened form of a longer surname like ''Papadopoulos'' or ''Papageorgiou''.Louis Adamic, ''What's Your Name'', 1942, p. 49 The genitive form, Pappa or Papa ( el, Παππά, ), is used by women. Notable individuals with this surname include: *

Alexi Pappas Alexi Pappas or Alexia Pappa (Greek Αλεξία Παππά; born 28 March 1990) is a Greek-American runner, filmmaker, actor, and writer. Pappas was an NCAA All-American athlete at both Dartmouth College and the University of Oregon. She repre ...

(born 1990), Greek American long-distance runner *

Alexis Pappas Alexis Constantin Georg Pappas (16 October 1915 – 12 February 2010) was a Norway, Norwegian chemist. Born in London to Greeks, Greek expatriates in 1915, he moved to Norway a few years later together with his parents. He specialized in nuclear ch ...

(1915–2010), Norwegian chemist *

Arthur Pappas Arthur Pappas (born in Sutherland, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and South Sydney Rabbitohs clubs in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership The New So ...

, Australian rugby player *

Athena Papas Athena Papas is an American dental science scholar, who as of 2017 was the Johansen Distinguished Professor of Dental Research at Tufts University. She is a co-author of several books on dentistry as well as numerous articles. In 2001 she was a re ...

, American dental science scholar * Charilaos Pappas (born 1983), Greek soccer player * Charles Herach Papas (1918–2007), American applied physicist and electrical engineer *

Chris Pappas (politician) Christopher Charles Pappas ( ; born June 4, 1980) is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district since 2019. From 2013 to 2019, he represented the 4th district on the New Hampshire ...

, U.S. Representative * Christopher Pappas, South African politician and member of the

KwaZulu-Natal Legislature The KwaZulu-Natal Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is unicameral in its composition and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the leading party or coalition members i ...

DeAnna Pappas DeAnna Marie Stagliano (née Pappas, born November 20, 1981) is a TV personality best known for her participation in season 11 of the ABC reality television show '' The Bachelor'', and season 4 of '' The Bachelorette''. Early life Pappas, of ...

(born 1981), American TV Personality * Diane Pappas (born 1971), Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives *

Doug Pappas Doug Pappas (1961–2004) was a baseball writer and researcher who was considered a foremost expert on the business of baseball. Pappas was a graduate of the University of Chicago (1982) and the University of Michigan Law School (1985), where he ha ...

(1962–2004), American baseball expert * Emmanouel Pappas (1772–1821), leader in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire * Erik Pappas (born 1966), American baseball player * George Pappas (born 1942), American epistemologist and professor of philosophy * George Pappas (bowler) (born 1947), American professional bowler * Gregory Fernando Pappas (born 1960), American philosopher *

Irene Papas Irene Papas or Irene Pappas ( el, Ειρήνη Παππά, Eiríni Pappá, ; born Eirini Lelekou ( el, Ειρήνη Λελέκου, Eiríni Lelékou, link=no); 3 September 1929 – 14 September 2022) was a Greek actress and singer who starred ...

(1929-2022), Greek actress and singer * Jared Pappas-Kelley, American filmmaker and publisher *

Leonidas Pappas Leonidas Pappas (born 25 October 1967) is a Greek wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 82 kg at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), o ...

(born 1967), Greek wrestler *

Manolis Pappas Manolis Pappas ( el, Εμμανουήλ Παππάς) (born 1951), is a former Greek footballer (midfielder). He was a member of the Panachaiki football team that qualified for the 1974 UEFA Cup. He started his career in Ethnikos Piraeus befor ...

(born 1951), Greek soccer player *

Michael Papas Michael Papas is a Greek-Cypriot independent filmmaker working in England and Cyprus. He is best known for writing, directing and producing ''The Private Right'', ''The Lifetaker'' and ''Tomorrow's Warrior''. Career ''The Private Right'' (1966) ...

, Greek-Cypriot independent filmmaker *

Michael James Pappas Michael James Pappas (born December 29, 1960) is an American politician and former one term Republican Congressman from New Jersey, serving from 1997 to 1999. He is currently the Township Administrator in Bridgewater, New Jersey. He was an unsuc ...

(born 1960), American politician from New Jersey *

Milt Pappas Milton Steven Pappas (May 11, 1939 – April 19, 2016) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from through . Nicknamed "Gimpy", the 17-year veteran pitched for the Baltimore Ori ...

(1939–2016), American baseball player * Natalia Pappas, Scientist, Psychologist *

Nick Pappas Nicholas George Pappas ( el, Νικόλαος Γεώργιος Παπαναστασιου) is a solicitor from Sydney, Australia, and also the current chairman of the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby league club. He was also chairman of the club ...

, Australian solicitor (lawyer) active in the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League *

Nikolaos Pappas Nikolaos Pappas ( el, Νικόλαος Παππάς; 21 June 1930 – 5 April 2013) was a Hellenic Navy admiral who, as commander of the destroyer , played a major part in the abortive rebellion of the Navy in May 1973 against the ruling military ...

(1930–2013), Greek admiral *

Nikos Pappas (basketball) Nikolaos "Nikos" Pappas (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Παππάς, born July 11, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He stands at meters of height and plays ...

(born 1990), Greek basketball player *

Nikos Pappas (politician) Nikos Pappas ( el, Νίκος Παππάς) is a Greek economist and politician who served as thMinister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Mediain Alexis Tsipras' second cabinet. He represents the Athens B constituency in the Helleni ...

, Greek politician and the current Minister of State. * Robin Pappas, American actress *

Sophocles Papas Sophocles Papas (1893 or 1894 – 26 February 1986) was a Greek classical guitar pedagogue and music publisher. Early life Papas was born in Sopik, Ottoman Empire. He was exposed to classical music at an early age by his father, who was a church ...

(1893 or 1894–1986), Greek classical guitar pedagogue and music publisher. *

Tas Pappas Tasou Micah Pappas (born 1975), better known as Tas Pappas, is an Australian sponsored skateboarding, skateboarder. He was previously a professional skateboarder, primarily in the discipline of vert skateboarding, and competed in a number of ma ...

(born 1975), Australian skateboarder * Tasos Pappas (born 1984), Greek soccer player * Theodore Pappas, executive editor of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' *

Thomas Pappas Thomas M. Pappas is a former United States Army colonel who is a civilian intelligence officer with the Army's Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Eustis, Virginia. He was the Brigade Commander of the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade and th ...

(born 1959), United States Army officer involved in the Abu Ghraib scandal *

Tom Pappas Tom Pappas (born September 6, 1976, in Azalea, Oregon) is an American track & field decathlete. Pappas won the gold medal at the 2003 World Championships held outside Paris, France and was rated number 1 in the world that year by Trac ...

(born 1976), American track and field decathlete * William "Bill" Papas (1927–2000), South African political cartoonist and caricaturist

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