Kemper may refer to:
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Kemper Arena
Hy-Vee Arena, previously known as Kemper Arena, is an indoor arena located in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to conversion to a youth sports and community gymnasium facility, Kemper Arena was previously a 19,500-seat professional sports arena. It ...
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Kemper Building (Chicago), a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois
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Kemper Hall, a 1911 mansion in Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 1994 in Kansas City, Missouri. With a $5 million annual budget and approximately 75,000 visitors each year, it is Missouri's first and largest contemporary museum.
Founders
The core of the museum's per ...
, in Kansas City, Missouri
Companies
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Thomas Kemper, an American soda brewing company
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Kemper Corporation, an American insurance group
Places
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Quimper
Quimper (, ; ; or ) is a Communes of France, commune and Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France.
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Kemper County, Mississippi
Kemper County is a county located on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,988. Its county seat is De Kalb. The county is named in honor of Reuben Kemper.
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Kemper, Illinois
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Kemper, South Carolina
People
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Andreas Kemper
Andreas Kemper (born April 11, 1963) is a German sociologist and author. He is an author about Classism and an analyst on anti-democratic tendencies in Germany, including those of the AfD.
Life
He was born into a working-class family and start ...
(born 1963), German sociologist
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Charles Kemper
Charles Kemper (September 6, 1900 – May 12, 1950) was an American character actor born in Oklahoma. The heavy-set actor was for decades a successful stage actor.
Movie career
Like many actors in New York, Kemper worked in short comedies fil ...
(1900–1950), American film actor
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Christine de Bosch Kemper (1840–1924), Dutch feminist
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David Kemper
David Law Kemper (born 1947/8 in Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 Unit ...
(born 1947), American rock drummer
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David Kemper (writer), American television writer and producer
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Dieter Kemper (1937–2018), German cyclist
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Dorla Eaton Kemper (1929–2025), American civic leader
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Edmund Kemper
Edmund Emil Kemper III (born December 18, 1948) is an American serial killer convicted of murdering seven women and one girl between May 1972 and April 1973. Years earlier, at the age of 15, Kemper had murdered his paternal grandparents. Kemp ...
(born 1948), American serial killer and necrophile
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Ellie Kemper
Elizabeth Claire Kemper (born May 2, 1980) is an American actress, best known for her roles of Erin Hannon in the sitcom ''The Office'' (2009–2013) and Kimmy Schmidt in the sitcom '' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' (2015–2019). She has also app ...
(born 1980), American actress and comedian
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Franz-Josef Kemper (born 1945), German middle-distance runner
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Frederick T. Kemper (1816–1881), American school-founder
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Heinrich Kemper (1888–1962), German politician
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Hermann Kemper
Hermann Kemper (5 April 1892 in Nortrup – 13 July 1977) was a German engineer and pioneer in magnetic levitation sometimes known as the father of maglev.
Herman Kemper began his research on magnetic levitation in 1922. In 1933, Kemper const ...
(1892–1977), German electrical engineer and inventor
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Hunter Kemper
Hunter Craig Kemper (born May 4, 1976) is a triathlete from the United States. He won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, behind Venezuela's Gilberto González, followed by winning gold four years later at the 2003 Pan American Ga ...
(born 1976), American triathlete
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Jackson Kemper
Jackson Kemper (December 24, 1789 – May 24, 1870) in 1835 became the first missionary bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Especially known for his work with Native American peoples, he also founded parishes in wh ...
(1789–1870), American Episcopalian bishop
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James L. Kemper (1823–1895), Confederate general in the American Civil War and governor of Virginia, U.S.
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James S. Kemper (1886–1981), American insurance company founder and billionaire
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Jeltje de Bosch Kemper
Jkvr. Jeltje de Bosch Kemper (1836 – 1916) was a Dutch feminist.
Life
Bosch Kemper was born in Amsterdam on 28 April 1836. She was a member of the Kemper noble family, daughter of (1808-1876) and Maria Aletta Hulshoff (1810-1844) and ...
(1836–1916), Dutch feminist
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Joan Melchior Kemper
Joan Melchior Kemper (26 April 1776 – 20 July 1824) was a Dutch jurist and politician.
After studies in Amsterdam and Leiden he taught civil law in Amsterdam beginning in 1806, and natural, public and international law in Leiden beginning in 18 ...
(1776–1824), Dutch jurist and politician
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Johan Kemper
Johan Kemper (1670–1716), formerly Moshe ben Aharon Ha-Kohen of Kraków or Moses Aaron, baptized Johann Christian Jacob; was a Polish Sabbatean Jew who converted from Judaism to Lutheran Christianity.Wolfson, Elliot R.Messianism in the Christi ...
(1670–1716), Polish Christian Kabbalist
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Johnny Kemper
Johnny Kemper (July 31, 1944 – June 13, 2012) was an American bodybuilder and actor. He was the owner of the Diamond Gym, which he sold in 2007.
Selected filmography
* ''Surfari'' (1967)
* '' Women in Revolt'' (1971)
References
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, American bodybuilder and actor
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Kay Ann Kemper, stage name of Kay Lenz (born 1954), American actor
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Kathy Kemper, American tennis coach, columnist and CEO
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R. Crosby Kemper (1892–1972), American banker and philanthropist
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R. Crosby Kemper Jr. (1927–2014), American banker and philanthropist
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Reuben Kemper (1770–1826), American filibuster
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Samuel Kemper (died 1814), American filibuster
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Sandy Kemper (born 1965), American financial entrepreneur
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Tom Kempers
Tom Kempers (born 1 June 1969) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands. Kempers won four doubles titles during his professional career. He reached his highest doubles ATP ranking on 10 August 1998, when he became the number 42 in the worl ...
(born 1969), Dutch tennis player
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Victor J. Kemper (1927–2023), American cinematographer
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William Thornton Kemper Sr. (1866–1938), American banker and entrepreneur
Given name
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Kemper Freeman (born 1941), American real estate developer
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Kemper Goodwin (1906–1997), American architect
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Kemper Harreld (1885–1971), African-American concert violinist
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Kemper Nomland (1919–2009), American architect
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Kemper Yancey (1887–1957), American football player and coach
Other uses
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Kemper: The CoEd Killer'', a 2008 film
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Kemper Insurance Open, a former golf tournament in Potomac, Maryland
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Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Kemper Lakes Golf Club is a private country club in the central United States, located in Ela Township, Lake County, outside Kildeer, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. It is also near the communities of Forest Lake, Lake Zurich, Hawtho ...
, Kildeer, Illinois
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Kemper Military School
Kemper Military School & College was a private military school located in Boonville, Missouri. Founded in 1844, Kemper filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2002. The school's motto was "Nunquam Non Paratus" (Never Not Prepared).
The 46-acre camp ...
, in Boonville, Missouri, U.S.
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Kemper Project, an energy project in Kemper County, Mississippi
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