Kemp is a surname of English origin which means "soldier". Notable people with the surname include: * Agnes Kemp (1823–1908), American physician and temperance movement leader * Albert Edward Kemp (1858–1929), Canadian businessman and politician * Amelia Kemp, English footballer * Anthony Kemp (actor) (born 1954), British actor * Anthony Kemp (historian) (1939–2018), English military historian * Anthony Fenn Kemp (1773–1868), Australian soldier and merchant * Arthur Kemp (born 1962), South African/British politician and writer * Barbara Kemp (1881–1959), German opera singer * Barry Kemp (Egyptologist) (born 1940), English archaeologist and Egyptologist * Bolivar E. Kemp (1871–1933), Louisiana congressman * Bolivar Edwards Kemp Jr. (1904–1965), Louisiana Attorney General, 1948–19