# Semple

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'''Semple''' is a surname of Scottish origin.<ref name="theorigin90">{{cite book |last1=Sims |first1=Clifford Stanley |title=The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. |date=1862 |publisher=J. Munsell |location=Albany, New York |oclc=1060940902 |page=[https://archive.org/details/originandsignif00simsgoog/page/n102 90]|url=https://archive.org/details/originandsignif00simsgoog|via=[Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)}}</ref> Notable people with the name include:

==Arts and entertainment==
* [Dugald Semple](/source/Dugald_Semple) (1884–1964), Scottish writer and simple living advocate
* [George Semple](/source/George_Semple) (1700–1782), Irish architect
* [Jack Semple](/source/Jack_Semple) (21st century), Canadian blues musician
* [Keith Semple](/source/Keith_Semple), Northern Ireland musician, member of British boyband One True Voice and American rock band 7th Heaven
* [Lorenzo Semple Jr.](/source/Lorenzo_Semple_Jr.) (1923–2014), American screenwriter
* [Pat Semple](/source/Pat_Semple) (1939–2021), British artist
* [Stuart Semple](/source/Stuart_Semple) (born 1980), contemporary English artist

==Government, military, and politics==
* [Bob Semple](/source/Bob_Semple) (1873–1955), member of the Cabinet of New Zealand
* [Eugene Semple](/source/Eugene_Semple) (1840–1908), thirteenth governor of Washington Territory
* [Gordon Semple](/source/Murder_of_Gordon_Semple) (1956–2016), British Metropolitan Police officer who was murdered 
* [James Semple](/source/James_Semple) (1798–1866), United States Senator from Illinois
* [Letitia Semple](/source/Letitia_Semple) (1821–1907), United States society patron and unofficial First Lady
* [Robert Semple (Medal of Honor)](/source/Robert_Semple_(Medal_of_Honor)) (1887–1943), United States Navy officer
* [Robert B. Semple](/source/Robert_B._Semple) (1806–1854), California newspaperman and politician

==Sport==
* [Billy Semple](/source/Billy_Semple) (born 1946), Scottish football player
* [Carol Semple](/source/Carol_Semple) (born 1948), American golfer
* [Frederick Semple](/source/Frederick_Semple) (1872–1927), American golfer and tennis player
* [Jock Semple](/source/Jock_Semple) (1903–1988), Scottish-American runner and sports official who physically tried to stop Kathrine Switzer from competing in the 1967 Boston Marathon
* [Keith Semple (cricketer)](/source/Keith_Semple_(cricketer)) (born 1970), Guyanese cricketer
* [Ryan Semple (English footballer)](/source/Ryan_Semple_(English_footballer)) (born 1985), English football player
* [Ryan Semple (Northern Irish footballer)](/source/Ryan_Semple_(Northern_Irish_footballer)) (born 1977), Northern Irish football player
* [Tom Semple](/source/Tom_Semple) (1879–1943), Irish sportsperson
* [Tony Semple](/source/Tony_Semple) (born 1970), American football player
* [William Semple (footballer)](/source/William_Semple_(footballer)) (1861–1940), Scottish footballer

==Science and academia==
* [Calum Semple](/source/Calum_Semple) (born 1968), UK Clinician Scientist and Paediatrician
* [David Semple](/source/David_Semple) (1856–1937), bacteriologist
* [Ellen Churchill Semple](/source/Ellen_Churchill_Semple) (1863–1932), American geographer
* [John C. Semple](/source/John_C._Semple) (born 1947), American botanist
* [John Greenlees Semple](/source/John_Greenlees_Semple), mathematician
* [John W. Semple](/source/John_W._Semple) (born 1959), Canadian medical researcher
* [Michael Semple](/source/Michael_Semple), Irish expert on Afghanistan and Pakistan
* [Sarah Semple](/source/Sarah_Semple) (born 1973), British archaeologist

==Other fields==
* [Aimee Semple McPherson](/source/Aimee_Semple_McPherson) (1890–1944), Canadian-born evangelist whose first husband was Robert James Semple
* [Etta Semple](/source/Etta_Semple) (1854–1914), American atheist and feminist
* [Ian Semple](/source/Ian_Semple) (born 1928), member of the Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith
* [Robert Semple (Canada)](/source/Robert_Semple_(Canada)) (1777–1816), Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company
* [Robert B. Semple Jr.](/source/Robert_B._Semple_Jr.) (born 1936), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
* [Robert Sample](/source/Robert_Sample) (died 1719), occasionally spelled Semple, British pirate
* [Sean Semple](/source/Sean_Semple), South Africa-born Anglican bishop
* [William F. Semple](/source/William_F._Semple), American dentist who obtained an early patent for chewing gum

==Fictional characters==
* [Jake Semple](/source/Jake_Semple), from the book ''Surviving the Applewhites''
* Jesse B. Semple, featured in many stories by American writer [Langston Hughes](/source/Langston_Hughes)

==See also==
* [Sempill (disambiguation)](/source/Sempill_(disambiguation))
* [Sample (disambiguation)](/source/Sample_(disambiguation))
* [Semple-Marzetta](/source/Semple-Marzetta)
* [Simple (disambiguation)](/source/Simple_(disambiguation))

==References==
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