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People and fictional characters with the name '''Temple''' include:
==Surname== * Bill Temple (footballer) (1914–2006), English footballer * Derek Temple (born 1938), English footballer * Diana Temple (1925–2006), Australian pharmacologist * Floyd Temple (1926–2012), American baseball player and coach * Francisco P. Temple (1822–1880), Californian statesman and merchant * Frédéric Jacques Temple (1921–2020), French poet and writer * Frederick Temple (1821–1902), Archbishop of Canterbury, grandson of William Johnson Temple * George Frederick James Temple (1901–1992), English mathematician * Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865), British prime minister * Henry Wilson Temple (1864–1955), American politician * Herbert R. Temple Jr. (1928–2024), American military officer * James Temple (1606–1680), English Civil War soldier and regicide * Julien Temple (born 1953), English film director * Juno Temple (born 1989), English actress, daughter of Julien * Lew Temple (born 1967), American film actor * Luke Temple, American singer-songwriter * Nancy Temple, former in-house attorney at Arthur Andersen LLP involved in the Enron scandal * Nina Temple (born 1956), British communist politician * Octavius Temple (1784–1834), British colonial official, son of William Johnson Temple * Owen Temple (born 1976), American musician * Peter Temple (1946–2018), Australian crime fiction writer * Peter Temple (regicide) (1599–1663), English Member of Parliament * Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Baronet (1592–1653), English Member of Parliament * Philip Temple (born 1939), New Zealand fiction and non-fiction writer * Richard Carnac Temple (1850–1931), British Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and anthropological writer * Robert K. G. Temple (born 1945), American author * Shirley Temple (1928–2014), American child actress, singer, dancer and ambassador * Simon Temple, the Elder (1780–1805) and Simon Temple, the Younger (1759–1815), English ship builders at Temple shipbuilders * Tony Temple (born 1985), American football player * Tracey Temple, former secretary to and lover of British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott * William Temple (governor) (1814–1863), Governor of Delaware * William Temple (bishop) (1881–1944), Archbishop of Canterbury, son of Frederick, great-grandson of William Johnson Temple * William Johnson Temple (1739–1796), English clergiman known for life-long correspondence with James Boswell
==Given name== *Temple Grandin (born 1947), American professor, slaughterhouse designer and autism activist *Temple Hardy (1765–1814), British Royal Navy officer; grandson of Temple Stanyan *Temple Lea Houston (1860-1905), youngest son of Sam Houston *Temple F. Smith (born 1939), American professor of biomedical engineering *Temple Stanyan (1675–1752), English politician and historian of ancient Greece *Temple Tucker, American basketball player
==Fictional characters== * the title character of ''Charlotte Temple'', a 1791 novel by Susanna Rowson * Claire Temple, a Marvel Comics character ** Claire Temple (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the 21st-century film version of said character * the title character of ''Lucy Temple'', Charlotte Temple's daughter in an 1828 novel by Rowson * Paul Temple, an amateur private detective created by Francis Durbridge * Temple Drake, a William Faulkner character
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