Chapman

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The name Chapman has several meanings:

[edit] People

• A Chapman (plural chapmen) was an itinerant seller in Britain.

As a surname or nickname:

• Allan Chapman, British historian of science
• Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American botanist
• Ben Chapman (politician) (1940-), a British politician and former civil servant
• Brandy Rae Chapman, American Flutist and Pianist
• Colin Chapman (1928-1982, automotive engineer, designer, and racing director
• Duane "The Dog" Chapman (1953-), a bounty hunter who lives in Hawaii
• Ed Chapman (1970-), a British artist
• Eddie Chapman, Spy
• Emmett Chapman, a jazz musician best known as the inventor of the musical instrument Chapman Stick
• Frank Chapman (1864-1945), an American ornithologist
• Fred Chapman (1872-1957), the youngest professional baseball player in the United States when he debuted on July 22, 1887, for the Philadelphia Athletics
• Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721-1808), Swedish naval ship architect
• George Chapman (ca. 1559-1634), English dramatist, translator, and poet
• Graham Chapman (1941-1989), a British comedian and writer, member of Monty Python
• Grant Chapman (1949-), an Australian politician
• Herbert Chapman (1878-1934), an English football player and manager
• James Chapman (author) (1955-), an American novelist and publisher
• Jim Chapman (1945-), an American politician, was a Democratic Congressman representing Texas
• Johnny Appleseed or John Chapman (1774-1847), an American pioneer orchardist and Swedenborgian Christian missionary
• John Herbert Chapman (1921-1979), a Canadian space researcher from London, Ontario
• John Chapman (footballer), sixth manager of Manchester United football team
• Mark David Chapman (1955-), assassinated former Beatle John Lennon
• Mike & Matt Chapman, the duo responsible for the creation of the Homestar Runner series of animated cartoons
• Mike Chapman Australian-born record producer and songwriter
• Percy Chapman (1900-1961), English cricketer
• Ray Chapman (1891-1920), a shortstop for the American League Cleveland baseball team
• Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), an American lawyer and politician
• Robert Chapman:
  • Robert Chapman (cricketer) (born 1972), English first-class cricketer in the 1990s
  • Sir Robert Chapman, 1st Baronet (1880–1963), British soldier and Conservative Member of Parliament 1931–1935
• Stanley Chapman (1925-), a British architect, designer, translator and writer
• Sydney Chapman (astronomer) (1888-1970), a British astronomer and geophysicist
• Sydney Chapman (politician) (1935-), an English politician and architect
• Sydney John Chapman (economist) (1871-1951), was a British economist and civil servant
• Tracy Chapman (1964-), an American singer-songwriter

[edit] Geographical names

• Chapman, Kansas
• Chapman, Maine
• Chapman, Nebraska
• Chapman, Pennsylvania
• Chapman Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania
• Chapman Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
• Chapman Mills, Barrhaven, Ontario
• Chapman, Australian Capital Territory
• Shire of Chapman Valley in Western Australia

[edit] Other

• Chapman code, a superset of the ISO 3166-2:GB and BS 6879 codes identifying administrative divisions in the United Kingdom
• Chapman Stick, a musical instrument
• Chapman strut, an automobile suspension device
• Chapman University, a private university located in Orange County, California
• Chapman (crater), a lunar crater that lies just beyond the northwest rim of the Moon
• Chapman function, associated with the absorption integral of the Earth's atmosphere
• Chapman-Kolmogorov equation, a mathematical identity relating the joint probability distributions of different sets of coordinates on a stochastic process