Chapman (surname)
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| Meaning | Business man or trader |
Chapman is a surname and perhaps an occupational surname. There is not a single agreed origin of the surname Chapman. Theories include it being a name for a business man or trader which was called in Old High German either choufman or koufman, which became the Old English surname céapmann.[1] Other theories include a Saxon origin, as the Saxon words ceapan or cypan mean to buy or sell, however there is a similarity in this origin to the Old High German version, it once again would means a trader or business man.[2] In addition, during the Middle Ages Chapmen or a Chapman sold chapbooks which were pamphlets intended for a wide audience.[3]
The Oxford English Dictionary gives four meanings for Chapman. They are a man whose business was buying and selling; an itinerant dealer who travels otherwise known as a hawker or peddler; an agent in a commercial transaction, or a purchaser or customer.[4]
It is the cognate of Kaufmann, a common German surname.
People with the surname or nickname Chapman include:
A
Austin Chapman, Australian Protectionist Party politician
Andy Chapman, indoor soccer player
- Abel Chapman (1851–1929), British born hunter-naturalist
- Adam Chapman (born 1989), Northern Irish footballer
- Alfred Chapman (1829–1915), American real estate attorney and investor, best known as one of the founders of Orange, California
- Alger Chapman (1904–1983), American attorney, businessman and New York State official
- Alger Chapman, Jr. (1931–2013), American chief executive
- Allan Chapman (historian) (born 1946), British historian of science
- Allan Chapman (politician) (1897–1966), Scottish Unionist Member of Parliament 1935–1945
- Alvah Chapman, Jr. (1921–2008), American newspaper publisher
- Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American botanist
- Amy Chapman (born 1987), Australian soccer player
- Andrew Grant Chapman (1839–1892), American politician
- Andy Chapman (born 1959), British indoor soccer player
- Anna Kushchyenko-Chapman (born 1982), Russian Entrepreneur, television host, and agent of the Russian Federation
- Anne Chapman, Franco-American ethnologist
- Annie Chapman (1841–1888), English victim of Jack the Ripper
- Aroldis Chapman (born 1988), Cuban baseball player
- Art Chapman, (1906–1962), Canadian Ice Hockey player and Olympian
- Art Chapman (basketball) (1912–1986), Canadian basketball player
- Arthur Chapman (poet) (1873–1935), American poet and newspaper columnist
- Arthur B. Chapman (1908–2004), British-American animal genetic researcher
- Augustus A. Chapman (1805–1876), American lawyer and Democrat Party politician
- Augustus Chapman Allen (1806–1864), American founder of Houston, Texas
- Austin Chapman (1864–1926), Australian Protectionist Party politician
B
- Ben Chapman (politician) (born 1940), British Labour Party politician and former civil servant
- Ben Chapman (actor) (1928–2008), American actor, best known for playing the Gill-man in the 1954 movie Creature from the Black Lagoon
- Ben Chapman (baseball) (1908–1993), American baseball player
- Ben Chapman (footballer) (born 1979), English football player
- Benjamin Chapman (1621–unknown), English soldier
- Bert Chapman (born 1942), Australian footballer
- Beth Chapman (politician) (born 1962), American Republican Party politician
- Beth Nielsen Chapman (born 1958), American singer and songwriter
- Billy Chapman (1902–1967), English footballer
- Bird Beers Chapman (1821–1871), American editor and Democratic Party politician
- Bob Chapman (born 1946), English footballer, often known as 'Sammy'
- Brenda Chapman, American animator and film director
- Brian Chapman (born 1968), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brian Chapman (businessman), British businessman
- Bruce Chapman (born 1934), American director and founder of the Discovery Institute, and Republican Party politician
- Bryn Chapman, American beauty queen, and operatic soprano
C
Carrie Chapman Catt, woman's suffrage leader
- Candace Chapman (born 1983), Canadian soccer player
- Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947), American woman's suffrage leader
- C.C. Chapman, American prominent figure in the community of podcasting, podsafe music, and new media
- C.H. Chapman (1879–1972), British illustrator and cartoonist, notable for his work on Billy Bunter cartoon strips
- Charles Chapman (mayor) (1853–1943), American mayor of Fullerton, California
- Charles Chapman (Connecticut) (1799–1869), American Whig and Democrat Party politician
- Charles Chapman (cricketer) (1806–1892), English cricketer
- Charles Frederic Chapman (1881–1976), maritime author
- Charles H. Chapman (died 1934), American founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University
- Charles Henry Chapman (politician) (1876–1957), New Zealand Labour Party politician
- Charles Meredith Bouverie Chapman (1887–1917), British World War I flying ace
- Charles Chapman Grafton (1830–1912), American Bishop of the Diocese of Fond du Lac in The Episcopal Church
- Chris Chapman (disambiguation), English rugby league player
- Christine Chapman (born 1956), Welsh Labour Party politician
- Chuck Chapman (1911–2002), Canadian basketball player and olympian
- Clarence Chapman (born 1953), American football player
- Colin Chapman (1928–1982), British automotive engineer, designer, and racing director
- Cornelius Chapman, British poet, songwriter, author, and performer
D
Donovan Chapman, American country music artist
- Damien Chapman, British rugby league player
- Dave Chapman (actor) (born 1973), British actor, television presenter, puppeteer and voice artist
- David Chapman (journalist) (born 1976), American journalist
- David Chapman (scientist) (1869–1958), English physical chemist
- David Chapman (cricketer) (1855–1934), English cricketer
- David Chapman (handballer), American handballer
- Dean Roden Chapman (1922–1995), American mechanical engineer at NASA and Stanford University
- Dick Chapman (1911–1978), American amateur golfer
- Dinos Chapman, (born 1962), English conceptual artist
- Donald Chapman, Baron Northfield (1923–2013), British Labour Party politician and life peer
- Donovan Chapman, American country music artist
- Doug Chapman (stuntman), American stunt performer, actor and stunt coordinator
- Doug Chapman (American football) (born 1977), American football player
- Duane Chapman (born 1953), American Hawaii-based bail bondsman and bounty hunter
E
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Eddie Chapman, British spy and double agent, aka Agent Zigzag
- Ed Chapman (artist), British artist
- Eddie Chapman (1914–1997), British spy and double agent, aka Agent Zigzag
- Eddie Chapman (footballer) (1923–2002), English footballer and chairman
- Edmund Chapman (1695–1763), English cricketer
- Edward Chapman (actor) (1901–1977), British comic actor
- Edward Chapman (politician) (1839–1906), British Conservative Party politician
- Edward Thomas Chapman (1920–2002), Welsh corporal and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Edythe Chapman (1863–1948), American stage and silent film actress
- Ellen Chapman, American beauty queen
- Elizabeth Chapman, Children's author
- Emmett Chapman, British jazz musician best known as the inventor of the musical instrument Chapman Stick
- Ernest Chapman (1926–2013), Australian rower
F
Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish naval ship architect
- Fern Schumer Chapman, American author
- Frank Chapman (ornithologist) (1864–1945), American ornithologist
- Frank Chapman (baseball) (1861–1937), American baseball player once (incorrectly) thought to be the youngest player in professional history
- Frank Chapman (businessman), Chief Executive of BG Group
- Fred Chapman (baseball) (1916–1997), American baseball player
- Freddie Spencer Chapman (1907–1971), British Army officer and World War II veteran
- Frederick Chapman (1864–1943), Australia Commonwealth Palaeontologist
- Frederick Chapman (footballer) (1883–1951), English footballer and Olympic Gold medalist
- Frederick Chapman (sportsman) (1901–1964), Australian cricketer and Australian Rules footballer
- Frederick Revans Chapman (1849–1936), New Zealand Supreme Court Judge
- Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916–2003), American pediatrician and virologist
- Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721–1808), Swedish naval ship architect
G
Grizz Chapman, television actor
George Chapman, English dramatist, translator and poet
- Gareth Chapman (born 1981), Welsh rugby union player
- Gary Chapman (author), American relationship counselor and author of the The Five Love Languages series
- Gary Chapman (swimmer) (1937–1978), Australian swimmer and Olympic bronze medalist
- Gary Chapman (musician) (born 1957), American singer/songwriter and former television talk show host
- George Chapman (1559–1634), English dramatist, translator, and poet
- George Chapman (murderer) (1865–1903), Polish serial killer, suspected by some as being Jack the Ripper. Born Seweryn Antonowicz Kłosowski
- George Chapman (healer) (1921–2006), British trance healer and medium
- George Henry Chapman (1832–1882), American Civil War General in the Union Army
- George W. Chapman, American lawyer and Democratic Party politician
- Georgina Chapman (born 1976), British fashion designer and actress
- Gerald Chapman (1891–1926), American criminal and gang leader of the Prohibition-era
- Gerald Chapman (director) (1949–1987), British theatre director
- Glenn Chapman (1906–1988), American baseball player
- Graham Chapman (1941–1989), British comedian and writer, member of Monty Python
- Grant Chapman (born 1949), Australian Liberal Party politician
- Grizz Chapman, American television actor, notable appearances in 30 Rock
- Guy Chapman (1889–1972), British author, historian and distinguished World War II soldier
H
Henry Chapman Mercer, American archeologist
- Hank Chapman, American golden age comic book writer
- Harold Chapman (born 1927), English photographer, especially noted for pictures taken at the Beat Hotel
- Harold Chapman (footballer), New Zealand International footballer
- Harry Chapman (footballer) (1879–1916), English footballer
- Harry Chapman (news anchor), American television news anchor
- Harry Ernest Chapman (1871–1944), British soldier and police officer
- Harry Chapman Pincher (born 1914), Indian born British journalist and novelist
- Hayley Chapman, Australian television presenter and producer
- Henry Chapman (American politician) (1804–1891, American Democratic Party politician
- Henry Samuel Chapman (1803–1881), British born Australian and New Zealand judge
- Henry Chapman Mercer (1856–1930), American archeologist, artifact collector, tile maker and designer
- Herbert Chapman (1878–1934), English football player and manager, notably of Huddersfield Town and Arsenal
- Hope Chapman (born 1990), American anime critic, best known for work with That Guy with the Glasses and Anime News Network
- Horace Chapman (1890–1941), South African cricketer
I
- Ian Chapman (born 1970), English footballer
- Isaac Chapman Bates (1779–1845), American politician
- Ivan Chapman (1906–1976), English cricketer
J
Johnny Chapman, race car driver
John Wilbur Chapman, American Presbyterian evangelist
- Jake Chapman (born 1966), English conceptual artist
- Jake Chapman (Iowa politician), member of the Iowa Senate
- James Chapman (author) (born 1955), American novelist and publisher
- James Chapman (Bishop of Colombo) (died 1879), first Bishop of Colombo (Anglican) in Sri Lanka
- James A. Chapman (1881-1966), American businessman and philanthropist
- James Walter Chapman-Taylor (1878–1958), New Zealand domestic architect
- Jan Chapman (born 1950), Australian film producer
- Janice Chapman Australian-born British singer and voice coach
- J.B. Chapman (1884–1947), American minister and president of Arkansas Holiness and Peniel Colleges
- Jeff Chapman (1973–2005); Canadian urban-explorer, fountineer, author and editor. Also known as Ninjalicious
- Jeff Chapman (Georgia politician), American politician
- Jenny Chapman (born 1973), British Labour politician
- Jessica Chapman (1991–2002), murder victim of Ian Huntley
- Jim Chapman (born 1945), American politician, Democratic Congressman representing Texas
- Jim Chapman (footballer), Scottish footballer and football manager
- Jim Chapman (Canadian), Canadian radio and TV personality, musician, journalist and author
- Johnny Appleseed or John Chapman (1774–1847), American pioneer orchardist and Swedenborgian Christian missionary
- John Chapman (artist) (born 1946), British artist
- John Chapman (English writer), (1927–2010), English playwright, screenwriter and scriptwriter
- John Chapman (footballer), English manager of Manchester United football team
- John Chapman (congressman) (1740–1800), American Federalist Party politician
- John Chapman (priest) (1865–1933), British Roman Catholic priest
- John Chapman (publisher) (1821–1894), British publisher and physician
- John David "J.D." Chapman (born 1983), American heavyweight boxer
- John Gadsby Chapman (1808–1889), American artist
- John Grant Chapman (1798–1856), American Whig Party politician
- John Herbert Chapman (1921–1979), Canadian space researcher from London, Ontario
- John Jay Chapman (1862–1933), American author and essayist
- John Wilbur Chapman (1859–1918), American Presbyterian evangelist
- Johnny Chapman (born 1967), American race car driver in the NASCAR Nationwide series
- Jonathan Chapman (1807–1848), American politician and mayor of Boston
- Jonathan Chapman (born 1975) British academic, consultant and writer
- Joseph Chapman (actor), American television actor
- Union Jack (Joseph Chapman), Fictional British superhero
- Joseph A. Chapman, American President of North Dakota State University
- Joseph John Chapman (1784-1849), California pioneer
- Judith Chapman (born 1945), American actress
K
- Katie Chapman (born 1982), English football player
- Katie Chapman (voice actress), Canadian voice actress
- Karen Chapman, English retired badminton player
- Keith Chapman (born 1958), British children's author and creator of Bob the Builder
- Keith Chapman (organist) (1945–1989), American organist
- Kelvin Chapman (born 1956), American baseball player
- Kevin Chapman, American actor
- Kirk Chapman, Sr. (born 1959), American property developer
- Kory Chapman (born 1980), American football player
- Kyle Chapman (born 1971), New Zealand director of the NZNF (New Zealand National Front)
L
Leonard F. Chapman, Jr, American Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
- Lamar Chapman (born 1976), American football player
- Lanei Chapman (born 1973), American actress
- Laura Chapman, American voice actress, known for English-language dubs of anime series
- Lee Chapman (born 1959), English football player
- Leland Chapman (born 1976), American Hawaii-based bail bondsman and bounty hunter
- Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. (1913–2000), American Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
- Les Chapman (born 1948), English football player and manager
- Lloyd Chapman (born 1949), American founder of the American Small Business League
- Lonny Chapman (1920–2007), American television actor
- Luke Chapman (born 1991), English footballer
- Lyssa Chapman (born 1987), American bounty hunter
M
Maria Weston Chapman, American abolitionist
Marshall Chapman, American country rock singer/songwriter
- M. Chapman, English Olympian
- Margaret Chapman (1940–2000), British illustrator and painter
- Marguerite Chapman (1918–1999), American actress
- Maria Weston Chapman (1806–1885), American abolitionist
- Mark Chapman (DJ) (born 1973), British radio sports newsreader and DJ
- Mark David Chapman (born 1955), American, assassin of former Beatle John Lennon
- Mark Edward Chapman (Major - Retired) (born 1960), Canadian Helicopter Pilot and Father of Andrew Charles Edward Chapman, and Ian Donald Dean Chapman, Son of Charles Edward Chapman
- Mark Lindsay Chapman (born 1954), English film and television actor
- Marshall Chapman (born 1949), American country rock singer/songwriter
- Mary Chapman, British Chief Executive of the Chartered Management Institute
- Matt Chapman (The Brothers Chaps), duo responsible for the creation of the Homestar Runner series of animated cartoons
- Matthew Chapman (author) (born 1950), British journalist, screenwriter and director; also great-great grandson of Charles Darwin
- Michael Chapman (bassoonist) (1934–2005), British bassoonist
- Michael Chapman (born 1941), British guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Michael Chapman (cinematographer) (born 1935), American cinematographer
- Michael Chapman (lawyer), American, legal adviser to the Office of Military Commissions, in Guantanamo
- Michael Chapman (Missouri Director of Homeland Security), American Director of Homeland Security for Missouri
- Michelle Chapman (known as Tori Black, born 1988), American pornographic actress
- Mike Chapman, Australian record producer and songwriter
- Mike Chapman (The Brothers Chaps), duo responsible for the creation of the Homestar Runner series of animated cartoons
- Minerva J. Chapman (1858–1947), American painter
- Mitchell Chapman (born 1983), Australian Rugby Union player
N
Nicki Chapman, British television presenter
- Nathan Chapman (soldier) (died 2002), American soldier, was the first American killed during the invasion of Afghanistan
- Nathan Chapman (footballer) (born 1975), Australian footballer and American Football player
- Nathaniel Chapman (1780–1853), American physician and founder of the American Journal of the Medical Sciences
- Nicola Chapman, Baroness Chapman (born 1961), British peer
- Nicki Chapman (born 1967), British television presenter
- Nigel Chapman (mayor), British Civic Mayor of Colchester
- Nigel Chapman (cricketer) (born 1945), English cricketer
O
- Orlow W. Chapman (1832–1890), American Solicitor General of the United States
- Oscar L. Chapman (1896–1978), American Secretary of the Interior during the last three years of the Truman administration
- Owl Chapman, Surfer
P
Phillip K. Chapman, Australian astronaut and scientist
- Pat Chapman, founder of The Curry Club, and author
- Patsy Chapman (born 1948), British newspaper editor
- Patrick Chapman, Irish writer and poet
- Paul Chapman (footballer, born 1981), Australian Rules footballer
- Paul Chapman (musician), Welsh rock guitarist (UFO, Skid Row)
- Paul Chapman (actor), British television actor
- Penny Chapman, Australian television producer
- Percy Chapman (1900–1961), English cricketer
- Percy Chapman Black (1878–1961), Canadian Progressive Conservative Party politician
- Philip K. Chapman (born 1935), Australian astronaut and scientist
R
Roger Chapman, British rock singer
- Ray Chapman (1891–1920), American shortstop for the Cleveland baseball team
- Reuben Chapman (1799–1882), American lawyer and politician
- Rex Chapman (born 1967), American retired professional basketball player
- Richard Chapman (disambiguation)
- Robert Chapman (cricketer) (born 1972), English first-class cricketer in the 1990s
- Robert Chapman (Plymouth Brethren) (1803–1902), Danish pastor, teacher and evangelist
- Sir Robert Chapman, 1st Baronet (1880–1963), British soldier and Conservative Member of Parliament 1931–1935
- Robert Foster Chapman (born 1926), American U.S. court of appeals judge
- Robert Hett Chapman (1771–1833), American, president of the University of North Carolina
- Robert L. Chapman (1920–2002), American lexicographer
- Robert William Chapman (scholar)
- Robin Chapman, British actor and writer
- Roger Chapman (born 1942), British rock singer
- Roger Chapman (golfer) (born 1959), English golfer
- Roger Chapman (submariner) (born 1945), submariner rescued from sunken submersible Pisces III in 1973
- Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman (1899–1978), British senior commander in the Royal Air Force, and Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Indian Air Force
- Roosevelt Chapman, American college basketball player and University of Dayton Hall of Famer
- Roy Chapman (football manager) (1934–1983), English football player and manager
- Roy Chapman Andrews (1864–1960), American explorer, adventurer, naturalist and director of the American Museum of Natural History
- Ryan Chapman (born 1987), South African soccer player
S
Steven Curtis Chapman, American Christian musician
- Sam Chapman (1916–2006), American college football player and professional baseball player
- Sammy Chapman (born 1938), Northern Irish footballer and football manager
- Samuel Chapman (1859–1947), Scottish Unionist Party politician
- Samuel Chapman Armstrong (1838–1893), American educator and officer in the Union Army
- Sean Chapman (born 1961), British actor
- Shane "Choppa" Chapman (born 1978), New Zealand middleweight kickboxer, boxer and martial artist
- Simon Chapman (academic) (born 1951), Australian academic
- Simon Chapman (author), British children's author
- Stanley Chapman (born 1925), British architect, designer, translator and writer
- Stepan Chapman (born 1951), American fiction author
- Steve Chapman (ice hockey), ice hockey executive
- Steven Chapman (born 1971), English cricketer
- Steven Curtis Chapman (born 1962), American Christian musician
- Stuart Chapman (born 1951), English footballer and football coach
- Sydney Chapman (economist) (1871–1951), British economist and civil servant
- Sydney Chapman (mathematician) (1888–1970), British astronomer and geophysicist
- Sydney Chapman (politician) (born 1935), English Conservative Party politician and architect
T
Tracy Chapman, singer songwriter
- Ted Chapman (politician) (1934–2005), Australian Liberal Party politician
- Terry Magaoa Chapman (died 2014), Niuean politician and diplomat
- Thomas Algernon Chapman (1842-1921), British entomologist.
- Thomas Chapman (Australian politician) (1815–1884), British premier of Tasmania
- Sir Thomas Chapman, 7th Baronet (1846–1919), Anglo-Irish landowner and father of T. E. Lawrence aka Lawrence of Arabia
- Thomas Alfred Chapman (1867–1949), British Anglican Bishop
- Tiffany Chapman (born 1979), British actress
- Tim Chapman (born 1965), American bounty hunter
- Timothy Granville-Chapman (born 1947), British Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces
- Tony Chapman, British musician, early member of The Rolling Stones
- Tracy Chapman (born 1964), American singer-songwriter
V
Victor Chapman, French-American wartime pilot
- Vernon Chapman (born 1921), English footballer and football manager
- Vickie Chapman (born 1957), Australian Liberal Party politician
- Victor Chapman (1890–1916), French-American pilot during World War I
- Victor Chapman (driver), New Zealand motor-racing driver
- Vince Chapman (born 1967), English footballer
- Virgil Chapman (1895–1951), American Democrat Party politician
W
William W. Chapman, American politician in Iowa and Oregon
- Wade Chapman (born 1976), Australian footballer
- Wallace Chapman, New Zealand radio and television host
- Wayne Chapman (born 1945), American basketball player
- William Chapman (cricketer), English cricketer
- William Chapman (poet), Canadian poet
- William W. Chapman (1808–1892), American politician in Iowa and Oregon
- William Chapman Hewitson (1806–1878), British naturalist
- William Chapman Nyaho (born 1958) Ghanaian-American concert pianist
- William Chapman Ralston (1826–1875), American founder of the Bank of California
- William Charles Chapman Mortimer, English writer
Y
- Yvonne Chapman (born 1940), Australian National Party politician
References
- ↑ Powell, Kimberly. "CHAPMAN - Name Meaning & Origin". About.com. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ↑ Arthur, William. "Chapman Surname Origin". Searchforancesters.com. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ↑ "Chapman - name meaning, origin". Thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ↑ Baron, Mike. "The Meaning of the name CHAPMAN". Retrieved 14 October 2009.