Phillipps is both a given name and an English surname. Notable people with the name include: "Phillipps" has also been a shortened version of

Philippson Philippson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Philipp", coming from the German language given name variant of "Philip (name), Philip", both derived from ''philippos'', of Ancient Greek origin (prefix ''philein'', meaning "to love"; suffix ''h ...

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German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

surname especially prevalent amongst

German Jews The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321 CE, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (c. 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish commu ...

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Dutch Jews The history of the Jews in the Netherlands largely dates to the late 16th century and 17th century, when Sephardic Jews from Portugal and Spain began to settle in Amsterdam and a few other Dutch cities, because the Netherlands was an unusual ...

. People with the given name Phillipps: *

Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps De Lisle Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps de Lisle (17 March 1809 – 5 March 1878) was a British Roman Catholic convert. He founded Mount St Bernard Abbey, a Trappist abbey in Leicestershire, and worked for the reconversion or reconciliation of Britain t ...

(1809–1878), founder of a Trappist abbey * John Phillipps Kenyon (1927–1996), British historian People with the surname Phillipps: *

Anthea Phillipps Datin Anthea Phillipps B.Sc. (born 3 June 1955) is a British botanist based in Sabah, Malaysia, specialising in pitcher plants and rhododendrons. Research Phillipps received a Botany degree from the University of Durham, England. She then ...

(born 1956), British botanist * Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps (1835–1857), English recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Jack Phillipps John Hugh Phillipps (born Auckland, 1 January 1898, died Wellington, New Zealand, 8 June 1977) was a New Zealand cricket administrator. He managed the New Zealand cricket team's tours of England in New Zealand cricket team in England in 1949, 19 ...

(1898–1977), New Zealand cricket administrator * Martin Phillipps (born 1963), New Zealand singer/songwriter of

The Chills The Chills are a New Zealand indie rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980. The band were fronted by founding mainstay singer-songwriter, guitarist Martin Phillipps (singer), Martin Phillipps (2 July 1963 – 28 July 2024). During the mid-1 ...

* Roy Phillipps (1892–1941), Australian fighter ace *

Thomas Phillipps Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (2 July 1792 – 6 February 1872), was an English antiquary and book collector who amassed the largest collection of manuscript material in the 19th century. He was an illegitimate son of a textile manufactu ...

(1792–1872), English antiquary and book collector *

Vivian Phillipps Henry Vivian Phillipps (13 April 1870 – 16 January 1955) was a British teacher, lawyer and Liberal politician. Family and education Phillipps was born in Beckenham, Kent, the son of Henry Mitchell Phillipps. In 1883, he went to Charterhouse ...

(Henry Vivian Phillipps, 1870–1955), British teacher, lawyer and Liberal politician * William Herbert Phillipps (1847–1935), South Australian businessman and philanthropist * William J. Phillipps (1893–1967), New Zealand ichthyologist

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