Family name Tempest (Tempest 
, Tempeste 
, Темпест 
) , around the globe, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen Tempest is habitual in Reunion, where it is quite a common surname, the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname, and New Zealand. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. Much less frequently, Tempest is the forename as well as the last name.
| richard tempest (c.1356-1427/8) of Bracewell and Waddington, Yorks (b. 1356) |
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| agnes tempest (1421-1467) (b. 1421) |
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| richard tempest English knight (c. 1408-1488) (b. 1450) |
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| roger tempest Peerage person ID=440404 (b. 1471) |
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| richard tempest English gentry in West Yorkshire, died 1537 (b. 1480) |
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| edward tempest Peerage person ID=676136 (b. 1481) |
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| thomas tempest High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1542–3 (b. 1500) |
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| john tempest English soldier (b. 1500) |
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| stephen tempest (1500-1549) (b. 1500) |
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| katherine tempest (1503-1576) (b. 1503) |
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| henry tempest (1527-1604) (b. 1527) |
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| richard tempest English politician (b. 1534) |
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| thomas tempest (1545-1595) (b. 1545) |
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| stephen tempest (1593-1651) (b. 1593) |
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| edward tempest (1598-1675) (b. 1598) |
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