Dempster (surname)
Dempster is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian physicist who discovered the 235U uranium isotope
- Arthur P. Dempster, U.S. mathematician who, with Glenn Shafer, created the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence
- Barry Dempster, Canadian writer
- Carol Dempster, U.S. actress
- Charles Edward Dempster, Western Australian politician
- Charlotte Louisa Hawkins Dempster, British writer and folklorist
- Dallas Dempster, Australian businessman
- Edward Dempster, buccaneer who raided the Spanish alongside Henry Morgan
- Eric Dempster, New Zealand cricketer
- George Dempster, Scottish lawyer and MP
- George Roby Dempster, U.S. businessman and politician, founder of Dempster Brothers, Inc.
- Graham Dempster, Australian rules football player
- Hugh Dempster, British actor
- Jocky Dempster, Scottish footballer
- John Dempster, U.S. Civil War sailor
- John Dempster, English footballer
- Leeann Dempster, chief executive of Hibernian F.C.
- Mary Dempster, Canadian volleyball player
- Nigel Dempster, British journalist, author and broadcaster
- Quentin Dempster, Australian journalist
- Rebecca Dempster, Scottish footballer
- Roland T. Dempster, Liberian writer
- Ryan Dempster, Canadian-born U.S. baseball player
- Sean Dempster, Australian rules football player
- Stephen Dempster, Canadian religious scholar
- Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer
- Stuart Dempster, U.S. musician
- Thomas Dempster, Scottish scholar and historian
- Walter Dempster, Philippine drag queen and World War II sex slave
