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Kempis
Kempis is a surname, and may refer to:
- Gus Kempis (1865–1890), South African Test cricketer
- Nicolaes a Kempis (d. 1676), composer
- Joannes Florentius a Kempis (1635 – c.1711), Baroque composer, son of Nicholaus à Kempis
- Thomas à Kempis (c.1380 – 1471), late Medieval Catholic monk
Usage examples of "kempis".
The most probable author, however, especially when the internal evidence is considered, is Thomas Haemmerlein, known also as Thomas a Kempis, from his native town of Kempen, near the Rhine, about forty miles north of Cologne.