Notable Families
- Phipps family, a family of American entrepreneurs and philanthropists:
- Henry Phipps, Jr. (1839-1930)
- John Shaffer Phipps (1874-1958)
- Gladys Mills Phipps (1883-1970)
- Lillian Bostwick Phipps (1906-1987)
- Ogden Phipps (1908-2002)
- Ogden Mills Phipps (b. 1940)
- A family of British aristocrats, landowners and diplomats:
- Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby (1797–1863), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby (1819–1890), soldier and politician
- Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (1755–1831), Foreign Secretary
- Constantine Phipps, 1st Baron Mulgrave (1722–1775), an Irish peer
- Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (1744–1792), explorer
- Charles Phipps (1753-1786), naval officer
- Ramsay Weston Phipps (1838–1923) Royal Artillery, Military historian
- Sir Constantine Phipps (1840–1911), diplomat
- Sir Eric Phipps (1875–1945), diplomat
- A family of British brewers, businessmen and politicians from Towcester and Northampton:
- Pickering Phipps 1 (1772-1830) founder of Phipps brewery in 1801, mayor of Northampton 1821
- John Phipps (1798-1875) mayor of Northampton 1831
- John Phipps 2 (1823-1883) mayor of Northampton
- Pickering Phipps 2 (1827-1890) Mayor, J.P., M.P.
- Pickering Phipps 3 (1861-1937)
- An English family with origins as clothiers (and, later, land-owners) from Westbury, Wiltshire:
- John Lewis Phipps (1801-1870)
- Charles Paul Phipps (1815-1880)
- Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps (1845-1913)
- Joyce Grenfell (née Phipps) (1910-1979)
- Simon Wilton Phipps (1921-2001)
- Jack Phipps (1925-2010)
- Martin Phipps (1968-)
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