Pappas

Pappas or Papas (, Παπάς) is a Greek surname, which means "priest" (occupational surname). In the United States, it is often a shortened form of a longer surname like Papadopoulos or Papageorgiou. The genitive form, Pappa or Papa (, Παπά), is used by women. Notable individuals with this surname include:

• Alexi Pappas (born 1990), Greek-American long-distance runner
• Alexis Pappas (1915–2010), Norwegian chemist
• Arthur Pappas, Australian rugby player
• Athena Papas, American dental science scholar
• Charilaos Pappas (born 1983), Greek soccer player
• Charles H. Papas (1918–2007), American applied physicist and electrical engineer
• Chris Pappas (American politician) (born 1980), U.S. Representative
• Chris Pappas (South African politician) (born 1991), member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
• DeAnna Pappas (born 1981), American TV Personality
• Diane Pappas (born 1971), Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives
• Doug Pappas (1962–2004), American baseball expert
• Emmanouel Pappas (1772–1821), leader in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire
• Erik Pappas (born 1966), American baseball player
• George Pappas (born 1942), American epistemologist and professor of philosophy
• George Pappas (bowler) (born 1947), American professional bowler
• Gregory Fernando Pappas (born 1960), American philosopher
• Irene Papas (1929–2022), Greek actress and singer
• Isabella Pappas (born 2002), English actress and singer
• Ithaka Darin Pappas (born 1966), Californian interdisciplinary artist
• Jared Pappas-Kelley, American filmmaker and publisher
• Judith Zaffirini (née Pappas, born 1946), American politician from Texas
• Leonidas Pappas (born 1967), Greek wrestler
• Manolis Pappas (born 1951), Greek soccer player
• Marc Pappas, American politician from New Hampshire
• Maria Pappa (born 1971), Swiss politician
• Michael Papas, Greek-Cypriot independent filmmaker
• Michael James Pappas (born 1960), American politician from New Jersey
• Milt Pappas (1939–2016), American baseball player
• Nick Pappas, Australian solicitor (lawyer) active in the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League
• Nikolaos Pappas (1930–2013), Greek admiral
• Nikos Pappas (basketball) (born 1990), Greek basketball player
• Nikos Pappas (politician), Greek politician
• Robin Pappas, American actress
• Sophocles Papas (1893 or 1894–1986), Greek classical guitar pedagogue and music publisher.
• Tas Pappas (born 1975), Australian skateboarder
• Tasos Pappas (born 1984), Greek soccer player
• Theodore Pappas, executive editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica
• Thomas Pappas (born 1959), United States Army officer involved in the Abu Ghraib scandal
• Tom Pappas (born 1976), American track and field decathlete
• William Papas (1927–2000), South African political cartoonist and caricaturist