Chaplin is a surname of Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian origin. Surnames of English and French origin are derived from the occupational name for a clergyman, while Belarusian and Ukrainian uses are derived from chaplya, meaning 'heron' or 'stork'. The surname Chaplin may refer to: People named Chaplin Alice Chaplin (1848–1921), English artist Ben Chaplin (born: Benedict Greenwood 1970), English actor Blondie Chaplin (born 1951), South African musician Carmen Chaplin (born 1972), actress, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin Charles Chaplin, various including: Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977), English comedy film actor - silent and "talkie" - and director Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925–1968), American actor, son of comedian Charlie Chaplin Charles Chaplin (artist) (1907–1987), English artist, engraver and printmaker Charles Chaplin (elder) (1759–1816), British Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire 1802-1816 Charles Chaplin (younger) (1786–1859), British Member of Parliament for Stamford 1809–1812, and for Lincolnshire 1818–1831 Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825–1891), French painter Charlie Chaplin (singer), Jamaican dancehall and ragga singer Christopher Chaplin (born 1962), actor, son of comedian Charlie Chaplin Conor Chaplin (born 1997), English footballer Dmitry Chaplin (born 1982), Russian-born International Latin dancer Geraldine Chaplin (born 1944), American actress, daughter of comedian Charlie Chaplin Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin (1840–1923), British politician John Chaplin (coach), coach at Washington State University John Worthy Chaplin (1840–1920), English recipient of the Victoria Cross Josephine Chaplin (born 1949), actress, daughter of comedian Charlie Chaplin Judith Chaplin (1939–1993), British politician Kate Chaplin (1865–1948), violinist, who with her sisters Nellie Chaplin (1857–1930), pianist, and Mabel Chaplin (1870–1960), cellist, formed the Chaplin Trio Kiera Chaplin (born 1982), actress and model, granddaughter of comedian Charlie Chaplin Michael Chaplin (actor) (born 1946), actor, son of comedian Charlie Chaplin Nikita Chaplin (born 1982), Russian politician Oona Chaplin (born 1986), actress, granddaughter of comedian Charlie Chaplin Ralph Chaplin (1887–1961), American labor activist Saul Chaplin (1912–1997), American composer and musical director Shelley Chaplin (born 1984), Australian wheelchair basketball player Sid Chaplin (1916–1986), British writer Sydney Chaplin (born: Sidney John Hill 1885–1965), elder half-brother of comedian Charlie Chaplin Sydney Chaplin (American actor) (1926–2009), American cinema and theatre actor, second son of comedian Charlie Chaplin Tom Chaplin (born 1979), lead singer of the English piano rock band, Keane Victoria Chaplin (born 1951), actress, daughter of comedian Charlie Chaplin Vsevolod Chaplin (1968–2020), Russian Orthodox Church spokesman William Chaplin (coach proprietor) (1787–1859), English transport entrepreneur and Member of Parliament for Salisbury (1847–1857) William Robert Chaplin, Warden of Trinity House See also