Lamar
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Lamar or Lamarr may refer to:
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[edit] Companies
[edit] Places
- United States
- Lamar, Arkansas
- Lamar, Colorado
- Lamar, Indiana
- Lamar, Mississippi
- Lamar, Missouri
- Lamar, Nebraska
- Lamar, Oklahoma
- Lamar, South Carolina
- Lamar, Wisconsin
- Lamar County, Alabama
- Lamar County, Georgia
- Lamar County, Mississippi
- Lamar County, Texas
- Lamar River, Wyoming
- Lamar Terrace, Houston, Texas
- Lamar Township, Pennsylvania
- Saudi Arabia
- Lamar Towers, a building in Jeddah
[edit] People
[edit] Surname
- Ann Hannaford Lamar, Justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court
- Barbara La Marr, American actress
- Bill Lamar, a baseball left fielder
- Bo Lamar (born 1951), American basketball player
- Burney Lamar (born 1980), American race car driver
- Chuck LaMar, American sports executive
- Hedy Lamarr (1913–2000), Austrian actress and co-inventor of spread spectrum frequency hopping
- Henry Lamar (coach) (1906–1985), American boxing and football coach
- Henry Graybill Lamar (1798–1861), American politician and jurist
- Howard R. Lamar (born 1923), American historian
- John Basil Lamar (1812–1878), American politician
- Joseph Rucker Lamar, (1857–1916), American jurist and United States Supreme Court justice
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (I) (1797–1834), American jurist
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II) (1825–1893), American politician and United States Supreme Court justice
- Mark Lamarr, British comedian
- Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798–1859), second president of the Republic of Texas
- Phil LaMarr, American comedian
- William Bailey Lamar (1853–1928), American politician
[edit] First or middle name
Lamar is a first name with multiple origins. It is in use as a feminine Arabic name meaning "liquid gold." Its English use is primarily masculine and derives from an English and French surname that originated from a place name in Normandy meaning "the pond." As a first name it refers to:
- Alcee Lamar Hastings
- Lamar Alexander (born 1940), American politician, Republican, former presidential hopeful
- LaMarr Hoyt, former professional baseball player
- Lamar Odom (born 1979), NBA basketball player
- Lamar Powell (born 1993), English footballer
- LaMarr Woodley, American football player
- Lamar Hunt, American sports promoter
- Lamar S. Smith (born 1947), American politician, Republican, lead sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act
- Lamar Smith (born 1970), American football player
[edit] Educational institutions
- United States
- Lamar University, located in Beaumont, Texas
- Lamar Cardinals, the collegiate sports teams of Lamar University
- Lamar Consolidated High School, Rosenberg, Texas
- Lamar County School District, Purvis, Mississippi
- Lamar High School (Arlington, Texas)
- Lamar High School (Meridian, Mississippi)
- Lamar High School (Houston), Texas
- Lamar Institute of Technology, public technical school in Beaumont, Texas
- Lamar Middle School (Irving, Texas)
- Lamar State College–Port Arthur, community college in Port Arthur, Texas
- Lamar State College–Orange, community college in Orange, Texas
- Lamar Elementary School in Midland, Texas
[edit] Fictional characters
- Lamarr, a headcrab from the game Half-Life 2
- Lamar, a character in the off-broadway musical, Godspell
- Hedley Lamarr, a character in Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles played by Harvey Korman
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