Lamont (name)
Lamont (/ˈlæmʌnt/ , sometimes ),[1] also spelt LaMont (), is a surname with several different origins, one Scottish and Northern Irish, the other in French.
- In some cases the surname originates in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The name is derived from the medieval personal name Lagman which is from the Old Norse Logmaðr. The Old Norse name Logmaðr is composed to two elements: log which is plural of lag meaning "law" (from leggja meaning "to lay down") + maðr meaning "man."[2]
- see Clan Lamont
- In some cases the surname originates in France. In this case Lamont or LaMont is a habitational name derived from several different places called Amont (meaning upstream or uphill) in Haute-Saône and Haute-Vienne.[2]
People with the last name Lamont or LaMont
- Alasdair Lamont, Scottish sports presenter
- Ann Lamont, American venture capitalist
- Billy Lamont (born 1936), Scottish football player and manager
- Bishop Lamont (born 1978), American rapper
- Byron Lamont (born 1945), Australian botanist
- Charles Lamont (1895-1993), American filmmaker
- Chris LaMont, filmmaker and co-founder of the Phoenix Film Festival
- Christine Lamont (born 1959), involved in the 1989 kidnapping of Brazilian businessman, Abilio Diniz
- Corliss Lamont (1902-1995), American socialist philosopher
- Daniel S. Lamont (1851-1905), United States Secretary of War during Grover Cleveland's second term
- Dean LaMont, television director and camera operator
- Donal Lamont (1911-2003), Irish-Rhodesian Catholic bishop and missionary
- Duncan Lamont (1918-1978), British actor
- Gene Lamont (born 1946), American baseball player and manager
- George Lamont, footballer from New Zealand
- George D. Lamont (1819–1876), New York lawyer and politician
- Glenn Lamont, English actor
- James Lamont (1875-unknown), English footballer
- Jason Lamont, Canadian soldier who was among the first to receive the Medal of Military Valour
- Joe Lamont, rock singer-songwriter and musician
- Johann Lamont (born 1957), Scottish politician
- Johann von Lamont (1805-1879), Scottish-German astronomer and magician
- John Henderson Lamont, Canadian judge and politician
- John Salmon Lamont (1885-1964), Canadian politician
- John Lamont (born 1976), Scottish politician
- John Lamont (1772-1850), Scottish sugar planter
- Michèle Lamont (born 1957), Canadian sociologist
- Molly Lamont (1910–2001), British film actress
- Ned Lamont (born 1954), American businessman and politician, 89th Governor of Connecticut
- Norman Lamont (born 1942), British politician
- Peter Lamont (born 1929), film set decorator
- Peter Lamont, Scottish footballer
- Peter Lamont, Scottish historian and magician
- Robert P. Lamont (1867-1948), United States Secretary of Commerce during the administration of Herbert Hoover
- Rory Lamont, Scottish rugby player
- Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby player
- Thomas W. Lamont (1870–1948), American banker
- William C. Lamont (born 1827), New York lawyer and politician
People with the given name Lamont or LaMont
- Lamont Bentley (1973-2005), American actor and rapper
- Lamont Brightful (born 1979), American football player
- Lamont Bryan (born 1988), German-born Jamaica international rugby player
- Lamont Coleman (1974-1999), American rapper known professionally as Big L
- Lamont Dozier (born 1941), American singer-songwriter and record producer
- Lamont Gaillard (born 1996), American football player
- Lamont Hawkins a.k.a. U-God, American rapper and member of New York hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan
- Lamont Hollinquest (born 1970), American football player
- Lamont Johnson (1922-2010), American actor and film director
- LaMont Johnson (1941-1999), American jazz pianist
- LaMont Jordan (born 1978), American football player and coach
- Lamont Pearson (born 1971), American boxer
- Lamont Peterson (born 1984), American boxer
- Lamont Reese (1977-2006), American convicted murderer
- Lamont Reid (born 1982), American football player
- Lamont Sanford, fictional character portrayed by Redd Foxx on the 1972-1977 sitcom Sanford and Son
- LaMont Smith (born 1972), American Olympic athlete
- Lamont Strothers (born 1968), American basketball player
- Lamont Thompson (born 1978), American football player
- Lamont Warren (born 1973), American football player
- Lamont Young (1851-1880), Australian assistant geological surveyor for the New South Wales Mines Department
- Lamont Young (Naples) (1851-1929), Italian architect and urban planner
- Duncan Lamont Clinch (1787-1849), American army officer
- Harold Lamont Otey (1951-1994), American convicted murderer
- Marianne Lamont Horinko (born 1961), worked in the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the first term of George W. Bush
Fictional characters
- Lamont Cranston, mysterious hero of the popular 1930s radio drama The Shadow
See also
References
- ^ Black, George F. (1946). The Surnames of Scotland (1993 ed.). Edinburgh: New York Public Library/Birlinn. p. 413. ISBN 1-874744-07-6.
In the belief that the name (Lamond, Lammond, Lamont) is of French origin it is commonly mispronounced Lamont' in the United States. Lam'ont is the correct way.
- ^ a b Lamont Name Meaning and Origin Retrieved on 2008-01-25
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