Loomis (surname)

Loomis

Origin
Word/name	Anglo-Saxon
Meaning	derived from Lomax (Lumhalghs), near Bury, Greater Manchester, meaning "pool nook/recess"
Region of origin	England, Ireland and Scotland
Other names
Related names	Lomax, Lomaz, Lumox, Lummus, Lummis and Lomis

Loomis is an English language surname.

People surnamed Loomis

• Alfred Loomis (disambiguation), several people
• Andrew Loomis (1892–1959), illustrator
• Arphaxed Loomis (1798–1885), American politician
• Bernard Loomis (1923–2006), American toy inventor/marketer
• Charles Battell Loomis (1861–1911), American author
• Chauncey Loomis (ca. 1783–1817), New York politician
• Chester Loomis (1789–1873), New York politician
• Clinton "Fear" Loomis (born 1988), Professional Dota Gamer
• Dwight Loomis (1821–1903), American politician
• Eben Jenks Loomis (1828–1912), American astronomer
• Edward Eugene Loomis (1864–1937), president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
• Elias Loomis (1811–1889), American mathematician
• Elisha Scott Loomis (1852–1940), American teacher, mathematician, genealogist, writer and engineer.
• Francis Loomis (disambiguation), several people
• Frank Loomis (1896–1971), American athlete
• Frederic Brewster Loomis, American paleontologist.
• Gustavus Loomis (1789–1872), American soldier
• Harold F. Loomis (1896–1972), American botanist and millipede taxonomist
• James H. Loomis (1823–1914), New York politician
• Jeff Loomis (born 1971), guitarist
• Lynn Harold Loomis (1915 – 1994) American mathematician
• Jon Loomis, American writer
• Mabel Loomis Todd (1856–1932), born Mabel Loomis, American writer
• Mahlon Loomis (1826–1886), an early pioneer of radio telegraphy, said to have invented the wireless radio
• Mickey Loomis, General Manager of the New Orleans Saints football franchise
• Noel Loomis, (1905–1969), American writer of fiction and history
• Orland Steen Loomis (1893–1942), Governor-elect of Wisconsin
• Rick Loomis, American game designer
• Rick Loomis (photojournalist), (born 1969), American photojournalist
• Robbie Loomis (born 1964), American former NASCAR crew chief
• Robert Loomis (born 1926), American editor
• Roger Sherman Loomis (1887–1966), American academic
• Roland Loomis (born 1930), father of the modern primitive movement
• Samuel Loomis (disambiguation), several people
• Silas Laurence Loomis (1822–1896), American scientist and educator
• Stanley Loomis, American writer of French history

Fictional characters

• Oswald Loomis, Superman villain the Prankster
• Dr. Samuel Loomis, a character in the Halloween film series
• Willie Loomis, a character in the Dark Shadows television series
• Samuel Loomis, a character in the movie Psycho
• Billy Loomis, a character in the first Scream movie
• John Loomis, the scientist in the Robert C. O'Brien science fiction novel Z For Zachariah

See also

• Loomis (disambiguation) for other meanings