Elmore (name)
Elmore is a given name and surname of English origin. The name is identified as a habitational name derived from the place name, Elmore in Gloucestershire, named from Old English elm 'elm' + fer 'river bank' or ofer 'ridge'.
Given name
- Elmore Elver, American politician
- Elmore Harris, Canadian Baptist minister
- Elmore W. Hurst, member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Elmore Hutchinson, American cricketer
- Elmore James, American blues singer, songwriter and musician
- Elmore Keener, National Hockey League co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins
- Elmore Leonard, American novelist
- Elmore Morgenthaler, American basketball player
- Elmore Nixon, American jump blues pianist and singer
- Elmore Philpott, Canadian politician and journalist
- Elmore Y. Sarles, ninth Governor of North Dakota
- Elmore Smith, American basketball player
- Elmore Spencer, American basketball player
- Elmore Rual Torn, actor better known as Rip Torn
Surname
- Albert Elmore, American college football coach
- Albert Stanhope Elmore, 11th Secretary of State of Alabama
- Alfred Elmore, British painter
- Amanda Elmore, American Olympic rower
- Carolyn J. Elmore, member of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Charles Elmore, American scholar and jazz historian
- Chris Elmore, Welsh politician
- D. Page Elmore, member of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Doug Elmore, American football punter
- Edward C. Elmore, Treasurer of the Confederate States of America
- Elizabeth Elmore, American singer-songwriter and lawyer
- Ernest Elmore, English theater producer and crime/fantasy writer
- Franklin H. Elmore, U.S. Senator from South Carolina
- Gay Elmore, American college basketball player and lawyer
- George Elmore (footballer), English footballer
- Greg Elmore, American drummer
- Henry Elmore, American Negro League baseball player
- Henry M. Elmore, colonel in the Confederate States Army
- Henton D. Elmore, American politician
- Jake Elmore, American baseball player
- James H. Elmore, mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Jeffrey Elmore, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
- Joan Elmore, American horseshoes pitcher
- Joann Elmore, American physician
- John Archer Elmore, American military officer and politician
- Jon Elmore, American basketball player
- Larry Elmore, American fantasy artist, illustrator of Dungeons and Dragons
- Len Elmore, American college basketball analyst and former basketball player
- Mable Elmore, Canadian politician
- Malindi Elmore, Canadian track and field athlete
- Rick Elmore, judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals
- Ricky Elmore, American football linebacker
- Robert Elmore, American composer, organist, and pianist
- Robert Elmore (basketball), American basketball player
- Verdo Elmore, American baseball player
- Walter Elmore, U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- William Augustus Elmore, lawyer and judge in New Orleans, Louisiana
- William Cronk Elmore, American Manhattan Project physicist