Lamont (name)
Lamont, also spelt LaMont, is a surname with several origins, one Scottish, with a branch in Ulster, the other French.
In some cases the surname originates in Scotland as Clan Lamont. 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" + maðr meaning "man."
In other cases the surname originates in France. In this case Lamont or LaMont is a habitational name derived from several places called Amont in Haute-Saône and Haute-Vienne.
People with the last name ''Lamont'' or ''LaMont''
- Ann Lamont, American venture capitalist
- Billy Lamont, Scottish football player and manager
- Bishop Lamont, American rapper
- Byron Lamont, Australian botanist
- Charles Lamont, American filmmaker
- Chris LaMont, filmmaker and co-founder of the Phoenix Film Festival
- Christine Lamont, involved in the 1989 kidnapping of Brazilian businessman, Abilio Diniz
- Corliss Lamont, American socialist philosopher
- Daniel S. Lamont, United States Secretary of War during Grover Cleveland's second term
- Dean LaMont, television director and camera operator
- Donal Lamont, Irish-Rhodesian Catholic bishop and missionary
- Duncan Lamont, British actor
- Duncan Lamont, British jazz saxophone player and composer
- Elish Lamont, Irish miniaturist
- Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager
- George Lamont, footballer from New Zealand
- George D. Lamont, New York lawyer and politician
- Sir James Lamont, 1st Baronet, Scottish explorer and Member of Parliament
- James Lamont (footballer), British footballer
- James Lamont (writer), British screenwriter and producer
- Joe Lamont, rock singer-songwriter and musician
- Johann Lamont, Scottish politician
- Johann von Lamont, Scottish-German astronomer and magician
- John Lamont (disambiguation), several people
- Lansing Lamont, American journalist and book author
- Michèle Lamont, Canadian sociologist
- Molly Lamont, British film actress
- Ned Lamont, American businessman and politician, 89th Governor of Connecticut
- Norman Lamont, British politician
- Peter Lamont, British film set decorator
- Peter Lamont (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Peter Lamont (historian), Scottish historian and magician
- Robert P. Lamont, United States Secretary of Commerce during the administration of Herbert Hoover
- Rory Lamont, Scottish rugby player
- Saudia LaMont, American politician
- Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby player
- Thomas W. Lamont, American banker
- William C. Lamont, New York lawyer and politician
Fictional characters
- Amber Lamont, in the Irish novel series ''The Demon Road Trilogy''
People with the given name ''Lamont'', ''LaMont'' or ''La Mont''
- Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper
- Lamont Brightful, American football player
- Lamont Bryan, German-born Jamaica international rugby player
- Lamont Coleman, American rapper known professionally as Big L
- Lamont Dozier, American singer-songwriter and record producer
- Lamont Gaillard, 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, American football player
- Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Italian track and field sprinter
- Lamont Johnson, American actor and film director
- Lamont Johnson (fretless bassist), American musician
- LaMont Johnson, American jazz pianist
- Lamont Jones, American basketball player
- Lamont Jones (basketball, born 1972), American basketball player
- LaMont Jordan, American football player and coach
- Lamont Pearson, American boxer
- Lamont Peterson, American boxer
- Lamont Reid, American football player
- LaMont Smith, American Olympic athlete
- Lamont Strothers, American basketball player
- Lamont Thompson, American football player
- Lamont Warren, American football player
- La Mont West, American anthropologist
- Lamont Young, Australian assistant geological surveyor for the New South Wales Mines Department
- Lamont Young (architect), Italian architect and urban planner
- David Christopher Lamont Berry, American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Duncan Lamont Clinch, American army officer
- Harold Lamont Otey, American convicted murderer
- Marianne Lamont Horinko, worked in the United States Environmental Protection Agency during the first term of George W. Bush
Fictional characters
- Lamont Cranston, mysterious hero of the 1930s radio drama The Shadow
- Lamont Sanford, portrayed by Demond Wilson on the 1972–77 sitcom ''Sanford and Son''