Lamont (name)

• 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" + maðr meaning "man."
• 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 in Haute-Saône and Haute-Vienne.

  People with the last name ''Lamont'' or ''LaMont''

• Alasdair Lamont, Scottish sports presenter
• 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
• Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager
• George Lamont, footballer from New Zealand
• George D. Lamont, New York lawyer and politician
• Glenn Lamont, English actor
• James Lamont, 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, Scottish politician
• Johann von Lamont, Scottish-German astronomer and magician
• John Henderson Lamont, Canadian judge and politician
• John Salmon Lamont, Canadian politician
• John Lamont, Scottish politician
• John Lamont, Scottish sugar planter
• 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, film set decorator
• Peter Lamont, Scottish footballer
• Peter Lamont, Scottish historian and magician
• Robert P. Lamont, United States Secretary of Commerce during the administration of Herbert Hoover
• Rory Lamont, Scottish rugby player
• Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby player
• Thomas W. Lamont, American banker
• William C. Lamont, New York lawyer and politician

  People with the given name ''Lamont'' or ''LaMont''

• 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 Johnson, American actor and film director
• LaMont Johnson, American jazz pianist
• LaMont Jordan, American football player and coach
• Lamont Pearson, American boxer
• Lamont Peterson, American boxer
• Lamont Reese, American convicted murderer
• Lamont Reid, American football player
• Lamont Sanford, fictional character portrayed by Redd Foxx on the 1972-1977 sitcom Sanford and Son
• LaMont Smith, American Olympic athlete
• Lamont Strothers, American basketball player
• Lamont Thompson, American football player
• Lamont Warren, American football player
• Lamont Young, Australian assistant geological surveyor for the New South Wales Mines Department
• Lamont Young , Italian architect and urban planner
• 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 popular 1930s radio drama The Shadow