Lamar (surname)
Lamar, Lamarr or slight variations thereof is a surname of French origins.
Notable people with the name include:[1]
- Adriana Lamar (1908–1946), Mexican film actress
- Ann Hannaford Lamar (born 1952), American judge, Mississippi Supreme Court associate justice
- Barbara La Marr (1896–1926), American actress
- Bill Lamar (1897–1970), American baseball player
- Bo Lamar (born 1951), American basketball player
- Burney Lamar (born 1980), American race car driver
- Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar (1825–1865), American businessman, investor in the second last slave ship to bring slaves to America and Confederate officer
- Chuck LaMar (born 1956), American baseball executive, first general manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Dave Lamar (born 1992), Filipino singer, songwriter, record producer, and director
- Dorothy Blount Lamar, conservative American activist
- Dequantes Lamar (born 1989), American rapper known professionally as Rich Homie Quan
- Gazaway Bugg Lamar (1798–1874), steamboat pioneer, Wall Street banker, Confederate supporter
- Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), Austrian actress and inventor
- Henry Lamar (American football) (1906–1985), American boxing and football coach
- Henry Graybill Lamar (1798–1861), American politician and judge
- Holly Lamar, American country music singer and songwriter
- Howard R. Lamar (1923–2023), American historian
- J. Robert Lamar(1866–1923), American politician
- Jason Lamar (born 1978), American football player
- John Basil Lamar (1812–1878), American politician
- Joseph Rucker Lamar, (1857–1916), American judge, United States Supreme Court justice
- Kendrick Lamar (born 1987), American hip hop recording artist
- Leah Lamarr (born 1988), American comedian
- Lindsey Lamar (born 1990), American football player
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar I (1797–1834), American judge
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (1825–1893), American politician, United States Supreme Court justice
- Mark Lamarr (born 1967), British comedian
- Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798–1859), Texan politician, second president of the Republic of Texas
- Phil LaMarr (born 1967), American comedian
- Tillie Lamar (1865–1891), American college football player
- Tre Lamar (born 1996), American football player
- William Bailey Lamar (1853–1928), American politician
- William H. Lamar (1853–1928), American lawyer and government officeholder
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lamar Name Meaning & Lamar Family History at Ancestry.com®". Ancestry®. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
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