Beaumont (surname)
Appearance
Beaumont, originally de Beaumont, is an English surname of Norman origin or a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Non fictional
[edit]- Beaumont, surname of early holders of the title Earl of Leicester
- Albanis Beaumont (1755–1812), English painter
- Antony Beaumont (born 1949), English and German musicologist, writer, conductor and violinist
- Betty Bentley Beaumont (1828–1892), British author and merchant
- Bill Beaumont (born 1952), English rugby union player and administrator
- Bryan Beaumont (1938–2005), Australian judge
- Callum Beaumont, Scottish bagpipe player
- Charles Beaumont (1929–1967), American writer
- Chevalier d'Eon (Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont), French diplomat and spy who lived his life as a woman
- Christopher Beaumont (born 1961), Australian painter
- Dudley Beaumont (1877–1918), British Army officer and painter, member of the ruling family of Sark
- Ephraim Beaumont (1834–1918), American politician
- Ermengarde de Beaumont (c. 1170–1233/34), Queen Consort of Scotland
- Francis Beaumont (disambiguation), several people
- Francis William Lionel Collings Beaumont (1903–1941), member of the ruling family of Sark
- Frederick Beaumont (1833–1899), British colonel, engineer and inventor
- Geoffrey Beaumont (1903–1970), Anglican priest and monk
- George Beaumont (disambiguation), several people
- Ginger Beaumont (1876–1956), American Major League Baseball player
- Gustave de Beaumont (1802–1866), French writer, magistrate and prison reformer
- Harry Beaumont (1888–1966), American film director
- Henry de Beaumont (disambiguation), several people
- Hugh Beaumont (1909–1982), American actor
- Hughes de Beaumont (1874–1947), French artist
- Hugh Binkie Beaumont (1908–1973), British theatre impresario
- Jack Beaumont (disambiguation), several people
- Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont (1798–1874), French geologist
- Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711–1780), French novelist known for the most popular version of the story Beauty and the Beast
- Jimmy Beaumont (1940–2017), American singer of the doo-wop group The Skyliners
- Jody Beaumont (born 1992), British lawyer
- John Beaumont (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Beaumont (1616–1699), English clergyman, academic and poet
- Kathryn Beaumont (born 1938), British-American voice actress and school teacher
- Kenneth Macdonald Beaumont (1884–1965), British lawyer, officer, and figure skater
- Lewis Beaumont (disambiguation), several people
- Lucy Beaumont (actress) (1873–1937), English actress
- Lucy Beaumont (comedian) (born 1984), British actress, writer, and stand-up comedian
- Lyne Beaumont (born 1978), Canadian Olympic synchronized swimmer
- Marc Antoine de Beaumont (1763–1830), French cavalry general
- Marguerite de Beaumont (1899–1989), British Girl Guide leader, horse breeder, author and poet
- Mark Beaumont (cyclist) (born 1983), Scottish cyclist
- Mary Lawson (actress) (1910–1941), British actress who married Francis William Lionel Collings Beaumont
- Matt Beaumont, British novelist
- Mona Beaumont (1927–2007), French–born American painter and printmaker
- Nigel Beaumont (born 1967), English footballer
- Percy Beaumont (1897–1967), English footballer
- Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (1049–1118), powerful English and French nobleman noted for his wisdom
- Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104–1168), Justiciar of England
- Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester (died 1190), English nobleman
- Roger de Beaumont (1015–1094), a seigneur of Normandy
- Roger de Beaumont (bishop) (died 1202)
- Roland Beamont, British fighter pilot of World War II, later a test pilot
- Scott Beaumont, English mountain bike racer
- Sibyl Mary Hathaway (1884–1974), 21st Seigneur of Sark, married to Dudley John Beaumont
- Simon Beaumont (born 1975), Australian rules footballer.
- Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (1928–2008), British politician and Anglican clergyman
- William Beaumont (1427–1453), lord of the manor of Shirwell in North Devon
- William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont (1438–1507), soldier and landowner
- William Beaumont (1785–1853), U.S. Army surgeon, the "Father of Gastric Physiology"
- William Comyns Beaumont (1873–1956), British journalist, author, and lecturer
- William Rawlins Beaumont (1803–1875), British-Canadian surgeon
- William Spencer Beaumont, British army officer and a member of the London County Council
- William Worby Beaumont (1848–1929), British automotive engineer and inventor
- The Beaumont children disappearance in Australia
Fictional
[edit]- Andrea Beaumont, aka the Phantasm, a DC Comics Batman villain
- Jeffrey Beaumont, protagonist of the film Blue Velvet
- Remy Beaumont, a main character in the television series Ravenswood
- Simon and Terry Beaumont, Remy's parents
- David “Judge” Beaumont, the main protagonist and player controlled character in the video game Ready or Not. He is the leader of the LSPD SWAT unit.
See also
[edit]- House of Beaumont, an Anglo-Norman baronial family
- Beaumont (disambiguation)