Amon may refer to:

Mythology

Amun Amun (; also ''Amon'', ''Ammon'', ''Amen''; egy, jmn, reconstructed as (Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → (later Middle Egyptian) → (Late Egyptian), cop, Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Amoun) romanized: ʾmn) was a major ancient Egyptian ...

, an Ancient Egyptian deity, also known as Amon and Amon-Ra *

Aamon Aamon (also known as Amon and Nahum), in demonology, is a Grand Marquis of Hell who governs 40 infernal legions, and the 7th spirit of the Goetia. He is the demon of life and reproduction. Description The names Aamon and Amon come from the god ...

, a Goetic demon

People

Mononym

Amon of Judah Amon of Judah ''’Āmōn''; el, Αμων; la, Amon was the fifteenth King of Judah who, according to the biblical account, succeeded his father Manasseh of Judah. Amon is most remembered for his idolatrous practices during his short two-year ...

( 664– 640 BC), king of Judah *

Amon of Toul Amon may refer to: Mythology * Amun, an Ancient Egyptian deity, also known as Amon and Amon-Ra * Aamon, a Goetic demon People Momonym * Amon of Judah ( 664– 640 BC), king of Judah Given name * Amon G. Carter (1879–1955), American pub ...

( 375– 423 AD), second recorded Bishop of Toul

Given name

Amon Olive Assemon Amon Olive Assemon (born 12 November 1987) is an Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian international team handball player. Career Assemon has played for the Côte d'Ivoire women's national handball team, Ivorian national team. She participated at the 2011 ...

(born 1987), Ivorian handball player *

Amon Bazira Amon Bazira (sometimes referred to as Amon Kabunga Bazira; 1944–1993) was a Pan-Africanist leader and organiser who created an extensive intelligence network that was a clandestine component of the struggle to end the regime of Ugandan military d ...

(1944–1993), Pan-Africanist leader and organizer *

Amon Buchanan Amon Buchanan (born 10 October 1982) is a former Australian rules football who played for the Brisbane Lions and the Sydney Swans in the AFL. He is currently serving as the forwards coach of the Greater Western Sydney Giants. AFL career ...

(born 1982), Australian rules football player *

Amon G. Carter Amon Giles Carter Sr. (born Giles Amon Carter; December 11, 1879 – June 23, 1955) was the creator and publisher of the ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', and a nationally known civic booster for Fort Worth, Texas. A legacy in his will was used t ...

(1879–1955), American publisher and art collector *

Amon Göth Amon Leopold Göth (; alternative spelling ''Goeth''; 11 December 1908 – 13 September 1946) was an Austrian SS functionary and war criminal. He served as the commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp in Płaszów in German ...

(1908–1946), Austrian concentration camp commandant in the Nazi SS during World War II *

Amon Gordon Amon Gordon (born October 13, 1981) is a former American football defensive end of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Stanford Cardinal foo ...

(born 1981), American football player *

Amon B. King Amon B. King (1807–1836) was an American military leader in the Texas Revolution. References 1807 births 1836 deaths People of the Texas Revolution {{US-mil-bio-stub ...

(1807–1836), American military leader *

Amon Kotei Nii Amon Kotei (24 May 1915 – 17 October 2011) was a Ghanaian sculptor, painter, musician, surveyor, and graphic artist. Kotei is mostly remembered and celebrated as the designer of the coat of arms of Ghana. He was one of Ghana's leading artist ...

(1915–2011), Ghanaian sculptor and artist *

Amon Kotey Amon Kotey was a boxer from Ghana. At the 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships he won the bronze medal in Light Welterweight."Amon Kotey's burial today" (July 8, 2010) ''Daily Graphic''. Kotey beat Patricio Diaz (Argentina) and Obisia Nwakpa (N ...

, Ghanaian boxer *

Amon Liner Amon George Liner (May 29, 1940 – July 26, 1976) was an American poet and playwright. Early life and education Amon Liner was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Kenyon College, and was ...

(1940–1976), American poet and playwright *

Amon Miyamoto Amon Miyamoto (, born January 4, 1958, in Tokyo) has directed numerous productions in Japan and worldwide, from musicals, straight plays, opera, and kabuki as well as other art genres. In 2004, he became the first Japanese director to direct a m ...

(born 1958), Japanese director *

Amon Murwira Amon Murwira is Zimbabwe's Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development. He is a member of Zanu-PF and was appointed to cabinet in 2017, after Emmerson Mnangagwa became Zimbabwe's leader. Murwira is also a lectu ...

, Zimbabwean politician *

Amon N'Douffou V Amon N'Douffou V (born Enan Eboua Koutoua Francis) is king of the Kingdom of Sanwi in Ivory Coast, Africa. He was enthroned August 5, 2005, which was reported by AllAfrica.com to result in "popular jubilation". The coronation, held in Krinjabo, ...

, King of Sanwi in Ivory Coast *

Amon Neequaye Amon Neequaye (born 6 June 1963) is a Ghanaian boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an i ...

(born 1963), Ghanaian boxer *

Amon Nikoi Amon Nikoi, born Seth Amon Nikoi, (19 January 1930 – 5 September 2002) was a Ghanaian economist and diplomat. He was the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations between 1957 and 1960 as well as the Governor of the Bank of Ghana ...

(1930–2002), Ghanaian economist and diplomat *

Amon Saba Saakana Amon Saba Saakana, formerly known as Sebastian Clarke, is a Trinidad-born writer, journalist, lecturer, filmmaker and publisher, who migrated to Britain in 1965. In the 1970s he founded the publishing imprint Karnak House in London. As an author, ...

(formerly Sebastian Clarke), British-Trinidadian writer, broadcaster and publisher *

Amon Simutowe Amon Simutowe (born January 6, 1982) is a Zambian chess grandmaster. He is the first grandmaster from sub-Saharan Africa and the third black chess grandmaster in history, after Maurice Ashley and Pontus Carlsson. He holds a Bachelor of Scienc ...

(born 1982), Zambian chess player *

Amon-Ra St. Brown Amon-Ra Julian Heru J. St. Brown (born October 24, 1999) is an American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC and was drafted by the Lions in the fourth round of ...

(born 1999), American football wide receiver *

Amon Tobin Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin (born February 7, 1972), known as Amon Tobin (), is a Brazilian electronic musician, composer and producer. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. He has released eight ...

(born 1972), Brazilian IDM producer *

Amon Ritter von Gregurich Amon Ritter von Gregurich ( hu, Gregurich Ámon; 26 May 1867 – 28 June 1915) was a Hungarian fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a student of the famous fencing reformer Luigi Barbasetti ...

(1867–1915), Hungarian fencer *

Amon Wilds Amon Wilds (1762 – 12 September 1833) was an English architect and builder. He formed an architectural partnership with his son Amon Henry WildsIn this article, Amon Wilds is referred to as ''Wilds senior'' and his son Amon Henry Wilds a ...

(1762–1833), English architect and builder *

Amon Henry Wilds Amon Henry Wilds (1784 or 1790 – 13 July 1857) was an English architect. He was part of a team of three architects and builders who—working together or independently at different times—were almost solely responsible for a surge in resid ...

(1784 or 1790–1857), English architect *

Monsieur Amon {{Short description, French coffee and real estate entrepreneur Amon Fasileau-Duplantier, known as Monsieur Amon (22 December 1849 – 24 February 1915), was a French coffee and urban real estate entrepreneur established in Costa Rica. Monsie ...

(1849–1915), French coffee and real estate entrepreneur

Surname

Alexandra Amon Alexandra Amon, born 27 July 1981 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France is an actress, scriptwriter, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Biography Of Ivorian heritage, she studied in the United States before returning to Côte d'Ivoire to found ...

(born 1981), French-Ivorian actress and film producer *

Angelika Amon Angelika Amon (January 10, 1967 – October 29, 2020) was an Austrian American molecular and cell biologist, and the Kathleen and Curtis Marble Professor in Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachu ...

(1967–2020), Austrian-American molecular biologist *

Artur Amon Artur "Ats" Amon (17 February 1916 – 3 September 1944) was an Estonian basketball player. He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Amon was born in Tartu, where he attended secondary school at Tartu Boys' Gymnasium before enrolling at the Un ...

(1916–1944), Estonian basketball player *

Carol Amon Carol Ann Bagley Amon (born April 23, 1946) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Education and early career Amon was born in Richmond, Virginia. She received a Bache ...

(born 1946), American judge *

Chris Amon Christopher Arthur Amon (20 July 1943 – 3 August 2016) was a New Zealand motor racing driver. He was active in Formula One racing in the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely regarded as one of the best F1 drivers never to win a championship Grand ...

(1943–2016), New Zealand motor racing driver *

Cristiano Amon Cristiano R. Amon (born 1970) is a Brazilian electronics engineer and the CEO of Qualcomm in San Diego, California, US.Patrick McGee''Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon: You have to bet the company''.Financial Times (ft.com), 23 January 2022. Retrieved ...

(born 1970), Brazilian-American manager *

Cristina Amon Cristina H. Amon is a mechanical engineer, academic administrator and was the 13th dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. She was the Faculty's first female dean. Prior to her appointment at the University ...

, Uruguayan-born American scientist and academic *

Diva Amon Diva Joan Amon is a marine biologist from Trinidad. She is currently a post-doctoral researcher in the Benioff Ocean Initiative at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a 2022 Pew Marine Fellow. Previously, she was a Marie Skłodowska ...

, Trinidadian marine biologist *

Franz Amon Franz Amon was the lead violinist and concertmaster of the dance orchestra of Johann Strauss I. As the elder Strauss was against a musical career for his sons, Amon was contracted secretly by Anna Strauss to teach her son Johann Strauss II, to play ...

, a violinist * Ines Amon (born 1992), Slovenian handball player *

Johann Andreas Amon Johann Andreas Amon (1763 – March 29, 1825) was a German virtuoso guitarist, horn player, violist, conductor and composer. Amon composed around eighty works, including symphonies, concerti, sonatas, and songs. He also wrote two masses, vari ...

(1763–1825), German composer * Jonathan Amon (born 1999), American soccer player *

Joseph Amon Joseph Amon (born 1969) is an American epidemiologist and human rights activist and currently director of thHealth and Human Rights Divisionat Human Rights Watch. Prior to working at Human Rights Watch, he worked for more than 15 years conductin ...

(born 1969), American epidemiologist and human rights activist *

Karl Amon Karl Amon (born 19 August 1995) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Port Adelaide Football Club from 2014 to 2022. Early life At age 5, ...

(born 1995), Australian rules football player *

Morissette (singer) Johanne Morissette Daug Amon-Lamar ( ; born June 2, 1996), known professionally as Morissette and frequently also referred to as Morissette Amon, is a Filipino singer, songwriter, producer and former actress. She first rose to prominence when ...

(born 1996), Filipina singer-songwriter *

Nissim Amon Nissim Amon (Hebrew: ''ניסים אמון''; born 1963) is an Israelis, Israeli Zen master and meditation teacher. He is the developer of the ''Trilotherapy'' therapeutic system and the author and translator of several books and publications. ...

(born 1963), Israeli meditation teacher

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* Amon, original name of the band

Deicide Deicide is the killing (or the killer) of a god. The concept may be used for any act of killing a god, including a life-death-rebirth deity who is killed and then resurrected. Etymology The term deicide was coined in the 17th century from m ...

* Amon, the house in the storyline of the King Diamond album ''

Them Them or THEM, a third-person plural accusative personal pronoun, may refer to: Books * ''Them'' (novel), 3rd volume (1969) in American Joyce Carol Oates' ''Wonderland Quartet'' * '' Them: Adventures with Extremists'', 2003 non-fiction by Welsh ...

'' *

Amon Amarth Amon Amarth () is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed in 1992. The band takes its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Viking mythology and hi ...

, Swedish melodic death metal band *

Amon Düül II Amon Düül II (or Amon Düül 2, PronunciationAmon Düül is a German rock band. The group is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the West German krautrock scene. Their 1970 album ''Yeti (album), Yeti'' was described by British ma ...

, German rock band * '' Amon: Feasting the Beast'', compilation album by the band Deicide

Television and film

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Amon Saga is an anime OVA released in 1986. The character and conceptual art was contributed by Yoshitaka Amano. It was released by Manga Entertainment in 2001. World The world of Amon Saga is a medieval one, filled with bizarre creatures, such as the ...

'', a 1986 anime film * ''

Hanna Amon ''Hanna Amon'' is a 1951 German Agfacolor drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Lutz Moik and Ilse Steppat. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios and on location in Upper Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by th ...

'', a 1951 German film

Fictional characters and places

* Amon (''Dungeons & Dragons'') * Amon (''The Legend of Korra'') * Amon (''StarCraft'') * Amon (''Witch Hunter Robin''), in the ''Witch Hunter Robin'' anime * Amon, a character in the anime ''

'' * Amon, in '' Armour of God II: Operation Condor'' * Amon, in ''

Devilman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The manga focuses on a high school student named Akira Fudo who absorbs the powers of the demon called "Amon" with help of his friend Ryo Asuka in order to battle ...

'' and ''Devilman Crybaby'' * Amon, a non-playable character in the ''Lufia'' videogames; see * Amon, in the manga and anime series '' Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic'' * Amon, in the game series ''Megami Tensei''; see '' Shin Megami Tensei If...'' * Amon, in the game '' Shadow Hearts: Covenant'' * Amon Ad Raza, in ''

Warmachine ''Warmachine'' is a tabletop steampunk wargame produced by Privateer Press. The game is played with white metal and plastic miniatures manufactured by Privateer Press representing military characters from the Iron Kingdoms setting. Battles are ...

'' * Amon Amarth, another name for ''Mount Doom'' which means "Mountain of Fate" * Amon County, Ohio, the location of a cult in Netflix Series ''

Devil in Ohio ''Devil in Ohio'' is an American suspense thriller limited series created by Daria Polatin based on Polatin's book of the same name for Netflix. The series consists of eight episodes and was released on September 2, 2022. Plot summary Mae, a ...

''. * Amon Garam, the Japanese name of

Adrian Gecko This is the list of characters in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' animated series. The official English anime and the English manga by VIZ Media have changed character names. Main characters ; : :The main protagonist of the series. He is described as an e ...

, in the anime series ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' * Amon Koutarou, a character in the ''Tokyo Ghoul'' manga series *

Amon Sur Amon Sur is an alien supervillain in the DC Universe. He is the son of the Green Lantern Abin Sur and nephew of the villain/antihero Sinestro by marriage with Sur's sister Arin. Publication history Amon Sur first appeared in ''Green Arrow'' (vol ...

, an alien supervillain from DC Universe. *

Amon Tomaz Osiris (Amon Tomaz) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. This version of the character was a contemporary to Captain Marvel Jr., with a connection to the character Black Adam. Amon Tomaz was a youth who was ...

, an alternate name of Osiris, in the DC Comics universe

Other uses

Amon (Formula One team) Chris Amon Racing, also known simply as Amon, was a Formula One team established by New Zealand driver Chris Amon. It competed as a privateer team in the 1966 Italian Grand Prix, then as a constructor in its own right in the 1974 Formula One seas ...

, also known as Chris Amon Racing *

Amon Creek Amon Creek is the largest tributary of the Lower Yakima River in Benton County, Washington. From the source of its East Fork to its mouth at the Yakima, it flows about , passing through Kennewick and Richland. The East Fork as well as the main c ...

, a river in Washington, USA * '' Amon: The Darkside of the Devilman'', a horror manga