Beaman is thought to be either: A

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

origin from the

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

midlands. The name is an Anglicisation of the French ''Beaumont''. It is claimed that English bearers of the name descended from

Henry de Beaumont Henry de Beaumont (before 1280 – 10 March 1340), ''jure uxoris'' 4th Earl of Buchan and ''suo jure'' 1st Baron Beaumont, was a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish Inde ...

(died 1340). Since it is a surname common in the Anglo-Welsh border regions, it has also been claimed that the surname is derived from 'ab Edmond' in the mid Anglo-Welsh border regions when surnames became more widely adopted prior to the 1500s. Historic evidence for this is provided by "Welsh Border Surnames from Ab Edmond" at

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* Fernando Cortez Beaman, politician from Michigan during and after the American Civil War *Rear Admiral Gerald R. Beaman, US Navy commander *

John Beaman John Richard Beaman (born 5 October 1951) was formerly one of the ten States of Alderney Members, and he became the Chairman of the influential Policy and Finance Committee in January 2011. Prior to this, he was the Island’s Representative for ...

, Alderney politician *

Lori G. Beaman Lori Gail Beaman (born 1963) is a Canadian academic. She is a professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies of the University of Ottawa, and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity and Social Change. She has ...

(born 1963), Canadian scholar of religion and law * Nathaniel Beaman, co-founder and president of the National Bank of Commerce of Norfolk, Virginia * Walter Beaman Jones, Jr, American Republican politician

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Amos Beman Amos Gerry Beman (1812-1872) was a 19th-century African American pastor and social activist from Connecticut. He was a prominent African American abolitionist. Early life Beman was born in Colchester, Connecticut, and later moved to Middletown, Co ...

(1812-1874), American preacher and abolitionist *

Deane Beman } Deane R. Beman (born April 22, 1938) is an American professional golfer, golf administrator. He was the second commissioner of the PGA Tour, serving from 1974 to 1994. Early years Born in Washington, D.C., Beman attended the University of Maryla ...

, American

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

and golf administrator. * Nathan Sidney Smith Beman, (1785–1871) Fourth president of

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute () (RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut. A third campus in Groton, Connecticut closed in 2018. RPI was established in 1824 by Stephen Van ...

* Samuel S. Beman (1822-1882), American lawyer and politician * Solon Spencer Beman, (1853–1914) American architect

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Edward E. Beeman Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "gua ...

, Inventor of Medicinal Chewing Gum * Ellen Guon Beeman, American fantasy and

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

author * Greg Beeman, American director and producer *

Jen Beeman Jen Beeman is an American fashion designer and patternmaker based in Chicago, Illinois. She is best known as the owner of the sewing pattern company and blog ''Grainline Studio''. She is a graduate of Columbia College where she studied fashion ...

, American fashion designer and patternmaker *

Joseph H. Beeman Joseph Henry Beeman (November 17, 1833 – July 31, 1909) was a slave owner and officer in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He later served a term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Mississippi ...

, (1833–1909) U.S. Representative from

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

*Vanessa Beeman, Grand Bard of the Gorseth Kernow *

William Orman Beeman William Orman Beeman is an American scholar whose specialty is the Middle East; he is a professor of anthropology at the University of Minnesota, where he is Chair of the Department of Anthropology. He has authored many articles and fourteen boo ...

, actor, author, singer, and professor of anthropology at The University of Minnesota

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List of persons with the surname Beaman

List of persons with the surname Beman

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