Dumont is a French surname, which may refer to:

People

* Adèle Dumont d'Urville (1798–1842), wife of Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named Adélie Land after her *

Allen B. DuMont Allen Balcom DuMont, also spelled Du Mont, (January 29, 1901 – November 14, 1965) was an American electronics engineer, scientist and invention, inventor best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receive ...

(1901–1965), American inventor, industrialist, and pioneer in the early years of television * André Dumont (1809–1857), Belgian geologist * André Dumont (cyclist) (1903–1994), French racing cyclist * André Dumont (politician) (1764–1838), French parliamentarian * Annick Dumont (born 1962), French figure skating coach * Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, known as Auguste Dumont (1801–1884), French sculptor * Bernard Dumont (1927–1974), Canadian politician * Bernard Dumont (fencer) (born 1946), French fencer * Bruce DuMont (born 1944), American broadcaster and political analyst * Bruno Dumont (born 1958), French motion picture director (of polemic ''La Vie de Jésus'' fame) * Casey Dumont (born 1992), Australian international soccer player * Charles Dumont (politician) (1867–1939), French politician *

Charles Dumont (singer) Charles Dumont (born March 26, 1929 in Cahors, ( Lot, France)), is a French singer and composer. Dumont is best remembered for writing or co-writing over 30 of the most well-known songs recorded by singer Édith Piaf, including Non, je ne regret ...

(born 1929), French singer and composer *

Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix Charles Henri Frédéric Dumont de Sainte-Croix (27 April 1758 – 8 January 1830) was a French zoologist. A lawyer by trade, he was also an enthusiastic amateur ornithologist.Stresemann, p. 117 Between 1817 and 1818, he described a number of Ja ...

(1758–1830), French zoologist * Christian Dumont (1963–2021), French biathlete * Christian Dumont (cyclist) (born 1956), Belgian cyclist *

Dawn Dumont Dawn Dumont is the pen name of Dawn Marie Walker'','' a Plains Cree writer, former lawyer, comedian and journalist from the Okanese First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. In 2022, she became the subject of multiple criminal investigations after al ...

, Canadian Cree writer * Delree Dumont (fl. early 21st century), Canadian Cree artist *

Denise Dumont Denise Dumont (born 20 March 1955 in Fortaleza, Ceará) is a Brazilian television and film actress. Selected filmography * '' Filhos e Amantes'' (1981) * '' Rio Babilônia'' (1982) * '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1985) * '' The Allnighter'' (19 ...

(born 1955), Brazilian actress * Domenique Dumont (fl. early 21st century), Latvian music producer *

Duke Dumont Adam George Dyment (born August 1981), better known by his stage name Duke Dumont, is an English DJ and record producer. He is best known for his hit singles " Need U (100%)" " I Got U", " Ocean Drive" and " Won't Look Back" which both reache ...

, stage name of Adam George Dyment (fl. early 21st century), British DJ *

Ebenezer Dumont Ebenezer Dumont (November 23, 1814 – April 16, 1871) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, serving two terms from 1863 to 1867. Prior to his service in Congress, he was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Early life ...

(1814–1871), U.S. Representative from Indiana; general in the Union Army during the American Civil War *

Edme Dumont Edme Dumont (1720–1775) was a French sculptor. Dumont was born into a family of sculptors: his father was François Dumont, his grandfather Pierre Dumont. He received his first lessons from his father, and was admitted to the Académie royal ...

(1720–1775), French sculptor * Edward C. DuMont (born 1961), American attorney, a former Solicitor General of California *

Eleanor Dumont Eleanor Dumont (born Simone Jules; 1829–1879), also called Eleonore Alphonsine Dumant, was a notorious gambler on the American Western Frontier, especially during the California Gold Rush. She was also known by her nickname Madame Moustache d ...

(1829–1879), American gambler during the California Gold Rush *

Emma Dumont Emma Dumont is an American actress, model, and dancer. She is known for her roles as Melanie Segal in the ABC Family series ''Bunheads'', as Emma Karn in the NBC series ''Aquarius'', and as Lorna Dane/Polaris in the FOX series '' The Gifted''. ...

(born 1994), American actress, model, and dancer *

Éric Dumont (sailor) Éric Dumont is a former French offshore professional sailor who participated in the 1996–1997 Vendée Globe in the yacht ''Café Legal-Le Goût'' and again in 2000–2001 Vendée Globe onboard Euroka Services where he retired due to rudder dama ...

(born 1961), French yachtsman *

Éric Dumont-Baltet Éric Dumont is a French horticulturalist and nursery gardener in Troyes in the French département Aube. He is the son of the pilot Charles Dumont and great-grandson of the famous horticulturist Charles Baltet. He is considered an orchard spe ...

(fl. early 21st century), French horticulturalist and nursery gardener *

Étienne Dumont Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont (18 January or 18 July 1759 – 29 September 1829), sometimes anglicised as Stephen Dumont, was a Swiss French political writer. He is chiefly remembered as the French editor of the writings of the English philosop ...

(1759–1829), Swiss French political writer *

Fernand Dumont Fernand Dumont (24 June 1927 – 1 May 1997) was a Canadian sociologist, philosopher, theologian, and poet from Quebec.François Dumont (painter) François Dumont (; 7 January 1751 – 27 August 1831) was a French painter of portrait miniatures. Dumont was born at Lunéville ( Meurthe), and was left an orphan when young, with five brothers and sisters to support. He was for a while a s ...

(1751–1831), French painter of portrait miniatures * François Dumont (pianist) (born 1985), French classical pianist * François Dumont (sculptor) (1688–1729), French sculptor *

Frank Dumont Frank Dumont (January 25, 1848 – March 17, 1919) was an American minstrel show performer and manager.Rice, Edward Le RoyMonarchs of minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to date p. 198 (1911)

(1848–1919), American minstrel show performer and manager *

Franz Dumont Franz Dumont (22 January 1945 – 3 November 2012) was a German historian. Life Born in Waldbröl, Dumont lived in Mainz from 1954 onwards and took his Abitur at the Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium in Mainz in 1964. During his school years, he had a ...

(1945–2012), German historian * Gabriel Dumont (ice hockey) (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player *

Gabriel Dumont (Métis leader) Gabriel Dumont (1837–1906) was a Canadian political figure best known for being a prominent leader of the Métis people. Dumont was well known for his movements within the North-West Resistance at the battles of Batoche, Fish Creek, and D ...

(1837–1906), Canadian indigenous leader of the Métis people * Gaston Dumont (1932–1978), Luxembourgian cyclist * George Dumont (1895–1956), American baseball pitcher *

Georges Dumont Georges L. Dumont (June 25, 1898 – July 4, 1966''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1967'', PG Normandin) was a physician and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Restigouche County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brun ...

(1898–1966), Canadian physician and political figure * Guillaume Dumont (1889–?), Belgian sculptor * Guillaume Coutu Dumont (fl. early 21st century), Canadian electronic musician * Guylaine Dumont (born 1967), Canadian beach volleyball player *

Henri Dumont Henri Dumont (also Henry Du Mont, originally Henry de Thier) (1610 – 8 May 1684) was a baroque composer of the French school, born in the Southern Netherlands. Life Dumont was born to Henry de Thier and Elisabeth Orban in Looz (Borgloon). The ...

(1610–1684), French musician and composer *

Henrique Dumont Henrique Honoré Dumont (July 20, 1832 in Diamantina – August 30, 1892 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian engineer, coffee farmer and father of Alberto Santos-Dumont. A son of French immigrants, he is considered one of the three kings of the ...

(1832–1892), Brazilian engineer and coffee farmer * Ivy Dumont (born 1930), governor-general of the Bahamas * Jacques-Edme Dumont (1761–1844), French sculptor * Jean Dumont (cyclist) (born 1943), French road bicycle racer * Jean Dumont (historian) (1923–2001), French historian and publisher * Jean Dumont (politician) (1930–2021), French politician * Jean Dumont (publicist) (1667–1727), French writer and historian * Jean Dumont (wrestler) (1886–?), Belgian Greco-Roman wrestler *

Jean-Louis Dumont Jean-Louis Dumont (born 6 April 1944 in Jonville-en-Woëvre) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Meuse The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in F ...

(born 1944), French politician * Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian professional ice hockey forward * José Dumont (born 1950), Brazilian TV and movie actor * Joseph Dumont (1847–1912), Canadian merchant and political figure *

Jules Dumont d'Urville Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his nam ...

(1790–1842), French naval officer and explorer * Julia Louisa Dumont (1794–1857), American educator and writer * Julius du Mont (1881–1956), French chess writer *

Laurence Dumont Laurence Dumont (born 2 June 1958) is a French politician of the Socialist Party who has been serving as Member of Parliament of the National Assembly from 1997 until 2002 and again between 2007 and 2022, representing the 2nd constituency of Ca ...

(born 1958), French politician * Léon Dumont (1837–1877), French psychologist and philosopher *

Lionel Dumont Lionel Dumont (born 1971) is a former French soldier currently serving a 25-year sentence in prison. He converted to Islam after serving with peacekeepers in Somalia. He was later accused of participating in the '' Gang de Roubaix'', which unsucce ...

(born 1971), French former soldier and imprisoned terrorist *

Louis Dumont Louis Charles Jean Dumont (11 August 1911 – 19 November 1998) was a French anthropologist. Dumont was born in Thessaloniki, in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. He taught at Oxford University during the 1950s, and was then dire ...

(1911–1998), French anthropologist * Louis Dumont (ice hockey) (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player *

Louise Dumont Louise Dumont (née Louise Maria Hubertine Heynen; 22 February 1862, in Cologne – 16 May 1932, in Düsseldorf) was a German actress and theater director. Life Louise Maria Hubertine Heynen, born on 22 February 1862 in Cologne near Neumark ...

(1862–1932), German actress and theater director * Lucille Dumont (1919–2016), Canadian singer and radio and television host * Marcel Dumont (1885–1951), French film director *

Margaret Dumont Margaret Dumont (born Daisy Juliette Baker; October 20, 1882 – March 6, 1965) was an American stage and film actress. She is best remembered as the comic foil to the Marx Brothers in seven of their films; Groucho Marx called her "practically ...

(1882–1965), American actress * Marie-Alice Dumont (1892–1985), Canadian photographer * Marilyn Dumont (born 1955), Canadian poet and educator * Mario Dumont (born 1970), Canadian politician from Québec * Mary Dumont (fl. early 21st century), American chef * Michel Dumont (1941–2020), Canadian actor * Mike Dumont (fl. late 20th/early 21st centuries), U.S. Navy officer * Nancy Dumont (1936–2002), Native American educational leader * Nicolas Dumont (born 1940), Belgian water polo player *

Norbert Dumont Norbert Dumont was a Luxembourgish politician and jurist. Dumont held office in the governments of Pierre Prüm (1925–1926) and Joseph Bech (1926–1936). , - Ministers for Justice of Luxembourg Ministers for Public Works of Luxem ...

(fl. early 20th century), Luxembourgish politician and jurist *

Paul Dumont Paul Dumont (June 15, 1920 – April 9, 2008) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator. He was associated with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) from its founding in 1969 to 1984. He served as the general manager of the Quebec Rempar ...

(1920–2008), Canadian ice hockey administrator * Pierre Dumont (painter) (1884–1936), French painter * Pierre Dumont (sculptor) (c. 1650–?), French sculptor * Pierre François Dumont (1789–1864), French industrialist *

Pierre-Henri Dumont Pierre-Henri Dumont (born 7 October 1987) is a French politician for the Republicans party ('' French language: Les Républicains''), who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since June 2017, representing the Pas-de-Calais' ...

(born 1987), French politician * René Dumont (1904–2001), French agronomist, sociologist and scientist *

Richard M. Dumont Richard M. Dumont (born 1959 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian voice actor, writer and director who has worked in both Canada and the United States. Dumont is known for playing Sardo, who owned a magic shop called Sardo's Magic Mansion, in ma ...

(born 1959), Canadian voice actor, writer, and director * Robert Dumont (fl. 1940s), French bobsledder * Sabine Dumont, suspected French victim of serial killer Robert Black * Sarah Dumont (born 1990), American actress and model *

Serge Dumont Serge Dumont is a global entrepreneur, business executive, and philanthropist. He is one of the pioneers in China’s corporate and marketing communications industry. From 2006 to 2018, he served as Omnicom Group Vice Chairman and Chairman, Asia ...

(born 1960), French businessperson *

Simon Dumont Simon Francis Dumont (born July 9, 1986) is an American freestyle skier. Skiing Dumont is known for his exceptional amplitude in half-pipe competitions, regularly reaching heights up to 20 feet out of the pipe, and for his signature big-air ...

(born 1986), American freestyle skier *

Sky du Mont Sky du Mont (born Cayetano Neven du Mont; 20 May 1947) is a German-Argentine actor. Early life Sky du Mont's family, who are related to the famous publishers DuMont Schauberg, fled the Nazis in the 1930s to South America. He was born in Argen ...

(born 1947), German actor * Stéphane Dumont (born 1982), French footballer * Stéphanie Dumont (born 1968), French speed skater *

Tom Dumont Thomas Martin Dumont (born January 11, 1968) is an American guitarist and producer. Dumont is a member of third wave ska band No Doubt, and during the band's hiatus, he began Invincible Overlord as a side project and produced Matt Costa's ''So ...

(born 1968), American musician, lead guitarist of No Doubt * Trent Dumont (born 1995), Australian rules footballer * Ulises Dumont (1937–2008), Argentine film actor * Valentine Dumont (born 2000), Belgian swimmer * W. Hunt Dumont (born 1941), American lawyer and judge *

Wayne Dumont Wayne Dumont, Jr. (June 25, 1914 – March 19, 1992) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey. He represented Warren County in the New Jersey Senate from 1952 to 1966 and northwestern New Jersey more broadly from 1968 unt ...

(1914–1992), American politician from New Jersey * Yvon Dumont (born 1951), former Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Manitoba, Canada (1993–1999)

In fiction

*Jethro Dumont, pulp magazine character as The Green Lama *Giles Dumont, boy who turns into a 'werefox' in Th
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People

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In fiction