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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 ...

of English origin, derived from the hamlet of Lumhalghs, near Bury, Greater Manchester, and meaning "pool nook or recess". Notable people with the surname include:

Arts and entertainment

Andy Lomas Andy Lomas (born 1967 in Welwyn Garden City, England) is a British artist with a mathematical background, formerly a television and film CG supervisor and more recently a contemporary digital artist, with a special interest in morphogenesis us ...

(born 1967), British digital artist * Carmen Lomas Garza (born 1948), Mexican American artist *

Herbert Lomas (actor) Herbert Lomas (17 January 1887 – 12 April 1961) was a British actor who appeared in more than forty films in a career lasting between 1931 and 1955. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire and made his first film appearance in an early sound versi ...

(1887–1931), British actor *

Herbert Lomas (poet) Herbert Lomas (7 February 1924 – 9 September 2011) was a British poet and translator. He served in the infantry from 1943 to 1946).James Lomas (actor) James Jacob Lomas (born 1 March 1990) is a British actor best known for his role as Billy Elliot in ''Billy Elliot the Musical'', which earned a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, making him one of the younge ...

(born 1990), English stage actor * Jamie Lomas (born 1975), English actor *

Kym Lomas Kimberley Gail Ratcliff (''née'' Marsh, previously Ryder and Lomas; born 13 June 1976) is an English actress, television presenter and singer. In 2001, she won a place in the band Hear'Say as a result of appearing on the reality television s ...

(born 1976), English actress and former singer *

Stanley Lomas Stanley A. Lomas (1913–2003) was a pioneer in television from 1948. He produced early televised college football games in 1948–49. Stan also produced numerous television commercials featuring celebrities, including many of the New York Yankee ...

(1913–2003), American television producer

Politics

Alf Lomas Alfred Lomas (30 April 1928 – 6 January 2021) was a British Labour politician who served as the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for London North East for its entire existence, from the first European election in 1979 to the reorganisa ...

(1928–2021), British politician * Kenneth Lomas (1922–2000), British Labour Party politician

Sport

* Anne Lomas (born 1953), New Zealand lawn bowls competitor * Arthur Lomas (1895–1924), New Zealand cricketer *

Bill Lomas Bill Lomas (8 March 1928 – 14 August 2007) was an English Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing, road racer. He was a two-time List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions by year, World Champion and a two-ti ...

(1928–2007), British motorcycle racer * Billy Lomas (1885–1976), British footballer *

Bryan Nickson Lomas Bryan Nickson Lomas (born 30 June 1990 in Kuching, Sarawak) is a former Malaysian diver. Lomas was the youngest Malaysian athlete to qualify for 2004 Summer Olympics when he was 14. He became the country's first world junior diving champion af ...

(born 1990), Malaysian diver *

Claire Lomas Claire Lomas (born 28 April 1980) is a British campaigner, fundraiser and former event rider. She became a paraplegic as a result of a riding accident in 2007. In 2012, she finished the 32nd Virgin London Marathon in 17 days using the ReWal ...

(born 1980), British campaigner, fundraiser and former event rider * Harry Lomas (born 1903, date of death unknown), English amateur footballer *

James Lomas (rugby league) James Lomas (26 August 1879 – 11 February 1960), also known by the nickname of "Jumbo", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, 1900s, 1910s and 1920s, and coached in the 1920s. three-quarter, and promine ...

(1879–1960), English rugby league footballer * Jamie Lomas (footballer) (born 1977), English footballer * John Lomas (cricketer) (1917–1945), English cricketer * Jonathan Lomas (born 1968), English golfer *

Lisa Lomas Lisa Jane Lomas-Bellinger ( Bellinger, born 9 March 1967) is a British former table tennis player. She competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. Career Lomas won a silver medal at the 1992 European Table Tennis Championships, losing to ...

(born 1967), British table tennis player *

Mark Lomas Mark Arnold Lomas (born June 8, 1948) is a former professional American football defensive lineman who played five seasons for the New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan ...

(born 1948), American football defensive lineman * Mark Lomas (cricketer) (born 1970), English cricketer *

Steve Lomas Stephen Martin Lomas (born 18 January 1974) is a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer. As a player, Lomas was a midfielder from 1991 to 2010. He had spells in the Premier League for both Manchester City and West Ha ...

(born 1974), Northern Irish professional football player * Tony Lomas (born 1945), British former motorcycle speedway rider

Other

* John Lomas (trade unionist) (1848–1933), New Zealand coalminer, trade unionist and public servant * Jonathan Lomas (researcher) (born 1952), British-Canadian health researcher * J. Keith Lomas, British businessman *

Robert Lomas Robert Lomas is a British writer, physicist and business studies academic. He writes primarily about the history of Freemasonry as well as the Neolithic period, ancient engineering, and archaeoastronomy. Career In engineering and business stu ...

(born 1947), British writer on Freemasonry and academic {{surname, Lomas English-language surnames