Lomax is a surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include: *

Alan Lomax Alan Lomax (; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century. He was also a musician himself, as well as a folklorist, archivist, writer, sch ...

(1915–2002), American musicologist, son of John Avery Lomax *

Bess Lomax Hawes Bess Lomax Hawes (January 21, 1921 – November 27, 2009) was an American folk musician, folklorist, and researcher. She was the daughter of John Avery Lomax and Bess Bauman-Brown Lomax, and the sister of Alan Lomax and John Lomax Jr. Early ...

(1921–2009), American folklorist and folk musician, sister of Alan *

Cathy Lomax Cathy Lomax (born 1963) is a London artist, curator and director of the Transition Gallery. She is mainly known for her figurative paintings which often focus on the female image and are inspired by 'the seductive imagery of film, fame and fa ...

(born 1963), London artist *

David Lomax David Walter Lomax (born 21 September 1970) is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former player who represented New Zealand. He is the brother of another international, John Lomax. Early years Lomax grew up playing rugby league for the Wainui ...

(1938–2014), British television reporter *

(born 1970), New Zealand rugby league footballer *

Eric Lomax Eric Sutherland Lomax (30 May 1919 – 8 October 2012) was a British Army officer who was sent to a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in 1942. He is most notable for his book, '' The Railway Man'', about his experiences before, during, and after Wor ...

(1919–2012), British Army officer, author of ''The Railway Man'' * Geoff Lomax (1925–1992), English cricketer *

Ian Lomax Ian Raymond Lomax (30 July 1931 – 31 July 1996) played cricket for more than 20 years for Wiltshire in the Minor Counties and latterly in List A cricket, and also played in first-class matches for a variety of amateur sides, including the Fre ...

(1931–1996), English cricketer and racehorse trainer * Jack Lomax (disambiguation), multiple people *

Jackie Lomax John Richard Lomax (10 May 1944 – 15 September 2013) was an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his association with George Harrison, who produced Lomax's recordings for the Beatles' Apple record label in the late 1 ...

(1944–2013), English singer-songwriter and guitarist *

Jane Lomax-Smith Jane Diane Lomax-Smith, AM (born 19 June 1950, in the United Kingdom) is an Australian politician and histopathologist who has been the Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide since 14 November 2022. She was previously in local government for nine ...

(born 1950), Australian politician * James Lomax, member of the Alabama House of Representatives * Jerrold E. Lomax (1927–2014), American architect * John Lomax (disambiguation), multiple people *

Judith Lomax Judith Lomax (September 25, 1774 – January 19, 1828) was an American poet and religious writer. She was the first woman in Virginia to publish a volume of poetry entirely her own. Early years Little is known of Lomax's early life save that she ...

(1774–1828), American poet and religious writer *

Kelvin Lomax Kelvin Lomax, or Kelvin Trippier, (born 12 November 1986) is an English footballer. He plays as a defender. He started his career in the youth team at Oldham Athletic before working his way through to the first team. He went on loan spells with ...

(born 1986), English footballer *

Lunsford L. Lomax Lunsford Lindsay Lomax (November 4, 1835 – May 28, 1913) was the fourth president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and an officer in the United States Army who resigned his commission to join the Confederate Army at the outbr ...

(1835–1913), American Civil War general *

Michael Lomax Michael Lucius Lomax (born October 2, 1947 in Los Angeles, California) has, since 2004, served as the president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund of the United States. Biography Lomax taught literature at Morehouse Col ...

(born 1947), American educator and philanthropist * Michael Trappes-Lomax (1900–1972), English poet, soldier, and historian *

Neil Lomax Neil Vincent Lomax (born February 17, 1959) is a former American football quarterback who played his entire professional career for the St. Louis / Phoenix Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Portland S ...

(born 1959), American football quarterback *

Rachel Lomax Janis Rachel Lomax (born 15 July 1945) is a British economist, banker, and former government official who served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, sitting on the Monetary Policy Committee from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2008. Early life Lom ...

(born 1945), British economist and former government official *

Ruby Terrill Lomax Ruby Terrill Lomax (1886 – December 28, 1961) was an American educator and folklorist, who worked with her husband John A. Lomax to collect American folk songs, campaigned for women's education, and was Dean of Women at University of Texas at ...

(1886–1961), American musicologist and wife of John Avery Lomax *

Samuel Lomax Lieutenant General Samuel Holt Lomax (2 August 1855 – 10 April 1915) was a British Army officer who commanded the 1st Division during the early battles of the First World War. He was fatally wounded in action in October 1914 at the First Batt ...

(1855–1915), British First World War general * Scott Lomax (born 1982), writer and justice campaigner * Tom Lomax (born 1945), English sculptor * Vernon Lomax Smith (born 1927), American professor of business economics and law, Nobel laureate * Walter P. Lomax Jr. (1932–2013), American physician and entrepreneur Fictional characters * Bernie Lomax, antagonist in the film ''

Weekend at Bernie's ''Weekend at Bernie's'' is a 1989 American black comedy film directed by Ted Kotcheff and written by Robert Klane, loosely based on the 1959 novella ''The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell'' by Jorge Amado. The film stars Andrew McCarthy and Jona ...

'' * Byron Lomax, alien in human form in ''The Outer Limits'' episode

O.B.I.T. "O.B.I.T." is an episode of the original '' The Outer Limits'' television show. It first aired on 4 November 1963, during the first season. Introduction A new device, the O.B.I.T. machine, allows the observation of anyone, anywhere, at any tim ...

* Dottie Lomax, in "The Adventure of the Wary Witness," an episode of the 1970s television series ''

Ellery Queen Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1929 by American crime fiction writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee and the name of their main fictional character, a mystery writer in New York City who helps his police inspector father solve ...

'' * Eddie Lomax, played by

Gary Busey Gary Busey (; born 1944) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Buddy Holly in ''The Buddy Holly Story'' (1978), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the National Society of Film Critics ...

in the 1993 film ''The Firm'' * Freddy Lomax, played by

Jake Busey William Jacob Busey is an American actor. Among his most prominent roles have been serial killer Johnny Bartlett in 1996's ''The Frighteners'', Ace Levy in 1997's ''Starship Troopers'', Kyle Brenner in 2001's '' Tomcats'', Aiden Tanner in the 20 ...

in Season 4 of the television series ''

Mr. Robot ''Mr. Robot'' is an American drama thriller television series created by Sam Esmail for USA Network. It stars Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker with social anxiety disorder, clinical depression and dissociative ...

'' * Hollis Lomax, Williams Stoner's nemesis in the novel '' Stoner'' by John Williams * Kevin Lomax, protagonist in the film '' The Devil's Advocate'' * Lomax, Joseph William and Rob, in the 1998 film ''

Mercury Rising ''Mercury Rising'' is a 1998 American action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin. Directed by Harold Becker, the movie is based on Ryne Douglas Pearson's 1996 novel originally published as ''Simple Simon'', which was the worki ...

'' * Lomax the Sublibrarian for the London Library in the Sherlock Holmes story "

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" (1924) is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and one of the 12 stories collected as ''The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes'' (1927). It was first p ...

" * Lomax (no first name given), played by

Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Do ...

in the film ''

The War Wagon ''The War Wagon'' is a 1967 American Western (genre), Western heist film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas. Released by Universal Pictures, it was produced by Marvin John Schwartz, Marvin Schwartz and adapted by ...

'' * Lomax (no first name given), played by

Benedict Wong Benedict Wong (born 3 July 1971) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Kublai Khan in Netflix's ''Marco Polo'' (2014–2016), Bruce Ng in '' The Martian'' (2015), and Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since ''Doctor Strange'' (2 ...

in the film ''Annihilation'' * Mrs. Lomax, the school librarian in ''The Map Trap'' by

Andrew Clements Andrew Elborn Clements (May 29, 1949 – November 28, 2019) was an American author of children's literature. His debut novel ''Frindle'' won an award determined by the vote of U.S. schoolchildren in about 20 different U.S. states. In June 2015, ...

* Oscar Lomax, blind millionaire from Ilkley in the TV Series ''

Psychoville ''Psychoville'' is a British psychological horror- thriller black comedy mystery television series created and written by and starring ''The League of Gentlemen'' members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton for the BBC. It debuted on BBC Two o ...

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Peri Lomax Peri Lomax is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. She is played by Ruby O'Donnell, who made her first screen appearance on 4 October 2013. Storylines Peri arrives with mother Sam (Lizzie Roper) to surprise ...

, in ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...

'' *

Vera Lomax ''Coronation Street'' is a British television soap opera/serial, initially produced by Granada Television. Created by screenwriter Tony Warren, ''Coronation Street'' first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of charact ...

, daughter of ''Coronation Street'' character

Ena Sharples Ena Sharples (née Schofield) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'', played by Violet Carson. She appeared in the first-ever episode, broadcast on 9 December 1960, and stayed with the show until 2 April ...

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