Lamar (surname)

Lamar, Lamarr or slight variations thereof is a surname of French origins.

Notable people with the name include:

• Adriana Lamar (1908–1946), Mexican film actress
• Ann Hannaford Lamar (born 1952), American judge, Mississippi Supreme Court associate justice
• Barbara La Marr (1896–1926), American actress
• Bill Lamar (1897–1970), American baseball player
• Bo Lamar (born 1951), American basketball player
• Burney Lamar (born 1980), American race car driver
• Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar (1825–1865), American businessman, investor in the second last slave ship to bring slaves to America and Confederate officer
• Chuck LaMar (born 1956), American baseball executive, first general manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Dave Lamar (born 1992), Filipino singer, songwriter, record producer, and director
• Dorothy Blount Lamar, conservative American activist
• Dequantes Lamar (born 1989), American rapper known professionally as Rich Homie Quan
• Gazaway Bugg Lamar (1798–1874), steamboat pioneer, Wall Street banker, Confederate supporter
• Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), Austrian actress and inventor
• Henry Lamar (American football) (1906–1985), American boxing and football coach
• Henry Graybill Lamar (1798–1861), American politician and judge
• Holly Lamar, American country music singer and songwriter
• Hortensia Lamar (1888–1967), Cuban feminist
• Howard R. Lamar (1923–2023), American historian
• J. Robert Lamar(1866–1923), American politician
• Jason Lamar (born 1978), American football player
• John Basil Lamar (1812–1878), American politician
• Joseph Rucker Lamar, (1857–1916), American judge, United States Supreme Court justice
• Kendrick Lamar (born 1987), American hip hop recording artist
• Leah Lamarr (born 1988), American comedian
• Lindsey Lamar (born 1990), American football player
• Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar I (1797–1834), American judge
• Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (1825–1893), American politician, United States Supreme Court justice
• Luke Lamar Short (born 1854), American Old West gunfighter, cowboy, U.S. Army scout, dispatch rider, gambler
• Mark Lamarr (born 1967), British comedian
• Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798–1859), Texan politician, second president of the Republic of Texas
• Phil LaMarr (born 1967), American comedian
• Tillie Lamar (1865–1891), American college football player
• Tre Lamar (born 1996), American football player
• William Bailey Lamar (1853–1928), American politician
• William H. Lamar (1853–1928), American lawyer and government officeholder

See also

• Justice Lamar (disambiguation)