Beaumont (surname)

Beaumont, originally de Beaumont, is an English surname of Norman origin or a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Non fictional

• Beaumont, surname of early holders of the title Earl of Leicester
• Albanis Beaumont (1755–1812), English painter
• Antony Beaumont (born 1949), English and German musicologist, writer, conductor and violinist
• Betty Bentley Beaumont (1828–1892), British author and merchant
• Bill Beaumont (born 1952), English rugby union player and administrator
• Bryan Beaumont (1938–2005), Australian judge
• Callum Beaumont, Scottish bagpipe player
• Charles Beaumont (1929–1967), American writer
• Chevalier d'Eon (Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont), French diplomat and spy who lived his life as a woman
• Christopher Beaumont (born 1961), Australian painter
• Dudley Beaumont (1877–1918), British Army officer and painter, member of the ruling family of Sark
• Ephraim Beaumont (1834–1918), American politician
• Ermengarde de Beaumont (c. 1170–1233/34), Queen Consort of Scotland
• Francis Beaumont (disambiguation), several people
• Francis William Beaumont (1903–1941), member of the ruling family of Sark
• Frederick Beaumont (1833–1899), British colonel, engineer and inventor
• Geoffrey Beaumont (1903–1970), Anglican priest and monk
• George Beaumont (disambiguation), several people
• Ginger Beaumont (1876–1956), American Major League Baseball player
• Gustave de Beaumont (1802–1866), French writer, magistrate and prison reformer
• Harry Beaumont (1888–1966), American film director
• Henry de Beaumont (disambiguation), several people
• Hugh Beaumont (1909–1982), American actor
• Hughes de Beaumont (1874–1947), French artist
• Hugh Binkie Beaumont (1908–1973), British theatre impresario
• Jack Beaumont (disambiguation), several people
• Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont (1798–1874), French geologist
• Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711–1780), French novelist known for the most popular version of the story Beauty and the Beast
• Jimmy Beaumont (1940–2017), American singer of the doo-wop group The Skyliners
• John Beaumont (disambiguation), several people
• Joseph Beaumont (1616–1699), English clergyman, academic and poet
• Kathryn Beaumont (born 1938), British-American voice actress and school teacher
• Kenneth Macdonald Beaumont (1884–1965), British lawyer, officer, and figure skater
• Lewis Beaumont (disambiguation), several people
• Lucy Beaumont (actress) (1873–1937), English actress
• Lucy Beaumont (comedian) (born 1984), British actress, writer, and stand-up comedian
• Lyne Beaumont (born 1978), Canadian Olympic synchronized swimmer
• Marc Antoine de Beaumont (1763–1830), French cavalry general
• Marguerite de Beaumont (1899–1989), British Girl Guide leader, horse breeder, author and poet
• Mark Beaumont (cyclist) (born 1983), Scottish cyclist
• Mary Elizabeth Beaumont, better known as Mary Lawson (1910–1941), British actress who married Francis William Beaumont
• Matt Beaumont, British novelist
• Mona Beaumont (1927–2007), French–born American painter and printmaker
• Nigel Beaumont (born 1967), English footballer
• Percy Beaumont (1897–1967), English footballer
• Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (1049–1118), powerful English and French nobleman noted for his wisdom
• Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104–1168), Justiciar of England
• Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester (died 1190), English nobleman
• Roger de Beaumont (1015–1094), a seigneur of Normandy
• Roger de Beaumont (bishop) (died 1202)
• Roland Beamont, British fighter pilot of World War II, later a test pilot
• Scott Beaumont, English mountain bike racer
• Sibyl Mary Hathaway (1884–1974), 21st Seigneur of Sark, married to Dudley John Beaumont
• Simon Beaumont (born 1975), Australian rules footballer.
• Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (1928–2008), British politician and Anglican clergyman
• William Beaumont (1427–1453), lord of the manor of Shirwell in North Devon
• William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont (1438–1507), soldier and landowner
• William Beaumont (1785–1853), U.S. Army surgeon, the "Father of Gastric Physiology"
• William Comyns Beaumont (1873–1956), British journalist, author, and lecturer
• William Rawlins Beaumont (1803–1875), British-Canadian surgeon
• William Spencer Beaumont, British army officer and a member of the London County Council
• William Worby Beaumont (1848–1929), British automotive engineer and inventor
• The Beaumont children disappearance in Australia

Fictional

• Andrea Beaumont, aka the Phantasm, a DC Comics Batman villain
• David “Judge” Beaumont, the main protagonist and player controlled character in the video game Ready or Not. He is the leader of the LSPD SWAT unit.
• James Beaumont was a character on the TV Series Dallas in the 13th Season. He was the son of J.R. Ewing from his affair with Vanessa Beaumont in Vienna; he was born in 1967. James was raised in Europe with his mother and her husband who he believed to be his father until his mother told him that his true father was Texas oil baron J.R. Ewing.
• Jeffrey Beaumont, protagonist of the film Blue Velvet
• Remy Beaumont, a main character in the television series Ravenswood
  • Simon and Terry Beaumont, Remy's parents

See also

• House of Beaumont, an Anglo-Norman baronial family
• Beaumont (disambiguation)