Dameron (surname)

Last updated March 23, 2019

Dameron or sometimes spelled Damron is a surname with the following notable people:

A surname, family name, or last name is the portion of a personal name that indicates a person's family. Depending on the culture, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations based on the cultural rules.

Tadd Dameron, noted jazz musician
Dick Damron, Canadian country music singer
Robert Damron, American professional golfer

Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron was an American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon called him the "romanticist" of the bop movement, while reviewer Scott Yanow wrote that Dameron was the "definitive arranger/composer of the bop era".

Dick Damron (born Joseph Glenn Damron, March 22, 1934 in Bentley, Alberta) is a Canadian country music singer, songwriter. Damron experimented with many musical styles in the country genre including: ‘Outlaw’, Rockabilly, Honkey Tonk, and Gospel. Over a recording career spanning 60 years he has recorded more than 25 albums, received numerous country music awards, and been inducted into the International Country Music Hall Of Fame, in Beaumont, Texas.

Robert Douglas Damron is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour. He is a studio analyst for the Golf Channel.

Fictional characters

Kes Dameron, a Rebel sergeant in the comic miniseries Star Wars: Shattered Empire
Poe Dameron, Kes' son and Resistance pilot in the sequel era of the Star Wars universe

The Alliance to Restore the Republic is a stateless interstellar coalition of revolutionary factions and pro-democratic republic clandestine cell systems in a resistance movement within the fictional universe of Star Wars.

Poe Dameron is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Introduced in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, he is portrayed by Oscar Isaac. Poe is an X-wing fighter pilot for the Resistance who inadvertently brings renegade stormtrooper Finn and Jakku scavenger Rey into battle against the sinister First Order. He is featured in The Force Awakens media and merchandising as well as an eponymous comic book series and the December 2017 sequel, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Isaac and the character have received positive reviews, with Poe being compared to the characterization of Han Solo in the original Star Wars film trilogy.

The Resistance is a fictional resistance movement and private paramilitary force led by General Leia Organa that opposes the First Order in the fictional universe of Star Wars. It is a splinter of the military of the New Republic and takes inspiration from the Rebel Alliance, which had established the democratic New Republic after its war with the Galactic Empire. Many of the senior officers of the Resistance also served in the Rebel Alliance thirty years prior, including General Organa and Admiral Ackbar, while some junior officers had parents who served in the Rebel Alliance, as is the case with Poe Dameron.

External links

The Dameron/Damron Family Association webpage

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