Lamar (given name)

Lamar or Lamarr is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Lamar Alexander (born 1940), an American politician
• Lamar Alford (1944–1991),an American actor and singer
• LaMar Baker (1915–2003), American politician and businessman
• Lamar Campbell (American football) (born 1976), American retired National Football League player
• Lamar Campbell (musician) (born 1964), American gospel musician
• Lamar Chapman (born 1976), American former National Football League player
• Lamar Davis (1921–2014), American National Football League player
• Lamar Dodd (1909–1996), American painter
• Lamar Fisher, mayor of Pompano Beach, Florida, elected in 2007
• Lamar Fontaine (1829–1921), American military veteran, surveyor, poet and author
• Lamar Holmes (born 1989), American National Football League player
• Lamar Hoover (1887–1944), American college football player and coach
• Lamarr Houston (born 1987), American National Football League player
• LaMarr Hoyt (1955–2021), former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Lamar Hunt (1932–2006), American founder of several sports leagues, owner of various teams and sports promoter, member of several sports' halls of fame
• Lamar Jackson (born 1997), American football player
• Lamar Jackson (cornerback) (born 1998), American football player
• Lamar Johnson, American baseball player and coach
• Lamar Johnson (actor), Canadian actor and dancer
• Lamar King (born 1975), American retired National Football League player
• Lamar Lathon (born 1967), American retired National Football League player
• Lamar Lemmons, Jr., American politician
• Lamar Looney (1871–1935), American politician
• Lamar Lundy (1935–2007), American National Football League player
• Lamar McGriggs (born 1968), American retired National Football League and Canadian Football League player
• Lamar McHan (1932–1998), American National Football League quarterback
• Lamar Miller (born 1991), American National Football League player
• Lamar Neagle (born 1987), American Major League Soccer player
• Lamar Odom (born 1979), American National Basketball Association player
• Lamar Patterson (born 1991), American basketball player
• Lamar Powell (born 1993), English footballer
• Lamar Reynolds (born 1995), English footballer
• Lamar Rogers (born 1967), American retired National Football League player
• Lamar Skeeter, American basketball coach
• Lamar "Ditney" Smith (1892–1955), American civil rights activist murdered for registering Black people to vote
• Lamar Smith (born 1970), American retired National Football League player
• Lamar S. Smith (born 1947), American politician
• Lamar Stevens (born 1997), American basketball player
• Lamar Trotti (1900–1952), American movie screenwriter, producer and executive
• Lamar Williams (1949–1983), American musician, bassist for The Allman Brothers Band
• Lamarr Wilson (1977–2025), American YouTuber
• LaMarr Woodley (born 1984), American National Football League player

See also

• J. Lamar Worzel (1919–2008), American geophysicist
• M. Lamar Keene (1936-1996), American self-confessed fraudulent spirit medium
• V. Lamar Gudger (1919–2004), American politician