Amasa (given name)

Amasa is a masculine given name, and sometimes a middle name. Notable people with this name include:

As a given name

 * Amasa or Amessai, a commander and minor biblical figure mentioned in 2 Samuel
 * Amasa, son of Hadlai, another minor biblical figure during the reign of King Ahaz, mentioned in 2 Chronicles
 * Amasa Cobb (1823 – 1905), an American politician and judge in the Nebraska Supreme Court
 * Amasa Coleman Lee (1880 – 1962), an American newspaper editor, Alabama state politician, and lawyer
 * Amasa Converse (1795 – 1872), an American Presbyterian minister and newspaper editor
 * Amasa Dana (1792 – 1867), an American politician
 * Amasa Delano (1763 – 1823), an American mariner and author
 * Amasa E. Killam (1834 – 1922), a Canadian provincial politician from New Brunswick
 * Amasa Eaton (1841 – 1914), an American lawyer and Rhode Island state politician
 * Amasa Hewins (1795 – 1855), an American painter
 * Amasa Holcomb (1787 – 1875), an American astronomer
 * Amasa J. Parker Jr. (1843 – 1938), an American state politician from New York State and major general
 * Amasa J. Parker (1807 – 1890), an American attorney, politician, and judge
 * Amasa Learned (1750 – 1825), an American preacher, lawyer, and politician
 * Amasa Leland Stanford (1824 – 1893), an American businessman and California Republican Party politician
 * Amasa Lyman (1813 – 1877), an American and early leader of the Latter Day Saints
 * Amasa Nichols (1773 – 1849), an American industrialistAmasa Norcross.png
 * Amasa Norcross (1824 – 1898), an American politician
 * Amasa Sprague Jr. (1828 – 1902), an American businessman and politician
 * Amasa Sprague (1798 – 1843), an American businessman, politician, and murder victim
 * Amasa Stone Bishop (1921 – 1997), an American nuclear physicist
 * Amasa Stone (1818 – 1883), an American industrialist
 * Amasa Tracy (1829 – 1908), an American army officer
 * Amasa Walker (1799 – 1875), an American economist and U.S. Representative

As a middle name

 * Francis Amasa Walker (1840 – 1897), an American soldier, teacher, writer, economist, statistician, and MIT president
 * Edwards Amasa Park (1808 – 1900), an American theologian
 * James Amasa Clough (1850 – 1917), an American architect and carpenter
 * Melville Amasa Scovell (1855 – 1912), an American agriculture academic
 * William Amasa Scott (1862 – 1944), an American economist
 * Joseph Amasa Munk (1847 – 1927), an American physician and author