Amos (name)

Amos (עָמוֹס) is both a given name and a surname. It may refer to:

People

 * Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888), American educator, father of American novelist Louisa May Alcott
 * Amos E. Buss (1814–1872), American politician from Ohio
 * Amos Dolbear (1837–1910), American inventor
 * Amos Eiran, Israeli President of the University of Haifa
 * Amos Ferguson (1920–2009), Bahamian folk artist
 * Amos Frishman (born 1964), Israeli basketball player
 * Amos Frumkin (born 1953), Israeli geologist
 * Amos Gilad (1941–2010), Israeli Olympic runner
 * Amos Grodzinowsky (born 1940), Israeli Olympic runner
 * Amos Grunebaum (born 1950), obstetrician and gynecologist
 * Amos Horev (born 1924), Israeli Major-General, nuclear scientist, and President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
 * Amos E. Joel Jr. (1918–2008), American electrical engineer and inventor
 * Amos Kairuz, birth name of Danny Thomas (1912–1991), American nightclub comedian and television and film actor and producer
 * Amos Lapidot (1934–2019), Israeli fighter pilot, 10th commander of the Israeli Air Force, and President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
 * Amos Lee (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
 * Amos Magee (born 1971), American soccer player, coach, and front office
 * Amos Mansdorf (born 1965), Israeli tennis player
 * Amos Meller (1938–2007), Israeli composer and conductor
 * Amos Miller (c. 1865–1888), lynching victim
 * Amos O'Neal (born 1961), American politician
 * Amos Oz (1939–2018), Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
 * Amos Shapira (born 1949), Israeli former president of El Al Airlines, Cellcom, and the University of Haifa
 * Amos Urban Shirk (1890?–1956), American businessman, author and reader of encyclopedias
 * Amos Singletary (1721–1806), American mill operator, lawyer, Anti-Federalist
 * Amos Tversky (1937–1996), Israeli pioneer of cognitive science
 * Amos Zereoué (born 1976), American football player
 * Amos Gitai (born 1950), Israeli film director
 * Amos Yadlin (born 1951), former Israeli Air Force general
 * Amos Yarkoni (1920–1991), Arab Israeli officer in the Israel Defense Forces
 * Amos Yee (born 1998), Singaporean convicted sex offender and former blogger, YouTuber and child actor.

Religious figures

 * Amos (prophet), one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible
 * Amos, son of Nephi and his son Amos, son of Amos, two minor figures in the Book of Mormon
 * Amos, son of Nahum, mentioned briefly in the Gospel of Luke

Fictional characters

 * Amos Burke, title character of Burke's Law, a 1960s American television series
 * Amos Burton, one of the main characters in the fictional universe of The Expanse (novel series). He serves as the mechanic and general muscle of the protagonists' ship, the Rocinante.
 * Amos Diggory, fictional character in the Harry Potter books and films
 * Amos Jones, a title character of Amos 'n' Andy, an American radio show from the 1920s to the 1950s
 * Amos Moses, title character of the 1970 single by Jerry Reed
 * Amos Tupper, the original sheriff on the 1980s American TV series Murder, She Wrote
 * Amos Slade, fictional character in The Fox and the Hound
 * Amos Voll, A suspect in Ready or Not.

Nickname

 * Amos Martin (born 1949), American former National Football League player

Surname

 * Alf Amos (1893–1959), English footballer
 * Ben Amos (born 1990), English football goalkeeper
 * Bruce Amos (born 1946), Canadian chess player
 * Dan Amos (born 1951), chief executive officer of insurer Aflac
 * Danny Amos (born 1987), South African born-Israeli association football player
 * Emma Amos (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Frederick T. Amos, American politician
 * Hallam Amos (born 1994), Welsh rugby player
 * Henry B. Amos (1869–1946), Scottish activist and draper
 * James F. Amos (born 1946), United States Marine Corps general
 * Janet Amos (born 1944), Canadian actress, director, educator and playwright
 * Jerome Amos Jr. (born 1954), American politician
 * John Amos (born 1939), American actor
 * Lowell Amos (1943–2022), American murderer
 * Luke Amos (born 1997), English footballer
 * Martin John Amos (born 1941), American Catholic Bishop
 * Michael Amos (20th century), New Zealand swimmer
 * Nathan Amos (born 1979), South African born-Israeli international rugby union player
 * Ruth Amos (born 1989), British entrepreneur and inventor
 * Stephen K. Amos (born 1967), English stand-up comedian
 * Terri Utley née Amos (born 1962), American beauty queen and motivational speaker
 * Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos, 1963), American pianist and singer-songwriter
 * Wally Amos (born 1936), American entrepreneur, actor and book writer
 * Walter Amos (1899–1967), English footballer
 * Valerie Amos (born 1954), British peer