Beaman (surname)

Beaman is thought to be either:

A surname of Norman origin from the English midlands. The name is an Anglicisation of the French Beaumont. It is claimed that English bearers of the name descended from Henry de Beaumont (died 1340).

Since it is a surname common in the Anglo-Welsh border regions, it has also been claimed that the surname is derived from 'ab Edmond' in the mid Anglo-Welsh border regions when surnames became more widely adopted prior to the 1500s. Historic evidence for this is provided by "Welsh Border Surnames from Ab Edmond" at

List of persons with the surname Beaman

 * Fernando Cortez Beaman, politician from Michigan during and after the American Civil War
 * Rear Admiral Gerald R. Beaman, US Navy commander
 * John Beaman, Alderney politician
 * Lori G. Beaman (born 1963), Canadian scholar of religion and law
 * Nathaniel Beaman, co-founder and president of the National Bank of Commerce of Norfolk, Virginia
 * Walter Beaman Jones, Jr, American Republican politician

List of persons with the surname Beman

 * Amos Beman (1812–1874), American preacher and abolitionist
 * Deane Beman, American professional golfer and golf administrator.
 * Jehiel Beman (1791–1858), African-American minister and abolitionist
 * Nathan Sidney Smith Beman (1785–1871), Fourth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 * Samuel S. Beman (1822-1882), American lawyer and politician
 * Solon Spencer Beman (1853–1914), American architect

List of persons with the surname Beeman

 * Edward E. Beeman, Inventor of Medicinal Chewing Gum
 * Ellen Guon Beeman, American fantasy and science fiction author
 * Greg Beeman, American director and producer
 * Jen Beeman, American fashion designer and patternmaker
 * Joseph H. Beeman, (1833–1909) U.S. Representative from Mississippi
 * Vanessa Beeman, Grand Bard of the Gorseth Kernow
 * William Orman Beeman, actor, author, singer, and professor of anthropology at The University of Minnesota