Hamlet (name)

Hamlet is both a masculine given name and a surname. Derivative versions of the name are Gamlet (Гамлет), Hamnet in English, and Hamelin in French.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Hamlet Barrientos (born 1978), Bolivian footballer
 * Hamlet Gonashvili (1928–1985), Georgian singer
 * Hamlet Handley, English footballer
 * Hamlet Isakhanli (born 1948), Azerbaijani mathematician and writer
 * Hamlet Manukyan (born 2007), Armenian artistic gymnast
 * Hamlet Mkhitaryan (footballer, born 1973), Armenian footballer
 * Hamlet Mkhitaryan (footballer, born 1962), Armenian Soviet footballer
 * Hamlet Watling (1818–1908), English antiquarian
 * Hamlet Winstanley (1698–1756), English painter and engraver
 * Gamlet Siukayev, (born 1981), Russian footballer

Surname

 * Douglas Hamlet (died 1995), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines murderer
 * Harry G. Hamlet (1874–1954), Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
 * Norm Hamlet, American guitarist

Fictional characters

 * Prince Hamlet, title character and protagonist of the William Shakespeare tragedy of the same name