Lamar (surname)

Lamar, Lamarr or slight variations thereof is a surname of French origins.

Notable people with the name include:


 * Adriana Lamar (1908–1946), Mexican film actress
 * Ann Hannaford Lamar (born 1952), American judge, Mississippi Supreme Court associate justice
 * Barbara La Marr (1896–1926), American actress
 * Bill Lamar (1897–1970), American baseball player
 * Bo Lamar (born 1951), American basketball player
 * Burney Lamar (born 1980), American race car driver
 * Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar (1825–1865), American businessman, investor in the second last slave ship to bring slaves to America and Confederate officer
 * Chuck LaMar (born 1956), American baseball executive, first general manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 * Dave Lamar (born 1992), Filipino singer, songwriter, record producer, and director
 * Dorothy Blount Lamar, conservative American activist
 * Dequantes Lamar (born 1989), American rapper known professionally as Rich Homie Quan
 * Gazaway Bugg Lamar (1798–1874), steamboat pioneer, Wall Street banker, Confederate supporter
 * Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), Austrian actress and inventor
 * Henry Lamar (American football) (1906–1985), American boxing and football coach
 * Henry Graybill Lamar (1798–1861), American politician and judge
 * Holly Lamar, American country music singer and songwriter
 * Howard R. Lamar (1923–2023), American historian
 * J. Robert Lamar(1866–1923), American politician
 * Jason Lamar (born 1978), American football player
 * John Basil Lamar (1812–1878), American politician
 * Joseph Rucker Lamar, (1857–1916), American judge, United States Supreme Court justice
 * Kendrick Lamar (born 1987), American hip hop recording artist
 * Leah Lamarr (born 1988), American comedian
 * Lindsey Lamar (born 1990), American football player
 * Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar I (1797–1834), American judge
 * Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (1825–1893), American politician, United States Supreme Court justice
 * Luke Lamar Short (born 1854), American Old West gunfighter, cowboy, U.S. Army scout, dispatch rider, gambler
 * Mark Lamarr (born 1967), British comedian
 * Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798–1859), Texan politician, second president of the Republic of Texas
 * Phil LaMarr (born 1967), American comedian
 * Tillie Lamar (1865–1891), American college football player
 * Tre Lamar (born 1996), American football player
 * William Bailey Lamar (1853–1928), American politician
 * William H. Lamar (1853–1928), American lawyer and government officeholder