Loomis (surname)

Loomis is an English language surname. Notable people and characters with the name include:

People

 * Alfred Loomis (disambiguation), several people
 * Andrew Loomis (1892–1959), illustrator
 * Arphaxed Loomis (1798–1885), American politician
 * Bernard Loomis (1923–2006), American toy inventor/marketer
 * Charles Battell Loomis (1861–1911), American author
 * Chauncey Loomis (ca. 1783–1817), New York politician
 * Chester Loomis (1789–1873), New York politician
 * Clinton "Fear" Loomis (born 1988), professional Dota gamer
 * David B. Loomis (1817–1897), American politician
 * Dwight Loomis (1821–1903), American politician
 * Eben Jenks Loomis (1828–1912), American astronomer
 * Edward Eugene Loomis (1864–1937), president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
 * Elias Loomis (1811–1889), American mathematician
 * Elisha Scott Loomis (1852–1940), American teacher, mathematician, genealogist, writer and engineer
 * Evarts G. Loomis (1910–2003), American physician
 * Francis Loomis (disambiguation), several people
 * Frank Loomis (1896–1971), American athlete
 * Frederic Brewster Loomis, American paleontologist
 * Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis (1870–1937), Canadian major-general
 * Gustavus Loomis (1789–1872), American soldier
 * Hamilton Loomis (born 1975), American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer
 * Harold F. Loomis (1896–1972), American botanist and millipede taxonomist
 * Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865-1930), American composer
 * Henry Loomis (1919-2008), American businessman
 * James H. Loomis (1823–1914), New York politician
 * Jeff Loomis (born 1971), guitarist
 * John Mason Loomis (1825-1900), American businessman
 * John Q. Loomis (c. 1824–1869), Confederate Army officer
 * Jon Loomis (born 1959), American writer
 * Laura Hibbard Loomis (1883–1960), American literary scholar
 * Louise Ropes Loomis (1874–1958), American historian
 * Lynn Harold Loomis (1915–1994), American mathematician
 * Mabel Loomis Todd (1856–1932), born Mabel Loomis, American writer
 * Mahlon Loomis (1826–1886), American inventor, pioneer of radio telegraphy, said to have invented the wireless radio
 * Mickey Loomis, General Manager of the New Orleans Saints football franchise
 * Nancy Loomis, stage name of American actress Nancy Kyes (born 1949)
 * Noel Loomis (1905–1969), American writer of fiction and history
 * Orland Steen Loomis (1893–1942), Governor-elect of Wisconsin
 * Rick Loomis, American game designer
 * Rick Loomis (photojournalist) (born 1969), American photojournalist
 * Robbie Loomis (born 1964), American NASCAR crew chief
 * Robert Loomis (1926–2020), American editor
 * Roger Sherman Loomis (1887–1966), American academic
 * Roland Loomis (1930–2018), father of the modern primitive movement
 * Samuel Loomis (disambiguation), several people
 * Silas Laurence Loomis (1822–1896), American scientist and educator
 * Stanley Loomis, American writer of French history

Fictional characters

 * Sam Loomis, a character in the Psycho franchise
 * Peggy Loomis, a character in the film The Town That Dreaded Sundown
 * Dr. Samuel Loomis, a character in the Halloween film series
 * Willie Loomis, a character in the Dark Shadows television series
 * Billy Loomis, a character in the first Scream movie
 * Oswald Loomis, Superman villain the Prankster