Beaman is a surname thought to be either:
* A
surname
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of
Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 9th and 10th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norma ...
origin from the
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Culture, language and peoples
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
* ''English'', an Amish ter ...
midlands. The name is an Anglicisation of the French ''Beaumont''. It is claimed that English bearers of the name descended from
Henry de Beaumont
Henry de Beaumont (before 1280 – 10 March 1340), ''jure uxoris'' 4th Earl of Buchan and ''suo jure'' 1st Baron Beaumont, was a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish In ...
(1280–1340).
* A surname derived from 'ab Edmond' in the mid
Anglo-Welsh border
Welsh writing in English, (previously Anglo-Welsh literature) is a term used to describe works written in the English language by Welsh writers.
The term 'Anglo-Welsh' replaced an earlier attempt to define this category of writing as 'Anglo- ...
regions when surnames became more widely adopted prior to the 1500s. Historic evidence for this is provided by "Welsh Border Surnames from Ab Edmond."
List of persons with the surname Beaman
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Fernando C. Beaman (1814–1882), American politician
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Gerald R. Beaman (born 1952), United States Navy commander
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Gamaliel Waldo Beaman (1852–1937), American painter
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John Beaman (born 1951), British politician
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Lori G. Beaman (born 1963), Canadian scholar of religion and law
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Nathaniel Beaman, co-founder and president of the National Bank of Commerce of Norfolk, Virginia
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Walter B. Jones Jr. (1943–2019), American politician
List of persons with the surname Beman
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Amos Beman
Amos Gerry Beman (1812-1872) was a 19th-century African American pastor and social activist from Connecticut. He was a prominent African American abolitionist.
Early life
Beman was born in Colchester, Connecticut, and later moved to Middletown, C ...
(1812–1874), American preacher and abolitionist
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Deane Beman
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Deane R. Beman (born April 22, 1938) is an American professional golfer, golf administrator. He was the second commissioner of the PGA Tour, serving from 1974 to 1994.
Early life
Beman was born in Washington, D.C.. He attended the University o ...
(born 1938), American
professional golfer
A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...
and golf administrator.
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Jehiel Beman (1791–1858), African-American minister and abolitionist
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Nathan Sidney Smith Beman (1785–1871), president of
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (; RPI) is a private university, private research university in Troy, New York, United States. It is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world and the Western Hemisphere. It was establishe ...
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Samuel S. Beman (1822–1882), American lawyer and politician
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Solon Spencer Beman
Solon Spencer Beman (October 1, 1853 – April 23, 1914) was an American architect based in Chicago, Illinois and best known as the architect of the Urban planning, planned Pullman, Chicago, Pullman community and adjacent Pullman Company factory ...
(1853–1914), American architect
List of persons with the surname Beeman
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Edward E. Beeman, inventor of Medicinal Chewing Gum
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Ellen Beeman, American fantasy and
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
author
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Greg Beeman
Greg Beeman (born 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American film and television director and producer and winner of the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement.
He is known for his work on the television series ' ...
, American director and producer
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Jen Beeman, American fashion designer and patternmaker
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Joseph H. Beeman
Joseph Henry Beeman (November 17, 1833 – July 31, 1909) was an American educator and slave owner and officer in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He later served a term as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1891 to 189 ...
(1833–1909), U.S. Representative from
Mississippi
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*Vanessa Beeman,
Grand Bard
Gorsedh Kernow (Cornish Gorsedd) is a non-political Cornish organisation, based in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall. It is based on the Welsh-based Gorsedd, which was founded by Iolo Mor ...
of the
Gorseth Kernow
Gorsedh Kernow (Cornish Gorsedd) is a non-political Cornish organisation, based in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall. It is based on the Welsh-based Gorsedd, which was founded by Iolo Mo ...
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William O. Beeman, American anthropologist
See also
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Beamon (disambiguation)
References
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Surnames of Norman origin
Surnames of British Isles origin