Bumpus is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*
Cornelius Bumpus
Cornelius Bumpus (May 7, 1945 – February 3, 2004) was an American woodwind, brass and keyboard player and vocalist from Santa Cruz, California.
Biography
Bumpus began his musical career playing alto saxophone at ten for his school band, and b ...
(1945–2004), American musician
*
Earl Bumpus
Earl Bumpus (April 14, 1914 – May 1985) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played professionally from 1944 to 1948 with the Birmingham Black Barons, Kansas City Monarchs, and the Chicago American Giants
The Chicago Am ...
(1914–1985), American baseball player
*
Hermon Carey Bumpus
Hermon Carey Bumpus (May 5, 1862 – June 21, 1943) was an American biologist, museum director, and the fifth president of Tufts College (later Tufts University).
Early life and education
Hermon Carey Bumpus was born in Buckfield, Maine in 1 ...
(1862–1943), American college administrator
* Judith Bumpus (1939–2010), British radio producer
*Mary Bumpus, the real name of
Frances Allitsen
Mary Frances Allitsen (30 December 1848 – 1 October 1912), born Mary Frances Bumpus was an England, English composer. One of her most popular songs is a setting of Psalm 27, "The Lord is My Light".Michael Bumpus (born 1985), American football player
*
Namandjé Bumpus
Namandjé N. Bumpus is an American pharmacologist who served as the Principal Deputy Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. She was previously director of the department of pharmacology and molecular sciences at Johns Hopkins Universi ...
, American pharmacologist
*
Bumpus Jones
Charles Leander "Bumpus" Jones (January 1, 1870 – June 25, 1938) was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants.
Early life
He was born in Cedarville, Ohio. Newsp ...
(1870–1938), American baseball player
Fictional characters
*The Bumpuses, unseen family in the book ''
A Christmas Story
''A Christmas Story'' is a 1983 Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on the 1966 book '' In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash'' by Jean Shepherd, with some elements from his 1971 book ''Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories ...
''
*Conroy Bumpus, a character in ''
Sam & Max Hit the Road
''Sam & Max Hit the Road'' is a graphic adventure video game released by LucasArts during the company's LucasArts adventure games, adventure games era. The game was originally released for MS-DOS in 1993 and for Mac OS in 1995. A 2002 re-release ...