Amos (name)

Amos (Hebrew: עָמוֹס) is both a given name and a surname. It may refer to:

Given name

People

• Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888), American educator, father of American novelist Louisa May Alcott
• Amos E. Buss (1814–1872), American politician from Ohio
• Amos Dolbear (1837–1910), American inventor
• Amos Eiran, Israeli President of the University of Haifa
• Amos Ferguson (1920–2009), Bahamian folk artist
• Amos Frishman (born 1964), Israeli basketball player
• Amos Frumkin (born 1953), Israeli geologist
• Amos Gilad (1941–2010), Israeli Olympic runner
• Amos Grodzinowsky (born 1940), Israeli Olympic runner
• Amos Grunebaum (born 1950), obstetrician and gynecologist
• Amos Horev (born 1924), Israeli Major-General, nuclear scientist, and President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
• Amos E. Joel Jr. (1918–2008), American electrical engineer and inventor
• Amos Kairuz, birth name of Danny Thomas (1912–1991), American nightclub comedian and television and film actor and producer
• Amos Lapidot (1934–2019), Israeli fighter pilot, 10th commander of the Israeli Air Force, and President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
• Amos Lee (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
• Amos Magee (born 1971), American soccer player, coach, and front office
• Amos Mansdorf (born 1965), Israeli tennis player
• Amos Meller (1938–2007), Israeli composer and conductor
• Amos Miller (c. 1865–1888), lynching victim
• Amos O'Neal (born 1961), American politician
• Amos Oz (1939–2018), Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
• Amos Shapira (born 1949), Israeli former president of El Al Airlines, Cellcom, and the University of Haifa
• Amos Urban Shirk (1890?–1956), American businessman, author and reader of encyclopedias
• Amos Singletary (1721–1806), American mill operator, lawyer, Anti-Federalist
• Amos Tversky (1937–1996), Israeli pioneer of cognitive science
• Amos Zereoué (born 1976), American football player
• Amos Gitai (born 1950), Israeli film director
• Amos Yadlin (born 1951), former Israeli Air Force general
• Amos Yarkoni (1920–1991), Arab Israeli officer in the Israel Defense Forces
• Amos Yee (born 1998), Singaporean convicted sex offender and former blogger, YouTuber and child actor.

Religious figures

• Amos (prophet), one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible
• Amos, son of Nephi and his son Amos, son of Amos, two minor figures in the Book of Mormon
• Amos, son of Nahum, mentioned briefly in the Gospel of Luke

Fictional characters

• Amos Burke, title character of Burke's Law, a 1960s American television series
• Amos Burton, one of the main characters in the fictional universe of The Expanse (novel series). He serves as the mechanic and general muscle of the protagonists' ship, the Rocinante.
• Amos Diggory, fictional character in the Harry Potter books and films
• Amos Jones, a title character of Amos 'n' Andy, an American radio show from the 1920s to the 1950s
• Amos Moses, title character of the 1970 single by Jerry Reed
• Amos Tupper, the original sheriff on the 1980s American TV series Murder, She Wrote
• Amos Slade, fictional character in The Fox and the Hound
• Amos Voll, A suspect in Ready or Not.

Nickname

• Amos Martin (born 1949), American former National Football League player

Surname

• Alf Amos (1893–1959), English footballer
• Ben Amos (born 1990), English football goalkeeper
• Bruce Amos (born 1946), Canadian chess player
• Dan Amos (born 1951), chief executive officer of insurer Aflac
• Danny Amos (born 1987), South African born-Israeli association football player
• Emma Amos (disambiguation), multiple people
• Frederick T. Amos, American politician
• Hallam Amos (born 1994), Welsh rugby player
• Henry B. Amos (1869–1946), Scottish activist and draper
• James F. Amos (born 1946), United States Marine Corps general
• Janet Amos (born 1944), Canadian actress, director, educator and playwright
• Jerome Amos Jr. (born 1954), American politician
• John Amos (born 1939), American actor
• Lowell Amos (1943–2022), American murderer
• Luke Amos (born 1997), English footballer
• Martin John Amos (born 1941), American Catholic Bishop
• Michael Amos (20th century), New Zealand swimmer
• Nathan Amos (born 1979), South African born-Israeli international rugby union player
• Ruth Amos (born 1989), British entrepreneur and inventor
• Stephen K. Amos (born 1967), English stand-up comedian
• Terri Utley née Amos (born 1962), American beauty queen and motivational speaker
• Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos, 1963), American pianist and singer-songwriter
• Wally Amos (born 1936), American entrepreneur, actor and book writer
• Walter Amos (1899–1967), English footballer
• Valerie Amos (born 1954), British peer

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