Dumont (surname)

Dumont is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adèle Dumont d'Urville (1798–1842), wife of Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named Adélie Land after her
• Allen B. DuMont (1901–1965), American inventor, industrialist, and pioneer in the early years of television
• André Dumont (geologist) (1809–1857), Belgian geologist
• André Dumont (cyclist) (1903–1994), French racing cyclist
• André Dumont (politician) (1764–1838), French parliamentarian
• Annick Dumont (born 1962), French figure skating coach
• Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, known as Auguste Dumont (1801–1884), French sculptor
• Bernard Dumont (1927–1974), Canadian politician
• Bernard Dumont (fencer) (born 1946), French fencer
• Bruce DuMont (born 1944), American broadcaster and political analyst
• Bruno Dumont (born 1958), French motion picture director (of polemic La Vie de Jésus fame)
• Casey Dumont (born 1992), Australian international soccer player
• Charles Dumont (politician) (1867–1939), French politician
• Charles Dumont (singer) (born 1929), French singer and composer
• Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix (1758–1830), French zoologist
• Christian Dumont (1963–2021), French biathlete
• Christian Dumont (cyclist) (born 1956), Belgian cyclist
• Dawn Dumont, Canadian Cree writer
• Delree Dumont (fl. early 21st century), Canadian Cree artist
• Denise Dumont (born 1955), Brazilian actress
• Domenique Dumont (fl. early 21st century), Latvian music producer
• Duke Dumont, stage name of Adam George Dyment (fl. early 21st century), British DJ
• Ebenezer Dumont (1814–1871), U.S. Representative from Indiana; general in the Union Army during the American Civil War
• Edme Dumont (1720–1775), French sculptor
• Edward C. DuMont (born 1961), American attorney, a former Solicitor General of California
• Eleanor Dumont (1829–1879), American gambler during the California Gold Rush
• Emma Dumont (born 1994), American actress, model, and dancer
• Éric Dumont (sailor) (born 1961), French yachtsman
• Éric Dumont-Baltet (fl. early 21st century), French horticulturalist and nursery gardener
• Étienne Dumont (1759–1829), Swiss French political writer
• Fernand Dumont (1927–1997), Canadian sociologist, poet and writer
• François Dumont (painter) (1751–1831), French painter of portrait miniatures
• François Dumont (pianist) (born 1985), French classical pianist
• François Dumont (sculptor) (1688–1729), French sculptor
• Frank Dumont (1848–1919), American minstrel show performer and manager
• Franz Dumont (1945–2012), German historian
• Gabriel Dumont (ice hockey) (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
• Gabriel Dumont (Métis leader) (1837–1906), Canadian indigenous leader of the Métis people
• Gaston Dumont (1932–1978), Luxembourgian cyclist
• George Dumont (1895–1956), American baseball pitcher
• Georges Dumont (1898–1966), Canadian physician and political figure
• Guillaume Dumont (1889–?), Belgian sculptor
• Guillaume Coutu Dumont (fl. early 21st century), Canadian electronic musician
• Guylaine Dumont (born 1967), Canadian beach volleyball player
• Henri Dumont (1610–1684), French musician and composer
• Henrique Dumont (1832–1892), Brazilian engineer and coffee farmer
• Ivy Dumont (born 1930), governor-general of the Bahamas
• Jacques-Edme Dumont (1761–1844), French sculptor
• Jean Dumont (cyclist) (born 1943), French road bicycle racer
• Jean Dumont (historian) (1923–2001), French historian and publisher
• Jean Dumont (politician) (1930–2021), French politician
• Jean Dumont (publicist) (1667–1727), French writer and historian
• Jean Dumont (wrestler) (1886–?), Belgian Greco-Roman wrestler
• Jean-Louis Dumont (born 1944), French politician
• Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian professional ice hockey forward
• José Dumont (born 1950), Brazilian TV and movie actor
• Joseph Dumont (1847–1912), Canadian merchant and political figure
• Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790–1842), French naval officer and explorer
• Julia Louisa Dumont (1794–1857), American educator and writer
• Julius du Mont (1881–1956), French chess writer
• Laurence Dumont (born 1958), French politician
• Léon Dumont (1837–1877), French psychologist and philosopher
• Lionel Dumont (born 1971), French former soldier and imprisoned terrorist
• Louis Dumont (1911–1998), French anthropologist
• Louis Dumont (ice hockey) (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player
• Louise Dumont (1862–1932), German actress and theater director
• Lucille Dumont (1919–2016), Canadian singer and radio and television host
• Marcel Dumont (1885–1951), French film director
• Margaret Dumont (1882–1965), American actress
• Marie-Alice Dumont (1892–1985), Canadian photographer
• Marilyn Dumont (born 1955), Canadian poet and educator
• Mario Dumont (born 1970), Canadian politician from Québec
• Mary Dumont (fl. early 21st century), American chef
• Michel Dumont (1941–2020), Canadian actor
• Mike Dumont (fl. late 20th/early 21st centuries), U.S. Navy officer
• Nancy Dumont (1936–2002), Native American educational leader
• Nicolas Dumont (born 1940), Belgian water polo player
• Norbert Dumont (fl. early 20th century), Luxembourgish politician and jurist
• Palmire Dumont (1855–1915), French manager and owner of lesbian and gay bars
• Patrick Dumont, American businessman
• Paul Dumont (1920–2008), Canadian ice hockey administrator
• Pierre Dumont (painter) (1884–1936), French painter
• Pierre Dumont (sculptor) (c. 1650–?), French sculptor
• Pierre François Dumont (1789–1864), French industrialist
• Pierre-Henri Dumont (born 1987), French politician
• René Dumont (1904–2001), French agronomist, sociologist and scientist
• Richard M. Dumont (born 1959), Canadian voice actor, writer, and director
• Robert Dumont (fl. 1940s), French bobsledder
• Sabine Dumont, suspected French victim of serial killer Robert Black
• Sarah Dumont (born 1990), American actress and model
• Serge Dumont (born 1960), French businessperson
• Simon Dumont (born 1986), American freestyle skier
• Sky du Mont (born 1947), German actor
• Stéphane Dumont (born 1982), French footballer
• Stéphanie Dumont (born 1968), French speed skater
• Tom Dumont (born 1968), American musician, lead guitarist of No Doubt
• Trent Dumont (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
• Ulises Dumont (1937–2008), Argentine film actor
• Valentine Dumont (born 2000), Belgian swimmer
• W. Hunt Dumont (born 1941), American lawyer and judge
• Wayne Dumont (1914–1992), American politician from New Jersey
• Yvon Dumont (born 1951), former Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Manitoba, Canada (1993–1999)

See also

• Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932), Brazilian aviation pioneer and inventor
• Éric Dumont-Baltet, French horticulturalist

In fiction

• Jethro Dumont, pulp magazine character as The Green Lama
• Giles Dumont, boy who turns into a 'werefox' in The Werefox