People
Dumont or DuMont is a common family name in France that has spread to many other countries. It is the name of:
- Dumont de Montigny (1696-after 1753), French explorer and author
- Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932), Brazilian aviation pioneer and inventor
- Allen B. DuMont, American inventor, industrialist, and pioneer in the early years of television
- Bruno Dumont (born 1958), French motion picture director (of polemic La Vie de Jésus fame)
- Charles Dumont de Sainte Croix (1758–1830), French zoologist
- Eric Dumont (born 1961), French yachtsman
- Éric Dumont, French horticulturalist
- Fernand Dumont (1927–1997), sociologist, poet and writer from Québec, Canada
- Gabriel Dumont (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Gabriel Dumont (Métis leader) (1837–1906), Canadian indigenous leader of the Métis people
- Henri Dumont (1610–1684), French musician and composer
- Ivy Dumont (born 1930), governor-general of the Bahamas
- Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian professional ice hockey forward
- José Dumont (born 1950), Brazilian TV and movie actor
- Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790–1842), French naval officer and explorer
- Léon Dumont (1837-1877), French psychologist and philosopher
- Louis Dumont (anthropologist) (1911–1998), French sociologist and anthropologist
- Margaret Dumont (1882–1965), American actress
- Mario Dumont (born 1970), Canadian politician from Québec
- Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont (1759–1829), French/Swiss political writer
- René Dumont (1904–2001), French agronomist, sociologist and scientist
- Stéphane Dumont (born 1982), French footballer
- Tom Dumont, lead guitarist of third wave ska band No Doubt
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?””
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 32:21.
“Some people are like ants. Give them a warm day and a piece of ground and they start digging. There the similarity ends. Ants keep on digging. Most people don’t. They establish contact with the soil, absorb so much vernal vigor that they can’t stay in one place, and desert the fork or spade to see how the rhubarb is coming and whether the asparagus is yet in sight.”
—Hal Borland (1900–1978)
“I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)