Dumont

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Dumont', meaning "from the mount" in French, may refer to:

[edit] People

Dumont or DuMont is a very common family name in France that has spread to many other countries. It is the name of:

• Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932), Brazilian aviation pioneer and inventor
• Allen B. DuMont, American inventor, industrialist, and pioneer in the early years of television
• Angelo "Jason" Dumont (1933- present), Vice President of CBS Electrical Workers Union
• Bruno Dumont (1958-), French motion picture director (of polemic La Vie de Jésus fame)
• Charles Dumont de Sainte Croix (1758–1830), French zoologist
• Denise Dumont (1955-), Brazilian TV and movie actress
• Éric Dumont, French horticulturalist
• Eric Dumont (1961-), French yachtsman
• Fernand Dumont (1927-1997), sociologist, poet and writer from Québec, Canada
• Henri Dumont (1610-1684), French musician and composer
• Gabriel Dumont (1837-1906), Canadian indigenous leader of the Métis people
• Ivy Dumont (1930-), governor-general of the Bahamas
• Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian professional ice hockey forward
• José Dumont (1950-), Brazilian TV and movie actor
• Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842), French naval officer and explorer
• Louis Dumont (anthropologist) (1911-1998), French sociologist and anthropologist
• Margaret Dumont (1882-1965), American actress
• Mario Dumont (1970-), Canadian politician from Québec
• Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont (1759-1829), French/Swiss political writer
• René Dumont (1904-2001), French agronomist, sociologist and scientist
• Richard M. Dumont, Canadian actor and director

[edit] Places

Brazil

• Dumont, São Paulo

United States

• Dumont, Colorado
• Dumont, Iowa
• Dumont, Minnesota
• Dumont, New Jersey

[edit] Other uses

• The DuMont Television Network, which broadcast in the United States from 1946 until 1956
• Dumont, a character from the 1982 film Tron (film)
• DuMont, a character from the 2003 TV show Jake 2.0
• DuMont, a German publishing house