Lamb (surname)
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Lamb is a surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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- Alan Lamb, Australian musician and sculptor
- Allan LambAllan LambAllan Joseph Lamb is a former England cricketer and captain who played for the first class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire, the latter as an Overseas player...
, South African and MCC cricketer - Amanda LambAmanda LambAmanda Lamb was an English television presenter and former model.-Biography:Amanda Lamb was born in Portsmouth and now lives in London...
, British television presenter - Andrew Lamb (disambiguation)Andrew Lamb (disambiguation)Andrew Lamb may refer to:* Andrew Lamb, 17th century Scottish bishop* Andrew Lamb , jazz musician* Andrew Lamb , British writer on musical theatre and light music...
, several people - Andy Lamb (Wisconsin politician)Andy Lamb (Wisconsin politician)Andy Lamb is an American Republican politician from Wisconsin.Born in Dunn County, Wisconsin, Lamb was a farmer/consultant and auto sales manager. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2005. He did not seek re-election in 2006 and return to auto sales.-Notes:...
, American politician - Annabel LambAnnabel Lamb-Career:Annabel Lamb has released eight albums to date. She had a British Top 30 hit in 1983 with her cover version of The Doors song, Riders on the Storm, her only hit in the UK singles chart. She appeared performing the song on Top of The Pops later that year. Her debut album, Once Bitten,...
, British singer-songwriter - Anthony LambAnthony LambAnthony L. Lamb M.A., Dip. Ag., D.T.A. is a British botanist, born in Sri Lanka, and specialising in the flora of Borneo. Lamb was educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton and at St John's College at Cambridge...
, botanist - Barry LambBarry Douglas Lamb-Musical career:He has released a number of solo albums which are avant-garde / electronic / industrial in nature. The album "Dusk" is perhaps his best known solo work . During his most prolific period, Lamb had regular correspondence with fellow contemporaries Bryn Jones of Muslimgauze, members of...
, British musician - Brian LambBrian LambBrian Patrick Lamb is the founder and chief executive officer of C-SPAN, a television network dedicated to coverage of government proceedings and public affairs. Born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana, Lamb earned a degree from Purdue University before joining the United States Navy...
, American television personality - Lady Caroline LambLady Caroline LambThe Lady Caroline Lamb was a British aristocrat and novelist, best known for her affair with Lord Byron in 1812. Her husband was the 2nd Viscount Melbourne, the Prime Minister...
(1785–1828), wife of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne and lover of Lord Byron - Charles Lamb, several people
- Charles Lamb (writer) (1775–1834), British essayist
- Christina LambChristina LambChristina Lamb is a British journalist who is currently Foreign Correspondent for The Sunday Times. She was educated at University College, Oxford and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society...
, British journalist and author - Chuck LambChuck LambChuck Lamb is a programmer from Columbus, Ohio also known as the Dead Body Guy. He has gained fame playing dead people in film and television.-Career:...
, American television personality - Donald Lamb, Canadian airline executive
- Edmund LambEdmund LambEdmund George Lamb was an English landowner, colliery proprietor, and Liberal Party politician.He was elected at the 1906 general election as the Member of Parliament for the Leominster division of Herefordshire, but was defeated at the January 1910 election by the Conservative candidate Sir...
, British Liberal Party politician - Edward LambEdward LambEdward Lamb was an American businessman, broadcasting executive and labor lawyer. He is best known for having defended striking workers during the Auto-Lite Strike in 1934 and for successfully resisting the federal government's attempt to strip him of his broadcasting licenses during the McCarthy...
, American labor lawyer - Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess MelbourneElizabeth Lamb, Viscountess MelbourneElizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne was an English political hostess and the wife of Whig politician Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne. She was the mother of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...
, wife of Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne - Eugene M. LambEugene M. LambEugene M. Lamb was an American, Democratic politician.Born in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Lamb studied business and accounting, and worked at Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1949, 1951, and 1953. Lamb served as Wisconsin State Treasurer...
, American politician - Floyd LambFloyd LambFloyd R. Lamb was a Democratic member of the Nevada Senate from 1956 to 1983. From 1946 to 1956, Lamb joined the Lincoln County Commission until he was elected to the senate....
, American politician - George LambGeorge Lamb (presenter)George Martin Lamb is a Scottish-born British radio and TV presenter. He is the son of actor Larry Lamb.-Career:Lamb's radio career peaked with presenting his own daytime show on BBC Radio 6 Music for two years from October 2007 to November 2009, before being moved the early weekend mornings for 6...
, British disc jockey and television presenter - Greg LambGreg LambGregory Arthur Lamb is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who can bowl both off spin and right arm medium pace....
, Zimbabwean cricketer - Harold LambHarold LambHarold Albert Lamb was an American historian, screenwriter, short story writer, and novelist.Lamb was born in Alpine, New Jersey. He attended Columbia University, where his interest in the peoples and history of Asia began. Lamb's tutors at Columbia included Carl Van Doren andJohn Erskine. ...
, American novelist and historical writer - Horace LambHorace LambSir Horace Lamb FRS was a British applied mathematician and author of several influential texts on classical physics, among them Hydrodynamics and Dynamical Theory of Sound...
, British hydrodynamicist - Hubert LambHubert LambHubert Horace Lamb was an English climatologist who founded the Climatic Research Unit in 1972 in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia.-Career:...
, British climatologist - Jan LambJan LambJan Lamb Hoi Fong is a DJ, pop singer, actor in Hong Kong. Jan is the elder brother of actor/DJ/game host Jerry and younger brother of singer and radio personality Sandy...
, Hong Kong DJ and singer - Jeremy LambJeremy LambJeremy Emmanuel Lamb is an American college basketball player. He is a shooting guard for the Connecticut Huskies. As a freshman, he was a the second-leading scorer on the 2011 Huskies team that won the National Championship.-High school:...
(born 1992), American basketball player - Jerry LambJerry LambJerry Lamb Hiu Fong is a Hong Kong actor. He is also known as Lamb Hiu Fung.He was born in Hong Kong. He is the younger brother of popular DJ, pop singer, and actor, Jan and radio personality-turned-singer Sandy. Jerry is best known to hardcore movie fans as the young lackey Pou-pan in the Young...
, Hong Kong actor - Joseph LambJoseph LambJoseph Francis Lamb was a noted American composer of ragtime music. Lamb, of Irish descent, was the only non-African American of the "Big Three" composers of classical ragtime, the other two being Scott Joplin and James Scott.-Life and Career:Lamb was born in Montclair, New Jersey...
, American ragtime composer - Joseph Lamb (politician)Joseph Lamb (politician)Sir Joseph Quinton Lamb was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected at the 1922 general election as Member of Parliament for Stone in Staffordshire, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1945 general election.He was knighted in 1929.- External links:...
, British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament 1922–1945 - Ken Lamb, Pipe Cabinet maker
- Larry Lamb (newspaper editor), British journalist
- Larry LambLarry Lamb (actor)Lawrence Douglas "Larry" Lamb is an English actor who has worked frequently in television. He is best known for playing one of the greatest villains of British soap Archie Mitchell in the BBC television soap EastEnders, Michael Shipman in the BBC television show Gavin & Stacey and Mischievous...
, British actor - Lily Lamb, Disney fictional character
- Marcus LambMarcus LambMarcus Lamb is an American televangelist, minister and Christian broadcaster. He is most well known as the co-founder, president, and CEO of the Daystar Television Network, the second-largest Christian television network in the world. The network has 90 TV stations and satellite and cable coverage...
, American television evangelist - Mary LambMary LambMary Ann Lamb , was an English writer, the sister and collaborator of Charles Lamb.-Biography:She was born on 3 December 1764. In 1796, Mary, who had suffered a breakdown from the strain of caring for her family, killed her mother with a kitchen knife, and from then on had to be kept under constant...
, British writer, sister of Charles Lamb - Mike LambMike LambMichael Robert Lamb is an American professional baseball Utility Player for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He can play the infield but shortstop, corner outfield and catcher...
, American baseball player - Michael Lamb (attorney), Controller of the City of Pittsburgh
- Michael Lamb (psychologist), Professor of Psychology in the Social Sciences, Head, Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge University.
- Norman LambNorman LambNorman Peter Lamb is a British Liberal Democrat politician, and Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.He is the Member of Parliament for North Norfolk....
, British politician - Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount MelbournePeniston Lamb, 1st Viscount MelbournePeniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne , known as Sir Peniston Lamb, 2nd Baronet, from 1768 to 1770, was a British politician and the father of Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne....
- Ryan LambRyan LambRyan Lamb is a rugby union player who plays at fly-half for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership.-Club career:...
, English rugby player - Robert Lamb, disambiguation page for people of that name
- Sarah LambSarah LambSarah Lamb is a principal ballet dancer in the Royal Ballet, London, England. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, she trained with Madame Tatiana Legat at Boston Ballet School. She was awarded a Gold Medal in 1998 by U.S. President Bill Clinton after being named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts...
, American ballet dancer - Sydney LambSydney LambSydney MacDonald Lamb is an American linguist and professor at Rice University, whose stratificational grammar is a significant alternative theory to Chomsky's transformational grammar....
, American linguist - Terry LambTerry LambTerry Lamb OAM, is an Australian retired professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played 349 games , with Wests , and Canterbury . Lamb was known for his support of the ball-carrier - his ability to be in the right place at the right time netted him 164 tries. This earned him the moniker...
, Australian rugby league player - Thomas LambThomas LambThomas Babbit Lamb was an American industrial designer. He is best known for his innovative handle designs closely modeled on the mechanics of the human hand.- Biography :Lamb was born in Detroit City on September 18, 1896...
, Industrial designer - Thomas W. LambThomas W. LambThomas White Lamb was an American architect, born in Scotland. He is noted as one of the foremost designers of theaters and cinemas in the 20th century.-Career:...
, American theatrical architect - Tim LambTim LambTimothy Michael Lamb was an English County Cricketer and Cricket Administrator, the first Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board and is now Chief Executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance .He was educated at Shrewsbury School and The Queen's College, Oxford University...
, British cricket administrator - Todd Lamb see Lambair, Canadian airline executive
- William Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneWilliam Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneWilliam Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...
(1779–1848), British Prime Minister, husband of Lady Caroline Lamb - William Kaye LambWilliam Kaye LambWilliam Kaye Lamb, OC, FRSC was a Canadian historian, archivist, librarian, and civil servant.Born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Lamb received his B.A. in 1927 and M.A. in 1930 from the University of British Columbia. He completed his Ph.D. at the London School of Economics in 1933, under...
, Canadian civil servant - Willis LambWillis LambWillis Eugene Lamb, Jr. was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955 together with Polykarp Kusch "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum". Lamb and Kusch were able to precisely determine certain electromagnetic properties of the electron...
, American physicist (Lamb shift)
First name
- Lamb Lennon Gaede (1992–), American singer (member of White Nationalist band Prussian BluePrussian Blue (duo)Prussian Blue was a white nationalist pop pre-teen duo formed in early 2003 by the mother of Lynx Vaughan Gaede and Lamb Lennon Gaede, sororal twin girls born on June 30, 1992, in Bakersfield, California...
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