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

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Other uses

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

★ 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

★ 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

★ 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

Places

;Brazil

★ Dumont, São Paulo
;United States

★ Dumont, Colorado

★ Dumont, Iowa

★ Dumont, New Jersey

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

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