Amos (name)
Amos ( עמוס) is a Hebrew male first name and family name . It goes back to Amos , the first scripture prophet in the Bible . There the name is common as a short form for the theophoric , i.e. the proper name Amasja containing a divine name . There it means something like: " YHWH carries [you]" or: "the one who carries and is laden".
First name
- Amos (Jerusalem) , Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (594–601)
- Amos T. Akerman (1821–1880), American politician
- Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888), American writer
- Amos Biwott (* 1947), Kenyan athlete
- Amos Burn (1848-1925), British chess player
- Amos Cassioli (1832-1891), Italian painter
- Amos Eaton (1776–1842), American botanist
- Amos Elon (1926–2009), Israeli writer
- Amos Gitai (* 1950), Israeli film director
- Amos Kipruto (* 1992), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Amos Kollek (* 1947), Israeli film director
- Johann Amos Comenius (1592–1670), Jan Amos Komenský, Moravian theologian and educator
- Amos Lee (* 1978), American musician
- Amos Masondo (* 1953), South African politician
- Amos Nourse (1794–1877), American politician
- Amos Oz (1939-2018), Israeli writer
- Amos Pieper (* 1998), German soccer player
- Amos Sawyer (* 1945), Liberian politician
- Amos Tutuola (1920–1997), Nigerian writer
- Amos Tversky (1937–1996), Israeli psychologist
- Amos Vogel (1921–2012), American film scholar of Austrian origin
- Amos White (1889–1980), American jazz musician
family name
- Adrian Amos (* 1993), American football player
- Alf Amos (1893–1964), English football player
- Andrew Amos (1863-1931), English football player
- Aniara Amos (* 1974), Chilean-German director and choreographer
- Anio Amos (* 1986), Papua New Guinean football referee
- Arturo Amos (1927-1999), Argentine gymnast
- Ben Amos (* 1990), English soccer player
- Bernard Eugene Amos (1961–1995), American murderer
- Charles Amos (* 1945), Guyanese boxer
- Daniel Amos (* 1987), Israeli soccer goalkeeper
- Emma Amos (born 1967), British actress
- James Amos (sailor) (born 1936), Bermudian sailor
- James F. Amos (* 1946), American general
- John Amos (born 1939), American film actor
- Jonathan Amos , film editor
- Keith Amos (1932-2017), English football player
- Linda Amos (born 1946), British swimmer
- Luke Amos (* 1997), English soccer player
- Martin John Amos (* 1941), American clergyman, Bishop of Brownsville
- Nijel Amos (* 1994), Botswana athlete
- Paul Amos , Welsh actor
- Paul S. Amos († 2014), American entrepreneur
- Sheldon Amos (1835–1886), English lawyer
- Stan Amos (1907-1991), English football player
- Tom Booth-Amos (* 1996), British motorcycle racer
- Tori Amos (* 1963), American musician
- Troy Amos-Ross (* 1975), Canadian boxer
- Wally Amos (1899-1967), English football player
- Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos (* 1954), British politician (Labor)
stage name
- Amos (musician) (* 1976) German pop singer and producer of Iranian origin