Harmon (name)


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Harmon is the English cognate of the Germanic names Hermann or Harmann. It may be a surname or given name.

As a given name

  • Harmon P. Burroughs (1846–1907), American farmer and politician
  • Harmon Dobson (1913–1967), American entrepreneur and co-founder of Whataburger
  • Harmon Killebrew (1936–2011), American baseball player
  • Harmon Murray (1868 or 1869 – 1891), American gangster and serial killer
  • Harmon T. Ogdahl (1917–2009), American politician and businessman
  • Harmon Rabb, fictional character in 1990s and 2000s American television series JAG
  • Harmon Wilfred, stateless businessman based in New Zealand
  • Harmon Wray (c. 1947–2007), American prison reformer, human rights and death penalty activist

As a surname

References

References

  1. ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' [https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=harmon as cited by ancestry.com]

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