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Dumont or DuMont is a common family name in France that has spread to many other countries. It is the name of:
- Dumont de Montigny (1696-after 1753), French explorer and author
- 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 (born 1958), French motion picture director (of polemic La Vie de Jésus fame)
- Charles Dumont de Sainte Croix (1758–1830), French zoologist
- Eric Dumont (born 1961), French yachtsman
- Éric Dumont, French horticulturalist
- Fernand Dumont (1927–1997), sociologist, poet and writer from Québec, Canada
- Gabriel Dumont (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Gabriel Dumont (Métis leader) (1837–1906), Canadian indigenous leader of the Métis people
- Henri Dumont (1610–1684), French musician and composer
- Ivy Dumont (born 1930), governor-general of the Bahamas
- Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian professional ice hockey forward
- José Dumont (born 1950), Brazilian TV and movie actor
- Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790–1842), French naval officer and explorer
- Léon Dumont (1837-1877), French psychologist and philosopher
- Louis Dumont (anthropologist) (1911–1998), French sociologist and anthropologist
- Margaret Dumont (1882–1965), American actress
- Mario Dumont (born 1970), Canadian politician from Québec
- Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont (1759–1829), French/Swiss political writer
- René Dumont (1904–2001), French agronomist, sociologist and scientist
- Stéphane Dumont (born 1982), French footballer
- Tom Dumont, lead guitarist of third wave ska band No Doubt
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