Amos

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Amos Given Name
Gender	Male
Origin	Hebrew
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Amos

Amos may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Surname (Amos) 1.2 Given name (Amos) 2 Technology 3 Other

[edit] People

• Amos (prophet), one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible
  • Book of Amos, his writings
• Amos, son of Nephi and Amos, son of Amos, two minor figures in the Book of Mormon
• Amos (singer), a German pop singer

[edit] Surname (Amos)

• Bruce Amos (born 1946), Canadian photographer
• Imre Ámos (1907-c.1944/5), Jewish-Hungarian painter
• John Amos, actor
• John E. Amos, Democratic National Committeeman from West Virginia
• Robert Amos (born 1950), Canadian artist living in Victoria
• Rozie Amos, Modern Rock DJ on CJZN-FM
• Sarah Amos (born 1948), Canadian artist (painter)
• Terri Utley nee Amos (born 1962), beauty queen and motivational speaker
• Tori Amos, (born Myra Ellen Amos, 1963), American pianist and singer-songwriter
• Wally Amos (born 1936), entrepreneur, actor and book writer. Founder of the "Famous Amos" chocolate chip cookie brand.
• Ben Amos (born 1990), goalkeeper for Manchester United F.C. Reserves

[edit] Given name (Amos)

• Amos Bronson Alcott (1779-1888), American educator, Father of American novelist Louisa May Alcott
• Amos Dolbear (1837–1910), American inventor
• Amos Diggory, fictional character in the Harry Potter books and films
• Amos Lee, born 1978, American singer-songwriter
• Amos Meller (1938-2007), Israeli composer and conductor
• Amos Oz (born 1939), Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
• Amos Urban Shirk (1890?–1956), American businessman, author and reader of encyclopedias
• Amos Tversky (1937-1996), pioneer of cognitive science
• Amos Hanks, Father of American actor Tom Hanks
• Amos Genish (born 1960), CEO of GVT, a Brazilian telecommunications company
• Amos O Mantyla IV (born 1975), Modern day thinker, innovator and problem solver
• Amos Zereoue, American football player

[edit] Technology

• AMOS or Advanced MOrtar System
• Amos software for aircraft maintenance (MRO)
• AMOS (Analysis of MOment Structures), a structural equation modelling program
• AMOS (A Modular Open-Source assembler), open source genome assembly software
• AMOS (programming language), a dialect of BASIC on the Amiga computer
• AMOS (Alpha Micro Operating System) - see Alpha Microsystems
• AMOS (Asset Management Operating System), software by SpecTec

[edit] Other

• Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory, an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) operating location on Maui
• Amos (satellite), a series of Israeli IAI-built civilian communications satellites in geostationary orbit (launched 1996, 2003, 2008)
• Amos, Quebec, a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada
• Coal-burning John E. Amos Power Plant on Kanawha River in West Virginia
• Amos, an ancient town close to Marmaris, Turkey
• AMOS (Advanced Mortar System), a 120 mm automatic twin barrelled, breech loaded mortar turret
• Amos, the NATO reporting name of the Vympel R-33 air-to-air missile
• Amos The Transparent, a Canadian music band originating from Ottawa
• Amos 'n' Andy (1920s-1950s), a radio-serial situation comedy popular in the United States
• Famous Amos, a cookie company founded by Wally Amos