# Loomis (surname)

Loomis is an English language surname. Notable people and characters with the name include:

## People

* Alfred Loomis (disambiguation), several people
* Andrew Loomis (1892–1959), illustrator
* Arphaxed Loomis (1798–1885), American politician
* Bernard Loomis (1923–2006), American toy inventor/marketer
* Charles Battell Loomis (1861–1911), American author
* Chauncey Loomis (ca. 1783–1817), New York politician
* Chester Loomis (1789–1873), New York politician
* Clinton "Fear" Loomis (born 1988), professional Dota gamer
* David B. Loomis (1817–1897), American politician
* Dwight Loomis (1821–1903), American politician
* Eben Jenks Loomis (1828–1912), American astronomer
* Edward Eugene Loomis (1864–1937), president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
* Elias Loomis (1811–1889), American mathematician
* Elisha Scott Loomis (1852–1940), American teacher, mathematician, genealogist, writer and engineer
* Evarts G. Loomis (1910–2003), American physician
* Francis Loomis (disambiguation), several people
* Frank Loomis (1896–1971), American athlete
* Frederic Brewster Loomis, American paleontologist
* Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis (1870–1937), Canadian major-general
* George B. Loomis (1833–1887), American music teacher
* Gustavus Loomis (1789–1872), American soldier
* Hamilton Loomis (born 1975), American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer
* Harold F. Loomis (1896–1972), American botanist and millipede taxonomist
* Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865-1930), American composer
* Henry Loomis (1919-2008), American businessman
* James H. Loomis (1823–1914), New York politician
* Jeff Loomis (born 1971), guitarist
* John Mason Loomis (1825-1900), American businessman
* John Q. Loomis (c. 1824–1869), Confederate Army officer
* Jon Loomis (born 1959), American writer
* Laura Hibbard Loomis (1883–1960), American literary scholar
* Louise Ropes Loomis (1874–1958), American historian
* Lynn Harold Loomis (1915–1994), American mathematician
* Mabel Loomis Todd (1856–1932), born Mabel Loomis, American writer
* Mahlon Loomis (1826–1886), American inventor, pioneer of radio telegraphy, said to have invented the wireless radio
* Mickey Loomis, General Manager of the New Orleans Saints football franchise
* Nancy Loomis, stage name of American actress Nancy Kyes (born 1949)
* Noel Loomis (1905–1969), American writer of fiction and history
* Orland Steen Loomis (1893–1942), Governor-elect of Wisconsin
* Rick Loomis, American game designer
* Rick Loomis (photojournalist) (born 1969), American photojournalist
* Robbie Loomis (born 1964), American NASCAR crew chief
* Robert Loomis (1926–2020), American editor
* Roger Sherman Loomis (1887–1966), American academic
* Roland Loomis (1930–2018), father of the modern primitive movement
* Samuel Loomis (disambiguation), several people
* Silas Laurence Loomis (1822–1896), American scientist and educator
* Stanley Loomis, American writer of French history

## Fictional characters

* Sam Loomis, a character in the Psycho franchise
* Colonel Ezra Pound Loomis, a character from Gears of War: Judgement
* Peggy Loomis, a character in the film The Town That Dreaded Sundown
* Dr. Samuel Loomis, a character in the Halloween film series
* Willie Loomis, a character in the Dark Shadows television series
* Billy Loomis, a character in the first Scream movie
* Mrs Loomis, the mother of Billy Loomis, a character in Scream 2
* Oswald Loomis, Superman villain the Prankster