# Elmore (name)

Elmore is a given name and surname of English origin. The name is identified as a habitational name derived from the place name, Elmore in Gloucestershire, named from Old English elm 'elm' + fer 'river bank' or ofer 'ridge'.

## Given name

* Elmore Elver (1877–1921), American politician
* Elmore Harris (1855–1911), Canadian Baptist minister
* Elmore W. Hurst (1851–1915), member of the Illinois House of Representatives
* Elmore Hutchinson (born 1982), American cricketer
* Elmore James (1918–1963), American blues singer, songwriter and musician
* Elmore Keener (1935–1973), National Hockey League co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins
* Elmore Leonard (1925–2013), American novelist
* Elmore Morgenthaler (1922–1997), American basketball player
* Elmore Nixon (1933–1975), American jump blues pianist and singer
* Elmore Philpott (1896–1964), Canadian politician and journalist
* Elmore Y. Sarles (1859–1929), ninth Governor of North Dakota
* Elmore Smith (born 1949), American basketball player
* Elmore Spencer (born 1969), American basketball player
* Elmore Rual Torn (1931–2019), actor better known as Rip Torn

## Surname

* Albert Elmore (1904–1988), American college football coach
* Albert Stanhope Elmore (1827–1909), 11th Secretary of State of Alabama
* Alfred Elmore (1815–1881), British painter
* Amanda Elmore (born 1991), American Olympic rower
* Carolyn J. Elmore (born 1943), member of the Maryland House of Delegates
* Charles Elmore (fl. 1990s–2010s), American scholar and jazz historian
* Chris Elmore (born 1983), Welsh politician
* D. Page Elmore (1939–2010), member of the Maryland House of Delegates
* Doug Elmore (1939–2002), American football punter
* Edward C. Elmore (c. 1826–c. 1926), Treasurer of the Confederate States of America
* Elizabeth Elmore (born 1976), American singer-songwriter and lawyer
* Ernest Elmore (1901–1957), English theater producer and crime/fantasy writer
* Franklin H. Elmore (1799–1850), U.S. Senator from South Carolina
* Gay Elmore (fl. 1980s–2020s), American college basketball player and lawyer
* George Elmore (1880–1916), English footballer
* Greg Elmore (born 1946), American drummer
* Henry Elmore (1941–2023), American Negro League baseball player
* Henry M. Elmore (fl. 1850s–1860s), colonel in the Confederate States Army
* Henton D. Elmore (1921–1991), American politician
* Jake Elmore (born 1987), American baseball player
* James H. Elmore (1843–1914), mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
* Jeffrey Elmore (born 1978), member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
* Joan Elmore, American horseshoes pitcher
* Joann Elmore (fl. 1970s–2020s), American physician
* John Archer Elmore (1762–1834), American military officer and politician
* Jon Elmore (born 1996), American basketball player
* Larry Elmore (born 1948), American fantasy artist, illustrator of Dungeons and Dragons
* Len Elmore (born 1952), American college basketball analyst and former basketball player
* Mable Elmore (born c. 1960s), Canadian politician
* Malindi Elmore (born 1980), Canadian track and field athlete
* Rick Elmore (fl. 1980s–2010s), judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals
* Ricky Elmore (born 1988), American football linebacker
* Robert Elmore (1913–1985), American composer, organist, and pianist
* Verdo Elmore (1899–1969), American baseball player
* Walter Elmore (born 1857, date of death unknown), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
* William Augustus Elmore (1812–1890), lawyer and judge in New Orleans, Louisiana
* William Cronk Elmore (1909–2003), American Manhattan Project physicist