# Montague (surname)

Montague (/ˈmɒntəɡjuː/ MON-tə-ghew) is an English surname of Old French origin, a form of Montagu. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adrian Montague (born 1948), British businessman
* Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow, 1st Baronet (1868–1951), British barrister and Conservative Party politician
* Andrew Jackson Montague (1862–1937), 44th Governor of Virginia 1902–1906 and US Congressman 1912–1937
* Andrew Montague (Irish politician), Lord Mayor of Dublin 2011–2012
* Ashley Montague (1905–1999), British-American anthropologist and humanist
* Ben Montague, British musician and singer-songwriter
* Bruce Montague (1939–2022), British actor
* Charles Edward Montague (1867–1928), British journalist and author
* Daniel Montague (1867–1912), United States Navy sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor (Spanish–American War)
* Daniel Montague (land surveyor) (1798–1876), American land surveyor, politician and soldier
* Darrell Montague (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
* Diana Montague (born 1953), British opera mezzo-soprano concert singer
* Ed Montague (shortstop) (1905–1988), US Major League Baseball infielder, later scout
* Ed Montague (umpire) (born 1948), US Major League Baseball umpire, son of the baseball player
* Edward Wortley Montague (1713–1776), British Member of Parliament, author and traveller
* Edwin Montague (1885–1937), British olympic athlete
* Edwin Montagu (1879–1924), British Liberal politician
* Eleanor Montague (1926–2018), American radiologist and educator; member of the Texas Women's Hall of Fame
* Evelyn Montague (1900–1948), British olympic athlete and journalist, son of Charles Edward Montague
* Fred Montague (1864–1919), British silent film actor
* Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell (1876–1966), British Labour Party politician
* Henry Montague (1813–1909), Michigan politician
* Henry James Montague, stage name for Henry James Mann (1843–1878), British-born American actor
* James Montague (bishop) (1568–1618), English bishop
* James J. Montague (1873–1941), American journalist, satirist and poet
* James Piotr Montague (born 1979), British writer and journalist
* John Montague (poet) (1929–2016), US-born Irish poet and writer
* John Montague (baseball) (born 1947) US Major League Baseball pitcher
* John Montague (golfer) (1903–1972), American golfer
* Lee Montague (born 1927), British actor
* Magnificent Montague (born 1928), American R&B disc jockey
* Margaret Prescott Montague (1878–1955), American short story writer and novelist
* Michael Montague, Baron Montague of Oxford (1932–1999), British businessman and politician
* Monte Montague, stage name for Walter H. Montague (1891–1959), American film actor
* Raye Montague (1935-2018), United States Naval Engineer
* Read Montague (born 1960), American neuroscientist and popular science author
* Richard Montague (1930–1971), American mathematician and philosopher; creator of the "Montague grammar" approach to natural language semantics
* Robert Latane Montague (1819–1880), American politician from Virginia who served in the Confederate States Congress
* Robert Miller Montague (1899–1958), Lieutenant General in the United States Army
* Robert Montague (Jamaican politician) (born 1965), Jamaican politician in the Jamaica Labour Party
* Ross Montague (born 1988), British professional footballer
* Samuel L. Montague (1829–1869), American politician, active in Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Samuel S. Montague (1830–1883), American railway pioneer, responsible for building the western half of the First Transcontinental Railroad
* Sarah Montague (born 1966), British radio journalist and Today presenter
* Stephen Montague (born 1943), American composer
* Walter Humphries Montague (1858–1915), Canadian politician in the Conservative Party of Canada
* William Pepperell Montague (1873–1953), American professor of philosophy at Berkeley and Columbia