Lemuel

Lemuel is a Hebrew name, meaning "devoted to God", which may refer to:

Lemuel
Pronunciation/ˈlɛmjuːl/
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameHebrew
Meaning"devoted to God"

In religion

  • Lemuel (biblical king), mentioned in the Book of Proverbs, Chapter 31
  • Lemuel (Book of Mormon), the second eldest of Lehi's sons and the brother of Laman, Sam, Nephi, Jacob and Joseph

People

  • Lemuel Francis Abbott (c. 1760 – 1802), English portrait painter
  • Lemuel Amerman (1846–1897), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  • Lemuel H. Arnold (1792–1852), 12th Governor of Rhode Island and United States congressman
  • Lemuel Benton (1754–1818), American planter and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina
  • Lemuel J. Bowden (1815–1864), American lawyer, politician and U.S. senator from Virginia
  • Lemuel de Bra (1884–1954), American writer
  • Lemuel G. Brandebury (1810–1875), first chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
  • Lemuel Carpenter (c. 1808 – 1859), one of the first Anglo-American settlers in what is now the Los Angeles area, entrepreneur and rancher
  • Lemuel Chenoweth (1811–1887), American carpenter, legislator and self-taught architect
  • Lemuel Cushing Jr. (1842–1881), Canadian lawyer and politician
  • Lemuel D. Evans (1810–1877), American politician and Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
  • Lemuel Grant (1817–1893), American engineer, businessman, land speculator and civic leader
  • Lemuel Haynes (1753–1833), African American religious leader and slavery opponent
  • Lemuel Jenkins (1789–1862), American lawyer and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
  • Lemuel McPherson Christian (1913–2000), Dominican composer
  • Lemuel Mathewson (1899–1970), U.S. Army lieutenant general
  • Lemuel Owen (1822–1912), shipbuilder, banker, merchant, politician and the second Premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada
  • Lemuel P. Padgett (1855–1922), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee
  • Lemuel Paynter (1788–1863), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  • Lemuel Penn (1915–1964), African-American lieutenant colonel murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan
  • Lemuel E. Prowse (1858–1925), merchant and politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada
  • Lemuel E. Quigg (1863–1919), U.S. Representative from New York
  • Lemuel Sawyer (1777–1852), Congressional Representative from North Carolina
  • Lemuel Shaw (1781–1861), Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and state senator
  • Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. (1896–1990), United States Marine Corps four-star general and 20th Commandant of the Marine Corps
  • Lemuel Smith (born 1941), serial killer
  • Lemuel Smith (cricketer) (1880–1927), English cricketer
  • Lemuel F. Smith (1890–1956), Virginia lawyer and judge
  • Lemuel Stetson (1804–1868), U.S. Representative from New York
  • Lemuel Stinson (born 1966), former National Football League cornerback
  • Lemuel Todd (1817–1891), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  • Lemuel John Tweedie (1849–1917), Canadian politician and 10th Premier of New Brunswick
  • Lemuel Whitman (1780–1841), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
  • Lemuel M. Wiles (1826-1905), American landscape painter.
  • Lemuel Williams (1747–1828), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
  • Lemuel Wilmarth (1835–1918), French painter and founded of Art Students League of New York
  • Lemuel Allan Wilmot (1809–1878), Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge

Fictional characters

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