Osmond (surname)
# Osmond (surname)

Osmond is a surname of English origin. It is derived from Anglo-Saxon or Norman, itself from Old Norse Osmundr ; Osmund, a variant form of Old Norse Ásmundr.

## Osmond family

* The Osmond family, a Mormon family from Ogden, Utah whose members formed American pop group The Osmonds
   * First generation:
      * George Osmond (politician) (1836–1913), English-American politician
   * Third generation:
      * George Virl Osmond, Sr. (1917–2007), Osmond family patriarch
      * Olive Osmond (1925–2004), wife of George V. Osmond
   * Fourth generation:

    All children of George V. and Olive Osmond
      * Virl Osmond (George Virl Osmond, Jr., born 1945), choreographer and missionary
      * Tom Osmond (born 1947), missionary and postal worker
      * Alan Osmond (born 1949), multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
      * Wayne Osmond (born 1951), guitarist and songwriter
      * Merrill Osmond (born 1953), lead vocalist, bassist and songwriter
      * Jay Osmond (born 1955), drummer and choreographer
      * Donny Osmond (born 1957), keyboardist and vocalist
      * Marie Osmond (born 1959), country singer and Broadway actress
      * Jimmy Osmond (born 1963), vocalist and businessman
   * Fifth generation:
      * Aaron Osmond (born 1969), politician and former member of Utah State senate, son of Virl
      * David Osmond (born 1979), musician and television personality, son of Alan

## Other people

* Andrew Osmond (novelist), British novelist
* Cliff Osmond, American actor and screenwriter
* Douglas Osmond, British Chief Constable
* Floris Osmond, French engineer
* Frank Osmond, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
* Humphry Osmond, British psychiatrist
* JoAnn D. Osmond, American politician from Illinois
* John Osmond, director of the Institute of Welsh Affairs
* Kaetlyn Osmond, Canadian figure skater
* Ken Osmond (1943–2020), American actor
* Margy Osmond, Australian businesswoman
* Timothy H. Osmond, American politician from Illinois, husband of JoAnn
* William Osmond, 19th-century English sculptor
