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), American politician, 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), American politician (Michigan)
• 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 (1927–2025), 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), American soldier, 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