Ament
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Ament may refer to:
People with the surname Ament:
- Ament (botany), a cylindrical flower cluster
- Ament (goddess), an ancient Egyptian fertility goddess
People with the surname Ament:
- Jeff AmentJeff AmentJeffrey Allen Ament is an American musician who serves as the bassist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members of Pearl Jam...
(born 1963), American rock bassist - Pat AmentPat AmentPat Ament is an American rock climber, musician, and artist who lives in Fruita, Colorado. Noted for first ascents in the 1960s and 1970s, he is the author of many articles and books....
(born 1946), American rock climber - Tom AmentTom AmentFrancis Thomas Ament , a United States politician, was the County Executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from 1992 to 2002....
(born 1937), American politician - Vanessa AmentVanessa AmentVanessa Theme Ament is an American author, academic, Foley artist, and musician, best known for her 2009 book The Foley Grail published by Focal Press / Elsevier , the first mainstream academic text explicitly concerned with the history and development of, as well as the personalities behind, the...
(born 1955), American Foley artistFoley artistFoley is the reproduction of everyday sounds for use in filmmaking. These reproduced sounds can be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass. The best foley art is so well integrated into a film that it goes unnoticed by the audience. It helps to...
and author - William Scott AmentWilliam Scott AmentWilliam Scott Ament was a missionary to China for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from 1877, and was known as the "Father of Christian Endeavor in China." Ament became prominent as a result of his heroism during the Boxer Uprising and controversial...
(born 1851), controversial American missionary to China criticized by Mark TwainMark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...