Amyas is a surname and male forename thought to be derived either from the Latin verb amare or the French city of Amiens.
People Sir Amyas Bampfylde (1560–1626), English politician and Member of Parliament for Devon in 1597 Amyas Borton (1886–1969), British air marshal Amyas Connell (1901–1980), New Zealand architect Amyas Godfrey, Canadian actor and British Army Officer Sir Amyas Morse, British auditor, Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office Amyas Northcote (1864–1923), English writer Amias Paulet (1532–1588), English diplomat
In literature Amyas Burdett, architect and love interest in Call Dr. Margaret by Ray Dorien Amyas Crale, artist and victim of murder in Agatha Christie's crime-novel Five Little Pigs AKA Murder in Retrospect Amyas Leigh, protagonist in Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley Amyas le Poulet, nicknamed Clarence, character in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
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