Sir Herbert Brown Ames was born on June 27, 1863, in Montreal, Quebec.

He was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and politician. He was educated at Amherst College, Massachusetts (B.A., 1885). He engaged in business in Montréal with the firm of Ames, Holden and Co. from 1885-1893 and later became a director of this and several other corporations. He became a Member of Parliament in 1904 as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and served until 1920. Ames was a Montréal alderman from 1898 to 1906 and chairman of the Board of Health from 1900 to 1904. In these capacities, he helped to bring about important civic reforms. He also represented Montréal-St. Antoine district as a Conservative in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1920. From 1919 to 1926, he served as financial director of the Secretariat of the League of Nations in Geneva and was Canadian delegate to the Assembly of the League in 1926. Ames was knighted in 1915. He is best known for his book “The City Below the Hill: A Sociological Study of a portion of the city of Montreal, Canada,” which originally appeared as newspaper articles in the Montreal Star in 1897.

In 1890, he married Louisa Marion Kennedy (1869-1956). He died on March 31, 1954, in Montreal, Quebec.

Terrence Ames was the publisher, printer, and editor of The Fault Press, based in California. It published The Fault, a magazine of fiction, poetry, letters, photography and art.

Dr. John William Amesse was born on January 15, 1874, in Eagle River, Michigan.

He was an American physician. He served as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Medical Corps during the First World War. Dr. Amesse was a professor of clinical pediatrics at the Colorado University Medical School.

In 1905, he married Mary Moneta Hawes (1878-1956). He died on August 21, 1949, in Denver, Colorado.

William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, was born on January 14, 1773, in Bath, England.

He was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was the grand-nephew of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and succeeded to his title in 1797 according to a special remainder in the letters patent. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. After serving as British envoy at the court of Naples (1809–1811), he was sent to China (1816) to negotiate commercial matters. At the imperial court, however, Amherst declined to perform the kowtow (to strike his forehead on the ground nine times in obeisance), and his mission failed. Amherst was Governor-General of India from August 1823 to February 1828. The principal events of his government were the annexation of Assam leading to the first Burmese war of 1824, resulting in the cession of Arakan and Tenasserim to the British Empire. He was created Earl in 1826.

In 1800, he married Sarah, Dowager Countess of Plymouth (1762–1838), and in 1839, he remarried Mary, Dowager Countess of Plymouth (1792–1864). He died on March 13, 1857, in Kent, England.

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, was born on January 29, 1717, in Sevenoaks, Kent, England.

He was a British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the British Army. He joined the British army as an ensign in 1731. He participated in European campaigns, and in 1756, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1758, as a major general, he commanded the expedition to Louisbourg and afterwards was made the commander-in-chief of British forces in North America. In 1760, he led his troops in the capture of Montréal and held the post of Governor General of British North America from 1760 to 1763. He was named the Governor of Virginia in 1763 and the Governor of Guernsey in 1770. During the American Revolution, he advised the British government on military matters. In 1788, he was made a baron, and in 1796 a field Marshall.

He died on August 3, 1797, in Sevenoaks, Kent, England.

Henri-Marc Ami (or Henry Mark Ami) had two careers — as geologist and archaeologist. Biographers disagree on whether he was born in Geneva, Switzerland or Belle-Rivière, Quebec, the son of a Swiss Protestant pastor who emigrated to Canada. Ami studied under J. W. Dawson at McGill where he earned his B.A. in 1882 and M.A. in 1885. He received one DSc. from Queens University in 1892, and another from McGill in 1902.
He became a member of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1882 and worked with them until 1911. From 1899 to 1901 he was president of the Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club and editor of their journal, the Ottawa Naturalist, from 1895 to 1900. He belonged to numerous learned societies, including the Royal Society of Canada; he also was a member of the Royal Geological Society of London, Royal Astronomical Society, as well as various anthropological and archaeological societies. His research produced more than 200 titles total, including a brief biographical sketch of Dawson that went through fifteen English editions between 1900 and 2018. Among his most notable works are “Synopsis of Geology in Canada” (1891) and “Synopsis of the Geology of Montreal” (1896).
His life changed emphasis in 1911 when he resigned from the Geological Survey and moved to France where he began a new career in prehistoric studies, mainly based in the Dordogne. It was there that he founded the École Canadienne de Préhistoire, jointly funded by the French government and the Royal Society of Canada. He began initial excavations at Combe-Capelle where he worked from 1926 to his death in Menton, France, in 1931.

In 1915, Pierre Charles Amos interrupted his freshman studies towards a Bachelor of Applied Science degree at McGill to enlist in the Royal Navy. After the war he graduated from McGill with his B. Arch. degree in 1925. Amos was the architect of the naval supply depot in Lasalle and an associate architect for the Laurentien Hotel. He was a member of the executive council of the Royal Architecture Institute and served as the president of the Province of Québec Association of Architects. For many years he was in architectural practice with his father, L.A. Amos, and served as a commander in the Canadian Navy during the Second World War.

Philip Amsel is a Canadian writer.