Armstrong is a surname of Scottish borders origin. It derives from a Middle English nickname which meant someone with strong arms. In Ireland the name was adopted as an Anglicization of two Gaelic names from Ulster: Mac Thréinfhir (meaning "son of the strong man") and Ó Labhraidh Tréan (meaning "strong O'Lavery"). Clan Armstrong is a clan from the border area between England and Scotland. The Scottish Armstrong is reputed to have been originally bestowed by "an antient (sic) king of Scotland" upon "Fairbairn, his armour-bearer" following an act of strength in battle.
From the name Ó Labhraidh Tréan (meaning "strong O'Lavery" and sometimes written in AngloIrish as "Tréanlámagh") the following surnames survive: "Trainor", Traynor", O'Lavery", "McLavery", and "MacLavery". Although the name "Armstrong" is quite common in the Aghagallon and Glenavy area of County Antrim in Northern Ireland, the other names are to be found within the 9 Ulster Counties and Scotland, especially along the west coast.
Arts and letters
Alun Armstrong (actor), English actor
Anton Armstrong, American choral conductor and professor
Billie Joe Armstrong, American vocalist of Green Day
Beth Diane Armstrong, South African sculptor
Campbell Armstrong, a Scottish writer
Curtis Armstrong, American actor
Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong, better known as Dido, British pop singer
Frankie Armstrong, English vocalist
Gillian Armstrong, Australian film director
Heather Armstrong, aka Dooce, American writer
Helen Maitland Armstrong, American stained glass artist
Jeannette Armstrong, Canadian writer
Jerome Armstrong, American journalist
Karen Armstrong, English author
Kelley Armstrong, Canadian author
Kerry Armstrong, Australian actor
Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), American jazz musician
Maitland Armstrong (1836–1918), American artist and diplomat
Margaret Neilson Armstrong, book designer, illustrator, and writer
Mick Armstrong, Australian socialist and author
Paige Armstrong, American Christian singer-songwriter
Peter Armstrong, English poet
Randy Armstrong, Musical Artist
Samaire Armstrong, American actor
The Armstrong Twins, bluegrass and country music act in the 1940s and '50s
Vaughn Armstrong, American actor
Politics and government
Cornelius W. Armstrong (1827–after 1872), New York politician
Ernest Armstrong (1915–1996), a British Labour Party politician.
Hilary Armstrong, British politician
Ward Armstrong, American politician from Virginia
Annie Armstrong (1850–1938) American missionary leader
Garner Ted Armstrong (1930–2003), American evangelist, son of Herbert W. Armstrong
Herbert W. Armstrong (1892–1986), American evangelist, father of Garner Ted Armstrong
Science and technology
Edwin Armstrong, full name Edwin Howard Armstrong, (1890–1954), American electrical engineer and inventor of FM radio
Mark Armstrong (astronomer), British amateur astronomer
William Ward Armstrong, Canadian computer scientist
The Armstrong wrestling family (real last name James), an American family including:
Bob Armstrong (born Joseph Melton James, 1939), and his sons:
Scott Armstrong (born Joseph Scott James, 1959)
Brad Armstrong (wrestler) (born Bradley James, 1961–2012)
Steve Armstrong (born Steve James, 1965)
Brian Armstrong, best known as Road Dogg (born Brian Girard James, 1969)
Alun Armstrong (footballer), English player
B. J. Armstrong, former basketball player, most notably with the Chicago Bulls
Brian Armstrong (footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
Bruce Armstrong, American football player
Colby Armstrong, Canadian hockey player
Dale Armstrong (1941–2014), Canadian drag racer
Darrell Armstrong, American professional basketball player
Davey Armstrong, American boxer
Debbie Armstrong, Olympic gold medalist in Alpine skiing
Duncan Armstrong, Australian Olympic gold medalist in swimming
Elizabeth Armstrong, an American water polo goalkeeper
Evan Armstrong, Scottish boxer of the 1960s and '70s
Gary Armstrong (rugby), Scottish rugby player
Gary Armstrong (footballer)
Graham Armstrong (1918–1960), American football player
Hilton Armstrong, American basketball player
Ken Armstrong (footballer born 1924), an England and New Zealand dual-international footballer
Ken Armstrong (footballer born 1959), an English-born footballer
Kevin Armstrong, Irish football player
Kristin Armstrong, professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist
Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
Mark Armstrong (equestrian), British international representative show-jumper
Mark Armstrong (footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
Neil Armstrong (ice hockey)
Neill Armstrong, American football player
Norman Armstrong (1892–1990), English cricketer
Otis Armstrong, American football player
Paul Armstrong, Irish international football (soccer) player
Paul Armstrong (footballer) (born 1965), Scottish footballer
Ron Armstrong, a New Zealand international footballer
Tommy Armstrong Jr., American football player
Trace Armstrong, American football player
Warwick Armstrong, Australian Test cricketer
Archibald Armstrong, (d. March, 1672) court jester to James I and Charles I
Dwight Armstrong, American domestic terrorist
Elizabeth Armstrong (settler), an American settler who took part in the Black Hawk War
Eugene Armstrong, American construction contractor who was beheaded in Iraq
Frank A. Armstrong, United States Air Force General
Herbert Rowse Armstrong (1870–1922), British murderer - the "Hay poisoner",
J. Scott Armstrong, Wharton Business School professor
Neil Armstrong (1930–2012), American astronaut, first man on Moon
Rebekka Armstrong, bodybuilder, former Playboy model and AIDS activist
Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs, also known as Sallie Ward, (1827-1896), American socialite.
Alex Louis Armstrong, the state alchemist from Fullmetal Alchemist
Olivier Mira Armstrong, the Briggs general from Fullmetal Alchemist
Catherine Elle Armstrong, the youngest daughter of Armstrong Family from Fullmetal Alchemist
Coach Armstrong, character in Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, radio series character on the show of the same name (1933–1951)
Stretch Armstrong, action figure first introduced in the 1970s
Tina Armstrong and her father, Bass, people from the Dead or Alive video game series
Steven Armstrong, final boss in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
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