Bontemps is a surname of French origin, meaning "good time".
Individuals with the name "Bontemps" include:
Artists and writers
edit- Arna Bontemps, novelist
- the Bontemps African American Museum, named for him
- Georges Bontemps, artistic glassmaker
- Jongnic Bontemps, film and TV composer
- Pierre Bontemps, 17th-century sculptor
Athletes
edit- Doriane Bontemps, ice dancer
- Jorge Bontemps, footballer
- Julien Bontemps, Olympic sailor
- Ron Bontemps, Olympic basketball player
- Paul Bontemps, Olympic athlete
Fictional characters
edit- Roger Bontemps, the personification of leisure time
Others
edit- Alexandre Bontemps, 17th-century courtier
- Blaise Bontems, 19th-century designer of automata
- Jean Bontemps, privateer
- Napoléon Joseph Louis Bontemps, colonial governor
See also
edit- Bon Temps, Louisiana, the fictional setting of the True Blood series on HBO, and of Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels on which it is based
- the phrase Laissez les bons temps rouler, which literally translates to "let the good times roll"