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Faure

Note

Faure () is an Occitan family name meaning blacksmith, from Latin faber. It is pronounced in French (unlike Fauré which is pronounced ).

People

Politicians

  • Dominique Faure (born 1959), French politician
  • Edgar Faure (1908–1988), French politician
  • Félix Faure (1841–1899), French politician and President of France
  • Fernand Faure (1853–1929), French economist and politician
  • Jacques Faure (ambassador), French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group
  • Louis-Joseph Faure (1760-1837) French jurist and politician
  • Olivier Faure (born 1968), French politician
  • Martine Faure (born 1948), French politician
  • Maurice Faure (1922–2014), French Resistance leader and politician, last surviving signatory of the Treaty of Rome
  • Sébastien Faure (1858–1942), French anarchist
  • Faure Gnassingbé, president of Togo

Writers, artists, and musicians

  • Amédée Faure or Victor-Amédée Faure (1801–1878), French painter
  • Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914), French baritone and composer
  • Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), French composer, organist, pianist and teacher
  • Élie Faure (1873–1937), French art historian and essayist
  • Gabriel Faure (1877–1962), French poet, novelist and essayist
  • Lucie Faure (1908–1977), French writer
  • Renée Faure (1918–2005), French actress

Others

  • Abraham Faure (1795–1875), South African clergyman
  • Camille Alphonse Faure, French chemical engineer
  • Gunter Faure (1934–2025), Canadian-American geochemist of Estonian origin
  • Jacques Faure (French Army officer) (1904–1988), French Army general and skier
  • Jacques-Paul Faure (1869–1924), head of the French military mission to Japan (1918–1919)
  • Keith Faure, Australian career criminal
  • Luigi Faure (1901–1974), Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper
  • Sébastien Faure (footballer), French footballer
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