Achille is a French and Italian masculine given name, derived from the Greek mythological hero Achilles. It may refer to:

People

Artists

* Achille Beltrame (1871–1945), Italian painter * Achille Calici (c. 1565–?), Italian painter *

Achille Castiglioni Achille Castiglioni (; 16 February 1918 – 2 December 2002) was an Italian architect and designer of furniture, lighting, radiograms and other objects. As a professor of design, he advised his students "If you are not curious, forget it. ...

(1918–2002), Italian designer *

Achille Cattaneo Achille Cattaneo (Limbiate ilan 1872 – Milan, 1931) was an Italian painter. Biography Achille Cattaneo attended the courses of drawing and architecture at the Brera Academy, where he was taught by Emilio Gola, from 1888 to 1896. He began to wo ...

(1872–1931), Italian painter * Achille Devéria (1800–1857), French painter and lithographer * Achille Duchêne (1866–1947), French garden designer * Achille Empéraire (1829–1898), French painter *

Achille Formis Achille Befani (1832–1906) was an Italian painter, best known as Achille Formis. Biography He was born in Naples and embarked on a singing career there. This was abandoned in the early 1860s when he moved to Milan to attend courses of the Bre ...

(1832–1906), Italian painter *

Achille Funi Achille Funi (26 February 1890 – 26 July 1972) was an Italian painter who painted in a neoclassical style. Biography Funi was born in Ferrara. He studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1910 and joined the Nuove Tendenze movemen ...

(1890–1972), Italian painter * Achille Glisenti (1848–1906), Italian painter *

Achille Granchi-Taylor Achille Granchi-Taylor (born in Lyon in 1857 and died in Asnières in 1921) was a French painter and illustrator. Biography His father was an Italian immigrant and commercial traveller and his mother English. He passed his youth in Paris and ...

(1857–1921), French painter and illustrator *

Achille Leonardi Achille Leonardi (ca. 1800–1870) was an Italian artist. Leonardi painted with oil on canvas. Works A representative sample of Leonardi's works include: * Linda di Chamonnid (Chamonix) (100 x 75 cm) * A child's bed time (98 x 74 c ...

(c. 1800–1870), Italian painter *

Achille Locatelli (painter) Achille Locatelli (January 1, 1864 – June 20, 1948) was an Italian people, Italian painter, mainly of landscapes, and writer of art biographies. He was born in Almenno San Bartolomeo, Province of Bergamo. Among his works were: ''Un paese del ...

(1864–1948), Italian painter * Achille Mauzan ((1883–1952), French illustrator, painter and sculptor *

Achille Etna Michallon Achille Etna Michallon (1796–1822) was a French painter. Michallon was the son of the sculptor Claude Michallon and nephew of the sculptor Guillaume Francin. He studied under Jacques-Louis David and Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. In 1817, Mi ...

(1796–1822), French painter *

Achille Mollica Achille Mollica (1832–1885) was an Italian painter of both canvases and ceramics. Biography Achille was born to a family who manufactured maiolica ceramics. His father, Giovanni, had established the factory of "Mollica Ceramiche", which employe ...

(1832–1885), Italian painter * Achille Peretti (artist) (1857–1923), Italian painter, sculptor and anarchist *

Achille Petrocelli Achille Petrocelli (born August 18, 1861 or December 30, 1862) was an Italian painter, mainly of Genre painting, genre themes of his native Naples. He was the son of painter Vicenzo Petrocelli, Vincenzo, and younger brother of painter Arturo Petr ...

(1861/62–1896), Italian painter * Achille Pinelli (1809–1841), Italian painter *

Achille Solari Achille Solari (Naples, October 9, 1835 - 1884) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes of the region around Naples. He obtained a stipend from the province of Terra di Lavoro to study at the Institute of Fine Arts of Naples, and earned pri ...

(1835–1884), Italian painter * Achille Valois (1785–1862), French designer and sculptor * Achille Vertunni (1826–1897), Italian painter * Achille Vianelli (1803–1894), Italian painter * Achille Zo (1826–1901), French painter

Musicians, composers and singers

* Achille Baquet (1885–1955/1956), American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist * Achille De Bassini (1819–1881), Italian baritone * Achille Campisiano (1837–1908), French pianist and composer * Achille Rivarde (1865–1940), American-born British violinist and teacher * Achille Simonetti (1857–1928), Italian violinist and composer

Politicians

* Achille Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1781–1864), French politician * Achille Casanova (1941–2016), Swiss journalist and politician * Achille Corona (1914–1979), Italian socialist politician, lawyer and journalist *

Achille Joseph Delamare Achille Joseph Delamare (11 February, 1790– 8 March, 1873) was a French military officer and politician. He served as a member of the French Senate from 1852 to 1870. He was the owner of the Château de Marchais from 1836 to 1854. He served a ...

(1790–1873), French senator * Achille Larue (1849–1922), Canadian lawyer and politician *

Achille Occhetto Achille Leone Occhetto (; born 3 March 1936) is an Italian political figure. He served as the last secretary-general of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) between 1988 and 1991, and the first leader of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), the p ...

(born 1936), Italian politician *

Achille Peretti Achille Peretti (13 June 1911 – 14 April 1983), was a French politician. Peretti was born in Ajaccio. A lawyer by profession, he was a member of the French resistance, and was in charge of security of Charles de Gaulle's government in Al ...

(1911–1983), French politician *

Achille Serra (politician) Achille Serra (born 16 October 1941 in Rome) is an Italian policeman, official and politician. He was prefect of Ancona, Palermo, Florence and Rome. He was a deputy of Forza Italia in Italy during the thirteenth legislature, after which he resi ...

(born 1941), Italian politician * Achille Starace (1889–1945), Italian fascist leader before and during World War II

Religious figures

* Achille Grassi (1456–1523), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal * Achille Gagliardi (1537–1607), Italian ascetic writer and Jesuit * Achille Glorieux (1910–1999), French Catholic prelate, archbishop and diplomat * Achille Harlay de Sancy (1581–1646), French diplomat, linguist, orientalist and Catholic bishop *

Achille Liénart Achille Liénart (; 7 February 1884—15 February 1973) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Lille from 1928 to 1968, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1930. Biography Born in Lille to a bourgeois ...

(1884–1973), French Catholic cardinal and bishop * Achille d'Étampes de Valençay (1593–1646), French military leader, a Knight of Malta and Catholic cardinal

Scientists and mathematicians

Achille Allier Achille Allier (1807 in Montluçon, Allier – 3 April 1836 in Bourbon-l'Archambault, Allier was a French writer, art critic and archaeology, archaeologist. Biography The son of a grocer, Allier went to Paris to study law, and earned a license ...

(1807–1836), French archaeologist, writer and art critic * Achille Costa (1823–1899), Italian entomologist * Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse (1817–1881), French geologist and mineralogist *

Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour (January 11, 1734 – August 22, 1794) was a French astronomer and mathematician.Electronic Enlightenment Project (2008) ''Achille Pierre Dionis Du Séjour correspondence.'' Dionis du Séjour was born in Paris and ...

(1734–1794), French astronomer and mathematician * Achille Marie Gaston Floquet (1847–1920), French mathematician *

Achille Gerste Aquiles Gerste (July 2, 1854 - November 27, 1920) was a Catholic priest, Jesuit, philologist, and linguist who is known for his ethnographic and linguistic studies of the indigenous peoples of Mexico. Gerst entered the Society of Jesus on October ...

(1854–1920), Belgian Catholic priest, Jesuit, philologist and linguist * Achille Guenée (1809–1880), French entomologist and lawyer * Achille Loria (1857–1943), Italian Jewish political economist and sociologist * A. E. Meeussen (1912–1978), Belgian philologist *

Achille Müntz Charles Achille Müntz (10 August 1846 – 20 February 1917) was a French agricultural chemist. Biography He was born at Soultz-sous-Forêts, Alsace, studied under Jean-Baptiste Boussingault in Paris, and, after acting as his assistant for ten y ...

(1846–1917), French agricultural chemist * Achille Ouy (1889–1959), French philosopher and sociologist *

Achille Urbain Achille Joseph Urbain (9 May 1884 – 5 December 1957) was a French biologist born in Le Havre. Biography In 1906 he obtained his degree from the national veterinary school at Lyon, afterwards attaining a bachelor's degree in natural scien ...

(1884–1957), French biologist *

Achille Valenciennes Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French zoologist. Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. His study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology. ...

(1794–1865), French zoologist

Sportsmen

* Achille Anani (born 1994), Ivorian footballer playing in France * Achille Campion (born 1990), French footballer * Achille Compagnoni (1914–2009), Italian mountaineer and skier * Achille Coser (born 1982), Italian football goalkeeper * Achille Emaná (born 1982), Cameroonian footballer * Achille Fould (bobsleigh) (1919–1949), French bobsledder *

Achille Varzi Achille Varzi (8 August 1904 – 1 July 1948) was an Italian Grand Prix driver. Career Born in Galliate, province of Novara (Piedmont), Achille Varzi was the son of a textile manufacturer. As a young man, he was a successful motorcycle ra ...

(1904–1948), Italian Grand Prix race car driver

Other

* Achille Ballière (1840–1905), French architect *

Achille Boitel Achille (or Achilles) Frederic Boitel (died 1944) was a French industrialist and Nazi collaborator in Paris during the Second World War. He manufactured aircraft engines, traded with the Germans, and played a pivotal role in a collaborationist art ...

(died 1944), French businessman and Nazi collaborator * Achille Jubinal (1810–1875), French medievalist * Achille Leclère (1785–1853), French architect and teacher of architecture *

Achille Majeroni Achille Majeroni (24 August 1881 – 12 October 1964) was an Italian film actor. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, son of Achille Majeroni and his second wife Graziosa Bignetti, he made his stage debut at age twelve with the Marazzi-Diligenti c ...

(1881–1964), Italian film actor * Achille Maramotti (1927–2005), Italian fashion designer and founder of Max Mara, an Italian fashion company * Achille Marozzo (1484–1553), Italian fencing master * Achille Mbembe (born 1957), Cameroonian philosopher and political theorist * Achille Millien (1838–1927), French poet and folklorist * Achille Millo, stage name of Italian actor, voice actor and stage director Achille Scognamillo (1922–2006) * Prince Achille Murat (1801–1847), eldest son of Joachim Murat *

Achille St. Onge Achille St. Onge (January 17, 1913–April 23, 1978) was a publisher of miniature books from Worcester, Massachusetts. St. Onge began publishing miniature books as a hobby in 1935, and by the time he stopped publishing in 1977, he had created 48 mi ...

(1913–1978), American publisher of miniature books *

Achille Zavatta Achille Zavatta (6 May 1915 – 16 November 1993) was a French clown, artist and circus operator. Biography Zavatta was born in La Goulette, Tunisia, the son of Federico Zavatta, a circus owner. He started performing in his family's circus show a ...

(1915–1993), French clown, artist and circus operator

Fictional characters

* Achille Poirot, the "brother" of Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot (actually Hercule in disguise) in the novel ''The Big Four'' * the title character of '' Achille Talon'', a comic book series * the title character of ''

Achille in Sciro ''Achille in Sciro'' is an opera and libretto by Pietro Metastasio telling the story of Achilles on Skyros. It was first set to music by Antonio Caldara in 1736, and premiered at the wedding of Maria Theresa and Francis of Lorraine in Vienna.Ita ...

'', a 1737 opera * Rodrigue Achille Fraldarius, a character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

References

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