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 (1832–1885), Italian painter * Achille Peretti (artist) (1857–1923), Italian painter, sculptor and anarchist * Achille Petrocelli (1861/62–1896), Italian painter * Achille Pinelli (1809–1841), Italian painter * Achille Solari (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 (1790–1873), French senator * Achille Larue (1849–1922), Canadian lawyer and politician * Achille Occhetto (born 1936), Italian politician * Achille Peretti (1911–1983), French politician * Achille Serra (politician) (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 (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 (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 (1734–1794), French astronomer and mathematician * Achille Marie Gaston Floquet (1847–1920), French mathematician * Achille Gerste (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 (1846–1917), French agricultural chemist * Achille Ouy (1889–1959), French philosopher and sociologist * Achille Urbain (1884–1957), French biologist * Achille Valenciennes (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 (1904–1948), Italian Grand Prix race car driver

Other

* Achille Ballière (1840–1905), French architect * Achille Boitel (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 (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 (1913–1978), American publisher of miniature books * Achille Zavatta (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'', a 1737 opera * Rodrigue Achille Fraldarius, a character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

References

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