Amédée is a French masculine forename. Notable people with the forename include:

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* Amédée, stage name of

Philippe de Chérisey Philippe Louis Henri Marie de Chérisey, 9th marquess de Chérisey (13 February 1923 – 17 July 1985) was a French writer, radio humorist, surrealist and supporting actor (using the stage name Amédée). He is best known for his creatio ...

(1923-1985), French writer, radio humorist, surrealist and actor *

Amédée Artus Amedée Urbain Louis Henry Joseph Artus (28 October 1815 – 26 March 1892) was a 19th-century French conductor and composer, author of more than eight hundred incidental music pieces. Born in Perpignan, Amédée Arthur was the son of Joseph P ...

(1815-1892), French conductor and composer *

Amédée Baillot de Guerville Amédée Baillot de Guerville, or A.B. de Guerville (1869–1913), was a free-lance war correspondent, editor, and commercial agent, most frequently cited for his travel writing. He was best known in his day for his staunch defense of Japan in ...

(1869–1913), French war correspondent * Amédée de Béjarry (1840-1916), French politician *

Amédée Bollée Amédée-Ernest Bollée (11 January 1844 – 20 January 1917) was a French bellfounder and inventor who specialized in steam cars. After 1867 he was known as "Amédée père" to distinguish him from his similarly named son, Amédée-Ernest-M ...

(1844-1917), French bellfounder and inventor *

Amédée Borrel Amédée Marie Vincent Borrel (1 August 1867 – 14 September 1936) was a French physician and microbiologist born in Cazouls-lès-Béziers, Hérault. Biography Borrel studied natural sciences and medicine at the University of Montpellier, ...

(1867-1936), French biologist *

Amédée Courbet Anatole-Amédée-Prosper Courbet (26 June 1827 – 11 June 1885) was a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin Campaign (1883–86) and the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885). Early year ...

(1827-1885), French army admiral *

Amédée Dechambre Amédée Dechambre (12 January 1812 in Sens – 4 January 1886 in Paris) was a French physician and medical writer. He studied medicine in Paris, where he also worked as a hospital intern. In 1844 he received his medical doctorate from the Un ...

(1812-1886), French physician *

Amédée Despans-Cubières General Amédée Louis de Cubières (4 March 1786, Paris – 6 August 1853, Paris), known as Despans-Cubières, was a French general and politician. Life Youth He was the illegitimate son of marquis Louis Pierre de Cubières (page to Louis XV a ...

(1786-1853), French army general *

Amédée Domenech Amédée Domenech (May 3, 1933, Narbonne – September 21, 2003 Brive-la-Gaillarde) was a French rugby union prop. He played for RC Vichy between 1954 and 1955. After one year he moved to CA Brive and helped the club to gain promotion to the f ...

(1933-2003), French rugby union player and politician * Amédée Dumontpallier (1826-1899), French gynecologist *

Amédée Dunois Amédée Dunois (16 December 1878 – March 1945) was a French lawyer, journalist and politician. Life Amédée Catonné was born in Moulins-Engilbert, Nièvre on 16 December 1878. He came from a respectable family. He was a brilliant student, ...

(1878-1945), French lawyer, journalist, politician *

Amédée Faure Amédée Faure or Victor-Amédée Faure (1801–1878) was a French painter and portraitist. His portrait subjects include the brothers Louis-Charles, Count of Beaujolais and Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, and he also specialised in histor ...

(1801-1878), French painter * Amédée Fengarol (1905-1951), French politician * Amédée E. Forget (1847-1923), Canadian lawyer, civil servant, politician *

Amédée Forestier Sir Amédée Forestier (Paris 1854 – 18 November 1930 London) was an Anglo-French artist and illustrator who specialised in historical and prehistoric scenes, and landscapes. Life and work Forestier was born in Paris, France, and studied ...

(1854 – 1930), French-British artist *

Amédée Fournier Amédée Fournier (7 February 1912 – 30 March 1992) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won a silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit event. Major results ;1932 :Silver medal 1932 olympic games, team p ...

(1912-1992), French bicycle racer *

Amédée Gaboury Amédée Gaboury (March 26, 1838 – June 11, 1912) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Laval in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1883 to 1884 as a Liberal. He was born in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canad ...

(1838-1912), Canadian physician and politician *

Amédée Galzin Amédée Galzin (1 May 1853, Parrinet, Aveyron – 14 February 1925, Parrinet) was a French veterinarian and mycologist. In 1878 he obtained his degree from the veterinary college in Toulouse. From 1879 to 1905, he served as a military veter ...

(1853-1925), French gynecologist *

Amédée Geoffrion Amédée Geoffrion (February 6, 1867 – January 25, 1935) was a lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada. Geoffrion was born in Varennes, Canada East on February 6, 1867, to Élie Geoffrion and Marguerite Beauchamp. He studied at Collège d ...

(1867-1935), Canadian lawyer and politician *

Amédée Gibaud Amédée (Aimé) Gibaud (5 March 1885, in Rochefort-sur-Mer – 18 August 1957, in Rochefort-sur-Mer) was a French chess master. He won the French Chess Championship four times (1928, 1930, 1935, 1940) and won the French correspondence championsh ...

(1885-1957), French chess player *

Amédée Girod de l'Ain Louis Gaspard Amédée, baron Girod de l'Ain (18 October 1781 – 27 December 1847) was a French lawyer and politician who became Minister of Public Education and Religious Affairs in 1832. Early years Louis Gaspard Amédée baron Girod de l'Ain ...

(1781-1847), French lawyer and politician *

Amédée Gordini Amedeo "Amédée" Gordini (23 June 1899 – 25 May 1979) was an Italian-born race car driver and sports car manufacturer in France. Biography Gordini was born in Bazzano, currently part of the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagn ...

(1899-1979), Italian-born French race car driver and manufacturer *

Amédée Gosselin Amédée Gosselin (September 30, 1863 – December 20, 1941) was a Canadian historian, academic administrator and Roman Catholic priest. Early life On September 30, 1863, Gosselin was born in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada East. E ...

(1863-1941), Canadian historian, Roman Catholic priest *

Amédée Gratton Amédée is a French masculine forename. Notable people with the forename include: Persons * Amédée, stage name of Philippe de Chérisey (1923-1985), French writer, radio humorist, surrealist and actor *Amédée Artus (1815-1892), French condu ...

(?-?), Léonidas Gratton's father and husband of Hélène Foisy. *

Amédée Guillemin Amédée Guillemin (born 5 July 1826 in Pierre-de-Bresse, died 2 January 1893 in Pierre-de-Bresse, France) was a French science writer and a journalist. Guillemin started his studies at Beaune Beaune () is the wine capital of Burgundy in t ...

(1826-1893), French science writer and journalist *

Amédée Jacques Amédée Jacques (Paris, 4 July 1813 - Buenos Aires, 13 October 1865), often known as Amadeo, was a French-Argentine pedagogue and philosopher and one of the most prestigious educators of his time. Biography Jacques was the son of Marie Gérard ...

(1813-1865), French-Argentine pedagogue *

Amédée de Jallais Amédée de Jallais (17 December 1826 – 31 January 1909) was a 19th-century French playwright, operetta librettist and chansonnier. Biography The son of a lieutenant colonel in the guards, he studied at the College Bourbon then entered in ...

(1826-1909), French playwright, opera librettist *

Amédée Joullin Amédée Joullin (3 June 1862, in San Francisco – 3 February 1917, in San Francisco) was a French American painter whose work centered on the landscapes of California and on Native Americans. Biography He was born in San Francisco to French ...

(1862–1917), French-American painter *

Amédée Emmanuel François Laharpe Amédée Emmanuel François Laharpe (born de La Harpe, 27 September 1754 – 8 May 1796) was a Swiss nobleman and military officer who served as a volunteer in the French Army during the French Revolutionary Wars. He rose to become a general of t ...

(1754-1796), French army general *

Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (9 October 1770 – 23 August 1845), also spelled Lepeletier or Lepelletier, was a French entomologist, and specialist in the Hymenoptera. In 1833, he served as president of the Société ...

(1770-1845), French entomologist * Amédée Lynen (1852–1938), Belgian painter *

Amédée Maingard Sir Louis Pierre Rene "Amédée" Maingard de la Ville-ès-Offrans, CBE (21 October 1918 - 1981) was born in Mauritius, then a British colony. During the Second World War, he served with distinction with the British clandestine organization, the Sp ...

(1918 - 1981), Mauritius-born French military personnel *

Amédée Mannheim Victor Mayer Amédée Mannheim (17 July 1831 – 11 December 1906) was the inventor of the modern slide rule. Around 1850, he introduced a new scale system that used a ''runner'' to perform calculations. This type of slide rule became known u ...

(1831-1906), French mathematician *

Amédée Melanson Amédée Raymond Melanson (November 9, 1882 – May 8, 1930) was a Canadian physician and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Yarmouth County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1920 to 1925 as a Liberal member. Early life ...

(1882-1930), Canadian politician *

Amédée Méreaux Jean-Amédée Lefroid de Méreaux (18 September 1802 – 25 April 1874) was a French composer, pianist, piano teacher, musicologist and music critic. He is best-known for his ''60 Grandes Études'', Op. 63. Family background Amédée Méreaux came ...

(1802-1874), French musicologist, pianist, composer *

Amédée Ozenfant Amédée Ozenfant (15 April 1886 – 4 May 1966) was a French cubist painter and writer. Together with Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (later known as Le Corbusier) he founded the Purist movement. Education Ozenfant was born into a bourgeois f ...

(1886-1966), French painter *

Amédée de Noé Amédée is a French masculine forename. Notable people with the forename include: Persons * Amédée, stage name of Philippe de Chérisey (1923-1985), French writer, radio humorist, surrealist and actor *Amédée Artus (1815-1892), French cond ...

(1818-1879), French caricaturist, lithographer *

Amédée Papineau Louis-Joseph-Amédée Papineau, or Amédée Papineau (1819–1903) was a writer and Québecois patriot and present at the meeting at which the was founded. He was the eldest son of Louis-Joseph Papineau, a leader in the Rebellions of 1837, Rebe ...

(1819-1903), Canadian writer *

Amédée Pichot Joseph Jean-Baptiste Marie Charles Amédée Pichot (3 November 1795 – 12 February 1877) was a French historian and translator Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent tar ...

(1795-1877), French historian and translator *

Amédée Pofey Amédée Pofey or Amedeo Buffa (also Buffedus and Buffois) in the contemporary sources, was a knight and lord of the Latin Empire and of the Kingdom of Thessalonica. Originally from Cologny, he became constable of the Kingdom of Thessalonica after ...

, 13th-century lord and knight * Amédée Wilfrid Proulx (1932-1993), American Roman Catholic bishop *

Amédée Rolland Amédée Rolland (22 January 1914 – 9 June 2000) was a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1948 Tour de France The 1948 Tour de France was the 35th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 25 July 1948. It consisted ...

(1914-2000), French racing cyclist *

Amédée Ronzel Amédée Ronzel (8 January 1909 – 13 April 1973) was a French bobsledder. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 1948 Events January * January 1 ** The Genera ...

(1909-?), French bobsledder *

Amédée Thierry Amédée Simon Dominique Thierry (2 August 1797, Blois, Loir-et-Cher27 March 1873, Paris), French journalist and historian, was the younger brother of Augustin. Biography Amédée Thierry began life as a journalist (after an essay, like his br ...

(1797-1873), French journalist and historian *

Amédée Thubé Amédée Thubé (8 December 1884 – 29 January 1941) was a French sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are ...

(1884-1941), French sailor *

Amédée Tremblay Pierre-Joseph Amédée Tremblay (14 April 1876 – 14 July 1949) was a Canadian organist, composer, and music educator. A largely self-taught composer, his output includes several motets, two masses, a few patriotic songs, works for solo orga ...

(1876-1949), Canadian organist, composer *

Amédée Trichard Amédée Trichard (8 April 1899 – 1950) was a French long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; ...

, French long-distance runner *

Amédée Turner Amédée Edward Turner (26 March 1929 – 13 September 2021) was a British barrister and politician, who served for fifteen years as a Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament. As an English patent lawyer he worked both in New York C ...

(born 1929), British barrister *

Jean-Amédée Gibert Jean-Amadée Gibert (January 28, 1869, Marseille – 1945, Marseille), was a French painter, architect and curator. Biography He was a pupil of Antoine Dominique Magaud. In 1890, he won a painting prize in Marseille which allowed him to st ...

(1869–1945), French painter, architect, and curator

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