André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
form of the name
Andrew
Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in List of countries where English is an official language, English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is freq ...
, and is now also used in the
English-speaking world
Speakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the '' Anglosphere''. Over two billion people speak English , making English the largest langua ...
. It used in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
,
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
,
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
and other
French-speaking countries
French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the l ...
. It is a variation of the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
name ''
Andreas
Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The name ...
'', a short form of any of various compound names derived from ''andr-'' 'man, warrior'.
The name is popular in Norway and Sweden.
Namesearch – Statistiska centralbyrån
Cognate names
Cognate names are:
* Bulgarian
Bulgarian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
: Andrei, Andrey
Andrey, Andrej or Andrei (in Cyrillic script: Андрей, Андреј or Андрэй) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include:
*Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman
* ...
* Breton
Breton most often refers to:
*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
** Breton people
** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany
** Breton (horse), a breed
**Ga ...
: Andrev
* Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
: André
* Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
: Andreu
* Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
* Czech, ...
: Andrej, Ondřej
* Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
: Andries
* English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
: Andrew, André
* Estonian: Andres, André/Andre
* Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
: Antero
* French: André
* German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
: André/Andre, Andreas
Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The name ...
* Hungarian: András, Endre
* Icelandic: Andri
* Indonesian
Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to:
* Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia
** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago
** Indonesian ...
: Andri
* Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
: Andrea
* Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
: Aindrias, Aindréas; Aindriú
* Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
: アンデルー (Anderū), アンドレー (Andorē)
* Lithuanian: Andrius
* Lingala
Lingala (Ngala) (Lingala: ''Lingála'') is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree in ...
: André
* Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
: André
* Latvian: Andrejs
* Maltese: Indri
* Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including ...
: André/Andre, Anders
Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres via metathesis.
In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names fo ...
* Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
: Andrzej, Jędrzej
* Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
: André
* Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
*** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
** Romanian cuisine, tradition ...
: Andrei
Andrei, Andrey or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй , Андрей or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include:
*Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman
*A ...
* Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
: Andrei, Andrey
Andrey, Andrej or Andrei (in Cyrillic script: Андрей, Андреј or Андрэй) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include:
*Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman
* ...
* Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well ...
: Aindrea, Anndra
* Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...
: Andrija
* Slovenian
Slovene or Slovenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe
* Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia
* Slovenes
The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...
: Andrej
* Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
: Andrés
* Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
: André/Andre
* Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
: Andrii, Andriy
* Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
: Andras
Given name
Notable people with this first name include:
*André (footballer, born 1972)
André Luíz Alves Santos, also known as André Gaspar (born 16 November 1972), is a Brazilian football manager and former footballer. He was winner of K League Top Assists Award and played for the title-winning club during the 2000 season.
Club ...
(André Luíz Alves Santos), Brazilian footballer
*André (footballer, born 2001)
André Trindade da Costa Neto (born 16 July 2001), simply known as André, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Fluminense.
Club career
Born in Algodão, Ibirataia, Bahia, André joined Fluminense's youth setup in 2 ...
(André Trindade da Costa Neto), Brazilian footballer
*Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors.
Agassi is the second of five men to ac ...
, American tennis player
*André Aleman
Andreas "André" Aleman (born 20 June 1975) is a Dutch neuroscientist and professor of cognitive neuropsychiatry at the University Medical Center Groningen and the University of Groningen.
Aleman was born in Leiden. He studied psychology at Utre ...
, Dutch neuroscientist
* Andre Anis, Estonian football player
*Andre Anthony
Andre Anthony (born November 21, 1996) is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He previously played college football at LSU.
Professional career Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Anthony was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seven ...
(born 1996), American football player
* André-Marie Ampère, French physicist
*Andre Baccellia
Andre Baccellia (born January 7, 1997) is an American football wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Washington and was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the K ...
(born 1997), American football player
*André Bessette
André Bessette, C.S.C. (9 August 1845 – 6 January 1937), more commonly known as Brother André (french: Frère André), and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a signifi ...
(born 1845), Catholic Saint
*André Béguin
Wauwilermoos was an internment camp and prisoner-of-war penal camp in Switzerland during World War II. It was situated in the municipalities of Wauwil and Egolzwil in the Canton of Lucerne (Luzern). Established in 1940, Wauwilermoos was a pen ...
(born 1897), Swiss war criminal and commandant of the World War II Wauwilermoos internment camp
* André Benjamin, also known as André 3000, American musician, record producer and actor
*André Bona
André Gregory Bona (born 19 January 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Club career Early career
Bona began playing football at age five with local club Afro–Antillais before switching to S.O. Caillolais. At ag ...
, French footballer
* André Breton, French writer and theorist
* André Butzer, German painter
* André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player
*Andre Carter
Rubin Andre Carter (born May 12, 1979) is an American football coach recently for Louisiana State University and former player in the National Football League (NFL). A defensive end, he played college football for the University of California ...
, American National Football League (NFL) football player
*Andre Castro (racing driver)
Andre Castro (born January 6, 1999) is an American racing driver. He was one of two drivers to win the prestigious Team USA Scholarship in 2021. He currently competes in the USF Juniors
The USF Juniors championship, also known as USF Juniors ...
, American racing driver
*André Cayatte
André Cayatte (3 February 1909, in Carcassonne – 6 February 1989, in Paris) was a French filmmaker, writer and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility.
Cayatte began his directoral ...
, French filmmaker and lawyer
*Andre Chachere
Andre Maleek Chachere (born February 10, 1996) is an American football cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at San Jose State Spartans football, San Jose State.
Early life and ...
(born 1996), American football player
*André Chénier
André Marie Chénier (; 30 October 176225 July 1794) was a French poet of Greek and Franco-Levantine origin, associated with the events of the French Revolution of which he was a victim. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of the precur ...
, French poet
* Andre Cisco (born 2000), American football player
*André Citroën
André-Gustave Citroën (; 5 February 1878 – 3 July 1935) was a French industrialist and the founder of French automaker Citroën. He is remembered chiefly for the make of car named after him, but also for his application of double helical ...
, French inventor and engineer
*André Cools
André H.P. Cools (1 August 1927 – 18 July 1991) was a Belgian politician and a senior figure within the Walloon Socialist Party (PS) in the Liège region. He was assassinated in 1991 and the subsequent investigation uncovered widespread graft ...
, Belgian politician
*André Frédéric Cournand
André Frédéric Cournand (September 24, 1895 – February 19, 1988) was a French-American physician and physiologist.
Biography
Cournand was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 along with Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W ...
, French physician and physiologist
*Andre Dawson
Andre Nolan Dawson (born July 10, 1954), nicknamed "The Hawk" and "Awesome Dawson", is an American former professional baseball player and inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame. During a 21-year baseball career, he played for four different te ...
, American baseball player
*Andre De Grasse
Andre De Grasse (born November 10, 1994) is a Canadian sprinter. A six-time Olympic medallist, De Grasse is the reigning Olympic champion in the 200 m, and also won the silver in the 200 m in 2016. He won a second silver in the 4×100 re ...
, Canadian sprinter
*André Derain
André Derain (, ; 10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.
Biography
Early years
Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, Île-de-France (region), Île-de-Franc ...
, French painter
*Andre Dillard
Andre Dillard (born October 3, 1995) is an American football offensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Washington State, and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles 22nd over ...
, American National Football League (NFL) football player
*André van Duin
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variat ...
, Dutch comedian
*André van Duren
André van Duren (born 20 June 1958) is a Dutch film director.
Career
His 1992 film ''Heading for England'' won the Dutch Film Critics Award at the Netherlands Film Festival.
In 2000, he directed the film '' Mariken'' which is based on Pet ...
(born 1958), Dutch film director
*André Gagnon
André Gagnon (2 August 1936 – 3 December 2020) was a Canadian pianist, composer, conductor, arranger, and actor, known for his fusion of classical and pop styles,Jean-Pierre Thiollet, ''88 notes pour piano solo'', Neva Editions, 2015, p.16 ...
(1936–2020), Canadian composer and pianist
* Andre Geim, Dutch-British physicist
*André Gide
André Paul Guillaume Gide (; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1947). Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism ...
, French writer
*André de Gouveia
André de Gouveia (1497 – 9 June 1548) was a Portuguese humanist and pedagogue during the Renaissance.
Biography
André de Gouveia became one of the first Portuguese to study in the Collège Sainte-Barbe, in Paris, which was then directed ...
, Portuguese humanist and pedagogue
*André Grétry
André Ernest Modeste Grétry (; baptised 11 February 1741; died 24 September 1813) was a
composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous ...
, French composer
* Andre Gregory, French-born American writer, director and actor
*André Greipel
André Greipel (born 16 July 1982) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2021. Since his retirement, Greipel now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team .
Born in Rostock, Eas ...
, German cyclist
*André Haefliger
André Haefliger (born 22 May 1929 in Nyon, Switzerland) is a Swiss mathematician who works primarily on topology.
Education and career
Haefliger went to school in Nyon and then attended his final years at Collège Calvin in Geneva. He studied ...
, Swiss mathematician
* Andre Harrell (1960–2020), American record producer, songwriter, rapper (Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde), and founder of Uptown Records
*Andre Hollins
Andre Hollins (born December 11, 1992) is an American professional basketball player
He grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and went to White Station High School there. He went to the University of Minnesota and played for the Minnesota Golden Gopher ...
, American basketball player
* Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
* Andre James, American National Football League (NFL) football player
*André Kuipers
André Kuipers (; born 5 October 1958) is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut. He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch-speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth abo ...
, Dutch astronaut
*André Kuper
André Kuper (born 14 December 1960) is a German politician from the Christian Democratic Union. Between 1997 and 2012 he was mayor of the city of Rietberg. Since then he has been a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
The Landtag o ...
(born 1960), German politician
* André Lafargue (1917–2017), French journalist and theatre critic
*André Lange
André Lange (; born 28 June 1973) is a retired German bobsledder and the most successful bob pilot of all time. Competing at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, he has won four gold and one silver medals. Lange originally started his sledd ...
, German bobsledder
* André Le Nôtre, French architect
* André Lotterer, German-Belgian racing driver
*Andre McCarter
Andre McCarter (born August 25, 1953) is an American retired professional basketball player.
A 6'3" guard (basketball), guard born in Philadelphia, McCarter played college basketball at UCLA under coach John Wooden.
McCarter played three season ...
(born 1953), American basketball player
*André Michel Lwoff
André Michel Lwoff (8 May 1902 – 30 September 1994) was a French microbiologist and Nobel laureate of Russian-Polish origin.
Education, early life and career
Lwoff was born in Ainay-le-Château, Allier, in Auvergne, France, the son of Marie ( ...
, French biologist
*André Malraux
Georges André Malraux ( , ; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and Minister of Culture (France), minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel ''La Condition Humaine'' (Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Go ...
, French writer, art theorist, and Minister of Cultural Affairs
* André Maurois, French writer
*André Maranne
André Maranne (14 May 1926 – 12 April 2021) was a French-English actor best known for playing roles in English-language films beginning in the mid-1950s.
Life and career
Born André Gaston Maillol in Toulouse, France, Maranne's best known r ...
, French-born British actor
*André Masséna
André Masséna, Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli (born Andrea Massena; 6 May 1758 – 4 April 1817) was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.Donald D. Horward, ed., trans, annotated, The Fre ...
, French military commander in French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
*André Furtado de Mendonça
André Furtado de Mendonça (1558 – 1 April 1611) was a captain and governor of Portuguese India, and a military commander during Portuguese expansion into Ceylon, India, Indonesia and Malacca.
Biography
He was a son of Afonso Furtado Mendo ...
, Portuguese governor of India
*André Michelin
André Jules Michelin (16 January 1853 – 4 April 1931) was a French industrialist who, with his brother Édouard (1859–1940), founded the Michelin Tyre Company (''Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin'') in 1888 in the French ...
, French industrialist who founded the Michelin Tyre Company
*Andre Miller
Andre Lloyd Miller (born March 19, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach for the Grand Rapids Gold. Miller has played professional basketball for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers, Phil ...
, American basketball player
*Andre Mintze
Andre Mintze (born September 10, 1998) is an American football outside linebacker for the DC Defenders of the XFL. He played college football for the Vanderbilt Commodores.
College career
Mintze was a member of the Vanderbilt Commodores for fi ...
(born 1998), American football player
*André Moynet
André Moynet (July 19, 1921 – May 2, 1993) was a much decorated French wartime fighter pilot who moved on to become a test pilot and an entrepreneur-businessman. He was also a politician.
Biography
Moynet volunteered for military service on 2 ...
, French wartime fighter pilot and politician
* André Myhrer, Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist
*André Ooijer
André Antonius Maria Ooijer (born 11 July 1974) is a former Dutch footballer who played as a defender. He played his last professional game for Ajax against Vitesse on 6 May 2012.
In an international career lasting over a decade with the Ne ...
, Dutch football player
*André Øvredal
André Øvredal (; born 1973) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films '' Trollhunter'', '' The Autopsy of Jane Doe'' and '' Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark''.
Life and career
He is best known fo ...
, Norwegian film director and screenwriter
*Andre President
Andre Nathaniel President (born June 16, 1971) is a former American football tight end who played one season in the National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists o ...
, American National Football League (NFL) football player
* André Previn (1929–2019), German-American jazz and classical pianist, conductor and composer
*Andre Rampersad
Andre Jesse Rampersad (born 2 February 1995) is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Canadian club HFX Wanderers.
Club career Santa Rosa
Rampersad spent eight years with TT Super League side FC Santa Rosa. In 201 ...
(born 1995), Trinidadian footballer
*André de Resende
André de Resende (1498–1573) was a Dominican friar who is considered to be father of archaeology in Portugal.
He spent many years traveling in Spain, France and Belgium, where he corresponded with Erasmus and other learned men. He was also in ...
, Portuguese Renaissance archaeologist
*André Rebouças
André Pinto Rebouças (13 January 1838 – 9 April 1898) was a Brazilian military engineer, abolitionist and inventor, son of Antônio Pereira Rebouças (1798–1880) and Carolina Pinto Rebouças. Lawyer, member of Parliament (representing the B ...
, Brazilian engineer and abolitionist
*André F. Richard
André F. Richard (December 16, 1906 – May 13, 1993) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country ...
(1906–1993), Canadian politician and businessperson
*André Rieu
André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (; is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.
Rieu and his orchestra have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act. He r ...
, Dutch violinist, orchestra conductor
*Andre Russell
Andre Dwayne Russell (born 29 April 1988) is a Jamaican who has played international cricket for West Indies and for Jamaica in domestic cricket as an all-rounder. He currently plays in various T20 leagues around the globe. Russell was part of ...
, Jamaican and West Indies cricketer
*Andre Romelle Young
Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper and record producer. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and previously co-founded, co-owned, and w ...
, American musician also known as Dr. Dre even though he is not a doctor
* André Salvat (1920–2017), French Army colonel
*André Seznec André Seznec is a French computer scientist. He is a senior research director at IRISA/INRIA in Rennes, France.
He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engi ...
, French engineer
*André Schubert
André Schubert (born 24 July 1971) is a German football coach and former player.
Career
Schubert studied sports and German studies at the University of Kassel. He started to work as a youth coach in 1989, and until 1995 he played for TSV Roth ...
, German football player and manager
*André Schürrle
André Horst Schürrle (; born 6 November 1990) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He began his career at Mainz 05 in 2009, spending two years at the club before a £6.5 million transfer to Bayer 04 Leverku ...
, German football player
*Andre Smith (linebacker)
Andre Smith (born April 20, 1997) is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina.
High school
Smith attended Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonv ...
, American National Football League (NFL) football player
* André Soares, Portuguese architect
*André Sollie
André Sollie (born 7 July 1947) is a Belgian author and illustrator of children's literature.
Career
Sollie made his debut in children's poetry with ''Soms, dan heb ik flink de pest in'' in 1986.
In 2000, Sollie and Ingrid Godon published ...
, Flemish author and illustrator of children's literature
*André Spicer
André Spicer is a New Zealand academic, Dean, and Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Bayes Business School, City, University of London. He is an expert in the fields of Organisational Behaviour, Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibilit ...
, New Zealand professor of organisational behaviour
*Andre Spitzer
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, Israeli 1972 Summer Olympics fencing coach and victim of the Munich massacre
*André Støylen
André Støylen (born 9 April 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Born in Ørsta, he served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal during the term 1989–1993. From ...
, Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
* Andre Strode, American National Football League (NFL) football player
*André Leon Talley
André Leon Talley (October 16, 1948 – January 18, 2022) was an American fashion journalist, stylist, creative director, and editor-at-large of ''Vogue'' magazine. He was the magazine's fashion news director from 1983 to 1987, its first Africa ...
(1948–2022), American fashion journalist
*André the Giant
André René Roussimoff (; 19 May 1946 – 28 January 1993), better known by his ring name André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. Roussimoff was known for his great size, which was a result of gigantism caused by excess ...
(André Roussimoff), French wrestler and actor
*André Thapedi
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, American lawyer and politician
*Andre Tippett
Andre Bernard Tippett Sr. (born December 27, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was an outside linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the New England Patriots. He played college football ...
, American National Football League (NFL) football player
* André Travetto, French footballer
*André Villas-Boas
Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas (; born 17 October 1977) is a Portuguese football manager, who most recently was the manager of Ligue 1 club Marseille. He is one of a growing number of top-level managers who have never played football ...
, Portuguese football manager
*Andre Wisdom
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Wisdom began his career at Bradford City A.F.C., Bradford City before signing for Liverpool ...
, British football player
*Andre Woolridge
Andre Woolridge (born November 11, 1973) is an American former basketball
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(born 1973), American basketball player
*Andre Young
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, better known as Dr. Dre, American rapper and producer
*André Verbart
André Verbart (born 23 January 1960) is a Dutch poet.
Early life
Verbart was born in 1960 in 's-Heerenhoek. In 1995, he was promoted to doctor for his study of the epic poem
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, Dutch poet
*André Zwoboda
André Zwoboda (1910–1994) was a French screenwriter, producer and film director.Rège p.476
Selected filmography
Director
* '' Life Belongs to Us'' (1936)
*''Farandole'' (1945)
* ''François Villon'' (1945)
* '' The Seventh Door'' (1947)
* ...
, French screenwriter, film director and producer
Surname
* Benjamin André
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Club career Ajaccio
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(1990), French footballer
* Fabienne André (1996), born British wheelchair racer
* John André (1750 – 1780), British army officer (American war of independence)
* Mark Andre
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(1964), French composer
Fictional characters
* André, a character in the 1984 short film '' The Adventures of André & Wally B.''
* André, the main antagonist of the Ubisoft video game '' Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc''
* André, in the 2016 film '' A Wedding''
* André Baptiste Sr., a character from the 2005 film ''Lord of War
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The film was released in the United States on September 16, 2005, to positive reviews and grosse ...
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* André-Baptiste Depérinconu, a character from the Belgian comic strip ''Le Petit Spirou
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* André Bishop, the main protagonist of the Electronic Arts video game ''Fight Night Champion
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* André Bourgeois, a character in the animated series '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir''
* André Camel, a fictitious FBI agent in the manga series '' Case Closed''
* André de France, the eponymous hero from the Old French romance from the 12th century
* André Delambre, a character in the 1958 film '' The Fly'', which was based on the namesake short story
*André DiMera
André DiMera is a fictional character from the NBC Daytime soap opera, '' Days of Our Lives''. The role was originated in 1983 by Thaao Penghlis when André was introduced as the nephew of Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo). Having undergone plast ...
, a fictional serial killer from the American soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''
* André Grandier, one of the main characters of the manga series ''The Rose of Versailles
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* André Harris, a character from the Nickelodeon TV series ''Victorious
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* André Jurieux, a character in the 1939 film ''The Rules of the Game
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* André LeBlanc (DC Comics), a supervillain who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics
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*Andre Lyon (Empire), Andre Lyon, a character in the American musical drama ''Empire''
*André Micheaux, best known as Michael Vaughn, a character in the television series ''Alias (TV series), Alias''
* André Toulon, a character in the film series ''Puppet Master (film series), Puppet Master''
Other uses
*Andre (film), ''André'' (film), a 1994 film about André the seal
*André (play), ''André'' (play), a 1798 play by William Dunlap
*Andre the Seal, André the Seal
See also
*Jean-André
*Lucile Randon, Sister/Sœur André
References
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French masculine given names
Given names of Greek language origin