Desfontaines is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* François-Georges Fouques Deshayes (known as
Desfontaines-Lavallée François-Georges Fouques Deshayes (1733, Caen - 25 November 1825), known as Desfontaines or Desfontaines-Lavallée, was a French writer and playwright.
Before the French Revolution he worked as a royal censor, secretary and librarian. He coopera ...
or Desfontaines, 1733-1825), French writer and playwright.
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Henri Desfontaines (1876-1931), French film director, actor and scriptwriter
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Jean Desfontaines (c. 1658–1752), French Baroque composer
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Pierre Desfontaines (1685-1745), French journalist
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René Louiche Desfontaines
René Louiche Desfontaines (14 February 1750 – 16 November 1833) was a French botanist.
Desfontaines was born near Tremblay in Brittany. He attended the Collège de Rennes and in 1773 went to Paris to study medicine. His interest in bot ...
(1750-1833), French botanist
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