Faure is an Occitan family name meaning

blacksmith A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from #Other metals, other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such ...

, from Latin ''faber''. It is pronounced differently from the accented surname Fauré, as in

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers ...

, French composer and organist.

People

Politicians

Dominique Faure Dominique Faure (born 28 August 1959) is a French politician of the Radical Party who has been serving as State Secretary for Rural Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2022. She was elected to the National Assem ...

(born 1959), French politician *

Edgar Faure Edgar Jean Faure (; 18 August 1908 – 30 March 1988) was a French politician, lawyer, essayist, historian and memoirist who served as Prime Minister of France in 1952 and again between 1955 and 1956.Félix Faure Félix François Faure (; 30 January 1841 – 16 February 1899) was the President of France from 1895 until his death in 1899. A native of Paris, he worked as a tanner in his younger years. Faure became a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Se ...

, 19th-century French president * Fernand Faure (1853–1929), French economist and politician *

Jacques Faure (ambassador) Jacques Faure may refer to: * Jacques Faure (French Army officer) (1904–1988), French Army general and skier * Jacques Faure (ambassador), former French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group See also * Jacques-Paul Faure Jacques-Paul Faure (14 Nove ...

, French co-chair of the

OSCE Minsk Group The OSCE Minsk Group was created in 1992 by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), now Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), to encourage a peaceful, negotiated resolution to the conflict between Azer ...

Martine Faure Martine Faure (born 30 September 1948) was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented the Gironde department, as a member of the Socialist Party. She was the deputy for Gironde's 9th constituency from 2007 to 2012 and, afte ...

, French politician *

Maurice Faure Maurice Faure (2 January 1922 – 6 March 2014) was a member of the French Resistance and a minister in several French governments. He was born in Azerat, Dordogne. He was a deputy in the French parliament from 1951 to 1983 and a Senator from ...

French Resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...

leader and politician, and the last surviving signatory of the

Treaty of Rome The Treaty of Rome, or EEC Treaty (officially the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community), brought about the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC), the best known of the European Communities (EC). The treaty was sig ...

Sébastien Faure Sébastien Faure (6 January 1858 – 14 July 1942) was a French anarchist, freethought and secularist activist and a principal proponent of synthesis anarchism. Biography Before becoming a free-thinker, Faure was a seminarist. He engaged ...

, French anarchist *

Faure Gnassingbé Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Eyadéma (; born 6 June 1966"Biographie de nouve ...

, president of Togo

Writers, artists, and musicians

Élie Faure Jacques Élie Faure (April 4, 1873 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France – October 29, 1937 in Paris) was a French doctor, art historian and essayist. He is the author of ''History of Art,'' considered a historiographical pillar in the discipline. ...

, French art historian and essayist *

Gabriel Faure In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብ� ...

(1877-1962), French poet, novelist and essayist *

, French composer *

Jean-Baptiste Faure Jean-Baptiste Faure () (15 January 1830 – 9 November 1914) was a French operatic baritone and art collector who also composed several classical songs. Singing career Faure was born in Moulins. A choirboy in his youth, he entered the Pari ...

, French baritone and composer *

Lucie Faure Lucie Faure, ''née'' Meyer (6 July 1908 – 25 September 1977) was a French woman of letters, novelist and literary review director. Early life The daughter of a merchant of fabrics of Alsatian origin, she was the niece, on the maternal sid ...

, French writer *

Renée Faure Renée Faure (born Reneé Paule Nanine Faure; November 4, 1918 – May 2, 2005) was a French stage and film actress. Early life Renée Faure was born Reneé Paule Nanine Faure on November 4, 1918 in Paris, France. Her father was René Faur ...

, French actress

Others

Abraham Faure Abraham Faure (29 August 1795 – 28 March 1875) was a clergyman and author from Cape Colony, part of what later became South Africa. Church career Born in Stellenbosch, Faure was educated in both England and the Netherlands and, with a ...

(1795-1875), South African clergyman *

Camille Alphonse Faure Camille Alphonse Faure (21 May 1840 – 14 September 1898) was a French chemical engineer who in 1881 significantly improved the design of the lead-acid battery, which had been invented by Gaston Planté in 1859. Faure's improvements greatly ...

, French chemical engineer *

Gunter Faure Gunter Faure is a geochemist who currently holds the position of Professor Emeritus in the School of Earth Science of Ohio State University. He obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of ...

, American geochemist *

Jacques Faure (French Army officer) Jacques Marie Alfred Gaston Faure (2 March 1904 – 9 April 1988) was a French Army general and skier. He was the leader of the French national Olympic military patrol team in 1936 which placed sixth and in 1961 one of the masterminds of the Alg ...

(1904–1988), French Army general and skier * Jacques-Paul Faure (1869–1924), head of the

French military mission to Japan (1918–19) French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

Keith Faure Keith George Faure (born June, 1951), from Norlane, Victoria, is an Australian career criminal, convicted of multiple murders and manslaughters. He is currently serving life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 19 years for his role ...

, Australian career criminal *

Luigi Faure Luigi Faure (1901 in Sauze d'Oulx – September 5, 1974) was an Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( frp, Chamôni), more commonly known a ...

(1901–1974), Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper *

Sébastien Faure (footballer) Sébastien Faure (, born 3 January 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championnat National 2 club GOAL FC. He is a former France youth international, and has represented his nation at various age levels. Clu ...

, French footballer