Favre is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alphonse Favre
Jean Alphonse Favre (31 March 1815 in Geneva – 11 July 1890 in Pregny) was a Swiss geologist. He was a pioneer of alpine geology and became director of the Swiss Geological Commission ''(Schweizerische Geologische Kommission)'', which was c ...
(1815–1890), Swiss geologist
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Brett Favre (born 1969), U.S. football player (NFL); husband of Deanna Favre
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Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585–1650), French grammarian
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Corinne Favre
Corinne Favre (born 15 December 1970) is a French professional ski instructor, competitive ski mountaineer, (born 1970), French ski instructor and competitive ski mountaineer
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Cristina Favre-Moretti
Cristina Favre-Moretti, née ''Moretti'' (born 26 August 1963) is a Swiss ski mountaineer, long-distance runner and mountain biker. Her twin sister Isabella Crettenand-Moretti also competes in endurance sport events.
Selected results
Ski mou ...
(born 1963), Swiss ski mountaineer
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Deanna Favre (born 1968), U.S. breast cancer activist; wife of Brett Favre
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Émilie Favre (born 1992), French ski mountaineer
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Gilbert Favre Gilbert Favre (November 19, 1936 – December 12, 1998) was a clarinetist from Geneva, Switzerland. He trained at the Conservatory of Geneva, and also played jazz clarinet. In South America, he discovered the quena, and when he moved to Bolivia, he ...
(1936–1998), Bolivian flautist
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Jules Favre (1809–1880), French statesman
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Jules Favre (naturalist)
Jules Favre (6 November 1882, Le Locle – 22 January 1959, Geneva) was a Swiss zoologist, mycologist and geologist. He was curator at the Natural History Museum of Geneva from 1915 to 1952.
He studied natural sciences at the Neuchâtel
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(1882–1959), Swiss naturalist
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Julie Favre (1833–1896), French philosopher and educator
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Louis Favre (disambiguation), multiple people
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Lucien Favre (born 1957), Swiss footballer and manager
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Luis Favre, pen name of Felipe Belisario Wermus (born 1949), Brazilian journalist and political activist; husband of ideMarta Suplicy, a former mayor of São Paulo
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Philippe Favre (1961–2013), Swiss racing driver
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Pierre Favre
Peter Faber (french: Pierre Lefevre or Favre, la, Petrus Faver) (13 April 1506 – 1 August 1546) was a Jesuit priest and theologian, who was also a co-founder of the Society of Jesus, along with Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier. Pope Fra ...
, known as "Peter Faber" (1506–1546), co-founder of the Society of Jesus
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Pierre Favre (musician) (born 1937), Swiss jazz drummer
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Pierre Antoine Favre
Pierre Antoine Favre (20 February 1813 – 17 February 1880) was a French physician and chemist who specialized in conducting experiments in thermochemistry. In his work from 1852 along with Johann T. Silberman on heat produced by chemical reacti ...
(1813–1880), French chemist
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Sandrine Favre (born 1988), French ski mountaineer
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Simon Favre
Simon Favre (May 31, 1760 – July 3, 1813) was an interpreter of the Muskogean languages, particularly Choctaw and Chickasaw, for the French, British, Spanish and Americans in the part of West Florida that became part of the states of Miss ...
(1760–1813), U.S. interpreter of Muskogean languages; ancestor of Brett Favre
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Valentin Favre
Valentin Favre (born 14 September 1987) from Châtel, Haute-Savoie, is a French ski mountaineer.
Selected results
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** 5th, World Championship, team, together with Alexandre Pellicier
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** 2nd, European Championship relay, togethe ...
(born 1987), French ski mountaineer
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French-language surnames