Gauthier () is a French name of Germanic origin, corresponding to the English given name Walter.

People with the given name

* Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède * Gauthier de Brienne, Counts

Walter III of Brienne Walter III of Brienne (french: Gautier, it, Gualtiero; died June 1205) was a nobleman from northern France. Becoming Count of Brienne in 1191, Walter married the Sicilian princess Elvira and took an army to southern Italy to claim her inheritanc ...

Walter IV of Brienne Walter IV (french: Gauthier (1205–1246) was the count of Brienne from 1205 to 1246. Life Walter was the son of Walter III of Brienne and Elvira of Sicily. Around the time of his birth, his father lost his bid for the Sicilian throne and died i ...

Walter V of Brienne Walter V of Brienne (french: Gautier; – 15 March 1311) was Duke of Athens from 1308 until his death. Being the only son of Hugh of Brienne and Isabella de la Roche, Walter was the heir to large estates in France, the Kingdom of Naples, and the ...

Walter VI of Brienne Walter VI of Brienne (c. 1304 – 19 September 1356) was a French nobleman and crusader. He was the count of Brienne in France, the count of Conversano and Lecce in southern Italy and claimant to the Duchy of Athens in Frankish Greece. Lif ...

* Gaultier Tirel, ostensible killer of

William II of England William II ( xno, Williame; – 2 August 1100) was King of England from 26 September 1087 until his death in 1100, with powers over Normandy and influence in Scotland. He was less successful in extending control into Wales. The third so ...

* Gauthier of Pontoise, saint *

Gotye Wouter André "Wally" De Backer (born 21 May 1980), better known by his stage name Gotye ( ), is a Belgian-Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. The name "Gotye" is a pronunciation respelling of "Gauthier", the French cognat ...

, Belgian-Australian multi-instrumentalist

People with the surname

Albert Gauthier de Clagny Albert Gauthier de Clagny (14 September 1853 – 16 December 1927) was a right-wing French politician during the period before World War I. He was a respected lawyer, a Bonapartist and an anti-Dreyfusard. Early years Albert Gauthier de Clagny wa ...

(1853–1927), French politician *

Bernard Gauthier Bernard Gauthier (22 September 1924 – 23 November 2018) was a French road racing cyclist, who was professional from 1947 to 1961. He won the Bordeaux–Paris road race on four occasions. Major results ;1947 :Circuit Lyonnais : Tour de Fra ...

(born 1924), French cyclist *

Cathy Gauthier Cathy Gauthier ( Tardi; June 5, 1961 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler and broadcaster. Gauthier began curling in grade 9. She played juniors for one season with Connie Laliberte, losing in the Manitoba final one year. Gauthier joi ...

, Canadian curler * Charles-Arthur Gauthier, Canadian politician *

Claude Gauthier (singer) Claude Gauthier (born January 31, 1939, in Lac-Saguay, Quebec, Canada) is a Quebec singer-songwriter and actor. Biography Early years Gauthier grew up in a family that enjoyed and performed music. His father sang Sundays in the Catholic Mass an ...

, French-Canadian singer-songwriter * Dan Gauthier, American actor *

Daniel Gauthier Daniel Gauthier (born May 17, 1970) is a Canadian former ice hockey centre. Gauthier was drafted 62nd overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. He turned pro in 1990 in the International Hockey League with the Albany Choppe ...

, Canadian ice hockey player *

David Gauthier David Gauthier (; born 10 September 1932) is a Canadian-American philosopher best known for his neo-Hobbesian social contract (contractarian) theory of morality, as developed in his 1986 book ''Morals by Agreement''. Life and career Gauthie ...

, Canadian-American philosopher *

Denis Gauthier Denis Gauthier, Jr. (born October 1, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. A first round selection of the Calgary Flames at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, Gauthier played for the Flames, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers ...

, Canadian ice hockey player *

Éric Gauthier (writer) Éric Gauthier is a quebecois author who was born in 1975 in Rouyn-Noranda, in the Abitibi region of Quebec. Biography After a childhood spent in Abitibi, and computer science studies in Ottawa, Éric Gauthier moved to Montreal. Though h ...

, Canadian science fiction writer *

Eric Gauthier (dancer) Eric Gauthier (dancer) (born 1977) is a Canadian-born dancer, choreographer and musician. After a soloist career at the Stuttgart Ballet he founded Gauthier Dance/ /Dance Company at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart in 2007. In 2011, he won the German ...

, Canadian-born dancer, choreographer and musician *

Eva Gauthier Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in ...

(1885-1958), Canadian mezzo-soprano and voice teacher *

Frédérik Gauthier Frédérik Gauthier (born April 26, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently under contract with HC Ajoie of the National League (NL). Gauthier was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round, 21st overall, of the ...

, Canadian ice hockey player *

Gabe Gauthier Gabriel Robert Gauthier (born January 20, 1984) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who is currently the head coach of the Las Vegas Storm in the Western States Hockey League. He played eight games in the NHL with the Los Ange ...

, American ice hockey player *

Gerard Gauthier Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...

, hockey linesman *

Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier, comte de Rigny (; 2 February 1782 – 6 November 1835) was the commander of the French squadron at the Battle of Navarino in the Greek War of Independence. Biography Family He was a nephew of Baron Joseph Domini ...

Jacques Gauthier Jacques Armand Gauthier (born June 7, 1948 in New York City) is an American vertebrate paleontologist, comparative morphologist, and systematist, and one of the founders of the use of cladistics in biology. Life and career Gauthier is the so ...

, zoologist *

Jamie Gauthier Jamie Gauthier is an American Democratic politician and member of the Philadelphia City Council. In 2019, she was elected to represent the Third District, which covers much of West Philadelphia and Southwest Philadelphia. Early life and career ...

, American Democratic politician *

Jean Gauthier Joseph Jean-Philippe Gauthier (April 29, 1937 – February 20, 2013) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 166 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers and ...

(1937–2013), Canadian ice hockey player *

, French actor *

Jean-Bernard Gauthier de Murnan Jean-Bernard Gauthier de Murnan (1748 in Bourg-en-Bresse – 27 September 1796) was a French officer for the Continental Army and a French general during the French Revolution. Jean-Bernard Gauthier was born in a family of jurists in Bourg-en-Br ...

, French general *

Jean-Robert Gauthier Jean-Robert Gauthier, (October 22, 1929 – December 10, 2009) was a Canadian politician. A chiropractor by training, he entered politics as trustee on a local school board. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada to represent th ...

, Canadian politician *

Kerry Gauthier Kerry Gauthier (born November 6, 1955) is an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013, representing portions of St. Louis County. A Democrat, he served as Treasurer for the Minnesota Democrati ...

, Minnesota politician *

Léo Gauthier Jeremiah Léoda Gauthier (December 29, 1904 – January 17, 1964) was a Canadian Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1958.C.M. Wallace and Ashley Thomson, ''Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital''. Dundurn Press, 1993. . p. 209. A member of ...

, Canadian politician * Marcel Gauthier, Canadian wrestler *

Marie-Madeleine Gauthier Marie-Madeleine Gauthier (25 April 1920 – 20 May 1998) was a French medieval art historian and author. Gauthier was born in Langon, Gironde, France in 1920. She studied at the University in Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, B ...

, A French Art Historian. *

Mary Gauthier Mary Veronica Gauthier ( ; born March 11, 1962) is a Grammy-nominated American folk singer-songwriter and author, whose songs have been covered by performers including Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Kathy Mattea, Boy George and Jimmy Buffett. She ...

(born 1962), American singer *

Michel Gauthier Michel Gauthier (; February 18, 1950 – May 30, 2020) was a Canadian politician, who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 1996 to 1997. As the party was the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada, Gauthier was also the ...

, Canadian politician * Mylène Gauthier, the French-Canadian singer Mylène Farmer * Paul Gauthier (theologian), French theologian * Paule Gauthier, Canadian lawyer * Pierre Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey executive * Pierre Gauthier (politician), Canadian politician *

Sean Gauthier Sean D. Gauthier (born March 28, 1971) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. Career Gauthier was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in 1991. He played one game in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks in the 1998–99 season, ag ...

, Canadian ice hockey player * Terry Gauthier, American politician * Théophile Gauthier, French writer, usually Théophil Gautier * Tyler Gauthier (born 1997), American football player * Ursula Gauthier, French journalist *

Victor-Auguste Gauthier Victor-Auguste Gauthier (5 March 1837 – 20 February 1911) was a French school teacher and amateur palaeontologist. He specialized in the study of fossilized sea urchins, contributing meticulous descriptions of many fossils found in southern Fran ...

(1837–1911), French amateur palaeontologist. * Pierre Gauthier (1930-2016), dit Gartier, French painter

Places

Gauthier, Ontario Gauthier is a township municipality in Timiskaming District the Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The township had a population of 138 in the Canada 2016 Census. Its main population centre is Dobie, located just north of Ontario Highway 66, east of ...

, Canada *

Ferme Gauthier The Ferme Gautier is a torture center established during the Algerian war in the commune of Souk El Had in Kabylia within Algeria. Creation This farm was created from 1872 when the farmer Gautier obtained an agricultural concession in Souk El ...

, Algeria

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