Geoffroy is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: * Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy (1601–1675), French composer *

Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633 – 11 March 1694) was a French harpsichordist, organist and composer.The registration of baroque organ music Barbara Owen - 1997 "Jean-Nicolas Geoffrey (fl. 1633-94)" His birthplace is unknown; he died in Perpignan. ...

(1633–1694), French harpsichordist and organist *

Étienne François Geoffroy Étienne François Geoffroy (13 February 16726 January 1731) was a French physician and chemist, best known for his 1718 affinity tables. He first contemplated a career as an apothecary, but then decided to practice medicine. He is sometimes kn ...

(1672–1731), French apothecary and chemist *

Claude Joseph Geoffroy Claude Joseph Geoffroy (8 August 1685, Paris – 9 March 1752, Paris) was the brother of Étienne François Geoffroy. Like his brother, he was an apothecary and chemist. Having a considerable knowledge of botany, he devoted himself especially t ...

(1685–1752), French apothecary, chemist and botanist; younger brother of Étienne François Geoffroy *

Étienne Louis Geoffroy Étienne Louis Geoffroy (October 12, 1725 – August 12, 1810) was a French entomologist and pharmacist. He was born in Paris and died in Soissons. He followed the binomial nomenclature of Carl Linnaeus, Carl von Linné and devoted himself mainl ...

(1725–1810), French entomologist *

Claude François Geoffroy Claude François Geoffroy (1729 – 18 June 1753) was a French chemist. In 1753 he proved the chemical element bismuth to be distinct from lead, becoming the official discoverer of the element. Before this time, bismuth-containing minerals were ...

(1729–1753), French chemist, discoverer of bismuth *

Julien Louis Geoffroy Julien Louis Geoffroy (17 August 1743 – 27 February 1814) was a French literary critic. He was born at Rennes, and educated there and at the Collège Louis le Grand in Paris. He took orders and for some time was a mere usher, eventually becom ...

(1743–1814), French literary critic *

Jean-Baptiste Lislet Geoffroy Jean-Baptiste Lislet Geoffroy (also known as Geoffrey L'Islet) (23 August 1755 – 8 February 1836) was a French astronomer, botanist and cartographer. Early life Lislet Geoffroy was born on 23 August 1755 in Saint-Pierre, Réunion and died on 8 ...

(1755–1836), French astronomer, botanist and cartographer *

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (15 April 177219 June 1844) was a French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition". He was a colleague of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and expanded and defended Lamarck's evolutionary theories. ...

(1772–1844), French naturalist *

Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (16 December 1805 – 10 November 1861) was a French zoologist and an authority on deviation from normal structure. In 1854 he coined the term ''éthologie'' (ethology). Biography He was born in Paris, the son ...

(1805–1861), French zoologist, son of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire * Henri-Jules-Jean Geoffroy (1853-1924), French painter

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