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surnames. The Portuguese and Spanish version is Mota, and the Italian version is Motta. Notable people with the surname include: * Antoine Houdar de la Motte (1672–1731), French author * August de la Motte (1713–1788), Hanoverian general * Benjamin Motte (1693–1738), English publisher * Benjamin Motte Sr. (died 1710), English publisher *

Bernard Lamotte Bernard Lamotte (1903 – September 28, 1983) was a Paris-born artist, illustrator, painter, and muralist. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts at the Sorbonne and studied under Bernand Corman and Lucien Simon (1861–1945). From 1932 to 1935 ...

(1903–1983), French artist *

Camille du Bois de la Motte Camille du Bois de la Motte (1764–1819) was a French marchioness and political activist. In 1789, she was involved in the plans of Princess Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte, a future queen of Sweden, to depose King Gustav III of Sweden, and acted as t ...

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1789), French marchioness *

Capucine Motte Capucine Motte (born 1971) is a Belgian-born French woman of letters. A former lawyer (New York and Paris) and gallerist, she won the 2013 edition of the Roger Nimier Prize. Works * ''La Vraie Vie des jolies filles'', Éditions Jean-Claude La ...

(born 1971), Belgian writer * Clarence Petersen de la Motte (1892–?), Australian sailor * Diether de la Motte (1928–2010), German musician, composer, music theorist, and academic teacher *

Edme Joachim Bourdois de La Motte Edme-Joachim Bourdois de La Motte (14 September 1754 – 7 December 1835) was a French doctor. Biography Edme-Joachim Bourdois de La Motte was born at Joigny, Burgundy, the son of a famous doctor. He studies at the College of Auxerre then goes to ...

(1754–1835), French doctor *

Ellen N. La Motte Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. She is known for her book ''The Backwash of War'' in which she chronicled her experience as a nurse in World War I in an often bitter and cynical manner. She w ...

(1873–1961), American nurse, journalist and author * Étienne Lamotte (1903–1983), Belgian priest and indologist *

François Henri de la Motte Francis Henry de la Motte, or François Henri de la Motte, was a French citizen and ex-French army officer executed in London for High Treason on 27 July 1781. He had been arrested in January 1781 on suspicion of being a spy, and held for six mont ...

(died 1781), French army officer * Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843), German writer * Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué (1698–1774), French-Prussian lieutenant general * Henri-Paul Motte (1846–1922), French painter *

Isaac Motte Isaac Motte (December 8, 1738 – May 8, 1795) was an American soldier and statesman from Charleston, South Carolina. He served as a colonel in the Revolutionary War and represented South Carolina in the Continental Congress The Contine ...

(1738–1795), American statesman * Jason Motte (born 1982), American baseball player *

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (Commonly known as Madame Guyon, ; 13 April 1648 – 9 June 1717) was a French mystic accused of advocating Quietism, which was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church. Madame Guyon was imprison ...

(1648–1717), French mystic * Lisa de la Motte (born 1985), Swazi swimmer * Marguerite De La Motte (1902–1950), American actress *

Nathaniel Motte Nathaniel Warren Seth Motte (born January 13, 1984) is an American recording artist, record producer, and film composer from Boulder, Colorado. He is a member of the electropop duo 3OH!3 with Sean Foreman. Life and career Motte was born to a ...

(born 1984), American recording artist *

Nicholas de la Motte Nicholas de la Motte (Bar-sur-Aube 29 July 1755 – Paris 6 November 1831), born Marc Antoine-Nicolas de la Motte, was a French adventurer known for his part as a swindler in the affair of the diamond necklace. He was the husband of Jeanne de Val ...

(1755–1831), French nobleman * Pierre Lambert de la Motte (1624–1679), French bishop *

Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte Count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte,In the 18th century, spelling could vary and the name is sometimes spelt "Piquet" and "La Mothe" also known as La Motte-Picquet (born 1 November 1720 in Rennes; died 10 June 1791 in Brest) was a French ...

(1720–1791), French admiral *

Tyler Motte Tyler Motte (born March 10, 1995) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Motte was drafted 121st overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, and spent 33 g ...

(born 1995), American ice hockey player

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