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Huguenots The Huguenots ( , also , ) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Be ...
or people with French Huguenot ancestry include:


Actors and film-makers

* James Agee (1909–1955), American screenwriter, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. *
René Allio René Allio (; 3 August 1924, Marseille – 27 March 1995, Paris) was a French film and theater director. Filmography * ''The Shameless Old Lady ''The Shameless Old Lady'' (Original title: ''La Vieille dame indigne'') is a 1965 French film. ...
(1924–1995), French film-maker. * Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), American actor, descended from Huguenot refugees in the Netherlands. *
Dion Boucicault Dionysius Lardner "Dion" Boucicault (né Boursiquot; 26 December 1820 – 18 September 1890) was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. By the later part of the 19th century, Boucicault had become known on both sides of the ...
(1820–1890), Irish actor and playwright. * Marlon Brando (1924–2004), American actor, descended from Chretien DuBois of the Comté of Coupigny, near Lille in Artois. *
Godfrey Cass Godfrey Cass (1867 – 14 May 1951) was an Australian actor in the silent era. Between 1906 and 1935 he acted in nineteen film roles. He played Ned Kelly three times, and also had roles in a number of other bushranger movies including '' A Ta ...
(1867-1951), Australian actor, descendant of the Castieau family. * Christopher Cazenove (1943–2010), English actor. *
Timothée Chalamet Timothée Hal Chalamet (; ; born December 27, 1995) is an American actor. He has received various accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and three BAFTA Film Awards. Chalamet began his career as a t ...
(1995–), French-American actor. * Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), British actor, likely to have had Huguenot ancestry but this has not yet been fully confirmed. *
Cyd Charisse Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea; March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American actress and dancer. After recovering from polio as a child and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually featured her abilit ...
(1921-2008), American actress and dancer. * Jessica Chastain (1977–), American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress 2022, descended from Dr Pierre Chastain who came from near the village of Chârost (his family had earlier lived in Bourges). * Charles Chauvel (1897–1959), Australian film-maker, ancestors from Blois in the Loire Valley. *
William Christopher William Christopher (October 20, 1932 December 31, 2016) was an American actor and comedian, best known for playing Private Lester Hummel on '' Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' from 1965 to 1968 and Father John Mulcahy on the television series '' M*A*S ...
(1932–2016), American actor. * George Clooney (1961-), American actor, nephew of Rosemary Clooney, descended from the Koch family of Alsace-Lorraine. * Olivia Colman (1974–), English actress, descended from Anne Foissin of Paris. *
Gary Cooper Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, ...
(1901-1961), American actor, descended from the Brazier family. *
Daniel Craig Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English-American actor who gained international fame playing the secret agent James Bond in the film series, beginning with '' Casino Royale'' (2006) and in four further instalments, up to '' ...
(1968–), English actor, descended from Pastor Daniel Chamier of Le Mont, near Mocas, west of Grenoble. (Chamier's father, in turn, came from Avignon.) *
Joan Crawford Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, ncertain year from 1904 to 1908was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway theatre, Broadway. Crawford was si ...
(1905–1977), American actress, descended from the Huguenots, Dr Pierre Chastain and Chretien DuBois, on her father's side. * Konstanze Dahn (real name Constanze Le Gaye) (1814-1894), German actress. *
Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her pe ...
(1908-1989), American actress, descended from the Favor family. on her mother's side. * Jean Delannoy (1908–2008), French actor,
film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film ed ...
, screenwriter and film director. *
Cara Delevingne Cara Jocelyn Delevingne ( ; born 12 August 1992) is an English model and actress. She signed with Storm Management after leaving school in 2009. Delevingne won Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in 2012 and 2014. Delevingne sta ...
(1992-), English actress and model, French Huguenot ancestry. *
Poppy Delevingne Poppy Angela Delevingne (born 3 May 1986)Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3028 is an English model, socialite and blogger. Family and personal life Delevingne wa ...
(1986-), English actress and model, sister of Cara, French Huguenot ancestry. *
Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cine ...
(1881-1959), American film-maker. * Johnny Depp (1963–), American actor, descended from Jean and Pierre Dieppe of Dieppe, Normandy. *
Lily-Rose Depp Lily-Rose Melody Depp (born 27 May 1999) is a French-American actress and model. Depp began her acting career with a small role in ''Tusk'' (2014), and went on to star in the period drama '' The Dancer'' (2016), in which she played Isadora Dunc ...
(1999-), actress, model, daughter of Johnny Depp, descended from Jean and Pierre Dieppe of Dieppe, Normandy. *
Louis de Rochemont Louis Clark de Rochemont (January 13, 1899 – December 23, 1978) was an American film maker known for creating, along with Roy E. Larsen, the monthly theatrically shown newsreels ''The March of Time''. His brother, Richard, was also a pro ...
(1899–1978), filmmaker. *
Richard de Rochemont Richard de Rochemont (December 13, 1903 – August 2, 1982) was an American documentary filmmaker in the late 1940s, who worked on the ''March of Time'' newsreel series. Richard was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1903. He attended Harvard ...
(1903–1982), filmmaker. *
Emil Devrient Gustav Emil Devrient (4 September 1803, Berlin – 7 August 1872, Dresden) was a German actor and an occasional operatic bass. Life Gustav Emil Devrient was the youngest son of the six children of the silk merchant Tobias Philipp Devrient and his ...
(1803–1876), German actor. * Ludwig Devrient (1784–1832), German actor. *
Brandon De Wilde Andre Brandon deWilde (April 9, 1942 – July 6, 1972) was an American theater, film, and television actor. Born into a theatrical family in Brooklyn, he debuted on Broadway at the age of seven and became a national phenomenon by the time he comp ...
(1942-1972), American actor. *
Brooke D'Orsay Brooke D'Orsay (born February 17, 1982) is a Canadian actress, best known for voicing the character of Caitlin Cooke on the Teletoon animated series ''6teen'' (2004–2010) and Brooke Mayo in the 2005 movie '' King's Ransom''. For American audie ...
(1982–), Canadian actress. *
Gerald du Maurier Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (26 March 1873 – 11 April 1934) was an English actor and manager. He was the son of author George du Maurier and his wife, Emma Wightwick, and the brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. In 1903, he ...
(1873–1934), English actor. *
Tilla Durieux Tilla Durieux (born Ottilie Godeffroy; 18 August 1880 – 21 February 1971) was an Austrian theatre and film actress of the first decades of the 20th century. Early Years Born Ottilie Helene Angela Godeffroy on 18 August 1880, she was the daug ...
(1880–1971), Austrian actress. 80px *
Elize du Toit Elize du Toit (born 21 February 1980) is a South African-born English actress best known for playing the role of Izzy Davies in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2000 to 2004, with a brief return in 2007. Early life Elize du Toit was ...
(1980-), South African actress. * Wikus du Toit (1972-), South African actor and comedian. *
Robert Duvall Robert Selden Duvall (; born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career spans more than seven decades and he is considered one of the greatest American actors of all time. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, four Gold ...
(1931–), actor, descended from Mareen Duvall of Nantes. *
Ava Gardner Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her perform ...
(1922-1990), American actress. * David Garrick (1717–1779), English theatre actor and playwright, descendant of David de la Garrique from near Saintonge. * Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022), French film director and film critic, related to the Monod family. * Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993), Belgian-born British actress and humanitarian, descended from Daniel Marot of Paris. *
Eddie Izzard Edward John Izzard (; born 7 February 1962) is a British stand-up comedian, actor and activist. Her comedic style takes the form of what appears to the audience as rambling whimsical monologues and self-referential pantomime. Izzard's stand- ...
, English comedian, actor, family thought to originate in the Pyrenees. *
Derek Jacobi Sir Derek George Jacobi (; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. He has appeared in various stage productions of William Shakespeare such as ''Hamlet'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', '' Macbeth'', ''Twelfth Night'', '' The Tempest'', ''Kin ...
(1938–), English actor, descended from the financier Joseph de la Plaigne of Bordeaux. *
Dakota Johnson Dakota Mayi Johnson (born October 4, 1989) is an American actress. The daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, she made her film debut at age ten with a minor role in the dark comedy film ''Crazy in Alabama'' (1999) with her mothe ...
(1989-), American actress and model, daughter of Don Johnson. *
Don Johnson Donnie Wayne Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor, producer and singer. He played the role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s television series ''Miami Vice'', for which he won a Golden Globe, and received a Primetime Emm ...
(1949-), American actor. *
Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer found fame after appearances in comedy films, starting with ''Top Secret!'' (1984) and ''Real Genius'' (1985), as well as the military action film ...
(1959-), American actor. *
Alice Krige Alice Maud Krige (; born 28 June 1954) is a South African actress and producer. Her first feature film role was in '' Chariots of Fire'' (1981) as the Gilbert and Sullivan singer Sybil Gordon. She played the dual role of Eva Galli/Alma Mobley i ...
(1954-), South African actress. * Ethel Lavenu (1842-1917), British actress, mother of Tyrone Power and grandmother of Tyrone Power junior, descended from the Huguenots, Hector Francois Chataigner de Cramahé and Salomon Blosset de Loche, both of whom fought for William of Orange. *
Zachary Levi Zachary Levi Pugh ( ; born September 29, 1980) is an American actor. He received critical acclaim for starring as Chuck Bartowski in the series '' Chuck'', and as the title character in '' Shazam!'' and its 2023 sequel, as a part of the DC Ex ...
(real name: Zachary Pugh) (1980-), American actor and practising Christian, descended from François De Puy of Calais. * Andrew Lincoln (1973-), English actor. * Laurence Olivier (1907–1989), English actor, descendant of Pastor Jerome Olivier, chaplain to the Prince of Orange, family originally from Nay in the Pyrenees. *
Valerie Perrine Valerie Ritchie Perrine (born September 3, 1943) is an American actress. For her role as Honey Bruce in the 1974 film ''Lenny'', she won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Bes ...
(1943–), American actress, descended from Daniel Perrin of Normandy. * Jon Pertwee (1919–1996), English actor, descended from the Perthuis de Laillevault family of Provence. 80px *
Michael Pertwee Michael Henry Pertwee (24 April 1916, Kensington, London – 17 April 1991, Camden, London) was an English playwright and screenwriter. Among his credits were episodes of '' The Saint'', ''Danger Man'', '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', '' B-A ...
(1916-1991), playwright and screenwriter, son of Roland Pertwee and brother of Jon Pertwee, descendant of the Perthuis de Laillevault family of Provence. *
Roland Pertwee Roland Pertwee (15 May 1885 – 26 April 1963) was an English playwright, film and television screenwriter, director and actor. He was the father of ''Doctor Who'' actor Jon Pertwee and playwright and screenwriter Michael Pertwee. He was al ...
(1885-1963), playwright and screenwriter, father of Jon Pertwee and Michael Pertwee, descended from the Perthuis de Laillevault family of Provence. *
Sean Pertwee Sean Carl Roland Pertwee''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' (born 4 June 1964) is an English actor, narrator and producer with an extensive career since the 1980s in television and cinema productions. He is known ...
(1964–), English actor, son of Jon Pertwee, descended from the Perthuis de Laillevault family of Provence. *
Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (; né Bottom; born October 28, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for playing dark and unconventional characters in independent films. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academ ...
(1974-), American actor, distant French Huguenot ancestry on his father's side. *
River Phoenix River Jude Phoenix (; August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor, musician and activist. Phoenix grew up in an itinerant family, as the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix. He ...
(1970-1993), American actor, brother of Joaquin Phoenix. *
Tyrone Power Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include ''Jesse James'', ' ...
(1914–1958), actor, descended from the Lavenu and Blossett families. *
Tyrone Power, Sr. Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power Sr. (2 May 1869 – 23 December 1931) was an English-born American stage and screen actor, known professionally as Tyrone Power. He is now usually referred to as Tyrone Power Sr. to differentiate him from his son ...
(1869–1931), actor, descended from the Lavenu and Blossett families. *
Kate Raison Katherine Raison (born 2 February 1962) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles on television, predominantly in soap operas, Career Raison starred in '' A Country Practice'' from 1987 to 1990 as Cathy Hayden, '' E Street'' from 19 ...
(1962–), Australian actress *
Miranda Raison Miranda Caroline Raison (born 18 November 1977) is an English actress and voice-over narrator. Early life Miranda Raison was born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, on 18 November 1977. Her mother is former Anglia News reader Caroline Raison (''né ...
(1977–), English screen and stage actress. * Robert Redford (1936–), American actor, descended from Philippe de La Noye ( Philip Delano) of the Leiden Huguenot refugee community (the family originated in Lannoy, near Tourcoing). 80px *
Julia Sawalha Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress who played Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon in the BBC sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous''. She is also known for her portrayal of Lynda Day, editor of the ''Junior Gazette'', in ''Press Gang'', as ...
(1968–) and Nadia Sawalha (1964–), British actresses of Huguenot and
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ian ancestry, descended from a Norman silkweaver, Daniel Duboc. * Valerie Schlumberger, retired actress, philanthropist, founder of Empire des enfants charity in Dakar, founder of the boutique Compagnie d'Afrique du Sénégal et de l'Afrique de l'ouest (CSAO), former wife of Henri Seydoux, mother of actress Léa Seydoux. * Jérôme Seydoux, head of Pathé, head of Charges Réunies, shareholder in Olympique Lyonnais Football Club. *
Léa Seydoux Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne (; born 1 July 1985) is a French actor. Known for her roles in both French cinema and in Hollywood she's received various accolades including the Cannes Film Festival's Trophée Chopard in 2009 as wel ...
(1985–), French actress, patron of the charity Empire des enfants, atheist member of the Protestant Schlumberger and Seydoux families. 80px * Nicolas Seydoux, head of Gaumont. *
Delphine Seyrig Delphine Claire Beltiane Seyrig (; 10 April 1932 – 15 October 1990) was a Lebanese-born French actress and film director. She came to prominence in Alain Resnais's 1961 film ''Last Year at Marienbad'', and later acted in films by Francois ...
(1932–1990), actress and film-maker, member of an intellectual Protestant family from Alsace. * Charlize Theron (1975–), South African actress, descended from the pioneering South African farmer, Jacques Therond, originally of Nîmes, Languedoc. *
David Thewlis David Wheeler (born 20 March 1963), better known as David Thewlis (), is a British actor, author, director and screenwriter. Thewlis rose to prominence when he starred in the film ''Naked'' (1993), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Awa ...
(1963–), English actor. * Hermann Vezin (1829–1910), American actor. *
Wil Wheaton Richard William Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Gordie Lachance in the film '' Stand by Me'', Joey Trotta in '' Toy Soldiers'', ...
(1972-), American actor, atheist with distant Huguenot ancestry from Montserrat on his mother's side. *
Joanne Woodward Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American actress. A star since the Golden Age of Hollywood, Woodward made her career breakthrough in the 1950s and earned esteem and respect playing complex women with a charact ...
(1930–), American actress and philanthropist, descended from the Gignilliat family of Switzerland.


Architects

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Salomon de Brosse Salomon de Brosse (c. 1571 – 8 December 1626) was an early 17th-century French architect who moved away from late Mannerism to reassert the French classical style and was a major influence on François Mansart. Life Salomon was born in V ...
(1571–1626), French
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Isaac de Caus Isaac de Caus (1590–1648) was a French landscaper and architect. He arrived in England in 1612 to carry on the work that his brother Salomon de Caus had left behind. His first known work in England was a grotto that Caus designed in 1623 locat ...
(1590-1648), architect, garden designer.https://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/6460/1/FrenchLondonKellyCornick.pdf * Samuel Fortrey (1622-1681), architect, designer of Kew Palace, descendant of de La Forteries. *
James Gandon James Gandon (20 February 1743 – 24 December 1823) was an English architect best known for his work in Ireland during the late 18th century and early 19th century. His better known works include The Custom House and the surrounding Beresford ...
(1742–1823), Anglo-Irish Georgian architect. * William Grellier (1847–1934), architect responsible for drawing sections of the French Church in Threadneedle Street, London. *
Benjamin Henry Latrobe Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820) was an Anglo-American neoclassical architect who emigrated to the United States. He was one of the first formally trained, professional architects in the new United States, draw ...
(1764–1820), British-born
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. * Le Corbusier (1887–1965), architect. 80px * Richard Leplastrier (1939-), Australian
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. * Gabriel Manigault (1758-1809), American architect, descendant of Pierre Manigault from La Rochelle. *
Daniel Marot Daniel Marot or Daniel Marot the Elder (1661–1752) was a French-born Dutch architect, furniture designer and engraver at the forefront of the classicizing Late Baroque Louis XIV style. He worked for a long time in England and the Dutch Republic ...
(1661-1752), architect and furniture designer, ancestor of actress Audrey Hepburn. * Gottfried Semper (1803-1879), German architect, art critic. *
Samuel Sanders Teulon Samuel Sanders Teulon (2 March 1812 – 2 May 1873) was an English Gothic Revival architect, noted for his use of polychrome brickwork and the complex planning of his buildings. Family Teulon was born in 1812 in Greenwich, Kent, the son of a ...
(1812–1873), British Victorian Architect. * John E. Tourtellotte (1869–1939), American architect.


Artists

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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi ( , ; 2 August 1834 – 4 October 1904) was a French sculptor and painter. He is best known for designing ''Liberty Enlightening the World'', commonly known as the Statue of Liberty. Early life and education Barthold ...
(1834-1904), French sculptor, designer of the Statue of Liberty (French Lutheran). * Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), American artist, sculptor, rodeo cowboy, descendant of Robert Bascom. * Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870), French Impressionist painter. 80px *
Jean Bellette Jean Bellette (occasionally Jean Haefliger; 25 March 1908 – 16 March 1991) was an Australian artist. Born in Tasmania, she was educated in Hobart and at Julian Ashton's art school in Sydney, where one of her teachers was Thea Proctor. In ...
(1908-1991), Tasmanian artist. *
Samuel Bernard Samuel Bernard (1651 in Sancerre – January 18, 1739, in Paris), Count of Coubert (1725), was a French noble and financier. Life Of Netherlands, Dutch origin, Samuel Bernard was the son of the painter and engraver Samuel-Jacques Bernard (1615- ...
(1615-1687), French artist. *
Abraham Bosse Abraham Bosse ( – 14 February 1676) was a French artist, mainly as a printmaker in etching, but also in watercolour.Sébastien Bourdon Sébastien Bourdon (2 February 1616 – 8 May 1671) was a French painter and engraver. His ''chef d'œuvre'' is ''The Crucifixion of St. Peter'' made for the cathedral of Notre Dame. Biography Bourdon was born in Montpellier, Fran ...
(1616–1671), French painter. *
Hablot Knight Browne Hablot Knight Browne (10 July 1815 – 8 July 1882) was an English artist and illustrator. Well-known by his pen name, Phiz, he illustrated books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever, and Harrison Ainsworth. Early life Of Huguenot ancestry, Hablot ...
("''Phiz''") (1815–1882), British illustrator of
Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...
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Louis Buvelot Louis Buvelot ( Morges 3 March 1814 – Melbourne 30 May 1888), born Abram-Louis Buvelot, was a Swiss landscape painter who lived 17 years in Brazil and following 5 years back in Switzerland stayed 23 years in Australia, where he influenced the H ...
(1814-1888), Swiss-born Australian artist and photographer. *
Harold Cazneaux Harold Pierce Cazneaux (30 March 1878 – 19 June 1953) was an Australian pictorialist photographer; a pioneer whose style had an indelible impact on the development of Australian photographic history. In 1916, he was a founding member of the ...
(1878–1953), Australian photographer. * Louis Chéron (1660-1725), artist. * Maximilian Colt (died 1641), sculptor. *
Jacques d'Agar Jacques d'Agar (''Danish: Jacob d'Agar'' 9 March 1640 – 16 November 1715) was a French portrait painter born in Paris. He was a pupil of Jacob Ferdinand Voet. He began his career as an history painter, but he soon abandoned history for portrai ...
(1640-1715), artist. * Jean de Beauchesne (1538-1620), calligrapher. * Nicholas de Larquillière, artist. *
William De Morgan William Frend De Morgan (16 November 1839 – 15 January 1917) was an English potter, tile designer and novelist. A lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass and furniture for Morris & Co. from 1863 to 1872. His tiles ...
, British art potter, tile designer, author. * Louis Dugreur, painter. * Gainsborough Dupont (1754-1797), artist, nephew of Thomas Gainsborough. *
Townsend Duryea Townsend Duryea (1823 – 13 December 1888) and his brother Sanford Duryea (22 February 1833 – 20 March 1903, see below) were American-born photographers who provided South Australians with invaluable images of life in the early colony. Their ...
(1823-1888), American photographer. * Benjamin Duterrau (1767-1851), English-born Tasmanian artist. * Robert Du Val (l639-1732), painter.https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/30695656.pdf * Louis Elle, painter. * Véra Fabre (real name Jacqueline Couve De Murville, née Schweisguth) (1912-2002), French abstract artist, wife of Prime Minister Maurice Couve De Murville and heiress of the Protestant families who owned the banking firms, Banque de l'Union Parisienne and Banque Mirabaud. * François Garnier, still-life painter, step-father of Louise Moillon. * Mark Garret, portrait painter. * Isaac Gosset (1713-1799), wax sculptor. * Wilhelm Hugues (1905–1971), German painter and sculptor. *
Esther Inglis Esther Inglis ( or ) (1571–1624) was a skilled member of the artisan class, as well as a miniaturist, who possessed several skills in areas such as calligraphy, writing, and embroidering. She was born in 1571 in either LondonFrye, Susan. 201 ...
(1571-1624), calligrapher. 80px * Pierre-Antoine Labouchère (1807–1873), painter. * Victor Lardent (1905–1968), British advertising designer who drew
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Louis Laguerre Louis Laguerre (1663 – 20 April 1721) was a French decorative painter mainly working in England. Born in Versailles in 1663 and trained at the Paris Academy under Charles Le Brun, he came to England in 1683, where he first worked with Anton ...
(1663-1721), decorative painter. * Marcellus Laroon (1653-1702), artist. * Marcellus Laroon the Younger (1679–1772), artist. * Max Leenhardt (1853–1941), French artist. *
Jacques Le Moyne Jacques le Moyne de Morgues ( 1533–1588) was a French artist and member of Jean Ribault's expedition to the New World. His depictions of Native American life and culture, colonial life, and plants are of extraordinary historical importa ...
(1533–1588), French artist, explorer (Laudonniere expedition). *
Hubert Le Sueur Hubert Le Sueur (c. 1580 – 1658) was a French sculptor with the contemporaneous reputation of having trained in Giambologna's Florentine workshop. He assisted Giambologna's foreman, Pietro Tacca, in Paris, in finishing and erecting the equestria ...
(1580-1658), sculptor. *
Jean-Étienne Liotard Jean-Étienne Liotard (; 22 December 1702 – 12 June 1789) was a Swiss painter, art connoisseur and dealer. He is best known for his portraits in pastel, and for the works from his stay in Turkey. A Huguenot of French origin and citizen of the ...
(1702–1789), Swiss painter. * Jeanne Lombard (1865–1945), French painter. *
Adolph Menzel Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (8 December 18159 February 1905) was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings. Along with Caspar David Friedrich, he is considered one of the two most prominent German painters of t ...
(1815–1905), artist. *
Philip Mercier Philippe Mercier (also spelled Philip Mercier; 1689 – 18 July 1760) was an artist of French Huguenot descent from the German realm of Brandenburg-Prussia (later Kingdom of Prussia), usually defined to French school. Active in England for mos ...
(1689-1760), portrait painter. * Philip Meusnier, architectural artist. * Girault Michelin, artist. * Jean Michelin (1616-1670), artist, son of Jean Michelin the First and nephew of Girault Michelin. * Louise Moillon (1610-1696), French artist, daughter of Nicolas Moillon. * Nicolas Moillon (1555-1619), French artist. * Henri Nadauld, sculptor. * Karl Oenike (1862-1924), German landscape painter *
Isaac Oliver Isaac Oliver (c. 1565 – bur. 2 October 1617) or Olivier was an English portrait miniature painter.Baskett, John. ''Paul Mellon's legacy: a passion for British art'' (Yale University Press, 2007) pp. 240-1. Life and work Born in Rouen, ...
(1565–1617), ornamental and miniatures painter. *
Bernard Palissy Bernard Palissy (c. 1510c. 1589) was a French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman, famous for having struggled for sixteen years to imitate Chinese porcelain. He is best known for his so-called "rusticware", typically highly decor ...
(1510–1589), French potter. 80px *
William Piguenit William Charles Piguenit (27 August 1836 – 17 July 1914) was an Australian landscape painter. Early life Piguenit was born in Hobart, Tasmania, to Frederick Le Geyt Piguenit and Mary Ann née Igglesden. Frederick had been transported to V ...
(1836–1914), Australian landscape artist. 80px * Anne Pratt (1806-1893), botanical illustrator. * Marie Presot, calligrapher, mother of Esther Inglis. * Barthélemy Prieur (1536-1611), sculptor. *
Frederic Remington Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 – December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art. His works are known for depicting the Western United Stat ...
, American artist,
sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...
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Louis-François Roubiliac Louis-François Roubiliac (or Roubilliac, or Roubillac) (31 August 1702 – 11 January 1762) was a French sculptor who worked in England. One of the four most prominent sculptors in London working in the rococo style, he was described by Margar ...
(1702–1762), sculptor. *
Briton Rivière Briton Rivière (14 August 1840 in London20 April 1920 in London) was a British artist of Huguenot descent. He exhibited a variety of paintings at the Royal Academy, but devoted much of his life to animal paintings. Biography Briton's fat ...
(1840-1920), English artist of Huguenot descent. * Jacques Rousseau (1630-1693), artist. * Daniel Soreau (died 1743), artist and picture restorer. * John Spencer-Churchill (1909–1992), English painter and sculptor and nephew of Sir
Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...
. *
John Tenniel Sir John Tenniel (; 28 February 182025 February 1914)Johnson, Lewis (2003), "Tenniel, John", ''Grove Art Online, Oxford Art Online'', Oxford University Press. Web. Retrieved 12 December 2016. was an English illustrator, graphic humorist and poli ...
(1820–1914), cartoonist. *
Louis Testelin Louis Testelin (1615-1655) was a French painter. Life He was the son of Gilles Testelin, king's painter to Louis XIII of France, Louis XIII - this gave Gilles an ex officio home and studio in the Louvre.Georges Guillet de Saint-George, notice. L ...
(1615-1655), French artist. * Ernst Gottfried Vivié (1823–1902), sculptor.


Chefs and restauranteurs

* Francis Foucachon, chef, pastor, creationist and church-planter. * Erik Le Roux, South African chef, brother of television food show host, Nataniël Le Roux. * Sally Lunn, baker. *
Ian Parmenter Ian Richard Parmenter OAM is an English-born (b.1945) Australian media professional and author with a half-century experience in newspapers, magazines, television and radio. He presented 450 five-minute programs of the cookery show ''Consuming Pa ...
(1946-), English-born Australian celebrity chef. * Julian Seydoux, founder of Vai Milano ice cream company. * Tigrane Seydoux, founder of "Big Mama" chain of Italian restaurants. *
Alexis Soyer Alexis Benoît Soyer (4 February 18105 August 1858) was a French chef who became the most celebrated cook in Victorian England. He also tried to alleviate suffering of the Irish poor in the Great Irish Famine (1845–1849), and contributed a p ...
(1810–1858), celebrity chef and philanthropist. 80px * Paul Tremo (1733-1810), the head chef at the court of King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski of Poland.


Doctors and medical practitioners

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Lou Andreas-Salomé Lou Andreas-Salomé (born either Louise von Salomé or Luíza Gustavovna Salomé or Lioulia von Salomé, russian: link=no, Луиза Густавовна Саломе; 12 February 1861 – 5 February 1937) was a Russian-born psychoanalyst and a ...
(1861–1937), Russian-born psychoanalyst and author * Charles Angibaud, French-born British
apothecary ''Apothecary'' () is a mostly archaic term for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses '' materia medica'' (medicine) to physicians, surgeons, and patients. The modern chemist (British English) or pharmacist (British and North Amer ...
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Daniel Bovet Daniel Bovet (23 March 1907 – 8 April 1992) was a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters. He is best known for hi ...
(1907–1992), pharmacologist, Nobel Prize winner. 80px * Pierre Bovet (1878-1965), psychologist, translator of Boy Scouts guides into French, co-founder of the Rousseau Institute in Geneva, father of Daniel Bovet. 80px *
Peter Chamberlen Peter Chamberlen may refer to: * Peter Chamberlen the elder (c.1560–1631), French-English surgeon and man-midwife *Peter Chamberlen the younger (1572–1626), English surgeon, brother of Peter Chamberlen the elder * Peter Chamberlen the third (16 ...
, physician, obstetrician, invented delivery via forceps. * Moise Charas, apothecary. * George de Benneville (1702–1793), physician, left Huguenot background for unorthodox religious beliefs. * Jean de Gorris (1505–1577), doctor, academic. * Johannes de la Montagne, physician of New Amsterdam and vice-director of
New Netherland New Netherland ( nl, Nieuw Nederland; la, Novum Belgium or ) was a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic that was located on the east coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva P ...
* Gideon De Laune (1565-1658), apothecary. *
Theodore Turquet de Mayerne Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory * Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Saskatche ...
, physician. *
Campbell De Morgan Campbell Greig De Morgan (22 November 1811 – 12 April 1876) was a British surgeon who first speculated that cancer arose locally and then spread, first to the lymph nodes and then more widely in the body. His name is used to describe the non c ...
(1811–1876), British surgeon. * Paul Godard, doctor, father of Jean-Luc Godard. * Blaise Le Fèvre, royal apothecary. * George-Louis Le Sage (1676-1759), physician and philosopher. * John Misaubin, French-born British physician * Lucie Odier (1886-1984), nurse, member of the International Committee of the Red Cross, expert on relief actions for civilians, outspoken opponent of Nazi Germany. *
Oskar Panizza Leopold Hermann Oskar Panizza (12 November 1853 – 28 September 1921) was a German psychiatrist and avant-garde author, playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, publisher and literary journal editor. He is best known for his provocative tragicomedy ...
(1853-1921), psychiatrist, writer and mental patient. * Ambroise Paré (1509–1590), French surgeon. *
Louis Perrier Frédéric-François-Louis Perrier (22 May 1849 – 16 May 1913) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1912–1913). , he is the member with the shortest time in office (14 months). Biography Perrier was born in Neuchât ...
, physician, mineral water company founder. * Samuel Pozzi (1846–1918), doctor. * Paul Reclus (1847–1914), doctor. 80px * Philibert Sarrasin, physician. * Sir John Baptist Silvester (1714-1789), doctor at the French Hospital, born in the Netherlands to Huguenot refugee parents. * Paul-Louis Simond, medical researcher. * John Thorius, physician, fellow of the College of Physicians of Dublin, son of Raphael Thorius. *
Raphael Thorius Raphael Thorius M.D. (died 1625) was a London physician of Huguenot and Flemish background, known as a poet and humanist. Life Thorius was the son of Franciscus Thorius (François De Thoor), M.D., a Paris physician who was Flemish: a Protestant c ...
(died 1625), physician and poet.


Educationalists

* Claude Baduel, pedagogue. *
Hosea Ballou II Hosea Ballou II (October 18, 1796May 27, 1861) was an American Universalist minister and the first president of Tufts University from 1853 to 1861. Ballou was named after his uncle and went by the name "Hosea Ballou 2d. " Publishers, friends, e ...
(1796–1861), first president of
Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...
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John Bascom John Bascom (May 1, 1827October 2, 1911) was an American professor, college president and writer. Life He was born on May 1, 1827 in Genoa, New York, and was a graduate of Williams College with the class of 1849. He graduated from the Andover ...
(1827–1911), American university president, writer. *
Jean Belmain Jean Belmain, also known as John Belmain or John Belleman (died after 1557) was a French Huguenot scholar who served as a French-language teacher to future English monarchs King Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I at the court of their father, Henry VI ...
(died after 1557), French scholar, French-language tutor to
King Edward VI Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and the first E ...
and
Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". El ...
. *
Anthony Benezet Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's fir ...
(1713–1784), American Quaker educator and
abolitionist Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people. The British ...
, from Saint-Quentin. * Pierre Berthoud, French chairman, Faculté Jean Calvin, Aix-en-Provence. *
Jacques Bongars Jacques Bongars (155429 July 1612) was a French scholar and diplomat. Life Bongars was born at Orléans, and was brought up in the Reformed faith. He obtained his early education at Marburg and Jena, and returning to France continued his studies ...
(1554–1612), scholar. *
James Bowdoin III James Bowdoin III (September 22, 1752 – October 11, 1811) was an American philanthropist and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts. He has born to James Bowdoin in Boston, and graduated from Harvard College in 1771. James then studied law at Oxf ...
(1752–1811), founder o
Bowdoin College
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Ferdinand Buisson Ferdinand Édouard Buisson (20 December 1841 – 16 February 1932) was a French academic, educational bureaucrat, pacifist and Radical-Socialist (left liberal) politician. He presided over the League of Education from 1902 to 1906 and the Human R ...
(1841–1932), educator, academic, pacifist,
Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiolog ...
winner. 80px *
Isaac Casaubon Isaac Casaubon (; ; 18 February 1559 – 1 July 1614) was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England. His son Méric Casaubon was also a classical scholar. Life Early life He was born in Geneva to two Fr ...
, scholar. *
Méric Casaubon Meric Casaubon (14 August 1599 in Geneva – 14 July 1671 in Canterbury), son of Isaac Casaubon, was a French-English classical scholar. He was the first to translate the ''Meditations'' of Marcus Aurelius into English. Although biographical di ...
(1599-1671), scholar, translator, Anglican minister, son of Isaac Casaubon. * Daniel de Superville (1696–1773), founder of the University of Erlangen. * Marie de Védrines, French former academic secretary, Faculté Jean Calvin, Aix-en-Provence. * Aline Dieleman, French former academic librarian, Faculté Jean Calvin, Aix-en-Provence. * France Dressen-Durrleman (1916-1997), founder of the Collège-Lycée Bernard Palissy in 1942, son of Freddy Durrleman. *
Esther Duflo Esther Duflo, FBA (; born 25 October 1972) is a French–American economist who is a professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is the co-founder and co-director of the Abd ...
(1972-), French economist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics. * Pascal Geffroy, French former chairman, Faculté Jean Calvin, Aix-en-Provence. *
Charles Gide Charles Gide (; 1847–1932) was a French economist and historian of economic thought. He was a professor at the University of Bordeaux, at Montpellier, at Université de Paris and finally at Collège de France. His nephew was the author André G ...
(1847-1932), French economist and pacifist. 80px * François Goguel (1909-1999), political scientist. * Yannick Imbert (1978-), French professor of apologetics, Faculté Jean Calvin, Aix-en-Provence. * Robert Jospin (1899-1990), teacher, father of Lionel Jospin. * Félix Pécaut (1828–1898), educationalist and pacifist. *
Arthur Cecil Pigou Arthur Cecil Pigou (; 18 November 1877 – 7 March 1959) was an English economist. As a teacher and builder of the School of Economics at the University of Cambridge, he trained and influenced many Cambridge economists who went on to take chair ...
, English economist. * Jules Prudhommeaux, teacher, pacifist, co-founder of Peace Through Law. * Jean Rou (1638–1711), educationalist, scholar and civil servant. * Évelyne Sullerot (1924-2017), sociologist.


Entrepreneurs and businesspeople

*Jean André (1734–1794), banker. *
Jean Barbot Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * ...
(1655-1712), slave trader, writer about West Africa. *
Karl Benz Carl Friedrich Benz (; 25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929), sometimes also Karl Friedrich Benz, was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent Motorcar from 1885 is considered the first practical modern automobile and fir ...
(1844–1929), German inventor. file:Carl_Benz.png, 80px,
Karl Benz Carl Friedrich Benz (; 25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929), sometimes also Karl Friedrich Benz, was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent Motorcar from 1885 is considered the first practical modern automobile and fir ...
*Charles Bosanquet, merchant. *David Bosanquet, merchant. *Pierre Boué (1677–1745), merchant and shipyard owner, Germany. *Warren Buffett (1930–), investor, wealthiest person in the world in 1995 and 2008, descendant of Mareen Duvall. *
Delillers Carbonnel Delillers Carbonnel (born 1654) was a British banker who was Governor of the Bank of England from 1740 to 1741. He was born in London, the son of Gillaume Carbonnel, a French Merchant. He was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 1738 to 17 ...
(born 1654), banker, son of Guillaume Carbonnel. * Guillaume Carbonnel, merchant, from Caen. * Joseph Cartony, china merchant. * John Castaing, stockbroker. *
Edward Cazalet Sir Edward Stephen Cazalet DL (born 26 April 1936) is a retired judge of the High Court of England and Wales. Early life Edward Cazalet was born in 1936, the son of the Queen Mother's racehorse trainer Peter Cazalet and Leonora Wodehouse, t ...
(1827-1833), merchant and industrialist, promoter of Zionism. * Philip Cazenove, stockbroker, philanthropist (supported Jewish domestic charities - Calvinists, religious non-Conformists felt a special affiliation for them as fellow-marginalised people). * Peter Chamberlan, merchant, from Rouen. *
Samuel Courtauld (industrialist) Samuel Courtauld (1793 – 22 March 1881) was a British industrialist who developed his family firm, Courtaulds, to become eventually the world's largest textile company. Family Samuel Courtauld was the eldest son of George Courtauld, founder ...
(1793–1881), American-born British industrialist *
Samuel Courtauld (art collector) Samuel Courtauld (7 May 1876 – 1 December 1947) was an English industrialist who is best remembered as an art collector. He founded The Courtauld Institute of Art in London in 1932 and, after a series of gifts during the 1930s, bequeathed hi ...
, grandnephew of the industrialist, businessman, art collector * Frederic de Coninck (1740–1811), entrepreneur. *
Robert Champion de Crespigny Robert James Champion de Crespigny, AC (born 1950) is a multi-millionaire Australian businessman and founder of Normandy Mining Limited. Currently estimated with his ownership in PBE and Rutherford corporations his net worth is near 1B. In 2004 ...
(1950–), Australian businessman (Normandy Mining). * Joseph Costance, statue merchant. * Jean De Dietrich (1719-1795), factory owner, entrepreneur, founder of De Dietrich. *
Gustaf de Laval Karl Gustaf Patrik de Laval (; 9 May 1845 – 2 February 1913) was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and centrifugal separation machinery for dairy. Life Gustaf de Laval was born at ...
, Swedish engineer, inventor. * Benjamin Delessert (1773–1847), entrepreneur, banker. * Etienne Delessert (1735–1816), banker. * François-Marie Delessert (1780-1868), banker and politician, son of Étienne Delessert. 80px * Charles Delevingne (1949-), English property developer, father of Cara and Poppy Delevingne, French Huguenot ancestry. * Malcolm Delevingne (1868-1950), English civil servant. *
Jean de Neuflize Jean Frédéric André Poupart de Neuflize, 4th Baron of Neuflize CVO (21 August 1850 – 20 September 1928) was a French banker and equestrian. He won the bronze medal in the mail coach event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was appointed ...
(1850–1928), banker. * Sebastien de Neufville (1545–1609), merchant in Germany. *
James-Alexandre de Pourtalès James-Alexandre de Pourtalès, Comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier (28 November 1776 – 24 March 1855) was a Swiss-French banker, diplomat and art collector. Early life The Count de Pourtalès was born in Neuchâtel, then in the Principality of Neuchâ ...
(1776–1855) banker. * Louis de Seynes (1868-1941), agricultural engineer and industrialist, member of Association Sully, a former Protestant and royalist movement. * Jacques De Tessier, merchant, ancestor of the Barons De Tessier. * E. I. du Pont, founder of the
duPont Company DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours. The company played a major role in ...
(US) * Frédéric Engel-Dollfus (1818–1883), industrialist and philanthropist. * Andrew Faneuil, merchant and real estate agent. *
Peter Faneuil Peter Faneuil (June 20, 1700March 3, 1743) was a wealthy American colonial merchant, slave trader and philanthropist who donated Faneuil Hall to Boston. Childhood The eldest child of one of three Huguenot brothers who fled France with considera ...
(1700–1743), merchant, slave trader and philanthropist. * John Francis Fauquier (1677-1740), banker, from Clairac. * Claude Fonnereau (1677-1740), banker, from La Rochelle. * James Gaultier, banker, from Angoulême. * Jacob Gontard (1702-1766), banker. * Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain, perfumer, founder of Guerlain. * Jérôme Hatt, founder of Kronenbourg Brewery. *
Thierry Hermès Thierry Hermès (10 January 1801 – 10 January 1878) was a French businessman who founded Hermès International and acquired the title as a fashion house designer. He was born in 1801 in Krefeld, Germany. Hermès originally established his busin ...
(1801-1878), founder of Hermès fashion chain. * Hans-Konrad Hottinger (1764–1841), banker. *Jean-Philippe Hottinguer, associate-manager of the Hottinguer Bank. *John Houblon (1632–1712), first governor of the Bank of England. *Howard Hughes, American inventor, industrialist, billionaire *Jean Henri Huguetan, entrepreneur. *Éric Jaulmes, technical director of Motobécane. The company's co-founder, Charles Benoit, was also a Protestant and was the son of a pastor. *Leonard Jerome, American financier, grandfather of
Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...
*Charles Kestner, chemical plant owner, father of Eugénie Kestner. *André Koechlin, founder of Alstom. *Robert Ladbroke (1713-1773), merchant banker, politician. *George Larpent (1786-1855), British businessman. *David Digues LaTouche, founded Irish bank, from Blois. *Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II, American engineer. *Henry Laurens, American merchant, delegate to the Continental Congress. *Peter Le Heup (1699-1777), banker. *John Lequesne, banker, from Rouen. *Arnaud Leenhardt, vice-president of the CNPF, head of the Federation of Metallurgical and Mining Industries. *François Lévesque (1732–1787), Canadian merchant, justice of the peace and politician, of the Lévesque family of weavers originally from Bolbec, Normandy. *Peter Abraham Luard, Hamburg merchant, family originally from Caen. *Charles Mallet (1815–1902), banker. *Isaac Mallet (1684–1779), banker. *Gabriel Manigault (merchant), Gabriel Manigault (1704-1781), American merchant. *Jean Martell (1694–1753), cognac manufacturer. *Jerome Monod, chairman of Lyonnaise des Eaux. *Julien Monod, banker, grandfather of Jean-Luc Godard. *Thomas Papillon (1623-1702), merchant, investor in the East India Company, master of the Mercers’ Company. *Pierre Peschier (1739-1812), banker. *Armand Peugeot (1849–1914), car manufacturer (French Lutheran). file:Armand Peugeot.jpg, 80px *Eric Peugeot, head of the European Automotive Directorate (French Lutheran). *Jean-Pierre Peugeot (1768–1852), steel manufacturer (French Lutheran). *Jean-Pierre Peugeot (1896-1966), car company director, founder of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard as a football club for his factory's employees, philanthropist (French Lutheran). *Thierry Peugeot (1957-), head of Peugeot supervisory board (French Lutheran). *John Pintard, American merchant, philanthropist *Thomas Ravenel, American real estate developer, politician, reality TV star *Jean Rémy-Martin, cognac manufacturer. *John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), American capitalist, descended from the Rochefeuille or Rocquefeuille family. *Pieter Francois Roux, South African Renewable energy *Marvin Travis Runyon, American business executive *Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832), French economist, businessman. *Louis Say (1774-1840), founder of Béghin-Say, brother of the economist, Jean-Baptiste Say. *Igor Schlumberger, technology entrepreneur, co-founder of LeGuide.com and PrestaShop. *Laetitia Schlumberger, lingerie company founder (Dement). *Maurice Schlumberger (1886–1977) banker. *Marie Schlumberger, leather goods entrepreneur (A Summer in Autumn). *Jean-Daniel Schutzenberger (1737-1798), founder of Schutzenberger Brewery (French Lutheran). *Louis Schweitzer (businessman), Louis Schweitzer (1942-), head of Renault. *Antoine Seydoux, technology entrepreneur, founder of D2AIR2 and Chronovideo. *Bruno Seydoux, former leader of the GMF. *Capucine Seydoux, children's fashion entrepreneur (Chouchou and Manchou). *Henri Seydoux, founder of Parrot. *Cornelius Carl Souchay (1768-1838), German-British businessman and stockbroker, philanthropist (supporter of Jewish domestic charities), art patron, son of the preacher in the Frankfurt French Reformed Church, Jean-Daniel Souchay de la Duboissière (1736-1811), great-grandfather of Max Weber. *Serge Tchuruk (1937-), head of Alcatel. *Isaac Tillard (died 1726), property investor, justice of the peace, land tax commissioner. *Guillaume Trie, merchant. *Bertrand Vernes, banker. *Jean-Marc Vernes, financier. *Sam Walton (1918–1992), founder of Walmart and Sam's Club, descendant of Chretien DuBois. *Bernard Westercamp, vice-president of Accor. *Obadiah Williams, Irish merchant.


Farmers

*Richard Boyer (broadcaster), Sir Richard Boyer (1891–1961), Australian pastoralist and chairman of the ABC. *Olivier de Serres (1539–1619), horticulturalist, peaceworker and ecologist. *Francois du Toit, South African farmer. *Gabriël du Toit, South African farmer. *Pierre Joubert (viticulturalist), Pierre Joubert (1664-1732), South African viticulturalist. *Lewis Majendie (1756–1833), English agriculturalist.


Geographers

*Élie Reclus (1827–1904), ethnographer and anarchist, son of Pastor Jacques Reclus. *Élisée Reclus (1830–1905), geographer and anarchist, son of Pastor Jacques Reclus. *Onésime Reclus (1837–1916), geographer, son of Pastor Jacques Reclus. *Armand Reclus (1843–1927), geographer and explorer, son of Pastor Jacques Reclus. *John Rocque (1705-1762), cartographer, specialised in mapping of gardens, created plans of British towns and pioneering road guides for travellers. *Mary Ann Rocque (1725-1770), cartographer, wife of John Rocque, daughter of the Scalé family.


Historians

*Ernest-Charles Babut (1875-1916), historian specialising in early Christianity, son of Pastor Charles-Édouard Babut. *Jean Baubérot (1941-), historian. *Elie Benoist (1640-1728), historian of the Edict of Nantes, pastor. *Eugène Bersier (1831-1889), vice-president of the Société d'Histoire du Protestantisme Français, pastor, church unifier, church founder, school founder. *Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully (1560–1641), memoirist. Key work: ''Économies royales''. file:Maximilien-de-Sully.jpg, 80px *Patrick Cabanel (1961-), historian. *Marianne Carbonnier-Burkard (1949-), historian, vice-president of the Society for the History of French Protestantism and a member of the National Ethics Advisory Committee for Life and Health Sciences. *Bernard Cottret (1951–2020), historian. *Jean Norton Cru (1879-1949), historian of the First World War, anti-war activist, literature teacher, pastor's son. Key work: ''Témoins''. *Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1794-1872), historian and pastor, descendant of Agrippa d'Aubigné. Key work: ''Discourse on the History of Christianity''. file:Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (Harper's Engraving).png, 80px *François de la Noue (1531–1591), memoirist. *Lancelot Voisin de La Popelinière (1541–1608), historian. *Jean de Mergey, memoirist, survivor of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, survivor of the Battle of Dreux. Key work: ''Memoires''. *Paul de Rapin (1661-1725), historian. Key work: ''History of England''. *Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux (1619–1690), memoirist. *Jean de Serres (1540–1598), historian, political advisor and pastor. *G.E.M. de Ste. Croix (1910–2000), British Marxist historian and atheist, paternal lineage was Huguenot. *Charlotte Duplessis-Mornay (1550–1606), memoirist, wife of Philippe de Mornay. Key work: ''Memories of Philippe de Mornay'' *André Encrevé (1942-), historian. *Jean Pierre Erman (1735–1814), historian and pastor in the French Church of Berlin. *James Fontaine, memoirist. Key work: ''Memoirs of a Huguenot Family''. *François Guizot (1787–1874), French historian, statesman. Key work: ''History of France''. file:Guizot, François - 2.jpg, 80px *Auguste Himly (1823–1906), French historian and geographer. *Jules Michelet (1798-1874), historian. file:Jules Michelet par Thomas Couture (cropped).jpg, 80px *Jean Migault, memoirist from Poitou. Key work: ''Jean Migault: Or, the Trials of a French Protestant Family, During the Period of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes''. *Gabriel Monod (1844–1912), historian, Dreyfus supporter. *Xavier Peugeot, head of Peugeot Museum (French Lutheran). *Napoléon Peyrat (1809–1881), pastor and historian. *E. Constantin Privat (1900–1976), president of the German Huguenot Society from 1950 to 1971. *Frank Puaux (1844–1922), historian, pastor and museum founder. *Charles Read (historian), Charles Read (1819–1898), historian. *Pierre Christian Frédéric Reclam (1741–1789), historian and pastor in the French Church of Berlin. *Jean-Pierre Richardot (1929-2021), historian and journalist. *Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540–1609), historian, creationist and chronologer. Key work: ''Manilius''. *Charles Seignobos (1854–1942), historian. file:Charles Seignobos, portrait.jpg, 80px *Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux (1619-1690), historian. Key work: ''Historiettes''. *Melesina Trench (1768-1827), Irish diarist, granddaughter of Bishop Richard Chenevix, descended from the Chenevix family of Metz, Lorraine. file:Melesina Trench.jpg, 80px


Jewellers, clockmakers and craftsmen

*Charles Angler, wood carver. *Peter Archambo, London goldsmith. *Asprey, William Asprey, royal jeweller. *François Asselin, clockmaker. *Philip Audinet (1766-1837), engraver. *James Barbar, gunsmith, son of Lewis (Louis) Barbar. *Lewis Barbar, gunsmith, official armourer to Kings George I and George II. *Isaac Basire (engraver), Isaac Basire (1704-1768), engraver. *Paul Bertrand, craftsman. *Thomas Bevault, goldsmith. *Georges Bidet, gunsmith. *Thomas Bonnell, upholsterer. *Anthony Boureau, gunsmith in America. *Nicholas Briot (1579-1646), engraver. *Matthew Burcheil, cutler *Charles Cabrier, clockmaker. *Jean Carre, glassmaker. *Jean Cavalier, engraver. *Jean Chardin (later Sir John Chardin) (1643–1713), French jeweller, traveller. *Jean Chartier (goldsmith), Jean Chartier, London goldsmith. *Honor Chassereau, fan-maker. *Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain (1710-1771), engraver. *Paul Daniel Chenevix, ivory carver. *David Columbell, gunsmith, probably of Huguenot descent. *Augustin Courtauld, London goldsmith. *Louisa Courtauld (1729-1807), silversmith. *Paul Crespin, goldsmith. *Louis Cuny, London goldsmith. *Peter Debaufre, watchmaker. *Simon de Charmes, clockmaker. *Isaac de la Chaumette, gunsmith. *Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751), London silversmith, the King's Silversmith. *Henry Delany, gunsmith. *John Dollond (1706-1761), optical instruments manufacturer, founded business in 1750 that was to become Dollond and Aitchison. *James Dubourg, wood carver. *Claudius Andre Duchesne, clockmaker. *Isaac Du Four, wood carver. *Peter Dutens, craftsman. *Gustav Fabergé (1814-1894), Russian jeweller, descended from the Favri family of Picardy. *Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920), Russian jeweller, descended from the Favri family of Picardy. *Jacques Fenoulhet, clockmaker. *Paul Fourdrinier (1698–1758), engraver. *Pierre Garnault, goldsmith. *Jacques Gorgo, gunsmith. *Jacob Gosset, wood carver. *Charles Gouyn (died 1785), jeweller. *Simon Gribelin (1661–1733), silver engraver. *David Grignion, goldsmith, watch repairer, from Poitou. *Pierre Harache, goldsmith. *Jean Francois Hobler (1727-1794), watch and clockmaker. *Nicholas Jourdain, clockmaker, governor of the Spitalfields workhouse, director of the French Hospital, from Dieppe. *Isaac Lacam, craftsman. *Jacques Lamarre, gunsmith. *George Lambert (goldsmith), George Lambert, goldsmith. *Francis Lapierre, upholsterer. *Robert Le Blond, watchmaker. *David Le Marchand, ivory carver. *Auguste L'Épée (1798-1875), clockmaker and manufacturer of musical boxes. *Augustin Le Sage, silversmith in Canada. *John Hugh Le Sage, London goldsmith, who frequently worked for the British Royal Family and was official goldsmith to King George II. *John Le Sage (1685-1706), wood craftsman. *John Le Sage, silversmith, Huguenot from Alençon. *David Lestourgeon, watchmaker *Daniel Myron LeFever (1835-1906), American gunsmith. *Matthew Liart, engraver. *Isaac Liger, silversmith. *Pierre Lombart, engraver. *Peter Lormier, watchmaker. *Samuel Marc, locksmith. *Jacob Margas, London goldsmith. *Nicholas Massy (died 1698), clockmaker, from Blois. *Louis Mettayer, silversmith, son of pastor of La Patente Church in Spitalfields, family from near La Rochelle. *Pierre Monlong, gunsmith. *Pierre Oliver, goldsmith. *Simon Pantin, London goldsmith. *Benjamin Parran, cabinet-maker. *Jean Pelletier, carver and gilder. *Paul Petit, wood carver. *Bernard Picart (1673-1733), engraver. *Auguste Pilleau, goldsmith, father of Pezé Pilleau. *Pezé Pilleau, London goldsmith. *Andrew Planche (1727-1805), porcelain maker. *Pierre Platel, London goldsmith. *Jean Pons, London goldsmith. *Portals (paper makers), Henri de Portal (1690-1747), paper maker. *Peter Rieusset, joiner. *James Riorteau, wood carver. *Phillip Rollos, London goldsmith. *Phillip Rollos II, London goldsmith. *Isaac Russel, cabinet-maker. *John Simon (engraver), John Simon (1675-1751), portrait engraver. *Esay Souchay (1723–1791), goldsmith. *Nicholas Sprimont, porcelain manufacturer. *Anne Tanqueray (1691-1733), goldsmith and silversmith, daughter of David Willaume. *Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902), American jeweller, descended from Jacques Tiphaine, whose family came from Sedan in Champagne. *Jean Tijou, ironworker. *James Valoué, watchmaker, inventor of a type of piledriver, freemason. *David Willaume (1658-), goldsmith.


Journalists

*Reginald Bosanquet (1932–1984), English newsreader. *Abel Boyer (1667–1729), journalist. *Tom Brokaw (born 1940), American television journalist, author. *Edmond-Henri Crisinel (1897–1948), journalist and writer. *Frank Deford (1938–2017), American sports journalist. *Max du Preez, South African journalist and author. *Raymond Durgnat (1932-2002), English film critic, opponent of structuralism and its associated far-left politics, advocate of frequently-derided film-maker Michael Powell, opponent of left wing intellectuals, supporter of working-class culture, descended from French Huguenot refugees who fled to Switzerland. *Eden (South African band), Sean Else, South African writer, filmmaker *Orla Guerin (1966-), Irish war correspondent. *Gideon Joubert (1923–2010), South African science journalist and Intelligent Design proponent. *Rian Malan (1954–), South African journalist, descended from Jacques Malan of Provence.https://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/1990/0223/dbheart.html *Matthieu Maty (1718–1776), journalist, founded Journal Brittanique which helped to familiarize French readers with English literature, member of the Royal Society, under-librarian of the British Museum, from Dauphiné. *Pierre Motteux (1718-1776), journalist, founder of Gentleman's Journal, from Rouen. *Théophraste Renaudot (1584-1653), considered the first French journalist, founder of the Gazette de France. *Giles Romilly (1916–1967), British journalist, Nazi POW, nephew of
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. *John le Sage, John Merry Sage (1837–1926), British journalist *Sacha (Spencer Trace) Teulon, founder of Marmalade Magazine and film-maker. *Peregrine Worsthorne (1923–2020), British journalist.


Lawyers

*Charles Ancillon (1659–1715), French jurist, diplomat. *Richard Béringuier (1854–1916), lawyer and joint-founder of the German Huguenot Society. *Raoul Biville (1863-1909), jurist, law professor, Christian Socialist colleague of Paul Passy, President of the Society for the Evangelization of Normandy. *Jean Carbonnier (1908–2003), jurist, father of Marianne Carbonnier-Burkard, converted from Roman Catholicism to Protestantism. *Germain Colladon, jurist. *Léon Colladon, jurist. *Warder Cresson (1798–1860), American writer, first US consul (representative), consul to Jerusalem, convert from Quakerism to Judaism, had Huguenot ancestors. *Gustave Fornier de Clausonne(1797-1873), magistrate, member of the Nîmes Consistory, chairman of the French Bible Society. *Jean-Jacques de Félice, lawyer, human rights activist, Cimade board member. *Laurent de Normandie (1520–1569), lawyer. *John Jay (1745–1829), first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, descendant of Mary Van Cortlandt and Pierre Jay, a merchant from Poitou. *Pierre Patrick Kaltenbach, barrister, French Audit Bureau, founded network of Protestant family associations, member of La Force charity. *John Lekeux, lawyer, Spitalfields. *Peter Manigault (1731-1773), attorney, plantation owner and slave owner, wealthiest man in North America at the time of his death, descended from the Manigault family of La Rochelle. *André Philip (1902-1970), lawyer, Christian socialist. *John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly, John Romilly (1802–1874), English judge. *Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut (1772–1840), German jurist. *John Silvester (lawyer), John Silvester (1745-1822), lawyer, son of Sir John Baptist Silvester (doctor at the French Hospital). *William Teulon Swan Stallybrass (1883–1948), British Barrister, Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. *Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779–1861), German jurist.


Librarians

*Élie Bouhéreau (1643-1719), Dublin librarian, from La Rochelle. *Hans de Veille, librarian. *Andrew Ducarel (1713-1785), librarian, antiquarian. *Friedrich Clemens Ebrard (1850–1934), German librarian. *Anton Philipp Reclam (1807–1896), German librarian, publisher and founder of the Universalbibliothek. file:A P Reclam ca1887.jpg, 80px *John Verneuil (died 1647), sub-librarian, Oxford.


Linguists, lexicographers and semioticians

*Roland Barthes (1915–1980), literary theorist and semiotician, Marxist atheist from a Protestant family. *Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913), linguist and semiotician, whose mother was from a wealthy Protestant banking family, and whose father's family consisted of a long line of Huguenot academics who had fled to Geneva to escape persecution. file:Ferdinand de Saussure by Jullien Restored.png, 80px *Pierre Encrevé (1939-2019), linguist, brother of André Encrevé, son of a pastor. *Michael Maittaire (1668-1747), linguist. *Paul Passy (1859-1940), linguist, Social Christianity advocate, lived according to 'primitive Christian' ideals, son of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Frédéric Passy. *Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869), lexicographer, creator of Roget's Thesaurus, physician. file:Roget P M.jpg, , 80px *Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), German linguist. file:Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) - Charles William, Baron von Humboldt (1767-1835) - RCIN 404936 - Royal Collection.jpg, 80px


Martyrs and victims of persecution

*Arnaud (first name unknown), from the village of Saint Hypolite, galley slave. *Antoine Astrue, galley slave. *Jane Baille, of Charollois, imprisoned in convent by a Jesuit for refusing to abjure her faith. *Frances Baillet (died 1572), wife of the Queen's goldsmith, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre), some dismembered body parts eaten by dogs, mutilated corpse thrown into a river. *Nicolas Ballon (died 1556), executed for possessing a Bible. *Jacob Bayle, martyr, died in prison. *Beaudisner (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Beauvais (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, governor to the King of Navarre, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Peter Bergier (died 1552), merchant, martyr, burnt at the stake. *Berny (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Beure (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Blosset (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Bonnet (first name unknown), pastor, wounded, taken prisoner and publicly mocked in Mâcon, 1562. *Andrew Bosquet, teenage boy sentenced to galley slavery. *Francis Bourry, teenage boy sentenced to galley slavery. *Madeleine Briçonnet (died 1572), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Jean Brion (died 1572), governor of the Marquis of Conti, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Claude Brousson (1647–1698), martyr, pastor and pacifist. *Bugnette (first name unknown) (died 1572), pastor, martyr, (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Jean Calas (1698–1762), martyr. *Cauquet (first name unknown) (died 1686), wife of surgeon Samuel Cauquet of Montpellier, martyr, naked and mutilated body exposed in the street, stoned by the public and repeatedly run over by dragonnades' horses. *Peter Chantguyon (died 1561), martyr (Massacre of Vassy). *Chantguyon (first name unknown) (died 1687), martyr, Vassy, descendant of Peter Chantguyon. *Charpentier (first name unknown) (died 1685), from Roufee in Angoumois, martyr, tortured to death by the Dragonnades. His son, Jean Charpentier, a refugee, became pastor in Canterbury. *Chemet (first name unknown) (died 1687), martyr, Vassy, brother-in-law of Chantguyon. *Paul Chenevix (1606-1686), Dean of the Counsellors of the Parliament of Metz, martyr, executed, body stripped naked and dumped on a dunghill, ancestor of Richard Chenevix and Melesina Trench. *Peter Crousel (died 1686), martyr, dragged to death by horse. *François d'Andelot (1521-1569), imprisoned by Henri II and nearly burnt at the stake, younger brother of Coligny. *Guido de Bres, Guido de Brès (died 1567), pastor, martyr of Valenciennes, incarcerated in sewage for six weeks before being executed. *Antoine de Clermont d'Amboise Marquis de Rénel (died 1572), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Gaspard II de Coligny (1519–1572), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre), Huguenot leader. *Colombiers (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Cornaton (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Charles de Beaumanoir de Lavardin (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *David de Caumont, baron of Montbelon, galley slave. *Francis Nompar de Caumont (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Antony de Clermont (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Jean de Ferrières, Vidame de Chartres (1520–1586), French nobleman, martyr who died in prison galley. *Stephen de la Forge (died 1534), executed for possessing a Bible. *Peregrine de La Grange (died 1567), pastor, martyr of Valenciennes. *Pierre de la Place (died 1572), duke, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Francis Delarochefoucauld, escaped from abbey in which he was being held prisoner for forced conversion. *Francis de la Rochefoucault (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Antony de Maraffin Lord of Guerchy (died 1572), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Louis de Marolles, counsellor of the king, galley slave, memoirist. Key work: ''Histoire des souffrances du bien-heureux martyr Mr. Louis de Marolles''. *Tristan de Moneins (died 1572), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Samuel De Péchels, victim of persecution by dragonnades, refugee. *Charles de Quellenec (1548–1572), baron of Pont-l'Abbé, first husband of Catherine de Parthenay, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Des Gorris (first name unknown) (died 1572), pastor, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Des Pruneaux (first name unknown) (died 1572), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Charles de Téligny (1535–1572), French diplomat, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre), first husband of Louise de Coligny. *Guy de Vicose Baron de La Court, heavily persecuted by the dragonnades, later a director and, eventually, the Governor, of the London French Hospital. *Sebastian de Villettes lord of Montledier, country gentleman, heavily persecuted during the Revocation. *N. Dives (first name unknown) (died 1572), pastor, martyr, killed in Lyons (in the wake of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Anne du Bourg (1530–1559), martyr, magistrate, counsellor of France. *Jean du Bourg, draper, publicly mocked, had his hand cut off and martyred for posting anti-mass placards. *Du Crosse (first name unknown) (died 1687), martyr, Marseilles. *Robert d'Ully, viscount de Novion (1606-1686), martyr, Picardy, executed and body thrown into a dog's kennel by Roman Catholic monks. *Marie Durand (1711–1776), from Bouchet du Pransles in Vivarais, prisoner of conscience (Tower of Constance). Key work: ''Lettres de Marie Durand (1711-1776): Prisonnière à la Tour de Constance de 1730 à 1768''. file:MarieDurand.jpg, 80px *Pierre Durand (pastor), Pierre Durand (1700–1732) martyr, pastor. *Francourt (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Blanche Gamond (1664-circa 1700), from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateux in Dauphiné, prisoner of conscience in Grenoble and Valences 1686–87, torture victim and memoirist. Key work: ''Blanche Gamond, a Heroine of the Faith'' (English-language title of her memoir). *Gastine (last name unknown) (died 1572), widow and mother of two young children, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Giscart (died 1562), first name unknown, pastor, martyred at Castelnaudary. *Jean Goujon (1510–1572), sculptor, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Hamelin (first name unknown) (died 1546), executed for possessing a Bible. *Philibert Hamelin (died 1557), executed for being a clandestine pastor. *Isaac Homel (1612-1683), pastor of Soyon, martyr publicly executed on the wheel on the order of the Jesuits. *John Huber, galley slave. *Keny (first name unknown) (died 1572), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Robert a Knacker (died 1686), pauper of Metz, martyr, executed, body stripped naked and dumped on a dunghill. *Baudon la Cassaigne, civic leader in Nîmes, jailed. *Jacques Langlois (died 1572), pastor, martyr, killed in Lyons (in the wake of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *La Renaudie (died 1560), pseudonym for aristocrat, conspirator, martyr (Amboise Conspiracy). *Laugoiran (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Louis Le Coq (died 1572), pastor, martyr, killed in Rouen (in the wake of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Magdalen Lefebvre, Norman farmer's daughter, child refugee smuggled out of France alone, from near Avranches, one of Magdalen's descendants was a friend of Eizabeth Gaskell, who documented her story. *Isaac Le Fevre, Advocate of Parliament, martyr, died on a slave galley. *Le More (first name unknown) (died 1572), pastor, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Barthélemi Milon, paraplegic, martyred for possessing anti-mass placard. *Monneins (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Claude Monier (died 1551), pastor, martyr. *Matthew Morel, teenage boy sentenced to galley slavery. *Antoine Morlier, galley slave. *Pierre Loiseleur dit de Villiers (died 1572), pastor, martyr, killed in Rouen (in the wake of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Marcil (first name unknown), pastor, wounded or killed Poitiers, 1562. *Jean Marteilhe (1684–1777), from Bergerac, prisoner of conscience (galley slave) and memoirist. Key work: ''The Huguenot Galley-Slave: Being the Autobiography of a French Protestant Condemned to the Galleys for the Sake of His Religion''. *Gabriel Maturin, left crippled by twenty-six years' confinement in the Bastille, ancestor of clergyman and author, Charles Maturin. *Samuel Mettayer, pastor, victim of persecution. *Leonard Morel, pastor, wounded and taken prisoner in the Vassy Massacre, 1561. *Nadal (first name unknown), of the village of de la Salle, condemned to galley slavery. *Spire Niquet (died 1572), bookseller, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Pardaillan (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Paulin (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Oudin Petit (died 1572), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Piles (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Jacques Pineton de Chambrun (1635-1689), pastor held captive and ill-treated by the dragonnades who briefly abjured, memoirs. Key work: ''Les Larmes''. *Pluviant (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Quercy (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Petrus Ramus (1515–1572), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre), philosopher. file:Petrus Ramus.jpg, 80px *Catherine Ravental (died 1687), martyr, a Huguenot woman who was in labour when she was murdered by dragonnade soldiers, who then mutilated her other two children. *Regniers (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Fulcran Rey (died 1686), theology student, pastor, martyr, of Nîmes, executed. *Jean Ribault (1520–1565), early colonizer of America, he and other Huguenot colonists were massacred by the Spanish for their faith. *Richer (first name unknown), pastor, wounded or killed Poitiers, 1562. *Saint-Romain (first name unknown) (died 1572), nobleman, martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Pierre-Paul Sirven (1709–1777), victim of persecution. *Soubise (first name unknown) (died 1572), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Martin Tachard (died 1567), pastor, martyr, led in mockery through streets of Foix and executed there. *Taverny (first name unknown) (died 1572), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). *Teiffier (first name unknown) (died 1687), martyr, of Durfort near Nîmes, executed for attending a Protestant church service. *François Vivent (died 1692), Camisard lay preacher, martyr, killed by Government soldiers in a gun battle.


Military

*Fidel Abric, Camisard. *John André (1751–1780), British officer, spy. *Francis Beaufort (1774–1857), hydrographer of the British Admiralty *Salomon Blosset de Loche (1648–1721), French general. *John Blossett, British soldier, led British expedition to aid Simon Bolivar in the wars of independence against Spain *Moïse Bonnett, Camisard. *David Bougarde dit La Veille, Camisard. *Jean Pierre Buis, Camisard leader. *Marquis Calmes, general, veteran of the American Revolution and the War of 1812. *Henri Castanet (1674-1705), Camisard leader. *Jan Celliers (1861-1931), Anglo-Boer War general *Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Union general in the US Civil War, governor of the state of Maine. *Harry Chauvel (1865–1945), Australian military commander, liberator of Jerusalem (the Battle of Beersheba (1917), Battle of Beersheba). *Pierre Claris, Camisard. *Frederick Cockayne Elton, Crimean War recipient of the Victoria Cross *Buffalo Bill, Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917), American soldier, hunter and showman. *Jacques Couderc dit La Fleurette, Camisard. *Salomon Couderc, Camisard leader. *Piet Cronje, leader of the Transvaal Republic's military forces during the First Boer War, First and Second Boer War, Second Anglo-Boer Wars. *François de Beauvais, Seigneur de Briquemault, French soldier *Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé (1552–1588), French general, son of Louis de Condé. file:Conde-henri.jpg, 80px *Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé (1530–1569), French general, brother-in-law of Jeanne d'Albret (Queen of Navarre). file:Louis Ier de Bourbon, 1er prince de Condé (1530-1569).jpg, 80px *Alfred Gardyne de Chastelain, British Army lieutenant colonel, member of the Special Operations Executive *John de Chastelain, Canadian diplomat, general and chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces *Hector Francois Chataigner de Cramahé, French soldier, assisted William of Orange in the taking of the British throne *Peter de la Billière, British military commander *François de la Noue (1531–1591), French soldier, called ''Bras-de-Fer'' (''Iron Arm''). *Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555–1623), French soldier, prince of Sedan, France, Sedan, Marshal of France. *Ulrich de Maizière (1912–2006), German general, descended from a noble family of French Huguenot origin, originally from Maizières-lès-Metz in Lorraine. *Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway (1648-1720), soldier. *Philippe Aristide Denfert-Rochereau (1823-1878), military officer, liberal Protestant. *John Watts de Peyster, American Brevet (military), Brevet Major General in the American Civil War *Jean de Poltrot (1537–1563), shot the Duke of Guise in arguably history's earliest firearm assassination. *Henri, duc de Rohan (1579–1638), French soldier, son of Catherine de Parthenay. *Christiaan du Toit, South African military commander *Charles FitzRoy (British Army officer), Charles FitzRoy, British Army officer *Henry Gage, 3rd Viscount Gage, major general in the British Army *Adolf Galland, German Luftwaffe general, World War II fighter ace *Johannes Petrus Gous (General), Commissioner of the South African Police from 1968 to 1971. *Henri Guisan, Commander-in-Chief of the Swiss Army during World War II *Peter Horry, American Revolutionary War general *Benjamin Huger (general), Benjamin Huger, American Civil War general (Confederate) *Petrus Jacobus Joubert, Boer commandant-general of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900 *Gédéo Laporte, Camisard leader. *Pierre Laporte (nicknamed Rolland) (1680-1704), Camisard leader. *Jean L'Archevêque, French explorer, soldier, merchant-trader *John Laurens, American Revolutionary War hero *Francois Joseph LeFevre Duke of Dantzic (1755- 1820), one of Napoleon's Marshals, from Alsace. *Curtis LeMay(1906–1990) American Air Force General and Air Force Chief of Staff *Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq, Prussian general *John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier Commander-in-Chief of the British Army *Adolph Malan, South African World War II fighter pilot ace *Magnus Malan, former South African Minister of Defence, Chief of the South African Defence Force, Chief of the South African Army *Arthur Middleton Manigault, American Civil War general (Confederate) *Francis Marion, American Revolutionary War guerrilla fighter. *Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919-1942), German Luftwaffe ace, penitent for the killings he committed. *Peter Mawney, colonel, Rhode Island militia *Abraham Mazel, Camisard leader. *Isaac de Monceau, Sieur De La Melonière, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment of Anjou and brigadier of King William's Huguenot regiment in the Battle of the Boyne, originally from Beaume (Belna), in the Duchy of Burgundy, with an estate in Dauphiny. *Charles Manigault Morris, American Navy officer (Confederate) *Lewis Nicola, American Revolutionary War General (Union) *Jean Nicolas dit Joany, Camisard leader. *Pierre Nouvel, Camisard. *George S Patton, Jr, US WWII Army general *Paul Pechell (1724 - 1800), Irish military commander, grandson of Samuel De Péchels. *J. Johnston Pettigrew, American Civil War general (Confederate) *George Pickett, American Civil War general (Confederate) *Charles Portal, British Chief of the Air Staff 1940–1945 Combined Chiefs of Staff 1942–1945 *Laurant Ravanel, Camisard leader. *Paul Revere (1735–1818), American silversmith, famous for "Paul Revere's Ride" at the outbreak of the American War of Independence, descended from the Rivoire family from Riocaud, in the Gironde valley, near Bordeaux. *Barry St. Leger, British officer *François Salles dit Salette, Camisard leader. *Henri Salmide (real name Heinz Stahlschmidt) (1919-2010), German military officer who became hero by refusing to obey orders to destroy Bordeaux. *Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615–1690), commander of King William III's army, Battle of the Boyne. *Pierre Séguier dit Esprit Séguier (1650-1702), Camisard leader. *Alan Shepard (1923–1998), astronaut, first American in space, descendant of Philippe de La Noye. *Charles C. Tew, colonel Confederate States Army *Ernst Udet (1896-1941), German First World War Ace, Luftwaffe Colonel-General in World War Two, committed suicide. *John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Chief of the Imperial General Staff of the British Army, commander of the British Expeditionary Force (World War II), descendant of the North American Delancey family *Constand Viljoen (1933–2020), leader of the South African Freedom Front Plus, Freedom Front, South African National Defense Force, SADF general *John Bordenave Villepigue (1830–1862), American Civil War general (Confederate) *John C. Villepigue (1896–1943), Medal of Honor winner *Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (1886–1941), highest scoring German U-boat commander of World War I *Bruno von François (1818–1870), Prussian general, father of Hermann and Curt. *Curt von François (1852–1931), German soldier, geographer and administrator in German South-West Africa (now Namibia). *Hermann von François (1856–1933), German World War I general, victor of the Battle of Tannenberg.


Missionaries

*Mac All (1821-1893), founder, Mission for Paris Workers. *Thomas Arbousset, missionary in Orange Free State, member of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society. *Thomas Barclay (missionary), Thomas Barclay (1849–1935), Scottish missionary. *Alfred Casalis (1862 -1950), missionary pastor. *Annette Casalis (1908-1988). missionary doctor, sister of Georges Casalis. *Eugène Casalis, missionary and director of the Paris Evangelical Missions Society. *Georges Casalis, missionary doctor. *Jean-Eugène Casalis (1812-1891), missionary. *François Daumas, missionary in Orange Free State, member of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society. *Constant Gosselin, lay missionary. *Clement Le Cossec (1921-2001), founder of the Evangelical Gypsy Mission. *Maurice Leenhardt (1878-1954), missionary, pastor and ethnologist specialising in the Kanak people of New Caledonia. *Henri Pyt (1796-1835), missionary who helped rebuild church in France after century of persecution. *Eugène Réveillaud (1851-1935), founder, Parisian Committee of Domestic Mission. *Napoléon Roussel (1805-1878), church planter in Charente. *Pierre Stouppe (1690–1760), Huguenot pastor then low church/evangelical Anglican minister, missionary to African-American slaves.


Musicians

*Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (1767-1859), opera singer and composer, daughter of François-Hippolyte Barthélémon. *François Hippolyte Barthélémon (1741-1808), composer of operas, masques, symphonies, chamber music and hymns (''Awake my soul, and with the sun'', ''Mighty God While Angels Bless Thee''), from Bordeaux. *Louis Bourgeois (composer), Loys Bourgeois (1510–1559), Psalm music composer (the "Old 100th"). *Edmond Louis Budry (1854–1932), hymnwriter ("Thine Be the Glory"). *Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002), American jazz and Hollywood musicals singer and actress, descended from the Koch family of Alsace-Lorraine. *Alice Cooper (real name Vincent Damon Furnier) (1948-), American heavy metal singer and born-again Christian. *Pierre Davantès (1525–1561), composer and scholar. *Paschal de l'Estocart (1538-1587), Psalm music composer. *Jacques Ducros, tenor with Ensemble Huguenot. *Ampie du Preez (1982-), South African singer-songwriter. *Brian Eno (1948–), English music producer, ambient musician, atheist, descended from the Hennot family of Mons, Flanders. *Odile Faniard, mezzo-soprano with Ensemble Huguenot. *George Fourie, South African opera singer. *Johnny Fourie, South African jazz guitarist. *Guillaume Franc (1505–1571), Psalm music composer. *Eric Galia, pastor, jazz musician (Esprit-Swing Trio). *Judy Garland (1922-1969), American jazz and Hollywood musicals singer and actress, French Huguenot ancestry on her father's side. *Severine Genevaz, soprano with Ensemble Huguenot. *Kendji Girac, musician. *Claude Goudimel (1520–1572), composer of musical settings for the Psalms (Genevan Psalter), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). file:Claude Goudimel.jpg, 80px *Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1939–2016), Austrian conductor. *Christian Ignatius Latrobe (1758–1836), British clergyman, composer and musician, whose ancestors came from Languedoc. *André Isoir (1935–2016), classical organist. *Philibert Jam-de-Fer, musician. *Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666), Master of the King's Musick. *Simon Le Bon (1958-), English musician and frontman of pop-rock band Duran Duran. file:Simon le bon.jpg, 80px *Claudin Le Jeune (1530-1600), composer and music publisher of the Genevan Psalter, from Valenciennes. file:Клод Лежен.jpg, 80px *Bill Le Sage (1927–2001), British jazz musician, descendant of a Valenciennes journeyman silkweaver, Jacques Le Sage, and his son, also a journeyman silkweaver, Pierre Le Sage (born Leiden, died Spitalfields, married into the Le Grand family of Saint-Quentin. Later Le Sage descendants in Spitalfields married with the Levesques, weavers originally from Bolbec, and with the Le Maréchals of Caen. One branch of the Le Sage family later emigrated to Australia.) *Johann Bernhard Logier, Jean-Bernard Logier (1777-1846), composer who developed a system of musical notation. *Lorna Luft (1952–), American jazz and Hollywood musicals singer and actress, daughter of Judy Garland. *César Malan (1787–1864), hymnwriter ("Everyday I Will Bless You", "It Is Not Death to Die", "O Holy Spirit Blessed Comforter", "What Are the Pleasures of the World?" and "My Saviour's Praises I Will Sing"), originator of the modern hymn movement in the French Reformed Church, pastor and novelist. *Samuel Mareschal (1554-), organist and music publisher of the Genevan Psalter. *Clément Marot (1496–1544), poet who versified the Psalms into French (Genevan Psalter). file:ClementMarot.jpg, 80px *Liza Minnelli (1946–), American jazz and Hollywood musicals singer and actress, daughter of Judy Garland. *Bertrand Monbaylet, bass-baritone with Ensemble Huguenot. *Jacques-Louis Monod (1927-2020), pianist, composer and teacher. *Bénédict Pictet, composer of hymns and Christmas carols. *Peter Prelleur (1705–1741), composer, organist and music teacher. *Jean-Jacques Quesnot de La Chênée, librettist, theatre manager, staged Lully operas for Huguenot refugee community. *André Raison, French Baroque composer and organist. *Nick Raison, jazz pianist, father of Miranda Raison. *David Reinhardt, jazz guitarist, grandson of Django Reinhardt. *Renaud (1952-), pop-rock singer, anti-military activist, agnostic from a Protestant family. *Keith Richards (1943-), English blues and rock guitarist, descended from the Dupree family of silkweavers. file:Keith Richards on February 26 2012.jpg, 80px *André Rieu (1949–) Dutch violinist, descendant of the Rieu family of the Auvergne. *Pierre Santerre, composer, music publisher of the Genevan Psalter. *Jean Servin (1530-), composer of music for Psalms, music publisher of the Genevan Psalter and musician. *Joe Sublett, American blues saxophonist. *Elizma Theron (1983-), South African singer. *Mary Travers (1936–2009), American pop singer, member of the group Peter, Paul and Mary. *Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954–1990), American blues guitarist, descendant of LaRue family and the Joquen and DuFour families. *Isaac Watts (1674–1748), hymnwriter ("When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", "Joy to the World" and "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past"), pastor and theologian, descended from the Taunton family. Key work: ''Logic, or the Right Use of Reason, in the Inquiry After Truth''. file:Isaac Watts from NPG.jpg, 80px


Pastors and theologians

*Firmin Abauzit (1679-1767), theologian, philosopher, editor, librarian. *Jakob Abbadie, Jacques Abbadie (1654–1727), French theologian. Key work: ''Vindication of the Truth''. *Frank Jean Alexandre (1844-1922), pastor and theologian and the official historian of French Protestantism at the end of the 19th Century. *Pierre Allègre, pastor. *Pierre Allix (1641–1717), pastor. Key work: ''Some Remarks Upon the Ecclesiastical History of the Ancient Churches of Piedmont''. *Moses Amyraut (1596–1664), French theologian, proponent of Amyraldism. file:Moïse Amyraut.jpg, 80px *Friedrich von Ancillon (1767–1837), German pastor. *Gabriel Astier, Camisard prophet. *Edouard Aubertin, pastor, Paris. *Israel Antoine Aufrère, chaplain to William III, minister at the Savoy Chapel, director of the London French Hospital. *Charles-Édouard Babut (1835-1916), pastor, Nîmes. Even Catholics respected him so much they nicknamed him the "Saint of Nîmes". *Henry Babut, pastor, pacifist, co-founder of Peace Through Law. *Étienne Bach (1892-1986), pastor, pacifist, founder of the Movement of the Knights of the Prince of Peace, an ecumenical lay movement concerned with building lasting peace by working for reconciliation between Christians in Europe. *Jeab Barbeyrac (1674–1744), German pastor. *Isaac Barbauld, pastor. *Madeleine Barot (1909–1995), theologian and pacifist, co-founder of the Cimade. *Daniel Bas, Camisard lay preacher. *Henry Bidleman Bascom, US Congressional chaplain, Methodist bishop *Jacques Basnage (1653–1723), theologian. Key work: ''Instructions pastorales aux Réformés de France sur l'obéissance due aux souverains''. file:Portret van Jacob Basnage, RP-P-OB-17.053.jpg, 80px *André Bastide, pastor. *Marc-Antoine Benoist, pastor. *Michel Berauld, pastor. *Jacques Bernard (theologian), Jacques Bernard (1658-1718), theologian. *Charles Bertheau (1660–1732), pastor. *Theodore Beza, French theologian. Key work: ''Treasure of Gospel Truth''. *Jean Bion, chaplain to galley slaves. Key work: ''An Account of the Torments the French Protestants Endure Aboard the Galleys''. *Michel Block, pastor, member of the conservative, Biblically faithful group, Les Attestants, and Christian pacifist. *David Blondel (1691–1655), French clergyman, historian, classical scholar. *Samuel Bochart (1599–1667), theologian and pacifist. Key work: ''Geographia Sacra seu Phaleg et Canaan''. file:SamuelBochart.jpg, 80px *Henri Boegner, pastor, brother of Marc Boegner, member of Association Sully, a now-defunct Protestant royalist movement. *Marc Boegner (1881–1970), theologian, pastor, ecumenist. Key work: ''Long Road to Unity: Memories and Anticipations''. file:Marc Boegner au Poët Laval 1965.jpg, 80px *Laurent du Bois, Boston pastor. *Daniel Bondet (1652-1723), pastor in the United States of America. *Ami Bost (1790-1874), pastor, father of John Bost. *Gilles Boucomont, pastor, founder and head of Les Attestants (a conservative, Biblically faithful group), gay conversion therapy practitioner, opponent of blessing same-sex marriages. *Louis Bourgeois (theologian), Louis Bourgeois, theologian from Leiden. *Pierre Brisbar, pastor. *Brother Roger (1915–2005), founder of Taizé, Christian pacifist and ecumenist. Key work: ''Sources of Taizé: No Greater Love''. *Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575), theologian. Key work: ''The Decades''. *Jean Bulteel, pastor. *Jean Cadier (1898-1981), theologian, signatory to the Pomeyrol Theses. *John Calvin (1509–1564), French theologian, pastor, and reformer. Key work: ''Institutes of the Christian Religion''. *Louis Cappel, French clergyman, Hebrew scholar. *George Casalis (1917-1987), pastor, prison chaplain at Spandau, theologian, great-grandson of Eugène Casalis and great-nephew of Alfred Casalis. *Jean Casamajor, pastor. *Sebastian Castellio (1515–1563), theologian, early proponent of freedom of conscience. Key work: ''Advice to a Desolate France''. *Guillaume Centurier (1776–1829), German pastor. *Isaac Centurier, (1745–1816), German pastor. *Alfred-Henri Chaber (1880-1955), pastor, co-founded the reformed temple of Brueys, member of Association Sully, a now-defunct Protestant royalist movement. *Daniel Chamier, theologian, ancestor of actor Daniel Craig, co-drafter of the Edict of Nantes. *Michel Charles, pastor. *Daniel Charnier, pastor. *Guillaume Chartier (theologian), Guillaume Chartier, theologian. *Richard Chenevix (bishop), Richard Chenevix, Irish Anglican bishop, descended from the Chenevix family of Metz, Lorraine. *Robert Chéradame, pastor. *Frank Christol, French pastor in London in World War Two. *Isaac Claude (1653-1695), theologian. *Jean Claude (1619–1687), theologian. *Jean Jacques Claude, pastor, Threadneedle Street, grandson of Jean Claude. *François Clavairoly (1957-), pastor, former prison chaplain, former chair the regional council of the Nord-Normandie region, President of the Protestant Federation of France since 2013, member of the steering committee of the Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne de France Association, chairman of the Commission for Relations with Judaism of the Protestant Federation of France and ecumenist. *Julien Coffinet, pastor and member of the conservative, Biblically faithful group, Les Attestants. *Timothée Colani (1824-1888), liberal theologian. *Jean Constans, pastor. *Athanase Laurent Charles Coquerel (1795-1868), liberal theologian, elected deputy of the Constituent Assembly after the revolution of February 1848. *Athanase Josué Coquerel (1820–1875), liberal theologian, co-founder of the Historical Society of French Protestantism. Key work: ''La Saint-Barthélémy''. *Charles Eugene Correvon (1856–1928), German pastor. *Jacques Couet (1546-1608), pastor. *Antoine Court (1695–1760), pastor. Key work: ''An Historical Memorial of the Most Remarkable Proceedings Against the Protestants in France from 1744-51''. *Pierre Courthial (1914-2009), pastor and neo-Calvinist theologian, participated in the writing of the Pomeyrol Theses which called for spiritual resistance to Nazism, member of Association Sully, a now-defunct Protestant royalist movement. Key work: ''From Bible to Bible''. *Jean Crespin (1520–1572), martyrologist. Key work: ''Lives of the Martyrs''. *Oscar Cullmann (1902–1999), theologian and ecumenist. *Jean Daillé (1594-1670), French theologian. Key work: ''Apology for the French Reformed Churches''. *Lambert Daneau (1530–1590), theologian. Key work: ''Wonderful Workmanship of the World''. *Charles Daubuz (1673-1713), pastor, theologian, eschatologist. Key work: ''A Perpetual Commentary on the Revelation of St. John''. *Jean-Marc Daumas (1953-2013), pastor, writer, historian, member of the Union of Monarchist Protestants, the modern successor of Association Sully. *Daniel De Barthe, pastor and theoloigian. *Bérard de Beaujardin (1618-1693), pastor, theologian. *Isaac de Beausobre (1659-1738), pastor. *David de Bonrepos, pastor in the United States of America. *Jacques de Brissac, pastor, theologian. *Thomas de Buisson, pastor, pacifist. *Hugues de Cabrol (1909-2001), pastor, member of Association Sully, a now-defunct Protestant royalist movement. *Charles de Claremont, pastor, religious revivalist at La Rochelle. *Guillaume de Clermont, pastor, regional synod president. *Odet de Coligny (1517–1571), former Roman Catholic cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal, convert to Protestantism. file:Odet Coligny Châtillon Chantilly Clouet.jpg, 80px *Suzanne de Dietrich (1891–1981), theologian, Cimade worker, co-writer of the Pomeyrol Theses and pacifist (French Lutheran). *Guillaume de Felice, Guillaume de Félice, Count Panzutti, Comte de Panzutti, French Abolitionism in France, abolitionist, theologian. *Leon Degrémont, pastor. *Jessé de Forest, leader of a group of Walloon-Huguenots who fled Europe due to religious persecutions. *Isaac de Juigné, pastor. *Jean de Labadie (1610-1674), Jesuit convert to Calvinism, founder of the pietistic Labadists. *Antoine de la Roche Chandieu, Parisian pastor, co-author with Calvin of the Galllican Confession of Faith. *Josué de la Place (c. 1596 – 1665 or possibly 1655), pastor, theologian. *Samuel Delon Perille, pastor. *Jean Delpech, pastor. *Pierre Delpuech, pastor. *Philippe de Mornay (1549–1623), theologian. Key work (likely author): ''Vindiciae contra tyrannos''. file:Philippe Duplessis-Mornay.jpg, 80px *Antoine-Noé de Polier de Bottens (1713-1783), theologian. *Edmond de Pressensé (1824-1891), student of Alexandre Vinet, theologian, pastor, writer, first president of the Human Rights League, father of Francis de Pressensé. Key work: ''Jesus Christ : his times, life, and work''. *Roland de Pury (1907-1979), pastor, anti-Nazi activist, saviour of Jews in World War Two, opponent of the use of torture in the Algerian War and anti-Communist. He is the author of a Cell Journal written during his captivity by the Nazis. He was a signatory of the Pomeyrol Theses. *Jacob de Rouffignac, refugee pastor in Essex. *Stéphane Desmarais, Pastor of the French Church in London. *Jochen Desel, pastor, former president of the German Huguenot Society. *Nicolas des Gallars (1520–1580), theologian, pastor at Threadneedle Street. *Bernard de Sonis, pastor. *Jean d’Espagne, chaplain. *Christophe Desplanque, pastor, pacifist and member of Les Attestants, a group opposing theological liberalism and seeking to return the French Church to the traditional Huguenot belief in the "sovereign authority of the Biblical Word for the life of Christians..." *Daniel de Superville (1657–1728), Daniel de Superville (1657-1728), pastor. *Vinchon des Voeux, pastor of French Church in Dublin, from Rouen. *Jacques de Veines, pastor. *Alphonse de Vignolles (1649–1744), German pastor. *Pierre Loyseleur de Villiers, pastor, Threadneedle Street. *Isaac d'Hussieau (1607-1672), pastor, theologian. *Paul Doumergue, pastor. *Charles Drelincourt (1595–1669), pastor. Key work: ''The Christian's Defence Against the Fears of Death''. *Laurent Drelincourt (1626–1681), theologian, pastor, poet, son of Charles Drelincourt. *Clemens du Bois, pastor, Hanau. *Jacob Duché (1737–1798), pastor in Philadelphia, USA. *Pierre Du Moulin (1568–1658), pastor. Key works: ''Tyranny that the Popes Exercised for Some Centuries Over the kings of England'' and ''The Christian Combate, or, A treatise of Affliction: with a Prayer and Meditation of the Faithfull Soule.'' file:Portret van Pierre du Moulin op 74-jarige leeftijd Petrus Molinaeus Phil. (..) et Th. prof. Aetat LXXIV (titel op object), RP-P-BI-6718.jpg, 80px *Jehan Duperche, pastor. *Francois Loumeau Dupont, the pastor of the French Church in Edinburgh. *Philip Dupont, pastor. *Francis Durand, convert from Roman Catholicism, became pastor of the French Church at Canterbury. *John Durel, pastor who later became an Anglican minister. *Theodore Dury (Du Ry) (born 1661), pastor. *Isaac du Soul (1596-1676), pastor, theologian. *Jacques Ellul (1912–1994), theologian and pacifist. Key work: ''Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes''. file:Jacques Ellul, 1990 (cropped).jpg, 80px *Pierre Encontre, pastor. *Jean Pierre Erman (1735–1814), German pastor and schoolmaster. *David Eustache, pastor. *Tommy Fallot (1844–1904), pastor, founder of Social Christianity. Key work: ''Christianisme social, études et fragments'' (French Lutheran). *William Farel (1489–1565), theologian who recruited Calvin to Geneva. file:William-Farel.jpg, 80px *Jean Faucher, pastor and theologian. *Abraham Faure (1795-1875), South African pastor and author. *Jean Jacques Favre, pastor. *Louis Fayet, pastor. *Patrice Fondja, pastor and member of the conservative, Biblically faithful group, Les Attestants. *Jacques Fontaine, pastor in Cork, weaver, fisherman. *Jean Samuel Formey (1711–1797), theologian and historian. *Sébastien Fresse, pastor and member of the conservative, Biblically faithful group, Les Attestants. *Gaston Frommel (1862-1906), French theologian. *Jacques Gaillard, pastor and theologian. *John Gano, Baptist preacher and Revolutionary War chaplain. *John Gast (priest), John Gast (1715-1788), Irish minister. *François Gaussen (1790–1863), pastor and eschatologist, Calvinist who was influential on the early Seventh Day Adventists. Key works: ''Theopneusty; Or, the Plenary Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures'' and ''The Prophet Daniel Explained. In a Series of Readings for Young Persons''. *Pascal Geoffroy, pastor and member of the conservative, Biblically faithful group, Les Attestants. *Simon Gibert, pastor. *Etienne Gibert, underground pastor in the "Church of the Desert" period and thereby one of the last refugees to arrive in Britain. *Jean Gigord, theologian. *Simon Goulart (1543–1628), pastor, theologian and poet. file:Simon Goulart (ÖNB).png, 80px *André Gounelle (1933–), liberal and process theologian. *Élie Gounelle (1865–1950), pastor, liberal theologian, Social Christianity advocate. *Rémi Gounelle (1967-), theologian, nephew of André Gounelle. *Heinrich Grüber (1891–1975), theologian, opponent of Nazism and pacifist. file:Bronzekopf von Heinrich Grüber 01.jpg, 80px *Jean Guisot, pastor. *Matthias Helmlinger, pastor and member of the conservative, Biblically faithful group, Les Attestants. *Thomas Hervé, pastor, convert from Roman Catholicism. *Jean-Michel Hornus, theologian and pacifist. Key work: ''It is Not Lawful for Me to Fight: Early Christian Attitudes Toward War, Violence, and the State''. *François Hotman (1524–1590), theologian. Key work: ''Francogallia''. file:Crispijn van de Passe (I), after Joos van Winghe - Portrait of François Hotman.jpg, 80px *Hurtienne, German pastor. *Daniel Jamet, pastor. *Jean Jarousseau (1729–1819), pastor. *Edmond Jeanneret (1914–1990), pastor. *Jules Jézéquel, pastor, pacifist, founder of the Universal Rally for Peace, vice-president of the Universal Alliance for International Friendship through the Churches. *Charles Estienne Jordan (1700–1745), German pastor, advisor to Frederick the Great. *Jean-Pierre Julian, pastor, regional synod president. *Pierre Jurieu, French pastor, orthodox Calvinist theologian and eschatologist. Key work: ''Pastoral Letters''. file:Portret van Pierre Jurieu, RP-P-OB-17.068.jpg, 80px *Jacques Kaltenbach, pastor, Social Christianity advocate, mentor to André Trocmé. *Jean-Pierre Lafont, pastor. *Isaac La Peyrère (1596-1676), theologian, writer and lawyer, forced to convert to Roman Catholicism, retract his writings and spend his final years in a monastery. *François de La Pilonierre, Jesuit who converted to Protestantism and was obliged to flee the country as a result. Key work: ''Defense des Principes de la Tolerance''. *Arnaud Lepine Lassagne, pastor and member of the conservative, Biblically faithful group, Les Attestants. *Jean Lasserre (1908–1983), conservative, Biblically orthodox theologian, pastor and pacifist. Key work: ''War and the Gospel'' *Auguste Lecerf (1872-1943), pastor, neo-Calvinist theologian, specialist on the thought of Jean Calvin, member of Association Sully, a now-defunct Protestant royalist movement. Key work: ''An Introduction to Reformed Dogmatics''. *Pierre-Olivier Lechot, Pierre-Olivier Léchot (1978–), theologian. *Henry Leenhardt (1900-1961), theologian. *Robert Le Maçon seigneur de la Fontaine, pastor, Threadneedle Street. *Andrew Le Mercier (1692–1764), pastor and writer. *François le Sueur, early South African pastor. *Josue Le Vasseur, pastor. *Frédéric Lichtenberger (1832-1899), evangelical pastor and theologian (French Lutheran). *Robert Lorent (1698–1782), pastor in Berlin. *Paul Lorrain (died 1719), secretary to Samuel Pepys, Anglican clergyman, Ordinary (officer), ordinary of Newgate Prison *Andrew Lortie, theologian. *Francina Susanna Louw, missionary, linguist, sister of South African president C. F. Malan and descendant of Jacques Malan of Provence. *Jean Jacques Majendie (1709–1783), pastor of the Savoy Church in London. *Antoine Marcourt, pastor (the Posters Incident). *Élie Marion, Camisard prophet. *Paul-Henri Marron (1754–1832), first pastor to work in Paris after Protestantism was legalised because of the French Revolution. *Jacques Martin (pacifist), Jacques Martin (1906–2001), pastor, pacifist, saviour of Jews in World War Two. *Joseph Martin-Paschoud (1802-1873), liberal pastor, pacifist, supporter of Frédéric Passy's peace society, supporter of French Judaism. *Ètienne Mathiot, pastor, tried for sheltering Algerian boy during war. *Jacques Matthieu, pastor. *Basil Maturin, Anglican minister and writer who later converted to Roman Catholicism, Lusitania torpedoeing victim, grandson of Charles Maturin. *Gabriel Maturin (1700–1746), Irish clergyman and philanthropist *Jacques Maury (1920-2020), pastor, president of the French Protestant Federation. *Pierre Maury (1890–1956), pastor. *Joseph Meffre (1766–1845), pastor, convert from Roman Catholicism. *Pierre Merlin (died 1603), chaplain to Coligny, later pastor at La Rochelle and synod head. *Eugène Ménégoz (1838-1921), symbolofideist theologian (French Lutheran). *Jean Mesnard (died 1727), pastor, French Protestant Chapel, Copenhagen, later a director of the London French Hospital. *Jean Mestrezat (1592-1657), French theologian and pastor. *Jean Mestrezat, pastor, Paris. One of the first pastors to work in the city after Protestantism was legalised. *Jean Mettayer, pastor, Soho. *Caesar de Missy (1703–1775), pastor, Savoy, London, chaplain to King George III. *Adolphe Monod (1802–1856), pastor. *Frédéric Monod (1794–1863), pastor. *Wilfred Monod (1867–1943), liberal theologian, Social Christianity supporter, founder of the Order of Watchers, argued for rehabilitation of Marcion and for the removal of omnipotence and omnipresence from the conception of God. *Wolfgang Musculus (1497–1563), theologian. *Beyers Naudé, South African anti-apartheid cleric. *Jozua Naudé (pastor), Jozua Francois Naudé (1873-1948), South African pastor, school founder and co-founder of the Afrikaner Broederbond. *Elias Neau, Former galley slave, opponent of slavery in the United States, school founder. *Guy-Bertrand Ngougou-Fotso, pastor and member of the conservative, Biblically faithful group, Les Attestants. *Henri Nick (1868–1954), pastor, Social Christianity advocate, pacifist, saviour of Jews. *Moses Nicolas, Camisard prophet. *Johannes Ökolampad (1482–1531), reformer. *Olivétan (1506–1538), Bible translator. *Dacres Olivier (1826-1919), English Anglican minister, private chaplain to the Earl of Pembroke, later a canon of Salisbury Cathedral, conservative figure, father of Edith Olivier and related to Sir Laurence Olivier. *Joudain Olivier, pastor. *René Pache (1904-1979), theologian, pastor, writer, vice-president of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, director of the Emmaus Bible and Missionary Institute in Lausanne, Switzerland. Key work: ''The Future Life''. *Claude Pajon (1626–1685), pastor. file:Claudepajon-cropped.jpg, 80px *John Rawstorne Papillon, Anglican clergyman, descendant of Huguenot refugee David Papillon. *Eric Pasteur, pastor and member of the conservative, Biblically faithful group, Les Attestants. * Félix Pécaut (1828–1898), pastor and educator. *Simon Pelloutier (1694–1757), French pastor in Berlin. *Louis Pernot (1959–), liberal pastor, classical lutist. *Marc Pernot (1958–), liberal pastor, former scientist and AI geographer, advocate of blessing same-sex marriages, advocate of Gounelle's process theology and Caputo's "weak God" theology, rejector of the existence of Satan, former pastor of the Oratoire du Louvre in Paris and currently-serving pastor of Geneva. *Eric Perrier, pastor and member of the conservative, Biblically faithful group, Les Attestants. *Jacques Pineton de Chambrun (1637-1689), theologian. *Abel Poupin (died 1556), pastor. *Jean Pradel, pastor. *Guiges Prévost, pastor, Geneva. *David Primerose, pastor, Threadneedle Street. *Samuel Provoost (1742–1815), American clergyman. *François Puaux (1806-1895), evangelical pastor, vigorous debater and fiery opponent of liberals and Roman Catholics. *Jules Puech, pastor, pacifist. *Paul Rabaut (1718–1794), pastor. *Olivier Raoul-Duval, pastor and member of the conservative, Biblically faithful group, Les Attestants. *François Rapiné, pastor, tried for sheltering Algerian boy during war. *Jean François Reclam (1778–1831), French pastor in Berlin. *Jacques Reclus (1796–1882), pastor. file:Pasteur Jacques Reclus.jpg, 80px *Charles Renouvier, theologian. *Albert Réville (1826-1906), pastor, extreme liberal theologian, Dreyfus supporter. *Zacharie Richard, pastor. *Jean Richaud, pastor. *Claude Richier, pastor. *David Richier, pastor. *André Rivet (1572–1651), theologian. *Albert Rivett (pastor), Albert Rivett (1855–1934), Australian Congregationalist minister and pacifist, father of the scientist, David Rivett. *William Romaine (1714-1795), evangelical Anglican minister. Key work: ''The Life, Walk and Triumph of Faith''. *Roman the Paquetou, Camisard lay preacher. *Camille Rombaut, pastor, pacifist. *Pierre Roques (1685–1748), pastor. *Hermann Roquette (1815–1890), French-Reformed minister in Königsberg. *Henri Roser (1899–1981), pastor and pacifist (French Lutheran). *Auguste Sabatier (1839-1901), symbolofideist, called by some "the greatest French theologian since Calvin", expert on dogma and the links between theology and culture (French Lutheran). *Daniel Sanxay, clergyman. *Claude Saumeis (died 1652), pastor. *Jacques Saurin (1677–1730), pastor, Threadneedle Street and the Netherlands refugee communities, early advocate of religious tolerance. Key work: ''Sermons on Diverse Texts of the Scriptures''. *François Saussine, pastor. *Pierre Saussine, pastor. *Edmond Scherer (1815-1889), liberal theologian, agnostic. *Laurent Schlumberger (1957–), first President of the United Protestant Church of France from 2013 to 2017. *Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), liberal/unorthodox theologian and pastor, missionary, hospital founder, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, physician, had pacifist leanings, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1953, Lutheran from Alsace. *Claude Scoffier, pastor. *Paul Secrétan, theologian. *Peter Serrurier pastor, Amsterdam. *Pierre Sestier, pastor. *Pierre Simon, first Huguenot pastor in South Africa. *Édouard Soulier (1870-1938), pastor and politician, worked for "Christianity Against Communism". *Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892), first pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, founder of a Spurgeon's College, theological college, almshouses and orphanage, writer. *Jacques Stewart, former head of the Protestant Federation of France. *Ch.H.P. Suchier (1730–1794), French-Reformed minister in Karlshafen. *Jean Tenans, pastor. *Édouard Theis, pastor, aide to André Trocmé, saviour of Jews. *Albert Thibaudet, pastor, pacifist. *André Thobois (1924-2012), pastor, vice-president of the Protestant Federation of France, president of the Association of Professing Churches, president of the Biblical Alliance French, President of the Council of the Free Faculty of Evangelical Theology of Vaux-sur-Seine, author (French Baptist). *Henri Tollin (1833–1902), pastor in Magdeburg, founder of the German Huguenot Society. *Pierre-Charles Toureille (1900–1976), pastor, Cimade worker, chaplain to French concentration camp prisoners and saviour of Jews in World War Two. *Daniel Toussain (1541-1602), pastor, Basel. *André and Magda Trocmé, André Trocmé (1901–1971), French theologically conservative pastor, Christian pacifist, saviour of Jews in World War Two and anti-nuclear campaigner. Key work: ''Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution''. *Antoine Vermeil, pastor. *Philippe Vernier, pastor, pacifist. *Isabeau Vincent, prophetess. *Paul Vincent, pastor. *Alexandre Vinet (1797-1847), theologian, considered the most important thinker of nineteenth century French-speaking Protestantism. Key work: ''Homiletics; or the Theory of Preaching''. file:AlexandreVinet.jpg, 80px *Pierre Viret (1511–1572), theologian. Key work: ''Thou Shalt Not Kill''. file:PierreViret.jpg, 80px *Charles Wagner (1852–1918), pastor, liberal theologian, Social Christianity advocate. file:Charles Wagner.jpg, 80px *Noé Walter, pastor and member of the conservative, Biblically faithful group, Les Attestants, pacifist. *Charles Westphal, pastor. *James Woody, pastor, head of French Protestantism's liberal group, advocate of blessing same-sex marriages, and anti-pacifist. *John Yver, refugee pastor in several churches in London, then Holland.


Philanthropists and charity workers

*Jaques-Pierre André, a director of the French Hospital in London. *Henriette André-Walther (1807-1886), supporter of the Paris Evangelical Mission Society and the Association of Deaconesses of Reuilly, turned her estate, Les Ombrages, into a meeting place for Protestants of an evangelical persuasion, and then into an infirmary, and then into an orphanage for boys and then into a reception centre for a wide variety of refugees during the 1871 Paris Commune. She was also very concerned about the plight of the working class and advocated for social reform on their behalf. She lived simply and humbly, despite her wealth. *Jaques Baudouin, director of the French Hospital. *Madeleine Barot (1909-1995), laywoman, saviour of Jews in World War Two, co-writer of the Pomeyrol Theses, evangelist, ecumenist, vice-president of Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture, general secretary of La Cimade. *Eugenie Bost, philanthropist, memoirist, wife of John Bost. *John Bost (1817-1881), pastor, musician and philanthropist, founder of La Famille (the Family) asylum at La Force in Dordogne for children, orphans, the disabled and incurables. It was followed by a number of other asylums, run today by the John Bost Foundation. *Arthur Giraud Browning (1835-1907), governor of the Westminster School, director of the French Hospital and co-founder of the London Huguenot Society. *Anna Bullinger (1504–1564), former nun, wife of Heinrich Bullinger, known for caring for refugees and the homeless, including English Protestants fleeing from persecution under Queen Mary. Commended by Queen Elizabeth I for this work. *Antoinette Butte (1898-1986), French Girl Scouts co-founder. file:Antoinette Butte jeune.jpg, 80px *François Henri Ernest Chabaud-Latour (1804–1885), French Bible Society chairman. *Évelyne Chazot (1883-1968), saviour of Jews in World War Two. *René Courin, lay worker, co-author of the Pomeyrol Theses. *Suzanne Curchod (1737-1794), hospital founder, writer and salonist, wife of Jacques Necker. *Roger Darcissac, aide to André Trocmé, saviour of Jews in World War Two. *Jacques de Gastigny (died 1708), master of the royal buckhounds, philanthropist whose bequest was used to found the London French Hospital. *Nicole Deheuvels, director, Le Service Éliézer (part of La Cause). *Pierre de La Primaudaye, a governor of the London French Hospital. * Malcolm Delevingne (1868–1950), Barnado's charity worker, occupational health and safety and anti-drug advocate, public servant. file:Sir Malcolm Delevingne.jpg, 80px *Henri de Sainte-Colome, director of La Soupe soup kitchen charity and of the French Hospital. *Jean-Jacques de Sellon (1782-1839), member of the nobility, opponent of capital punishment, pacifist, founder of the Société de la Paix de Génève, the first modern continental anti-war organisation. *Valentine de Sellon, pacifist, anti-war activist, daughter of Jean-Jacques, comte de Sellon. *Jacques Louis des Ormeaux, a director of the London French Hospital. *Pierre de Tascher, a director of the London French Hospital. *Louis De Tudert (died 1739), director of the London French Hospital, left bequests to the Hospital and to La Soupe. *Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger (1853–1924), philanthropist and non-violent resistor to German rule in Alsace. file:Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger.jpg, 80px *Frederick Eccleston du Faur (1832–1915), British-born Australian patron of the arts. *Suzette Duflo (1910-1983), president of the Mouvement Jeunes Femmes from 1949 to 1956 and of the Christian Union for Young Girls from 1956 to 1961. *Henri Dunant (1828-1910), founder of the Red Cross, Nobel Peace Prize winner. *Christophe Durrleman (1921-2001), director of La Cause from 1954, son of Freddy Durrleman. *Freddy Durrleman (1881-1944), founder of La Cause, a Protestant organization dedicated to social work (organising adoptions, providing assistance to the blind and arranging marriages) and evangelization in France, pastor. *Valdo Durrleman (1910-1944), La Cause worker, pastor, son of Freddy Durrleman. *Edith du Tertre (1912-2005), co-founder, Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture. *Hélène Engel (1902-1984), co-founder, Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture. *Léon Eyraud (1883–1953), saviour of Jews, Christian pacifist, aide to André Trocmé. *Jane Franklin (1791–1875), wife of Sir John Franklin, First Lady of Tasmania, philanthropist, patron of the arts, descended from the Griffin and Guillemard silkweaving families. file:LadyJaneFranklin.png, 80px *François-Arnail, Marquis of Jaucourt (1757–1852), Protestant Bible Society chairman, freemason. *Peter Paul Grellier (1773–1828), a director of the French Hospital. *Richard Grellier (1801–1863), a director of the French Hospital. *Jean Griffin, a director of the French Hospital and an ancestor of Lady Jane Franklin, descended from the Griffin silkweaving family of Normandy. *Elisabeth Gruzon, member of Young Women association. *Henry John Guinand (1756), fundraiser for numerous charities, sub-governor of the French Hospital in London. *David Hubert, founder of the French Protestant Charity School. *L. Stanley Johnson (died 1941), director of French Hospital in London. *Adèle Kamm (1885-1911), terminally-ill girl, founded an association where hospital patients could share their thoughts with each other in a diary, "Les Ladybugs", and write their testimonies. This grew into an organisation, the Union des Coccinelles, which visits the sick in hospital. She also wrote the pamphlet, "Joyful in Affliction" (1910). *Armand Laferrère, political advisor and member of the board of directors of the Franco-Israeli Friendship Association. *Daniel Legrand (1783–1858), philanthropist and industrialist, grandfather of Tommy Fallot. file:DanielLegrand.jpg, 80px *Ashurst Majendie (1784–1867), a director of French Hospital and one of the Assistant Poor Law Commissioners. *Caroline Malvesin (1806-1889), founder of a Protestant order for women. *Philippe Ménard, founder of the London French Hospital. *Geneviève Monod, member of Young Women association. *Sarah Monod (1836-1912), philanthropist and feminist, daughter of Adolphe Monod. *Violette Mouchon (1893-1985), French Girl Scouts co-founder. *Felix Neff (1798–1829), pastor and philanthropist. *J. F. Oberlin (1740–1826), pastor, philanthropist and social reformer (French Lutheran). *Daniel Olivier (1722–1782), a director of the French Hospital in London. *Henry William Peek (died 1898), director and deputy governor of the French Hospital and founding member of the Huguenot Society of London. *Émile Peugeot, peace and charity worker, created relief organisations and built a hospital where Peugeot employees would receive free health care and other social benefits (French Lutheran). *Lucy Peugeot (died 1928), peace and charity worker (French Lutheran). *Robert Lewis Roumieu (1814–1877), British architect, governor of the Foundling Hospital, London; honorary architect and director of the French Hospital, co-founder of the Huguenot Society of which he was treasurer and later president. *Jacques Saussine (died 1942), theology student, Cimade worker (aided Jews in prison camps in World War Two), nephew of Pierre-Charles Toureille. *Charles John Shoppee (1823-1897), co-founder of Huguenot Society of London and director of the French Hospital. *James Tillard (1754-1828), philanthropist, repaired and rebuilt churches, donated to hospitals, asylums and the distressed, member of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, bequeathed £30,000 towards the work of the Society in Calcutta. *Magda Trocmé (1901-1996), laywoman, wife of André Trocmé, saviour of Jews in World War Two, anti-nuclear activist. *Leonard Turquand, a director of the French Hospital in London. *Randolph Vigne (1928–2016), South African, President of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain, editor of its publications, director and treasurer of the French Hospital of London, Huguenot researcher and contributor to various publications on Huguenot history. *Henry Wagner (1840-1926), donor to Huguenot Library, director of the French Hospital. *Marguerite Walther (1882-1942), French Girl Scouts co-founder. *Frederick Winsor, director of the French Hospital.


Philosophers

*Olivier Abel (1953-), philosopher. *Raoul Allier (1862-1939), philosopher, Social Christianity advocate, Dreyfus supporter, Laicité law supporter, war inciter in World War One. *Charles Andler (1866-1934), philosopher, pacifist. *Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), French philosopher. *Jean Cavaillés, philosopher, pacifist. *Jacques Maritain (1882-1973), philosopher from Protestant family, converted to Roman Catholicism, drafter of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. *James Martineau (1805–1900), English philosopher, educator, Unitarianism, Unitarian minister, descended from Gaston Martineau, a Huguenot surgeon and refugee. *Paul Ricœur (1913–2005), philosopher and pacifist. *Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Swiss writer, philosopher, social and educational theorist, descended from Huguenot wine merchant, Didier Rousseau, Jean-Jacques converted to an unorthodox form of Calvinism himself, rejecting original sin and some other key tenets of mainstream Calvinist faith. *Théodore Eugène César Ruyssen (1868–1967), philosopher and pacifist, president of Peace Through Law.


Pioneers and explorers

*Gabriel Bernon (1644-1736), merchant, undertaker, American pioneer, born in La Rochelle, with ancestors from Froissart. *Charles Bonney (1813–1897), Australian pioneer. *Guillaume Henri Bossau, South African pioneer. *Jean de Buis, South African pioneer. *William Byrd I (1652–1704), early Virginia settler. *Jacques Caudebec (1664–1766), American pioneer, originally from Bolbec. *Josue Cellier, South African pioneer. *Samuel de Champlain (1567–1635), French explorer, founded Québec City, born into a Huguenot family, died a Roman Catholic *Guillaume Chartier (theologian), Guillaume Chartier, theologian, French Antarctique colonist. *Louis Cordier (1777–1861), South African pioneer. *Davy Crockett (1786–1836), American folk hero and the descendant of one Monsieur de la Croquetagne, a captain in the Royal Guard of French King Louis XIV, whose family converted to Protestantism, fled France and settled in the north of Ireland. *Pierre Cronje, South African pioneer. *Philippe de Corguilleray, colonist, French Antarctique. *Catherine DuBois (1627-1713), pioneer in America, held prisoner with her children by the Esopus tribe for a time, wife of Louis DuBois, from Artois. *Louis DuBois (Huguenot), Louis Dubois (1626–1696), colonist to
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, co-founded New Paltz (town), New York, New Paltz, New York, ancestor of Hollywood actors Marlon Brando and Joan Crawford, from Artois. *Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts, Pierre Du Gua, Sieur de Monts (1558–1628), French colonizer of Canada. *Bartholomew Dupuy (1652-1742), American pioneer settler. *Ralph Durand (1876–1945), explorer. *Mareen Duvall (1625–1694), early Maryland settler originally from Nantes, ancestor of Wallis Simpson and actor Robert Duvall. *Tobias Furneaux (1735-1781), British explorer, charted coastal areas of Tasmania. *Daniel Hugot, South African pioneer. *Jean Jourdaan, South African pioneer. *Abraham de Klerk, South African pioneer. *Jacques de la Porte, South African pioneer. *René Goulaine de Laudonnière (1529–1574), French explorer. *Jean de Léry (1536–1613), pastor and explorer of Brazil. *Hugh L'Amy, North American colony proposist. *Peter Le Pruvost, North American colony proposist. *Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809), American explorer. *Hester Mahieu (1582–1666), wife of Francis Cooke, captain of the Mayflower, daughter of French-speaking Calvinists Jacques and Jenne/Jeanne Mahieu, from Lille. *Pierre Manigault (1664–1729), American pioneer born in La Rochelle. *Charles Marais, South African pioneer. *Nicolas Martiau (1591–1657), American pioneer. *Jacques Mouton, South African pioneer. *Guillaume Néel, South African pioneer, from Rouen. *Daniel Perrin (1642–1719), one of the first permanent European inhabitants of Staten Island, New York originally from Normandy, ancestor of American actress Valerie Perrine. *Hercule des Prez, South African pioneer. *Pierre Richier (1506–1580), pastor, French Antarctique colonist, later took lead role in turning La Rochelle into a leading Huguenot centre. *Pierre Rousseau, South African pioneer, from Blois. *Abraham Salle (1670–1719), immigrant and American colonist. *Andrew Sigourney (1638-1727), American pioneer, born in St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France. *Jedediah Smith, American explorer, mountain man *Jacques Therond, South African pioneer. *Pierre de Villiers, South African pioneer. *Francois Villion, South African pioneer.


Politicians

*Thomas Henry Barclay, American Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War and pre-Confederation Nova Scotian politician. *Antoine Barnave (1761-1783), French revolutionary, tried to establish a French constitutional monarchy, member of the Feuillants. *Isaac Barré, British politician, gave his name to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Barre, Massachusetts; and Barre, Vermont (town), Barre, Vermont. *Ruth Bascom, American politician, mayor of Eugene, Oregon. *Paul Bastide, politician, former member of the Constitutional Council. *James A. Bayard (elder), James A. Bayard, US Congressman. *Moïse Bayle, French revolutionary, member of the Committee of General Security. *John M. Berrien, United States senator from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and Andrew Jackson's Attorney General of the United States, Attorney General. *Christian Blanc (1942-), centre-right politician (UDF Party), prefect. file:Christian Blanc p1190584.jpg, 80px *Alain Bombard (1924-2005), Socialist Party politician. *Jacob Bosanquet (1755-1828), English politician, opponent of Napoleon Bonaparte, grandson of David Bosanquet who had taken refuge from Languedoc. *Jessie Boucherett, English campaigner for women's rights. *Elias Boudinot (1740–1821), president of the American Continental Congress, descended from the Boudinot family of Marans, Aunis, France. *James Bowdoin, Governor of Massachusetts. *
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, American statesman, philanthropist, benefactor of Bowdoin College. *Alain Boyer, prefect. *Bryant Butler Brooks, Governor of Wyoming. *Jean Bude, councillor, Household of the King. *James Bulteel (1676-1757), British politician. *Marie Byles (1900–1979), Australian environmentalist, feminist and Buddhist, descended from the Beuzeville family of Normandy. *Pierre-Joseph Cambon (1756-1820), French revolutionary, opponent of Robespierre, advocate of the separation of church and state, member of the Feuillants. *François Caron (1600–1673), French Director-General of the Dutch East India Company and the French East Indies Company. *Victor Cazalet (1896-1943), British Conservative Party politician, supporter of Zionism, grandson of Edward Cazalet, godson of Queen Victoria, Huguenot ancestors were from Languedoc. *Christophe Chappuzeau, chamber secretary. *
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(1874-1965), British prime minister, descendant of Timothy Chauncey Jerome. file:Winston Churchill as a young man, by Edwin Arthur Ward (1859 - 1933).jpg, 80px *Sarel Cilliers, Boer Voortrekker. *Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), centrist politician, French prime minister, mother was a Huguenot descendant. *Jean-Pierre Cot (1937-), Socialist Party politician. *Minard Crommelin (1881–1972), Australian conservationist. *Clementine Crozier (1885-1977), wife of Winston Churchill. *François Boissy d'Anglas (1756–1826), French revolutionary. *Richard Walther Darré (1895–1953), NSDAP Reich Agricultural Minister. *Jean de Bar baron de Mauzac, French nobleman. *Olivier de Beaulieu Marconnay, Master of the Hunt. *Jean de Caumont baron of Montbeton, French nobleman. *Paul de Caumont-Montbeton, courtier. *Arnaud de Cavagnes, French nobleman. *Guillaume de Croy marquis de Renty, French nobleman. *Gaston Defferre (1910-1986), Socialist Party politician, mayor of Marseille. *Thomas-Augustin de Gasparin (1754-1793), French revolutionary. *Frederik Willem de Klerk (1936–2021), President of the Republic of South Africa, September 1989 – May 1994, Nobel Prize laureate. *James DeLancey, Governor of New York. *Jean-François de la Roque de Roberval (1495-1560), first lieutenant governor of French Canada. *Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne (1601-1665), French noblewoman. file:Marie de la Tour d'Auvergne (1601-1665).png, 80px *Gabriel de Lorges comte de Montgomery, French nobleman. *Lothar de Maizière (1940-), German Christian Democrat politician. *Thomas de Maizière (1954-), German Christian Democrat politician, cousin of Lothar de Maizière. *Maurice Couve de Murville (1907-1999), right-wing (UDR party), French Prime Minister. file:Opening NATO conferentie Couve de Murville en Luns, Bestanddeelnr 916-4274 (cropped).jpg, 80px *Henri de Pouguet de Faillac, courtier. *Francis de Pressensé (1853-1914), one of the founders and first president of the Human Rights League, Dreyfus supporter. *Isaac De Riemer, Mayor of New York City.. *Jacques-Jacob de Rossel Baron d'Aigaliers (1671-1708), Huguenot leader. *Jacques de Ségur-Pardaillon, French nobleman. *Étienne de Seynes (1859-1930), conservative politician, brother of Louis de Seynes. *Jean Julien de Toulouse, French revolutionary, pastor, member of the Committee of General Security. *William Deveynes, politician, director of the East India Company, director of the London French Hospital. *Conrad de Witt, right-wing politician, only deputy on the right to support Dreyfus, Guizot's son-in-law. *Georgina Dufoix (1942-), Socialist Party politician. *Clifford Dupont (1905-1978), the first president of Rhodesia, 1970–1976. *Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817), French writer, economist, government official. *Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon, Alexander du Pre, 2nd Earl of Caledon, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, 1806–1811 *Antoine Durrleman (1951-), right-wing politician, member of cabinet of the conservative Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, adviser for social affairs to Prime Minister Alain Juppé, historian, La Cause volunteer, grandson of Freddy Durrleman, son of Christophe Durrleman. *D. F. du Toit, co-founder of Afrikaans language movement Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners, Society of Real Afrikaners. *S. G. du Toit, co-founder of Afrikaans language movement Society of Real Afrikaners. *Stephanus Jacobus du Toit (1847-1911), co-founder of Afrikaans language movement Society of Real Afrikaners. *Frédéric Eccard (1867-1952), French politician, worked for "Christianity Against Communism". *Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), Marxist, possibly descended from a Huguenot named L'Ange, Engels was raised as a Calvinist before exploring pandeism and then becoming an atheist. *Nigel Farage (1964-), British politician, former leader of UKIP. *George Fillioud, Socialist Party politician. *Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster, Geoffrey FitzClarence, British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. *Peter Force (1790-1868), American politician, archivist. *Jacobus Johannes Fouché (1898-1980), President of South Africa. *Alonzo Garcelon, Governor of Maine. *Innocent Gentillet (1535–1588), politician and lawyer, opponent of Machiavellianism. *Marie Goegg (1826-1899), pacifist. *Al Gore, former vice-president of the United States *Hermann Göring, German politician, military leader, leading member of the NSDAP. *Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), American Secretary of the Treasury, mother was a Huguenot refugee living in the West Indies. *Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809-1891), politician, redesigned Paris (French Lutheran). file:Georges-Eugène Haussmann - BNF Gallica.jpg, 80px *James Francis Helvetius Hobler, Chief Clerk to the Lord Mayors of London *Sir James Houblon, merchant, Member of Parliament. *Sir John Houblon, First Governor of the Bank of England. *Jules Humbert-Droz (1891-1971), pastor, secretary of the Communist International. *George Izard, Major General and Governor of Arkansas. *Ralph Izard, US Senator, President pro tempore of US Senate *Lionel Jospin (1937–), Socialist Party politician, French prime minister. *Pierre Joxe (1934-), Socialist Party politician, Minister for the Interior and for Religion. *Julien of Toulouse (1750-1828), French revolutionary, pastor. *Eugénie Kestner, wife of Jules Ferry. *Jacques Lafleur (1932-2010), leader of the Caledonian Right. *Robert M. La Follette, Senator from Wisconsin, co-founder of the Wisconsin Progressive Party, Progressive Party *Catherine Lalumière (1935-), Socialist Party politician. *Anne Germaine Larivée (Mme de Vermenoux) (1739-1783), noblewoman, founder of first Protestant-led salon. *Charles La Trobe (1801–1875), first lieutenant-governor of the state of Victoria, Australia, descendant of Jean Latrobe, linen weaver from Montauban, formerly in Languedoc, who fled to Ireland. *Henry Laurens (1724–1792), president of the American Continental Congress. *John Henry Lefroy (1817-1890), Governor of Tasmania, cousin of Thomas Langlois Lefroy. *Thomas Langlois Lefroy (1776-1869), Irish politician and judge, ancestors from Cambrai. *Antoine Le Sage, lord of Saint Gervais (died 1662), advocate of parliament of Paris. *Ezra L'Hommedieu (1734-1811), American statesman. *Daniel François Malan (1874–1959), South African Prime Minister, elected on Apartheid platform, descendant of Jacques Malan from Provence. *Gideon Malherbe, co-founder of an Afrikaans language movement named the Society of Real Afrikaners. *Jean-Paul Marat (1743–1793), physician, French revolutionary, journalist, deist, father was a Protestant. *Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian diplomat and politician *Louis Mermaz (1931-), Socialist Party politician, President of the National Assembly under Mitterrand. *Gouverneur Morris, American statesman, represented Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia Convention, Constitutional Convention *Jozua Naudé (politician), Jozua "Tom" Naudé (1889-1969), acting President of South Africa from 1967 to 1968. *Jacques Necker (1732–1804), finance minister. *Barack Obama, American president, descendant of Mareen Duvall. *Sarah Palin, American politician, Governor of Alaska, US presidential candidate. *Philip Oxenden Papillon (1826-1899), British politician. *Frédéric Passy (1822-1912), French economist, author and pacifist who was a founding member of several peace societies, joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 for his work in the European peace movement, a convert to Protestantism from Roman Catholicism. *Olivier Philippe, prefect of Ile-de-France. *George Poindexter, US Congressman. *Pierre Poujade (1920-2003), populist politician, small business spokesman. *David Provoost (1611–1656), Head of the Nine Men in New Amsterdam 1652, Notary Public, first sheriff of Breukelen (Brooklyn), counselor and attorney. *Nicole Questiaux (1930-), Socialist Party politician. *Pierre-Antoine Rabaut-Dupuis (1746-1808), Girondist political figure, French revolutionary, church lay worker, brother of Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne. *Jacques Antoine Rabaut-Pommier (1744-1820), Girondist, French revolutionary, pastor, supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte, vaccination advocate, brother of Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne. *Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne (1743–1793), Girondist, French revolutionary, pastor, obtained formal recognition of Protestant civil rights from Louis XVI, son of Pastor Paul Rabaut. *Piet Retief, Boer Voortrekkers, Voortrekker. *Eugène Réveillaud (1851–1935), politician and anti-Catholic activist. *Daniel Roberdeau, Congressman, militia general. *Michel Rocard (1930–2016), Socialist Party prime minister, Protestant descendant on his mother's side. *Esmond Romilly, British socialist, anti-fascist *Samuel Romilly (1757–1818), English legal reformer, Member of Parliament, whose family came from Montpellier. *Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, descendant of Philippe de La Noye. *Sara Roosevelt, mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, descendant of Philippe de La Noye. *Theodore Runyon, American lawyer, politician, Civil War general, New Jersey court judge, first US ambassador to Germany. *William Nelson Runyon, American lawyer, politician, Governor of New Jersey. *Jeanbon Saint-André (1749–1813), French revolutionary politician and pastor, Jacobin, member of the Committee for Public Safety. *Thilo Sarrazin, German economist, formerly politician and member of the executive board of the Deutsche Bundesbank. *Christian Sautter (1940-), Socialist Party politician, General Secretary under Mitterrand, son of a pastor. *Joseph Savory (1843-1941), Lord Mayor of London. *François Scheer, chief of staff to Mitterrand's Minister for Foreign Affairs. *Auguste Scheurer-Kestner (1833–1899), French Republican political leader and Dreyfus supporter, chemist, industrialist and politician. A republican, he was opposed to the empire of Napoleon III. *Julie Siegfried (1848–1922), political activist. *Jacques Soustelle (1912-1990), politician, supporter of "French Algeria", ethnologist. *John Stokes (Conservative politician), Sir John Stokes (1917-2003), British Conservative Party politician. *Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941-2010), South African nationalist political activist. *Peter Thelusson, politician and merchant. *Catherine Trautman, Socialist Party politician. *Henri Tricot, pastor, former anarchist, founder of the Spiritual Communists. *Charles Tupper (1821–1915), Canadian father of Confederation, Premier of Nova Scotia (1864–1867), 7th Prime Minister of Canada (1896) was reputed to be a Huguenot descendant. *Louis Vallon, left-leaning Gaullist politician. *Clement Vasseret, prefect of Nice. *Renaud Vignol, politician, Ministry of Cooperation and Development. *Lucien Vochel, prefect of Ile-de-France. *Jean-Henri Voulland (1751-1801), French revolutionary, member of the Committee of General Security, opponent of Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety, involved in the overthrow of Robespierre. *George Washington (1732–1799), American revolutionary and the first President of the United States, descendant of Nicholas Martiau. *Jean Zay (1904-1944), French anti-fascist politician.


Printers and booksellers

*Jodocus Badius, Conrad Badius (1462-1535), printer. *Matthias Bonhomme, printer. *Jean Bonnefoy, printer. *Thomas Courteau, printer. *Richard Crassott (1530-), music publisher of the Genevan Psalter. *Antoine Davodeau, printer. *Zacarie Durand, printer. *Hugues Sureau du Rosier, music publisher of the Genevan Psalter and pastor. *Henri Estienne (1528–1598), printer, son of Robert Estienne and father-in-law of Isaac Causabon. *Robert Estienne (1503–1559), Genevan printer. file:Portret van Robert I Estienne Beroemde hervormers (serietitel) Icones virorum nostra patrumq. memoria illustrium (serietitel), RP-P-OB-55.218.jpg, 80px *Michel Ferrier, music publisher of the Genevan Psalter. *John Christopher Le Blon, printer, weaver. *Adam Riveriz, printer. *Jean Riveriz, printer. *Didier Rousseau, bookseller, ancestor of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. *Paul van Sommer, printer, engraver. *Thomas Vautrollier (died 1587), printer.


Privateers

*Nicolas Brigaut (1653–1686), privateer. *Guillaume Chaudet, privateer. *William II de La Marck (1542–1578), privateer. file:Emanuel van Meteren Historie ppn 051504510 MG 8701 Wilhem van der Marck.tif, 80pxfile:Willem II van der Marck Lumey.jpg, 80px *Jacques de Sores ("The Exterminating Angel"), privateer. file:Jacquesdesores.jpg, 80px *Jean-Baptiste du Casse (1646–1715), privateer, son of Pastor Gaillard Ducasse. file:Jean Baptiste du Casse.JPG, 80px *Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin (1645–1707), privateer, historian. *Jean Fleury (died 1527), privateer. *Francois le Clerc, François le Clerc known as ''Jambe de Bois'' (or ''Wooden Leg'') (died 1563), privateer. *Guillaume Le Testu, privateer. *Jean Le Vasseur, buccaneer, governor of Tortuga.


Royalty

*Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (1982-), one line of her family is descended from the Martineaus. *Constant d'Aubigné (1585–1647), French nobleman, son of Agrippa d'Aubigné, father of Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Madame de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV, convert to Roman Catholicism, convicted counterfeiter. *Charles III (1948–), British monarch, descended from the Bourbon Montpensier, Coligny, d'Olbreuse, Rohan and Ruvigny families. *Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), descended from the Bourbon Vendome, Bulteel, Guinand, Navarre, Rochefoucauld, Ruvigny, Schomberg, and Thellusson families. *Elizabeth II (1926–2022), British monarch, descended from the Bourbon Montpensier, Coligny, d'Olbreuse, Rohan and Ruvigny families. *Frederick the Great of Prussia (1712–1786), son of Sophia Dorothea of Hanover and nephew of George II of Great Britain was matrilineally descended from Alexander II d'Esmiers, Marquis d'Olbreuse, a Huguenot. *George II of Great Britain (1683–1760), son of Sophia Dorothea of Celle was matrilineally descended from Alexander II d'Esmiers, Marquis d'Olbreuse, a minor member of the French nobility and a Huguenot. file:George II by Thomas Hudson.jpg, 80px *George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, George William (1624–1705), Duke of Bunswig. *Johann Philipp Guichard II (1726–1798), *Heinrich Albrecht of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1658–1723), mother was a Huguenot. *Henry IV of France, king of France. *Louise de Coligny (1555–1620), wife of William the Silent. file:Louisecoligny.jpg, 80px *Renée de France (1510–1575), member of the royal family. *Jeanne III d'Albret, Jeanne d'Albret (1528–1572), ruler, mother of Henri IV. *Margaret of Valois-Angoulême (1492–1549), Queen of Navarre, short story writer (the Heptaméron) and patron of the arts. file:Jean Clouet (Attributed) - Portrait of Marguerite of Navarre - Google Art Project.jpg, 80px *Eleonore d'Esmier d'Olbreuse (1639-1722), Countess of Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, Wilhelmsburg, grandmother of King George II of Great Britain. *Wallis Simpson (1896–1986), wife of Edward VIII, descendant of Mareen Duvall. *Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of the United Kingdom, Empress of the British Empire, had Huguenot ancestry via King George II. *William, Prince of Wales (1982–), heir to the British throne, has Huguenot ancestors on both sides of his family, including William of Orange, Charlotte de Bourbon Montpensier, the Marquis de Ruvigny, Viscount de Rohan, Gaspard de Coligny, Duke de Schonberg and the Rochefoucaulds.


Scientists and engineers

*Florence Bascom (1862–1945), American geologist *Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891), London sewer engineer. *Paul D. Boyer (1918–2018), American chemist, Nobel Prize winner. *Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), engineer. file:Robert Howlett (Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (cropped).jpg, 80px *Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), French naturalist and zoologist, founder of paleontology, opponent of evolutionary theory, proponent of the theory of catastrophism, creationist. file:Georges Cuvier.png, 80px *Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist *Abraham de Moivre (1667–1754), French-born British mathematician, insurance industry founder. *Augustus De Morgan, British mathematician *Pierre Jean Édouard Desor (1811–1882), German naturalist. *Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896), German physiologist. *Alexander du Toit (1878-1948), South African geologist. *Daniel du Toit (1917-1981), South African astronomer. *Paul J. Flory (1910-1985), American chemist, Nobel Prize winner *Abraham Humbert (1689–1761), German mathematician and engineer. *Danie G. Krige (1919-2013), South African mining engineer. *Charles Labelye, engineer. *Thomas Laby (1880–1946), Australian scientist. *Georges-Louis Le Sage (1724-1803), scientist. *Matthew Fontaine Maury, father of modern oceanography and naval meteorology *Jacques Monod (1910-1976), biologist, Nobel Prize winner, atheist from Huguenot family. *Théodore Monod (1902–2000), naturalist, explorer, activist. *Denis Papin (1647–1713), inventor of the pressure cooker and an early type of steam boat. file:denis_Papin.jpg, 80px *Arthur Alcock Rambaut, Royal Astronomer of Ireland, Radcliffe Observer at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford University *Roger Revelle, one of the first scientists to study global warming and tectonic plates *David Rivett (1885–1961), Australian scientist, helped found the CSIRO, son of a Congregationalist minister. *Francis Peyton Rous (1879-1970), American virologist, Nobel Prize winner. *Schlumberger brothers, Conrad Schlumberger (1878-1936), geophysicist. *Schlumberger brothers, Marcel Schlumberger (1884-1953), geophysicist. *Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), German naturalist. *Philipp von Jolly (1809-1884), German physicist and mathematician. *The Wright Brothers, American inventors and aviation pioneers, descended from the Huguenot Gano family of New Rochelle, New York.


Sportspeople

*Richie Benaud (1930–2015), Australian cricketer, commentator. file:Richie Benaud 1956.jpg, 80px *Andy Blignaut (1978–), Zimbabwean cricketer. *Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer), Bernard Bosanquet (1877–1936), English cricketer. *Roy Cazaly (1893–1963), Australian Rules footballer. *Brandi Chastain (1968–), US soccer player. *Ross Chastain (1992–), NASCAR driver *Tony Cottee (1965–), West Ham United and England footballer. *Piers Courage (1942–1970), English racing driver *Hansie Cronje (1969–2002), South African cricketer. *Phil de Glanville (1968–), England rugby union international *AB De Villiers (1984–), South African cricketer, practising Christian. *Dawie de Villiers (1940-2022), South African rugby union player, pastor and politician. *Fanie de Villiers (1964-), South African cricketer. *Jean de Villiers (1981-), South African rugby player. *Peter de Villiers (1957-), South African rugby coach. *Pieter de Villiers (athlete), Pieter de Villiers (1982-), South African hurdler. *Pieter de Villiers (rugby union), Pieter de Villiers (1972-), South African rugby player. *Freda Du Faur (1882–1935), Australian mountaineer. *Faf du Plessis (1984–), South African cricketer. *Morné du Plessis (1949-), South African rugby player. *Frik du Preez (1935-), South African rugby player. *Mignon du Preez (1989-), South African cricketer. *Hempies du Toit (1953-), South African rugby player and winemaker. *Mannetjies Roux, Francois du Toit Roux (1939–), South African rugby player. *Olivier Giroud (1986-), French footballer. *Jürgen Hahn (1950–), German handball player. *Marius Joubert (1979-), South African rugby player. *Marnus Labuschagne (1994–), South African-born Australian cricketer. *Frederick Le Roux (1882-1963), South African cricketer. *Garth Le Roux (1955-), South African cricketer. *Paul Michael Levesque (1969–), American pro wrestler famous under pseudonym of Triple H *Henri Monnier (1871-1941), founder of Sporting Club Nîmois (SCN) in 1901, a football team for Protestants only, and the forerunner of Nîmes Olympique. *Andre Nel (1977–), South African cricketer. *Bertrand Peugeot, vice-president of the board of trustees of the French Golf Federation (French Lutheran). *Jean-Philippe Peugeot, head of the international department of the French Golf Federation (French Lutheran). *Roland Peugeot, member of the management committee of the French Golf Federation (French Lutheran). *François Pienaar (1967–), South African rugby player; captain of the first Springboks team to win the Rugby World Cup in 1995. *Elfrida Pigou (1911–1960), Canadian mountaineer *Rilee Rossouw (1989-), South African cricketer. *Michel Seydoux (1947-), head of Lille football club (LOSC) and film producer. *Juan Theron, Juan "Rusty" Theron (1985–), South African cricketer. *Henry Vigne (1817-1898), English cricketer and clergyman. *Paul Visagie, South African athlete.


Translators

*Sarah Austin (translator), Sarah Austin (1793-1867), translator of German language books who did much to make Germany familiar to English readers. *Pierre Coste (1668-1747), translator. file:Portret van Pierre Coste, RP-P-1910-6500.jpg, 80px *Marie De Cotteblanche (1520-1583), French noblewoman known for her skill in languages and translation of works from Spanish to French. *John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683-1744), translator, major figure in British Freemasonry, natural philosopher, clergyman, engineer, was elected to the Royal Society in 1714 as experimental assistant to Isaac Newton, born in La Rochelle. *Claudius Hollyband (1534-1594), translator, from Moulins. *Lewis Page Mercier (1820-1875), British translator of Jules Verne into English, reverend, grandson of a Louis Mercier who was pastor at Threadneedle Street.


Weavers and textile manufacturers

*Obadiah Agace, master weaver. *Joseph André, inventor of denim. *Christopher Baudouin (1662–1724), silk designer. *Peter Bourdon, Spitalfields master weaver. *James Briseau, weaver.https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/333900547.pdf *Daniel Cabbinell, master weaver. *Peter Campart, master weaver. *John-Baptist Caron, weaver, from Normandy. *Lewis Chauvet, master weaver. *Peter Chevenex, master weaver. *Peter Clement, weaver. *George Courtauld (industrialist, born 1802), George Courtauld, weaver. *Charles Dalbiac (1726–1808), Spitalfields weaver, brother of James Dalbiac. *James Dalbiac (born 1720), Spitalfields master weaver. *Marc de Comans, tapestry weaver, associated with the Huguenot Gobelin dynasty. *François de la Planche, tapestry weaver, associated with the Huguenot Gobelin dynasty. *Jean-Jacques Delessert (1690), silk magnate. *William Deloney, silk weaver. *Laurens des Bouverie, weaving factory owner. *Peter Desert, weaver, from Normandy. *Jean-Henri Dollfus, founder of the Dollfus-Mieg textile company. *John Doozen, journeyman weaver. *Isaac Dupree, master weaver. *Jean Dupree, journeyman weaver, ancestor of blues guitarist Keith Richards. *James Duthoit, weaver. *Peter Duthoit (1693-1764), weaver. *Peter Duthoit Junior (1719-1777), weaver. * Frédéric Engel-Dollfus (1818–1883), textile manufacturer and philanthropist. *Lewis Gasquet, weaver, from Nîmes. *Daniel Gobbee, master weaver. *Martin Grere, weaver. *Jean Guillemard, weaver, director of the French Hospital in London and ancestor of Lady Jane Franklin. *Abraham Jeudiome, master weaver. *John Lardant, silk weaver, had been a linen weaver in France, originally from Normandy. *John Larguier, head of Weavers' Company, with royal warrant covering London and surrounds. *Edward Le Heup, weaver. *Peter Lekeux, master weaver. *James Leman (1688–1745), silk designer. *Abraham Levesque, silk weaver, had been a worsted weaver in France, originally from Havre de Grace (Le Havre), Normandy. *James Massu, weaver. *Peter Merche, journeyman weaver. *Peter Merzeau, silk throwster. *Jean Mieg, textile manufacturer. *Peter Nouaille (1723-), weaver. *Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1738–1815), printed fabric manufacturer. file:Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1738-1815).jpg, 80px *Peter Abraham Ogier (1690-1757), Spitalfields master weaver, from Chassais L'Eglise in Bas Poitou. *Peter Ogier IV (1716-1754), master weaver, son of Peter Abraham Ogier. *Pierre Ogier (1711-1775), Spitalfields master weaver, from Chassais L'Eglise in Bas Poitou. *John Oliver, weaver. *James Ouvry (died 1748), master weaver. *John Ouvry (1707–1774), master weaver. *Peter Ouvry, weaver. *Charles-Christophe Peugeot, textile manufacturer (French Lutheran). *Jean-Jacques Peugeot, textile manufacturer (French Lutheran). *Richard Phillis, weaver. *Daniel Pilon, Spitalfields master weaver. *Jean Rondeau, master weaver. *Nicholas Rufine, weaver. *John Sabatier, master weaver. *Nicholas Schlumberger (1782–1867), cotton weaver. *Paul Schlumberger, textile manufacturer. *James Stilwell, master weaver, reputed to have woven Queen Victoria's coronation gown. *Samuel Totton, Spitalfields silk broker. *Charles Triquet, master weaver. *Paul Turpine, master weaver. *John Van Sommer (1705–1774), silk designer, master weaver.


Writers

*Alfred Ainger (1837-1904), English writer and humorist, evangelical Anglican minister, honorary chaplain to Queen Victoria. file:Alfred Ainger by Hugh Goldwin Rivière.jpg, 80px *Willibald Alexis (1798–1871), German writer. *Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Irish novelist and playwright. file:Samuel Beckett, Pic, 1 (cropped).jpg, 80px *Aegidius Jean Blignaut, South African writer. *Félix Bungener (1814-1874), writer. *Jan F. E. Celliers, South African poet, essayist, dramatist and reviewer. *Jean-Pierre Chabrol (1925-2001), novelist, descendant of Cevennois Camisards. *Frederick Chamier (1796-1870), British novelist. *André Chamson (1900–1983), novelist and pacifist. *Samuel Chappuzeau (1625-1701), French author, poet, playwright. *Jacques Chardonne (real name Jacques Boutelleau) (1884–1968), writer. *Tracy Chevalier (1962–), American-British novelist. file:Tracy Chevalier tree.jpg, 80px *Valentin Conrart (1603-1675), writer. *Benjamin Constant (1767-1830), Swiss writer. file:Roche - Portrait de Benjamin Constant (1767-1830), écrivain et homme politique - P1679 - Musée Carnavalet.jpg, 80px *André Cronje, South African religious writer, artist and missionary in Paris. *Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552-1630), French poet. file:Agrippa d'Aubigné.jpg, 80px *Eustorg de Beaulieu, writer. Key work: ''Songs and coats of arms''. *Walter De La Mare (1873–1956), English poet and novelist. *Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777-1843), German author. *Pierre de La Primaudaye (1546–1619), French writer. Key work: ''L'Academie Française''. *Anne de La Roche-Guilhem (1644-1707), novelist. *Jean de La Taille, playwright. Key work: ''From the Art of Tragedy''. *Georgette de Montenay (1540-1607), poetess. file:Georgette de Montenay (P TS ES 00201) (cropped).jpg, 80px *Marie Dentière (1495-1561), writer, theologian. *Catherine de Parthenay (1554–1631), poetess, playwright and mathematician, mother of Henri de Rohan. file:Catherine de Parthenay-2.jpg, 80px *Daniel de Roulet, writer, pacifist, son of a pastor. *Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590), French poet and courtier. file:Sallusti deu Bartàs.jpg, 80px *Pierre des Maizeaux (1666–1745), author and translator. *Louis des Masures, writer. *Jean de Sponde (1557–1595), poet, later converted to Roman Catholicism. *Germaine de Staël (1766–1817), writer, daughter of Jacques Necker. *Théophile de Viau (1590–1626), poet, playwright, convicted blasphemer, atheist born to a Huguenot family, committed suicide. *Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989), English writer. file:Young Daphne du Maurier restored bw.jpg, 80px *George du Maurier (1834-1896), English author, Punch cartoonist. *Guy du Maurier (1865–1915), playwright, son of George du Maurier and uncle of Daphne du Maurier. *I. D. du Plessis (1900–1981), South African poet, member of the Dertigers group. *Jakob Daniël du Toit, South African poet. *Wilhelmina FitzClarence, Countess of Munster, Wilhelmina FitzClarence (1830-1906), English author. *Ian Fleming (1908-1964), British writer, Huguenot ancestry on his mother's side. *Theodor Fontane (1819-1898), German novelist, poet. *Philip Morin Freneau, American poet *André Gide (1869–1951), French author, Nobel Prize winner. *René Gillouin (1881-1971), right-wing intellectual, traditionalist, writer, literary critic, journalist, French politician, member of "Christianity Against Communism" and Pétainist (subsequently resigned due to Vichy's antisemitism), of Protestant religion. *Christian Giudicelli (1942-2022), French novelist and literary critic, mother was a Protestant from Nîmes. *Henriette Guizot de Witt (1829-1908), novelist, daughter of François Guizot. *Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), American author, Marxist, descended from the De Schiells family. file:Dashiell Hammett "Thin Man" portrait (cropped).jpg, 80px *Maurice Hewlett (1861-1923), British novelist. *DuBose Heyward (1885-1940), American novelist, playwright, librettist. file:Porgy-DuBose-Dorothy-Heyward.jpg, 80px *Françoise Marguerite Janiçon (1711-1789), writer. *Elsa Joubert, South African novelist. *Ode Krige (1939-), South African writer. *William Larminie, Irish poet. *Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873), Irish writer, Le Fanu family from Caen in Normandy. *Madeleine L'Engle, American author *David Le Sage (died 1650), poet from Languedoc. *Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet *Pierre Loti (real name Louis Marie Julian Viaud) (1850–1923), French Orientalism, Orientalist writer. *D. F. Malherbe, South African novelist. *Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), English novelist and travel writer, educational and economic reformer, sociologist, atheist and advocate of Darwinian evolution, descended from a Huguenot family. *Charles Maturin (1780-1824), Irish Gothic writer and Church of Ireland clergyman, descendant of Huguenot and crippled Bastille prisoner, Gabriel Maturin. image:Maturin.jpg, 80px *Edward Maturin (1812-1881), writer, son of Charles Maturin. *Charle-Pierre Naudé, South African poet. *Edith Olivier (1872—1948), British novelist, Christian, Conservative Party activist, opponent of Suffragette movement, founder of Wiltshire branch of Women's Land Army in 1916, daughter of the Dean of Wiltshire and related to Sir Laurence Olivier. *Jean Frédéric Ostervald (1663–1747), Bible translator. *Tom Paulin, British poet, critic. *James Planché, British dramatist, officer of arms *Damon Runyon (1880–1946), American author. file:DamonRunyon.jpeg, 80px *Lou Andreas Salomé (1861–1937), Russian novelist and psychoanalyst. *Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), author and philosopher, atheist born to Huguenot family. *Jean Schlumberger (writer), Jean Schlumberger (1877–1968), French novelist. *Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American writer. *Noël Vesper (real name Noël Nougat) (1882-1944), far-right writer, pastor, monarchist, member of Association Sully, a now-defunct Protestant royalist movement. *Dorothea Viehmann (1755–1816), German storyteller, source for the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. file:Dorothea Viehmann.JPG, 80px *Louise von François (1817–1893), Prussian novelist, member of the Huguenot nobility-descended von François family. file:Luise von Francois2.jpg, 80px *Gertrud von le Fort (1876–1971), German writer. *Malwida von Meysenbug (1816-1903), German writer, Nobel Prize for Literature nominee. *Ernst von Salomon (1902–1972), novelist, screenwriter, Freikorps fighter, far-right figure. *Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), author, Roman Catholic with Huguenot ancestry. *John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892), American poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery. *Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), American writer. *Tennessee Williams (real name Thomas Lanier Williams) (1911-1983), American playwright, descended from the Sevier family.


Other

*George Aufrère, draper, son of Israel Antoine Aufrère. *Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819), female hot air balloon pioneer, aeronautics advisor to Napoleon Bonaparte, first woman to die in an aviation disaster. file:Sophie Blanchard.jpg, 80px *Idelette Calvin (1506–1549), wife of Jean Calvin. *Jean Pierre Chambon (died 1552), convicted criminal (robbery, murder), converted to Christ in prison. *Debrett's, John Debrett (1753-1822), publisher, founder of Debrett's, a compiler of reference books on the peerage, etiquette, lists of influential people and so forth, son of Jean Louys de Bret, a cook with Huguenot ancestry. *Marthe de Rocoulle (1659–1741), Huguenot governess of Frederick the Great. *Claude du Chastel (1554–1587), heiress and famous lover. *Alfred Dupont, draper. *Adolphe Landré (1828–1892), brewer of Berlin white beer, the production of which is attributed to the Huguenots. *Peter Le Heup (1699–1777), Director of Government Lotteries. *Philibert Le Sage, commissair of the Synod of Buxy. *Denis Ragunier, stenographer who transcribed Calvin's sermons. *Camille Seydoux (1982-), fashion stylist, sister of Léa Seydoux.


References

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