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Urbain is a name of French origin which may refer to: ;Family name *
Achille Urbain Achille Joseph Urbain (9 May 1884 – 5 December 1957) was a French biologist born in Le Havre. Biography In 1906 he obtained his degree from the national veterinary school at Lyon, afterwards attaining a bachelor's degree in natural sciences ...
(1884–1957), French biologist * Georges Urbain (1872–1938), French chemist *
Ismael Urbain Ismael Urbain, also Ismayl Urbain (born Thomas Urbain, 31 December 1812 – 28 January 1884) was a French journalist and interpreter. Born in Cayenne, French Guiana, Urbain was the illegitimate son of a merchant from Marseille named Urbain Brue ...
(1812–1884), French journalist and interpreter *
Jacques Urbain Jacques Urbain is a Belgian scientist, and professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles. In 1987, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Biological and Medical Sciences for his work on immunology Immunology is a branch of medicineImmunol ...
, Belgian scientist *
Jean-Didier Urbain Jean-Didier Urbain (born 1 August 1951) is a French sociologist, linguist, ethnologist and tourism specialist. As explains Jean-Didier Urbain, “life with nature embodies the anti-Facebook spirit. A world apart, where we feel we can build auth ...
(born 1951), French sociologist *
Walter M. Urbain Walter Mathias Urbain (1910 – January 15, 2002) was a distinguished American scientist who helped pioneer food science through innovative research during World War II. His contributions include new patents and methodologies in food engineering, ...
(1910–2002), American food scientist ;Given name *
Urbain Audibert Urbain Audibert (27 February 1789 – 22 July 1846) was a French nurseryman. He was born in Tarascon on 27 February 1789 and died on 22 July 1846. He made contributions to a few plant species descriptions. He collected plants in the vicinity o ...
(1789–1846), French nurseryman *
Urbain Boiret Urbain Boiret (6 September 1731 – 5 November 1774) was a priest born in France who came to Canada and became a pivotal superior of the Séminaire de Québec. Boiret came to Canada in 1755 with another priest, Henri-François Gravé de La Rive ...
(1731–1774), Canadian priest *
Urbain Bouriant Urbain Bouriant (11 April 1849 – 19 June 1903) was a French Egyptologist, who discovered the Gospel of Peter in a tomb at Akhmim. He is best known from his translation of Al-Maqrizi, published as ''Description topographique et historique de l'Eg ...
(1849–1903), French egyptologist *
Urbain Braems Urbain Braems (10 November 1933 – 9 September 2021) was a Belgian football player and manager. He played for K.S.V. Sottegem, K.R.C. Mechelen, Club Brugge and Daring Club Bruxelles. He managed Cercle Brugge, Royal Antwerp, Anderlecht, Be ...
(born 1933), Belgian soccer player * Urbain Cancelier (fl. 1988–2012), French comedian and actor * Urbain de Maillé-Brézé (1597–1650), French military officer and diplomat * Urbain Dubois (1818–1901), French chef *
Urbain Gohier Urbain Gohier (born Urbain Degoulet, December 17, 1862 in Versailles – June 29, 1951) was a French lawyer and journalist best known for his publication of the anti-Semitic forgery ''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'' in France. His pe ...
(1862–1951), French lawyer and journalist *
Urbain Grandier Urbain Grandier (1590 – 18 August 1634) was a French Catholic priest who was burned at the stake after being convicted of witchcraft, following the events of the so-called "Loudun possessions". Most modern commentators have concluded that Gra ...
(1590–1634), French priest *
Urbain Johnson Urbain Johnson (January 27, 1824 – April 13, 1917) was a farmer and political figure in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. He represented Kent County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1869 to 1870, from 1874 to 1882 and ...
(1824 –1917), farmer and politician *
Urbain de Florit de La Tour de Clamouze Urbain de Florit de La Tour de Clamouze, SS.CC., (born ''Alphonse de Florit de La Tour de Clamouze''; 7 October 1794 – 2 August 1868) was a French nobleman and later lay brother of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a rel ...
(1794–1868), French lay brother * Urbain Le Verrier (1811–1877), French mathematician *
Urbain Lippé Urbain Lippé (July 21, 1831 – December 20, 1896) was a Quebec notary and political figure. He represented Joliette in the House of Commons of Canada from 1891 to 1896 as a Conservative member. He was born in L'Assomption, Lower Canada, of ...
(1831–1896), Canadian notary and politician *
Urbain Mbenga Urbain Mbenga Mpiem Ley is a leader in the Community of Christ. He is the president of the church's First Quorum of the Seventy. Biography Mbenga was born in Mamou, Guinea. He emigrated to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and was educated ...
, Guinean and Congolese religious leader *
Urbain Olivier Urbain Olivier (1810, Eysins - 1888) was a Swiss writer. The brother of Juste Olivier, he was well known from 1856 onwards as the author of numerous popular tales of rural life in the Canton of Vaud, especially of the region near Nyon Nyon (; ...
(1810–1888), Swiss writer *
Urbain Ozanne Urbain Ozanne (May 8, 1835 – August 11, 1903) was a French-born American political organizer, sheriff, and businessman. He was a Republican Party organizer and served as sheriff in Panola County, Mississippi during the Reconstruction era. He la ...
(1835–1903), French-born American political activist, sheriff, businessman ;Other *
Métal Urbain Métal Urbain (meaning ''urban metal'') was one of the first French Punk rock, punk groups, formed in 1976 in Paris. Career They were heavily influenced by the Clash and Sex Pistols on one hand, and on the other by an electro approach related to ...
, French punk music group *
Urbain Cote Round Barn The Urbain Cote Round Barn near Dunseith, North Dakota, United States, is a round barn that was built in 1943. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. (pages 27-28 in North Dakota Round Barns TR) and History The own ...
, ND, USA


See also

* Saint-Urbain (disambiguation) * Urban (name) {{hndis