Forbin is a French surname.
Members of an ancient
Provence family (which now has many branches, the principal ones being the ''Forbin des Lasarts'' branch and the ''Forbin Janson'' branch) bearing the name include:
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Palamède de Forbin (died 1508), founder of the house
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Toussaint de Forbin-Janson (1625–1713), called the ''cardinal de Janson'', bishop
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Claude de Forbin (1656-1733), French naval commander
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Count de Forbin, officer of the French Navy who served under Suffren during the War of American Independence
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Jacques II de Forbin-Janson
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...
(1680–1741),
Archbishop of Arles
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Joseph de Forbin (died 1728)
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Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin (1779–1841), French painter
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Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph de Forbin-Janson (1785–1844), Bishop of Nancy
Others with this surname include:
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Alfred Forbin (1872-1956), stamp dealer
*The fictional character Charles A. Forbin in the film ''
Colossus: The Forbin Project''
Location:
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Hôtel de Forbin, a
hôtel particulier on the
Cours Mirabeau in
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
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House of Forbin
