Geoffroy (surname)
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Geoffroy is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: * Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy (1601–1675), French composer * Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694), French harpsichordist and organist *
Étienne François Geoffroy Étienne François Geoffroy (13 February 16726 January 1731) was a French physician and chemist, best known for his 1718 affinity tables. He first contemplated a career as an apothecary, but then decided to practice medicine. He is sometimes kn ...
(1672–1731), French apothecary and chemist * Claude Joseph Geoffroy (1685–1752), French apothecary, chemist and botanist; younger brother of Étienne François Geoffroy *
Étienne Louis Geoffroy Étienne Louis Geoffroy (October 12, 1725 – August 12, 1810) was a French entomologist and pharmacist. He was born in Paris and died in Soissons. He followed the binomial nomenclature of Carl von Linné and devoted himself mainly to beetle ...
(1725–1810), French entomologist * Claude François Geoffroy (1729–1753), French chemist, discoverer of bismuth * Julien Louis Geoffroy (1743–1814), French literary critic * Jean-Baptiste Lislet Geoffroy (1755–1836), French astronomer, botanist and cartographer * Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844), French naturalist * Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805–1861), French zoologist, son of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire * Henri-Jules-Jean Geoffroy (1853-1924), French painter


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Geoffrey (given name) Geoffrey is an English and French masculine given name. It is generally considered the Anglo-Norman form of the Germanic compound 'god' and 'peace'. It is a derivative of Dutch Godfried, German Gottfried and Old English Gotfrith and Godfri ...
* Jeffries * Jeffers {{DEFAULTSORT:Geoffroy (Surname) Surnames of French origin Germanic-language surnames