Achille (, ) is a French and Italian masculine given name, derived from the Greek mythological hero
Achilles
In Greek mythology, Achilles ( ) or Achilleus () was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors. The central character in Homer's ''Iliad'', he was the son of the Nereids, Nereid Thetis and Peleus, ...
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It may refer to:
People
Artists
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Achille Beltrame (1871–1945), Italian painter
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Achille Calici (c. 1565–?), Italian painter
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Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002), Italian designer
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Achille Cattaneo (1872–1931), Italian painter
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Achille Devéria (1800–1857), French painter and lithographer
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Achille Duchêne (1866–1947), French garden designer
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Achille Empéraire (1829–1898), French painter
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Achille Formis (1832–1906), Italian painter
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Achille Funi (1890–1972), Italian painter
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Achille Glisenti (1848–1906), Italian painter
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Achille Granchi-Taylor (1857–1921), French painter and illustrator
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Achille Lega (1899–1934), Italian painter
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Achille Leonardi (c. 1800–1870), Italian painter
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Achille Locatelli (painter) (1864–1948), Italian painter
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Achille Mauzan (1883–1952), French illustrator, painter and sculptor
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Achille Etna Michallon (1796–1822), French painter
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Achille Mollica (1832–1885), Italian painter
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Achille Peretti (artist) (1857–1923), Italian painter, sculptor and anarchist
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Achille Petrocelli (1861/62–1896), Italian painter
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Achille Pinelli (1809–1841), Italian painter
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Achille Solari (1835–1884), Italian painter
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Achille Valois (1785–1862), French designer and sculptor
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Achille Vertunni (1826–1897), Italian painter
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Achille Vianelli (1803–1894), Italian painter
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Achille Zo (1826–1901), French painter
Musicians, composers and singers
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Achille Baquet (1885–1955/1956), American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
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Achille De Bassini (1819–1881), Italian baritone
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Achille Campisiano (1837–1908), French pianist and composer
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Achille Rivarde (1865–1940), American-born British violinist and teacher
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Achille Simonetti (1857–1928), Italian violinist and composer
* Achille-
Claude Debussy
Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...
(1862–1918), French impressionistic composer and pianist
Politicians
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Achille Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1781–1864), French politician
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Achille Casanova (1941–2016), Swiss journalist and politician
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Achille Corona (1914–1979), Italian socialist politician, lawyer and journalist
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Achille Joseph Delamare (1790–1873), French senator
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Achille Larue (1849–1922), Canadian lawyer and politician
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Achille Mapelli (1840-1894), Italian politician and journalist
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Achille Occhetto (born 1936), Italian politician
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Achille Peretti (1911–1983), French politician
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Achille Serra (politician) (born 1941), Italian politician
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Achille Starace (1889–1945), Italian fascist leader before and during World War II
Religious figures
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Achille Grassi (1456–1523), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
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Achille Gagliardi (1537–1607), Italian ascetic writer and Jesuit
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Achille Glorieux (1910–1999), French Catholic prelate, archbishop and diplomat
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Achille Harlay de Sancy (1581–1646), French diplomat, linguist, orientalist and Catholic bishop
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Achille Liénart (1884–1973), French Catholic cardinal and bishop
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Achille d'Étampes de Valençay Achille d'Étampes de Valençay (5 July 1593 – 27 June 1646) was a French people, French military leader, a Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Knight of Malta and later a Catholicism, Catholic Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal.
Early life
He ...
(1593–1646), French military leader, a Knight of Malta and Catholic cardinal
Scientists and mathematicians
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Achille Allier (1807–1836), French archaeologist, writer and art critic
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Achille Costa
Achille Costa (10 August 1823, Lecce – 17 November 1899 Rome) was an Italian zoologist working mainly in entomology who was appointed director of the Zoological Museum of Naples. He founded the entomological collections in Naples and describe ...
(1823–1899), Italian entomologist
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Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse (1817–1881), French geologist and mineralogist
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Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour (1734–1794), French astronomer and mathematician
* Achille Marie
Gaston Floquet (1847–1920), French mathematician
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Achille Gerste (1854–1920), Belgian Catholic priest, Jesuit, philologist and linguist
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Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very ear ...
(1809–1880), French entomologist and lawyer
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Achille Loria (1857–1943), Italian Jewish political economist and sociologist
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(1912–1978), Belgian philologist
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Achille Müntz (1846–1917), French agricultural chemist
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Achille Ouy (1889–1959), French philosopher and sociologist
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Achille Urbain (1884–1957), French biologist
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Achille Valenciennes
Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French zoology, zoologist.
Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. His study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasi ...
(1794–1865), French zoologist
Sportsmen
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Achille Anani (born 1994), Ivorian footballer playing in France
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Achille Campion (born 1990), French footballer
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Achille Compagnoni (1914–2009), Italian mountaineer and skier
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Achille Coser (born 1982), Italian football goalkeeper
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Achille Emaná (born 1982), Cameroonian footballer
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Achille Fould (bobsleigh) (1919–1949), French bobsledder
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Achille Varzi (1904–1948), Italian Grand Prix race car driver
Other
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Achille Ballière (1840–1905), French architect
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Achille Boitel (died 1944), French businessman and Nazi collaborator
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Achille Jubinal (1810–1875), French medievalist
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Achille Leclère (1785–1853), French architect and teacher of architecture
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Achille Majeroni (1881–1964), Italian film actor
* Achille Maramotti (1927–2005), Italian fashion designer and founder of
Max Mara
Max Mara (Italian aks 'ma:ra is an Italian fashion business that markets upscale ready-to-wear clothing. It was established in 1951 in Reggio Emilia by Achille Maramotti (7 January 1927 – 12 January 2005). As of October 2024 the company ha ...
, an Italian fashion company
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Achille Marozzo (1484–1553), Italian fencing master
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Achille Mbembe
Joseph-Achille Mbembe (; born 1957), is a Cameroon, Cameroonian historian and political theorist who is a research professor in history and politics at the Wits Institute for Social and Economy Research at the University of the Witwatersrand. He ...
(born 1957), Cameroonian philosopher and political theorist
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Achille Millien
Achille Millien (4 September 1838 – 12 January 1927) was a French poet and folklore, folklorist.
His poetic work includes a dozen collections of rustic inspiration: ''La Moisson'', ''Chants agrestes'', ''Musettes et clairons'', ''Chez nous'', ...
(1838–1927), French poet and folklorist
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Achille Millo, stage name of Italian actor, voice actor and stage director Achille Scognamillo (1922–2006)
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Prince Achille Murat (1801–1847), eldest son of Joachim Murat
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Achille St. Onge (1913–1978), American publisher of miniature books
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Achille Zavatta
Achille Zavatta (6 May 1915 – 16 November 1993) was a French clown, artist and circus operator.
Biography
Zavatta was born in La Goulette, Tunisia, the son of Federico Zavatta, a circus owner. He started performing in his family's circus show ...
(1915–1993), French clown, artist and circus operator
Fictional characters
* Achille Poirot, the "brother" of
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English people, English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving ...
's detective
Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot (, ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by the English writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is Christie's most famous and longest-running character, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (''Black Coffee (play), Black Coffee'' and '' ...
(actually Hercule in disguise) in the novel ''The Big Four''
* the title character of ''
Achille Talon'', a comic book series
* the title character of ''
Achille in Sciro'', a 1737 opera
* Rodrigue Achille Fraldarius, a character in
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
See also
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Achilles (disambiguation)
References
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Masculine given names
French masculine given names