Desportes is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alexandre-François Desportes (1661–1743), French painter
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Émile Desportes (1878–1944), French classical composer and conductor
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Hélène Desportes (1620–1675)
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Narcisse Henri François Desportes Narcisse Henri François Desportes (12 December 1776 – June 7, 1856) was a French botanist and bibliographer who was a native of Champrond.
He worked as an auditor to Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck at the ''Muséum national d'histoire naturelle'' in Pa ...
(1776–1856), French botanist and bibliographer
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Nicolas Desportes (1718–1787), French painter
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Philippe Desportes
Philippe Desportes or Desports (1546 – 5 October 1606) was a French poet.Jean Balsamo. Philippe Desports (1546-1606) Volume 62 of Actes et colloques. Editor, Contributor, Jean Balsamo. Publisher, Klincksieck, 2000
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Philippe Desp ...
(1546–1606), French poet
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Vincent Desportes
Vincent Desportes (born 24 February 1953) is a retired French Army general and military theorist.
Desportes graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, specialising in armour warfare. He also holds an engineer's degree, a ''dip ...
(born 1953), French general and military theorist
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Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993), French classical composer, writer and music educator
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French-language surnames