Despréaux () is a French surname. People with that name include: *

Claude-Jean-François Despréaux Claude-Jean-François Despréaux was a French musician and revolutionary, born in the 1740s and died in Paris on 11 August 1794. Biography The son of Jean-François Despréaux, oboist of the Académie royale de musique who retired in 1767, and ...

(1740s–1794), French violinist and revolutionary *

Jean-Étienne Despréaux Jean-Étienne Despréaux (; 31 August 1748 – 26 March 1820) was a French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, singer and playwright. Biography The son of an oboist of the orchestra of the Académie royale de musique, he made here his débu ...

(1748–1820), French ballet master *

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (; 1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as Boileau (, ), was a French poet and critic. He did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, in the same way that Blaise Pascal did to reform the ...

(1636–1711), French poet and critic

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