Frère is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Albert Frère Albert, Baron Frère (4 February 1926 – 3 December 2018) was a Belgian billionaire businessman. Early life Frère grew up as a son of a nail merchant and helped in the business since an early age. His father died when Frère was 17; Frère ha ...

(1926–2018), Belgian businessman *

Aubert Frère Aubert Frère (1881–1944) was a French general and founder of the French resistance group, the Organisation de résistance de l'armée. He was president of the tribunal which had condemned Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de G ...

(1881–1944), French general, founder of ''

Organisation de résistance de l'armée The ''Organisation de résistance de l'armée'', ''O.R.A.'' (Fr: resistance organisation of the army) was a French paramilitary Resistance during World War II, resistance organisation during the Second World War. It was created on 31 January 194 ...

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Bernard-Georges-François Frère Bernard-Georges-François Frère, Count of the Empire, (; 8 January 1762, in Montréal, Aude – 16 February 1826, in Paris) was a French soldier of the French Revolutionary Wars, who later rose to the top military rank of General of Division, ...

(1764-1826), French general *

Charles Edouard Frère Charles-Édouard Frère (July 10, 1837 – November 2, 1894) was a French painter of rural landscapes and daily life, known especially for paintings of horses and blacksmithing. Upbringing in Écouen Frère was born in Paris. He was the son of ...

(1837-1894), French painter, son of

Pierre Edouard Frère Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

* Charles-Théodore Frère (1814-1886), French painter *

Édouard Frère Édouard Frère (; 27 September 1797, Rouen – 7 April 1874, Rouen) was a French bookseller, archivist, biographer, and historian specialized in the Normandy area. Life The son and grandson of booksellers, Frère's father, Jacques-Christophe o ...

(1797–1874), French bookseller, archivist, scholar and biographer *

Gérald Frère Gérald Frère (born 17 May 1951) is a Belgian billionaire businessman, the chairman of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert since January 2012, and its former CEO. As of August 2024, ''Forbes'' estimated his net worth at US$3.3 billion. Early life Géral ...

(born 1951), Belgian businessman, son of Albert *

Henry Bartle Frere Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet, (29 March 1815 – 29 May 1884) was a British Empire, British colonial administrator. He had a successful career in British Raj, India, rising to become Governor of Bombay (1862–1867). However, a ...

(1815–1884), British diplomat *

John Hookham Frere John Hookham Frere (21 May 1769 – 7 January 1846) was an English diplomat and author. Early life Frere was born in London. His father, John Frere, a member of a Suffolk family, had been educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and became Sec ...

(1769–1846) British diplomat, politician and writer *

Maurice Frère Maurice Frère (8 August 1890, Charleroi – 11 August 1970, Side) was a Belgian civil servant and governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1944 until 1957. He lectured at the Free University of Brussels (now split into the Universit ...

(died 1970), governor of the National Bank of Belgium *

Paul Frère Paul Frère (; 30 January 1917 – 23 February 2008) was a racing driver and journalist from Belgium. He participated in eleven World Championship Formula One Grands Prix debuting on 22 June 1952 and achieving one podium finish with a total of e ...

(1917–2008), Belgian racing driver and journalist *

(1819–1886), French painter, father of

Théodore Frère Charles-Théodore Frère (21 June 1814, Paris – 24 March 1888) was a French orientalism, Orientalist painter. His younger brother, Pierre Édouard Frère, Pierre-Édouard, and his nephew and namesake, Charles Edouard Frère, were also painters ...

(1814–1888), French painter

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