Gédéon, ( French: ), is a French language masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

, derived from the prophet

Gideon Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites is recounted in of the Book of Judges in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible. Gideon was th ...

in the seventh book of the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Book of Judges The Book of Judges is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. In the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the Book of Joshua and the establishment of a kingdom in the ...

. It is a cognate of the name

. People named Gédéon include: * Gédéon Bordiau (1832–1904), Belgian architect * Gédéon Foulquier (1855–1941), French entomologist * Gédéon Geismar (1863–1931), French brigadier general and Zionist * Gédéon Kalulu (born 1997), French footballer * Gédéon Kyungu, Congolese warlord * Gédéon Larocque (1831–1903), Canadian politician and physician * Gédéon Naudet (born 1970), French-American filmmaker * Gédéon Ouimet (1823–1905), Canadian politician * Gédéon Pitard (born 1989), Cameroonian footballer * Gédéon-Mélasippe Prévost (1817–1887), Canadian notary and politician * Gédéon Rochon (1877–1917), Canadian politician and lawyer *

Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux Gédéon Tallemant, Sieur des Réaux (7 November 1619 – 6 November 1692) was a French writer known for his ''Historiettes'', a collection of short biographies. Biography Born at La Rochelle, he belonged to a wealthy middle-class Huguenot f ...

(1619–1692), French writer

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