Hugues is a masculine given name most often found in francophone countries, a variant of the originally Germanic name " Hugo" or " Hugh". The final ''s'' marks the

nominative case In grammar, the nominative case ( abbreviated ), subjective case, straight case, or upright case is one of the grammatical cases of a noun or other part of speech, which generally marks the subject of a verb, or (in Latin and formal variants ...

Old French Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th [2-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ...

, but is not retained by modern pronunciation (such as in English: Charles, Giles (given name), Giles, James (name), James, etc.). The old oblique case ''Hugon'' (''Huon (disambiguation), Huon'', ''Yon (disambiguation), Yon'') disappeared. Notable people bearing this name include: * Crusader kings of Cyprus: ** Hugues I de Lusignan (1194/1195–1218) ** Hugues II de Lusignan (1252/1253–1267) * Hugues, Bishop of Dié, (c. 1040–1106) *

Hugues Absil Hugues Absil (born 8 June 1961) is a French painter. Biography Born in 1961 in Paris, Hugues Absil studied in the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He learned painting and lithography with Abraham Hadad, and drawing with Daniel Sén� ...

(born 1961), French painter *

Hugues Aubriot Hugues Aubriot (born 13XX in Dijon; died c. 1391 in Dijon) was a French administrator and heretic. Aubriot was Provost of Paris under Charles V. He built the Bastille in 1370-1383. He was a capable administrator who built the first sewers in Pa ...

(13??-1382/1391), French administrator and heretic *

Hugues Aufray Hugues Jean Marie Auffray (; born 18 August 1929), better known as Hugues Aufray, is a French singer-songwriter. He is known for French-language covers of Bob Dylan's songs. Aufray knew Dylan and his work from his time in New York City,Ian Bel ...

(born 1929), French singer *

Hugues Le Bars Hugues Le Bars (13 October 1950 – 1 November 2014) was a French film music composer. Filmography * '' Oggy and the Cockroaches'' - Composer, voice actor (seasons 1–4) * '' Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie'' - Voice actor (and reused audi ...

(1950–2014), French film music composer *

Hugues IV de Berzé Hugues IV de Berzé (or ''Bregi''; 1150/1155 – 1220) was a knight and trouvère from the Mâconnais. He participated in the Fourth Crusade in 1201 and the Fifth Crusade in 1220. He was the lord of Berzé-le-Châtel. Hugues wrote at least five ...

(1150/1155–1220), French knight, crusader and poet *

Hugues Bousiges Hugues Bousiges (born January 7, 1948, in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine) is a French civil servant. Career * 1996-1998: sub-prefect of L'Haÿ-les-Roses, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France. * 2002-2004: prefect of Haute-Loire in Le Puy-en-Velay. * 2004-2005 ...

(born 1948), French civil servant *

Hugues Briatte Hugues Briatte (born 11 March 1990) is a French rugby union player. His position is Number 8 and he currently plays for CA Brive in the Rugby Pro D2. He began his career with Stade Français, before moving to CA Brive Club Athlétique Brive ...

(born 1990), French rugby union player *

Hugues Broussard Hugues Broussard (4 March 1934 – 18 February 2019) was a French breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, ...

(1934–2019), French Olympic swimmer * Hugues Capet (c.939–996), first King of the Franks *

Hugues Cosnier Hugues Cosnier () was a French engineer who conceived of the Briare Canal who was born in Tours, 1573, and died in 1629, in Paris. He proposed to Henri IV the idea of building a canal from the Loire River to the River Seine. It would go from B ...

(????-1629), French engineer * Hugues de Châteauneuf (1053–1132), French Bishop, theologian and Catholic saint *

Hugues Cuénod Hugues-Adhémar Cuénod (; 26 June 19026 December 2010)

(1902–2010), Swiss singer opera and musical stage singer * Hugues-Wilfried Dah (born 1986), Burkinabé footballer * Hugues Delorme (1868-1942), French poet, comedian, playwright and journalist *

Hugues Doneau Hugues Doneau, commonly referred also by the Latin form Hugo Donellus (23 December 1527, in Chalon-sur-Saône – 4 May 1591, in Altdorf bei Nürnberg), was a French law professor and one of the leading representatives of French Legal humanists, ...

(1527–1591), French law professor *

Hugues Duboscq Hugues Duboscq (born 29 August 1981 in Saint-Lô, Manche, France) is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2000, 2004, 2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad ( ...

(born 1981), French Olympic breaststroke swimmer *

Hugues Dufourt Hugues Dufourt () is a French composer and philosopher associated with the spectral school of composition. Born in Lyon on September 28, 1943, Dufourt studied piano and composition at the Geneva Conservatory. Dufourt became co-director of the E ...

(born 1943), French composer and philosopher * Hugues Fournel (born 1988), Canadian Olympic canoeist * Hugues Gall (1940–2024), French opera manager * Hugues le Grand (898–956), Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris *

Hugues Heney Hugues Heney (September 9, 1789 – January 13, 1844) was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Montreal in 1789, the grandson of Pierre Foretier, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël. Heney articled with Jos ...

(1789–1844), Canadian lawyer and politician * Hugues Krafft (1853–1935), French photographer *

Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais Hugues is a masculine given name most often found in francophone countries, a variant of the originally Germanic name " Hugo" or " Hugh". The final ''s'' marks the nominative case in Old French Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in mos ...

(1782-1854), French priest, philosopher and political theorist *

Hugues Lapointe Hugues Lapointe (; 3 March 1911 – 13 November 1982) was a Canadian lawyer, Member of Parliament and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1966 to 1978. Life and career Born in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, the son of the Canadian Member of ...

(1911– 1982), Canadian politician and lawyer * Hugues Legault (born 1974), Canadian swimmer *

Hugues de Lionne Hugues de Lionne (11 October 1611 – 1 September 1671) was a French statesman. He was born in Grenoble, of an old family of Dauphiné. Early trained for diplomacy, he fell into disgrace under Cardinal Richelieu, but his remarkable abilities att ...

(1611–1671), French statesman *

Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle Fra' Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle (13 April 1531 – 4 May 1595) was the 51st Grand Master of the Order of Malta, between 1582 and 1595. History He is mainly remembered for the reconstruction of the hunting lodge at Boschetto which was renamed ...

(1531–1595), French-born 52nd Grand Master of the Order of Malta * Hugues-Bernard Maret, Duc de Bassano, (1763–1839), French statesman and journalist * Hugues Obry (born 1973), French fencer and Olympic medalist *

Hugues Occansey Hugues Occansey (born 18 December 1966 in Moyeuvre-Grande, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South ...

(born 1966), French basketball player *

Hugues de Pairaud Hugues de Pairaud (also Perraud, Peraudo, Peraut or Desperaut) was one of the leaders of the Knights Templar. He and Geoffroi de Gonneville (the Preceptor of Aquitaine) were sentenced to life imprisonment on March 18, 1314. They were spared the fat ...

(12??-13??), French leader of the Knights Templar * Hugues Panassié (1912–1974), French jazz critic and producer *

Hugues de Payens , commonly known in French as or ( – 24 May 1136), was the co-founder and first Grand Master of the Knights Templar. Origin and early life The Latin text of William of Tyre's ''History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea'', dated , calls him , ...

(c.1070–1136), French co-founder of the Knights Templar *

Hugues C. Pernath Hugues C. Pernath (pseudonym of Hugo Wouters, 15 August 1931 in Borgerhout – 4 June 1975 in Borgerhout) was a Belgium, Belgian writer. Together with Paul Snoek, he founded the avant garde magazine ''Gard Sivik'', and he was a member of the ''Pin ...

(1931-1975), Belgian writer * Hugues de Pierrepont (????-1229), French Bishop of Liège *

Hugues Claude Pissarro Hugues Claude Pissarro (born 1935) is a French painter. He is alternately known as Hugues Claude Pissarro, H. Claude Pissarro, and professionally as Isaac Pomié or Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié. His work has been featured in exhibitions in Europe ...

(born 1935), French painter * Hugues Portelli (born 1947), French politician * Hugues Randin (1628–c.1680), French-born Canadian engineer * Hugues Rebell (1867-1905), French author * Hugues de Poitiers, (????-1187), French Benedictine monk * Hugues de Romans (c. 1040–1106), French papal legate and Archbishop of Lyon * Hugues de Roussan (born 1955), Canadian handball player and Olympic competitor * Hugues de Saint-Cher (ca. 1200–1263), French Dominican friar and cardinal and theologian * Hugues Sambin (ca. 1520–1601), French sculptor *

Hugues Sweeney Hugues Sweeney is head of French-language interactive media production at the National Film Board of Canada, based in Montreal. Sweeney's recent credits include '' My Tribe Is My Life'', the online interactive animation work called '' Bla Bla'', ''R ...

(born ???), Canadian artist and web designer * Hugues Taraval (1729-1785), French painter * Hugues Tshiyinga Mafo (born 1983), Democratic Republic of Congo sprinter * Hugues Wembangomo (born 1992), Democratic Republic of Congo-born Norwegian footballer * Hugues Zagbayou (born 1990), Ivorian football player

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