Jean-Baptiste () is a male French name, originating with Saint

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, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following:

Persons

Charles XIV John of Sweden Charles XIV John (; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first monarch of the Bernadotte dynasty. In Norway, he is known as Charles III John () and before he became royalty in ...

, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was King of Sweden and King of Norway * Charles-Jean-Baptiste Bouc, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada * Felix-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Nève, orientalist and philologist *

Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target (, 17 December 1733 – 9 September 1806) was a French lawyer and politician. Biography Born in Paris, Target was the son of a lawyer, and was himself a lawyer to the Parlement of Paris. He acquired a great reputation a ...

, French lawyer and politician * Hippolyte Jean-Baptiste Garneray, French painter * Jean-Baptiste (songwriter), American music record producer, singer-songwriter * Jean Baptiste (grave robber) – A 19th-century gravedigger in Utah, United States, notorious for robbing hundreds of graves, leading to his exile and mysterious disappearance. *

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (24 November 1808 – 29 September 1890) was a French critic, journalist, and novelist. Life Karr was born in Paris to German pianist and composer Henri Karr (1784–1842), and after being educated at the Co ...

, French critic, journalist, and novelist * Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, chairman of Supreme Revolutionary Council in Burundi until 1976 and president of Burundi (1976-1987) * Jean-Baptiste Baudry, son of Guillaume Baudry, Canadian gunsmith bevear goldsmith *

Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès (; 24 June 176713 June 1846) was a French geographer, author and translator, best remembered in the English speaking world for his translation of German ghost stories '' Fantasmagoriana'', published anonymously in ...

, French geographer, author and translator *

Jean-Baptiste Bessières Jean-Baptiste Bessières, duc d'Istrie (; 6 August 1768 – 1 May 1813) was a French military leader of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire by Emperor Napoleon in 1804. Born into the ''petit ...

, duke of Istria (1768–1813),

Marshal of the Empire Marshal of the Empire () was a civil dignity during the First French Empire. It was established by on 18 May 1804 and to a large extent reinstated the formerly abolished title of Marshal of France. According to the ''Sénatus-consulte'', a Mar ...

* Jean-Baptiste Bethune, Belgian architect, artisan, and designer who played a pivotal role in the Belgian and Catholic Gothic Revival movement *

Jean-Baptiste Billot Jean-Baptiste Billot (15 August 1828 – 31 May 1907) was a French general and politician. Life Jean-Baptiste Billot entered the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1847, and on leaving it in 1849 joined the staff with the rank of sous- ...

, French general and politician *

Jean-Baptiste Biot Jean-Baptiste Biot (; ; 21 April 1774 – 3 February 1862) was a French people, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who co-discovered the Biot–Savart law of magnetostatics with Félix Savart, established the reality of meteorites, ma ...

, French physicist, astronomer and mathematician *

Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes Jean-Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, (19 January 1668 – 1719) was a Canadians, Canadian soldier, explorer, and friend to the Miami tribe, Miami Nation. He spent a number of years at the end of his life as an agent of New France among ...

, Canadian career man with the colonial regular troops, son of François Byssot de la Rivière * Jean-Baptiste Boisot, French scholar and abbott * Jean-Baptiste Boissière, French lexicographer *

Jean-Baptiste Bottex Jean-Baptiste Bottex (June 24, 1918 – May 28, 1979) was a Haitian painter. Biography Hailing from Port Margot, near Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti, Jean-Baptiste and his younger brother Seymour are descendants of the Haitian Generals o ...

, Haitian painter *

Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud (16 September 1796 – 29 October 1881) was a French physician born in Bragette, now part of Garat, Charente. Bouillaud was an early advocate of the localization of cerebral functions (especially of speech). He received ...

, French physician *

Jean-Baptiste Boussingault Jean-Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault (2 February 1801 – 11 May 1887) was a French chemist who made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy. Biography Jean-Baptiste Boussingault – an agric ...

, French chemist *

Jean-Baptiste Bréval Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Bréval (6 November 1753 – 18 March 1823) was a French cellist and composer. He wrote mostly for his own instrument, including pedagogical works as well as virtuoso display pieces. Life Bréval was born in Paris, ...

, French cellist and composer *

Jean Baptiste Brevelle Jean Baptiste Brevelle () was a French-born American trader, explorer, and one of the first soldiers garrisoned at Fort St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in present-day Natchitoches, Louisiana and Le Poste des Cadodaquious in Texas. Explorer o ...

, French trader, explorer and soldier of

French Louisiana The term French Louisiana ( ; ) refers to two distinct regions: * First, to Louisiana (New France), historic French Louisiana, comprising the massive, middle section of North America claimed by Early Modern France, France during the 17th and 18th ...

colony *

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot ( , , ; 16 July 1796 – 22 February 1875), or simply Camille Corot, was a French Landscape art, landscape and Portraitist, portrait painter as well as a printmaking, printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in ...

, French landscape painter and printmaker in etching *

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (; 11 May 1827 – 12 October 1875) was a French sculptor and painter during the Second Empire under Napoleon III. Life Born in Valenciennes, Nord, son of a mason, his early studies were under François Rude. Carpe ...

, French sculptor and painter *

Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau (1769–1832) was a French Navy sailor and an adventurer who played an important role in Vietnam in the 19th century. He served the Nguyễn dynasty from 1794 to 1819, and 1821 to 1826,Tran, p. 206. and took the Vietnamese ...

, French Navy soldier and adventurer who played an important role in the Vietnam War *

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (February 11, 1805 – May 16, 1866), sometimes known in childhood as Pompey or Little Pomp, was an American explorer, guide, Animal trapping, fur trapper, trader, military scout during the Mexican–American War, ''alcal ...

, son of Sacagawea and her French-Canadian husband Toussaint Charbonneau *

Jean-Baptiste Charcot Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, better known in France as Commandant Charcot, (15 July 1867 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris – 16 September 1936 at sea (30 miles north-west of Reykjavik, Iceland), was a French scientist, medical doctor ...

, French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist * Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, French applied mathematician who worked in the areas of hydraulics and hydrodynamics * Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, French silversmith working in a neoclassical style * Jean-Baptiste Cléry, (1759–1809), the personal valet to King Louis XVI *

Jean-Baptiste Colbert Jean-Baptiste Colbert (; 29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) was a French statesman who served as First Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His lasting impact on the organization of the countr ...

, French minister of finance from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV *

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay Jean-Baptiste Antoine Colbert, Marquis of Seignelay (; 1 November 1651 – 3 November 1690) was a French politician. He was the eldest son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, nephew of Charles Colbert de Croissy and cousin of Jean-Baptiste Colbert de ...

, French politician *

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquess of Torcy Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis of Torcy (14 September 1665 – 2 September 1746), generally called Colbert de Torcy, was a French diplomat, who negotiated some of the most important treaties towards the end of Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV's r ...

, French diplomat, who negotiated some most important treaties towards end of reign of Louis XIV * Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis, farmer, merchant, and political figure in Quebec *

Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrières de St. Vallier (November 14, 1653 – December 26, 1727) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Quebec in the French colony of New France. Born in Grenoble, Fra ...

, appointed to the see of Quebec as bishop by Louis XIV * Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest, educational reformer, and saint in the Roman Catholic Church *

Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny Jean-Baptiste () is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following: Persons * Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was K ...

, 1st Duc de Cadore, French admiral and politician * Jean-Baptiste de Voglie, eminent Italian road and bridge engineer *

Jean-Baptiste Denys Jean-Baptiste Denys ( – 3 October 1704) was a French physician notable for having performed the first fully documented human blood transfusion, a xenotransfusion. He studied in Montpellier and was the personal physician to King Louis XIV ...

, French physician notable for having performed the first fully documented human blood transfusion * Jean-Baptiste Dominique Rusca, medical doctor who advocated the cause of the French Revolution *

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807) was a French Royal Army officer who played a critical role in the Franco-American victory at the siege of Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary Wa ...

Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre (''Jacques Du Tertre''; 1610 in Calais – 1687 in Paris) was a French Dominican Order, blackfriar and botanist. In 1633 he joined the Dutch army where he worked in the headquarters in Maastricht. Subsequently, he jo ...

, French blackfriar and botanist *

Jean-Baptiste Dumas Jean Baptiste André Dumas (; 14 July 180010 April 1884) was a French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights (relative atomic masses) and molecular weights by measuri ...

, French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis * Jean-Baptiste-Édouard Gélineau, French physician who first described narcolepsy * Jean-Baptiste Faure, French operatic baritone and art collector who also composed several classical songs * Jean-Baptiste Ferré, miller and political figure in Lower Canada * Jean-Baptiste Forqueray, son of Antoine Forqueray, player of the viol and a composer * Jean-Baptiste François des Marets, marquis de Maillebois, Marshal of France * Jean-Baptiste Girard (pedagogue) (1765–1850), Swiss Franciscan educator * Jean-Baptiste Girard (soldier) (1775–1815), French soldier of the Napoleonic Wars * (1680–1733), a priest tried for witchcraft, abuse, and corruption of Catherine Cadière * Jean-Baptiste Giraud, French sculptor * Jean-Baptiste Guégan, French singer *

Jean-Baptiste Godart Jean-Baptiste Godart (25 November 1775 – 27 July 1825) was a French entomologist. Born at Origny, Godart became impassioned by butterflies in his youth. He was charged by Pierre André Latreille (1762-1833) with writing the article on thes ...

, French entomologist * Jean-Baptiste Grange, French alpine skier * Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, protagonist of the 1985 novel ''Perfume'' by German writer Patrick Süskind *

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Jean-Baptiste Greuze (, 21 August 1725 – 4 March 1805) was a French painter of portraits, genre scenes, and history painting. Early life Greuze was born at Tournus, a market town in Burgundy. He is generally said to have formed his own ...

, French painter * Jean-Baptiste Guimet, French industrial chemist * Jean-Baptiste Guth, French portrait artist * Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays, French painter of religious and mythological subjects *

Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire Jean-Baptiste Henri-Dominique Lacordaire, OP (; 12 May 1802 – 21 November 1861), often styled Henri-Dominique Lacordaire, was a French Catholic priest, journalist, theologian and political activist. He re-established the Dominican Order in ...

, French ecclesiastic, preacher, journalist, and political activist * Jean-Baptiste Janssens, twenty-seventh Superior General of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) * Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series *

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Count Jourdan (; 29 April 1762 – 23 November 1833), was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire by Emperor Napoleon I i ...

(1762–1833), Marshal of France * Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general during the French Revolutionary Wars *

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biologi ...

, French naturalist * Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French Catholic clergyman and first Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America * Jean-Baptiste Landé (died 1748), founder of the Mariinsky Ballet based in Saint Petersburg, Russia *

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (; ; February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767), also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French-Canadian colonial administrator in New France. Born in Montreal, he was an early governor of Louisiana (New France) ...

, colonizer and repeated governor of French Louisiana * Jean-Baptiste Lepère, French architect *

Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent Jean Baptiste Loeillet (6 July 1688 – c. 1720), who later styled himself Loeillet de Gant, was a Flemish composer, born in Ghent. He spent the largest part of his life in France in service to the archbishop of Lyon, Paul-François de Neufville de ...

, Belgian composer * Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London, Flemish baroque composer and performer on the recorder, flute, oboe, and harpsichord * Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin, cartographer, a royal hydrographer, and a teacher of navigation * Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist, best known for his poem "Vert-Vert" *

Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court o ...

, Italian-born French composer * Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcellin Marbot, French general during the Napoleonic Wars * Jean-Baptiste Maunier (born 1990), French child actor *

Jean-Baptiste Massillon Jean-Baptiste Massillon, Oratory of Jesus, CO (24 June 1663 – 28 September 1742), was a French Catholic prelate and famous preacher who served as Bishop of Clermont from 1717 until his death in Beauregard-l'Évêque. Biography Early years M ...

, French churchman and preacher *

Jean-Baptiste Meilleur Jean-Baptiste Meilleur (May 8, 1796 – December 6, 1878) was a medical doctor, educator and political figure in Lower Canada, Canada East, and Quebec. He was born at Petite-Côte in Saint-Laurent, Lower Canada on the Island of Montreal in 179 ...

, doctor, educator and political figure in Lower Canada * Jean-Baptiste Michonis, personality of the French Revolution *

Jean-Baptiste Mondino Jean-Baptiste Mondino (born Aubervilliers, France on 21 July 1949) is a French fashion photographer and music video director. He has directed music videos for Madonna (entertainer), Madonna, David Bowie, Sting (musician), Sting, Björk, Don Henley, ...

, French fashion photographer and music video director * Jean-Baptiste Morin (mathematician), French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer *

Jean-Baptiste Morin (composer) Jean-Baptiste Morin (2 February 1677 – 27 April 1745) was a French composer and the ''Ordinaire de la Musique'' to Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Philippe, Duke of Orléans before and perhaps during his regency. From 1719 to 1731 Morin was ''Ma ...

, French composer * Jean-Baptiste Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese president * Jean-Baptiste Nolin, French cartographer and engraver *

Jean-Baptiste Oudry Jean-Baptiste Oudry (; 17 March 1686 – 30 April 1755) was a French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer. He is particularly well known for his naturalistic pictures of animals and his hunt pieces depicting game. His son, Jacques-Cha ...

, French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer * Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983 * Jean-Baptiste Pastré (1804-1877), a French banker and arms-dealer. * Jean Baptiste Paul (1896-1966), Canadian First Nations wrestler * Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet, French rugby union player *

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (; 26 January 1714 – 20 August 1785) was a French sculptor whose work was influenced by both baroque and neo-classical trends. Life Pigalle was born in Paris, the seventh child of a carpenter. Although he failed to ob ...

, French sculptor * Jean-Baptiste Pitois, French writer on the occult *

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (; also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable; before 1750 – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Native settler of what would later become Chic ...

, first settler in Chicago * Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622–1673), known by his stage name Molière, Classical French playwright, actor and stage manager * Jean-Baptiste Raymond, seigneur, businessman, and political figure in Lower Canada * Jean-Baptiste Régis, French Jesuit missionary in imperial China *

Jean-Baptiste Regnault Jean-Baptiste Regnault (; 9 October 1754 – 12 November 1829) was a French painter. Biography Regnault was born in Paris, and began life at sea in a merchant vessel. At the age of fifteen his talent attracted attention, and he was sent to ...

, French painter * Jean-Baptiste Renaud, prominent businessman, merchant, and land owner in Quebec * Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada * Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet, French politician of the Revolutionary period * Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet * Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, first Bishop of Arizona and the second Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico *

Jean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville Jean-Baptiste () is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following: Persons * Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was K ...

, French man of letters and poet * Jean-Baptiste Senaillé, French-born Baroque composer and violinist *

Jean-Baptiste Say Jean-Baptiste () is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following: Persons * Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was K ...

, French economist and businessman * Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter * Jean-Baptiste Singelée, Belgian classical composer and violinist *

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689) was a 17th-century French gem merchant and traveler. Tavernier, a private individual and merchant traveling at his own expense, covered, by his own account, 60,000 leagues in making six voyages to Persia ...

, French traveler and pioneer of trade with India *

Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (; 15 September 1715 – 9 May 1789) was a French artillery officer and engineer who revolutionised the French cannon, creating a new production system that allowed for lighter, more uniform ...

, French artillery officer and engineer *

Jean Baptiste Vermay Jean-Baptiste Vermay (1786–1833) was a French-born Cuban painter, sculptor, caricaturist, educator, musician, and architect. He was the founding director of the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro. Biography Jean-Baptiste Vermay ...

, French-born Cuban artist and educator *

Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (; 7 October 1798 – 19 March 1875) was a French luthier, businessman, inventor and winner of many awards. He was one of the finest French luthiers of the 19th century and a key figure in the world of violin making. ...

, French luthier * Jean Baptiste Wilkie (1803-1886), former chief of the Métis tribe near Pembina, North Dakota * Jean-Pierre-André Amar, also known as Jean-Baptiste-André Amar, French political figure of the Revolution *

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Gosselin Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Gosselin (November 22, 1848 – May 16, 1929) was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Missisquoi in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1900 to 1919 as a Liberal. He was born in Saint-Athanase, ...

, merchant and political figure in Quebec * P. Jean-Baptiste Bradel, French draughtsman and engraver * Phạm Minh Mẫn, short for Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn (Vietnamese: Gioan Baotixia Phạm Minh Mẫn), Catholic cardinal priest and archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City

Surnames

* Henry Jean-Baptiste, French politician born in

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, MP for

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* Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste (born 2001), American football player *

Lucien Jean-Baptiste Lucien Jean-Baptiste (born 6 May 1964) is a French actor, writer and director.Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste Marianne Raigipcien Jean-Baptiste (born 26 April 1967) is an English actress. She is known for her role in Mike Leigh's drama film ''Secrets & Lies (film), Secrets & Lies'' (1996), for which she received acclaim and earned nominations for the A ...

, British actress and singer of Antiguan and Saint Lucian heritage

Fictional persons

* Jean-Baptiste Clamence, Fictional character from Albert Camus's ''The Fall'' * Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, a character in the film ''

The Fifth Element ''The Fifth Element'' () is a 1997 English-language French science-fiction action film conceived and directed by Luc Besson, and co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, an ...

'' * Jean-Baptiste Augustine, a character in the videogame

Overwatch ''Overwatch'' (abbreviated as OW) is a multimedia franchise centered on a series of multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) video games developed by Blizzard Entertainment. ''Overwatch (video game), Overwatch'' was released in 2016 with a success ...

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