Christophe is a male

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 ...

and surname. It is a French variant of Christopher.

People using Christophe as a pseudonym

* Christophe (

Georges Colomb Marie-Louis-Georges Colomb (Lure, Haute-Saône, 25 May 1856 – Nyons, 3 January 1945) was a French botanist, science populariser, and a pioneer of French comics, known as '' bandes dessinées ''. Under the pseudonym Christophe (playing on "Chr ...

) (1856–1945), French comic strip artist and botanist *

Christophe (singer) Daniel Bevilacqua (, ; 13 October 1945 – 16 April 2020), better known by the stage name Christophe (), was a French singer and songwriter. He was born in the Paris suburb of Juvisy-sur-Orge, to an Italian father. Career Born in a suburb ...

(1945-2020), French singer

Notable people with the given name Christophe

* Christophe Barratier, French filmmaker *

Christophe Beck Jean-Christophe Beck (born November 30, 1972) is a Canadian television and film score composer and conductor. He is a brother of pianist Chilly Gonzales. He is best known for his collaborations with Disney and its subsidiaries, which include co ...

, Canadian composer * Christophe Dumaux, French opera singer * Christophe Gans, French filmmaker *

Christophe Keckeis Christophe Keckeis (18 April 1945 – 1 May 2020) was a Swiss Lieutenant-General. He Military of Switzerland#High Command, headed the Swiss Army as "Chief of the General Staff" (2003) and then as "Chief of the Armed Forces" (2004–2007). He retir ...

, chief of the

Swiss Armed Forces The Swiss Armed Forces (german: Schweizer Armee, french: Armée suisse, it, Esercito svizzero, rm, Armada svizra; ) operates on land and in the air, serving as the primary armed forces of Switzerland. Under the country's militia system, re ...

* Christophe Lemaitre, French Sprinter *

Christophe Moreau Christophe Moreau (born 12 April 1971 in Vervins) is a French former professional road racing cyclist. For many years Moreau was the primary French contender for the general classification in the Tour de France: he finished in the top 12 in the G ...

, French cyclist * Christophe Naegelen (born 1983), French politician * Christophe Revault (1972–2021), French footballer *

Christophe Rinero Christophe Rinero (born 29 December 1973 in Moissac) is a former French professional road racing cyclist. His sporting career began with CA Castelsarrazin. Rinero's greatest achievements have been to win the Tour de l'Avenir in 1998 and the Kin ...

, French cyclist *

Christophe Soulé Christophe Soulé (born 1951) is a French mathematician working in arithmetic geometry. Education Soulé started his studies in 1970 at École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Paris in 1979 under the sup ...

, French mathematician

Notable people with the surname Christophe

Eugène Christophe Eugène Christophe (born Malakoff, Paris, France, 22 January 1885, died in Paris, 1 February 1970) was a French road bicycle racer and pioneer of cyclo-cross. He was a professional from 1904 until 1926. In 1919 he became the first rider to wear ...

, French cyclist *

Henri Christophe Henri Christophe (; 6 October 1767 – 8 October 1820) was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution and the only monarch of the Kingdom of Haiti. Christophe was of Bambara ethnicity in West Africa, and perhaps of Igbo descent. Beginning with ...

, first King of Haiti * Paul Christophe (born 1971), French politician

People using Christophe as a pseudonym

Notable people with the given name Christophe

Notable people with the surname Christophe

See also