Étienne, a French analog of Stephen or Steven, is a masculine given name. An archaic variant of the name, prevalent up to the mid-17th century, is Estienne. Étienne, Etienne, Ettiene or Ettienne may refer to:

People

Scientists and inventors

*Étienne Bézout (1730–1783), French mathematician *Étienne Louis Geoffroy (1725–1810), French entomologist and pharmacist *Étienne Laspeyres (1834–1913), German professor of economics and statistics *Étienne Lenoir (1822–1900), Belgian engineer who invented the first internal combustion engine to be produced in numbers *Étienne Lenoir (instrument maker) (1744–1832), French scientific instrument maker and inventor of the repeating circle surveying instrument *Étienne Mulsant (1797–1880), French entomologist and ornithologist *Étienne Pascal (1588–1651), French lawyer, scientist and mathematician best known as the father of Blaise Pascal *Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844), French naturalist *Étienne Pierre Ventenat (1757–1808), French botanist *Étienne Wasserzug (1860-1888), French biologist

Intellectuals and academics

*Étienne Balazs (1905–1963), Hungarian-born French sinologist *Étienne Balibar (born 1942), French Marxist philosopher and professor *Étienne Baluze (1630–1718), French scholar also known as Stephanus Baluzius *Étienne de La Boétie (1530–1563), French intellectual and noted friend of Michel de Montaigne *Étienne Cabet (1788–1856), French philosopher and utopian socialist *Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1715–1780), French philosopher *Étienne Dolet (1509–1546), French scholar, translator and printer *Étienne Fourmont (1683–1745), French orientalist *Étienne Gilson (1884–1978), French philosopher *Étienne Hubert (Arabist) (1567–1614), French physician, Orientalist and diplomat, also known as Stephanus Hubertus *Étienne Lamotte (1903–1983), Belgian priest, Indologist and authority on Buddhism *Etienne Vermeersch (born 1934), Belgian philosopher *Étienne Weill-Raynal (1887–1982), French historian, resistant, journalist and Socialist politician. *Étienne Wenger (born 1952), education theorist

Politicians, government officials and soldiers

*Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719-1785), French military officer, statesman and diplomat *Étienne Bazeries (1846–1931), French military cryptanalyst *Étienne Eustache Bruix (1759-1805), French Navy admiral *Étienne Clavière (1735–1793), Swiss-born French financier and politician of the French Revolution *Étienne Clémentel (1864-1936), French politician *Étienne Compayré (1748-1817), French politician. *Étienne Davignon (born 1932), Belgian politician, businessman and former vice-president of the European Commission *Étienne Maurice Gérard, comte Gérard (1773–1852), French general and statesman *Étienne Guy (1774–1820), surveyor and politician in Lower Canada *Etienne van der Horst (born 1958), Curaçaoan politician *Étienne Manac'h (1910-1992), French diplomat and writer *Étienne Marcel (died 1358), provost of the merchants of Paris under King John II *Étienne Parent (1802–1874), Canadian journalist and government official *Étienne Perier (governor) (1687-1766), French naval officer and colonial administrator *Étienne Richaud (1841-1889), Governor of French India *Etienne Saqr (born 1937), Lebanese founder of the Guardians of the Cedars militia and political party *Étienne Tshisekedi (born 1932), politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo *Étienne de Vignolles (1390-1443), called La Hire, a French military commander during the Hundred Years' War and a close comrade of Joan of Arc *Etienne Ys (born 1962), twice Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles

Arts and entertainment

*Etienne Aigner (1904–2000), Hungarian-born German fashion designer *Étienne Chatiliez (born 1952), French film director *Étienne de Crécy (born 1969), French electronic music producer and DJ *Étienne Daho (born 1956), French singer, songwriter and record producer *Etienne Debel (1931–1993), Belgian actor and director *Étienne Doirat (c. 1675–1732), French furniture designer. *Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716–1791), French Rococo sculptor *Etienne Girardot (1856–1939), Anglo-French actor *Étienne Jodelle, seigneur de Limodin (1532–1573), French dramatist and poet *Étienne Loulié (1654–1702), French musician, pedagogue and musical theorist *Étienne Méhul (1763–1817), French composer *Étienne Moulinié (1599–1676), French Baroque composer *Étienne Périer (director) (1931–2020), Belgian film director

Sports

*Étienne Bally (born 1923), French sprinter *Etienne Barbara (born 1982), Maltese footballer *Étienne Boulay (born 1983), Canadian football player *Étienne Capoue (born 1988), French footballer *Étienne Dagon (born 1960), Swiss breaststroke swimmer *Ettiene de Bruyn (born 1977), South African cricketer *Étienne Desmarteau (1873-1905), Canadian winner of the 54 pound weight throw at the 1904 Olympics *Étienne Didot (born 1983), French footballer *Etienne Eto'o (born 1990), Cameroonian footballer *Étienne Mattler (1905–1986), French footballer *Etienne L. de Mestre (1832–1916), Australian racehorse trainer *Etienne Oosthuizen (rugby union, born 1992), South African rugby union player *Etienne Oosthuizen (rugby union, born 1994), South African rugby union player *Ettienne Richardson (born 1981), Grenadian footballer *Ettiene Smit (born 1974), South African strongman competitor *Etienne Stott (born 1979), English slalom canoeist

Other

*Étienne Bacrot (born 1983), French chess player, formerly the youngest person ever to have earned the Grandmaster title *Étienne Brûlé (c. 1592–c. 1643), French explorer in what is now Canada *Étienne Gaboury (born 1930), Canadian architect *Étienne Pasquier (1529–1615), French lawyer and man of letters *Étienne Pernet (1824–1899), French Roman Catholic priest, founder of Little Sisters of the Assumption Order *Étienne Provost (1785–1850), French-Canadian fur trader *Étienne Tempier (died 1279), also known as Stephanus of Orleans, French bishop of Paris and Chancellor of the Sorbonne

Fictional characters

*Étienne of Navarre, a main character in ''Ladyhawke (film), Ladyhawke'', a 1985 historical-fantasy, played by Rutger Hauer *Etienne Argeneau, one of the main characters of Lynsay Sands' romance novel ''Love Bites'' *Ettienne R. LaFitte, "real" name of Gung-Ho (G.I. Joe) *Étienne Lantier, protagonist of Émile Zola's novel ''Germinal (novel), Germinal'' *Étienne St. Clair, a main character in the novel ''Anna and the French Kiss'' by Stephanie Perkins *Etienne LeBlanc, a main character in the novel ''All the Light We Cannot See'' by Anthony Doerr *Etienne, A hero in the tower defense game Bloons TD 6

References

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