Faure is an Occitan family name meaning blacksmith, from Latin ''faber''. It is pronounced differently from the accented surname Fauré, as in

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers ...

, French composer and organist.

People

Politicians

Dominique Faure Dominique Faure (born 28 August 1959) is a French politician of the Radical Party who has been serving as State Secretary for Rural Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2022. She was elected to the National Assem ...

(born 1959), French politician * Edgar Faure, French politician * Félix Faure, 19th-century French president *

Fernand Faure Fernand Faure (16 March 1853 – 6 November 1929) was a French economist and politician. He held office as a deputy from 1885 to 1889, then despite repeated attempts at reelection was out of office until becoming a Senator in 1924. During the inte ...

(1853–1929), French economist and politician *

Jacques Faure (ambassador) Jacques Faure may refer to: * Jacques Faure (French Army officer) (1904–1988), French Army general and skier * Jacques Faure (ambassador), former French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group See also * Jacques-Paul Faure Jacques-Paul Faure (14 Nove ...

, French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group * Martine Faure, French politician *

Maurice Faure Maurice Faure (2 January 1922 – 6 March 2014) was a member of the French Resistance and a minister in several French governments. He was born in Azerat, Dordogne. He was a deputy in the French parliament from 1951 to 1983 and a Senator from ...

, French Resistance leader and politician, and the last surviving signatory of the

Treaty of Rome The Treaty of Rome, or EEC Treaty (officially the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community), brought about the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC), the best known of the European Communities (EC). The treaty was sig ...

Sébastien Faure Sébastien Faure (6 January 1858 – 14 July 1942) was a French anarchist, freethought and secularist activist and a principal proponent of synthesis anarchism. Biography Before becoming a free-thinker, Faure was a seminarist. He engaged ...

, French anarchist * Faure Gnassingbé, president of Togo

Writers, artists, and musicians

Élie Faure Jacques Élie Faure (April 4, 1873 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France – October 29, 1937 in Paris) was a French doctor, art historian and essayist. He is the author of ''History of Art,'' considered a historiographical pillar in the discipline. ...

, French art historian and essayist *

Gabriel Faure In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብ� ...

(1877-1962), French poet, novelist and essayist *

, French composer *

Jean-Baptiste Faure Jean-Baptiste Faure () (15 January 1830 – 9 November 1914) was a French operatic baritone and art collector who also composed several classical songs. Singing career Faure was born in Moulins. A choirboy in his youth, he entered the Pari ...

, French baritone and composer * Lucie Faure, French writer *

Renée Faure Renée Faure (born Reneé Paule Nanine Faure; November 4, 1918 – May 2, 2005) was a French stage and film actress. Early life Renée Faure was born Reneé Paule Nanine Faure on November 4, 1918 in Paris, France. Her father was René Faur ...

, French actress

Others

* Abraham Faure (1795-1875), South African clergyman * Camille Alphonse Faure, French chemical engineer * Gunter Faure, American geochemist *

Jacques Faure (French Army officer) Jacques Marie Alfred Gaston Faure (2 March 1904 – 9 April 1988) was a French Army general and skier. He was the leader of the French national Olympic military patrol team in 1936 which placed sixth and in 1961 one of the masterminds of the Alg ...

(1904–1988), French Army general and skier * Jacques-Paul Faure (1869–1924), head of the French military mission to Japan (1918–19) * Keith Faure, Australian career criminal * Luigi Faure (1901–1974), Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper * Sébastien Faure (footballer), French footballer