Achille (, ) is a French and Italian masculine given name, derived from the Greek mythological hero

Achilles In Greek mythology, Achilles ( ) or Achilleus () was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors. The central character in Homer's ''Iliad'', he was the son of the Nereids, Nereid Thetis and Peleus, ...

. It may refer to:

People

Artists

* Achille Beltrame (1871–1945), Italian painter * Achille Calici (c. 1565–?), Italian painter * Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002), Italian designer * Achille Cattaneo (1872–1931), Italian painter * Achille Devéria (1800–1857), French painter and lithographer * Achille Duchêne (1866–1947), French garden designer * Achille Empéraire (1829–1898), French painter * Achille Formis (1832–1906), Italian painter * Achille Funi (1890–1972), Italian painter * Achille Glisenti (1848–1906), Italian painter * Achille Granchi-Taylor (1857–1921), French painter and illustrator * Achille Lega (1899–1934), Italian painter * Achille Leonardi (c. 1800–1870), Italian painter * Achille Locatelli (painter) (1864–1948), Italian painter * Achille Mauzan (1883–1952), French illustrator, painter and sculptor * Achille Etna Michallon (1796–1822), French painter * Achille Mollica (1832–1885), Italian painter * Achille Peretti (artist) (1857–1923), Italian painter, sculptor and anarchist * Achille Petrocelli (1861/62–1896), Italian painter * Achille Pinelli (1809–1841), Italian painter * Achille Solari (1835–1884), Italian painter * Achille Valois (1785–1862), French designer and sculptor * Achille Vertunni (1826–1897), Italian painter * Achille Vianelli (1803–1894), Italian painter * Achille Zo (1826–1901), French painter

Musicians, composers and singers

* Achille Baquet (1885–1955/1956), American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist * Achille De Bassini (1819–1881), Italian baritone * Achille Campisiano (1837–1908), French pianist and composer * Achille Rivarde (1865–1940), American-born British violinist and teacher * Achille Simonetti (1857–1928), Italian violinist and composer * Achille- Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French impressionistic composer and pianist

Politicians

* Achille Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1781–1864), French politician * Achille Casanova (1941–2016), Swiss journalist and politician * Achille Corona (1914–1979), Italian socialist politician, lawyer and journalist * Achille Joseph Delamare (1790–1873), French senator * Achille Larue (1849–1922), Canadian lawyer and politician * Achille Mapelli (1840-1894), Italian politician and journalist * Achille Occhetto (born 1936), Italian politician * Achille Peretti (1911–1983), French politician * Achille Serra (politician) (born 1941), Italian politician * Achille Starace (1889–1945), Italian fascist leader before and during World War II

Religious figures

* Achille Grassi (1456–1523), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal * Achille Gagliardi (1537–1607), Italian ascetic writer and Jesuit * Achille Glorieux (1910–1999), French Catholic prelate, archbishop and diplomat * Achille Harlay de Sancy (1581–1646), French diplomat, linguist, orientalist and Catholic bishop * Achille Liénart (1884–1973), French Catholic cardinal and bishop * Achille d'Étampes de Valençay (1593–1646), French military leader, a Knight of Malta and Catholic cardinal

Scientists and mathematicians

* Achille Allier (1807–1836), French archaeologist, writer and art critic * Achille Costa (1823–1899), Italian entomologist * Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse (1817–1881), French geologist and mineralogist * Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour (1734–1794), French astronomer and mathematician * Achille Marie Gaston Floquet (1847–1920), French mathematician * Achille Gerste (1854–1920), Belgian Catholic priest, Jesuit, philologist and linguist * Achille Guenée (1809–1880), French entomologist and lawyer * Achille Loria (1857–1943), Italian Jewish political economist and sociologist * A. E. Meeussen (1912–1978), Belgian philologist * Achille Müntz (1846–1917), French agricultural chemist * Achille Ouy (1889–1959), French philosopher and sociologist * Achille Urbain (1884–1957), French biologist * Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865), French zoologist

Sportsmen

* Achille Anani (born 1994), Ivorian footballer playing in France * Achille Campion (born 1990), French footballer * Achille Compagnoni (1914–2009), Italian mountaineer and skier * Achille Coser (born 1982), Italian football goalkeeper * Achille Emaná (born 1982), Cameroonian footballer * Achille Fould (bobsleigh) (1919–1949), French bobsledder * Achille Varzi (1904–1948), Italian Grand Prix race car driver

Other

* Achille Ballière (1840–1905), French architect * Achille Boitel (died 1944), French businessman and Nazi collaborator * Achille Jubinal (1810–1875), French medievalist * Achille Leclère (1785–1853), French architect and teacher of architecture * Achille Majeroni (1881–1964), Italian film actor * Achille Maramotti (1927–2005), Italian fashion designer and founder of Max Mara, an Italian fashion company * Achille Marozzo (1484–1553), Italian fencing master * Achille Mbembe (born 1957), Cameroonian philosopher and political theorist * Achille Millien (1838–1927), French poet and folklorist * Achille Millo, stage name of Italian actor, voice actor and stage director Achille Scognamillo (1922–2006) * Prince Achille Murat (1801–1847), eldest son of Joachim Murat * Achille St. Onge (1913–1978), American publisher of miniature books *

Achille Zavatta Achille Zavatta (6 May 1915 – 16 November 1993) was a French clown, artist and circus operator. Biography Zavatta was born in La Goulette, Tunisia, the son of Federico Zavatta, a circus owner. He started performing in his family's circus show ...

(1915–1993), French clown, artist and circus operator

Fictional characters

* Achille Poirot, the "brother" of

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English people, English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving ...

's detective Hercule Poirot (actually Hercule in disguise) in the novel ''The Big Four'' * the title character of '' Achille Talon'', a comic book series * the title character of '' Achille in Sciro'', a 1737 opera * Rodrigue Achille Fraldarius, a character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

References

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