Alphonse is the French variant of the given name Alphons. People called Alphonse include:

In arts, entertainment, and media

Film, television, and theatre

* Alphonse Beni, Cameroonian actor and movie director *

Alphonse Boudard Alphonse Boudard (17 December 1925 – 14 January 2000) was a French novelist and playwright. He won the 1977 Prix Renaudot for ''Les Combattants du petit bonheur''. Boudard's 1995 novel ''Dying childhood '' was awarded and recognised by the ...

(1925–2000), French novelist and playwright *

Alphonse Ouimet Joseph-Alphonse Ouimet, (June 12, 1908 – December 20, 1988) was a Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) from 1958 to 1967 Born in Montreal, he received a degree in electrical engineering fr ...

(1908–1988), Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1958 to 1967 * Alphonse Royer (1803–1875), French author, dramatist and theatre manager

Music

Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (November 16, 1915 – May 16, 2007) was a Creole accordionist who specialized in the Creole music called "la la music" or "la musique Creole" (closely related to Cajun music) and was influential in what became zydec ...

(1915–2007), American accordionist * Alphonse Duvernoy (1842–1907), French pianist and composer *

Alphonse Hasselmans Alphonse Hasselmans (5 March 1845 – 19 May 1912) was a Belgium-born French harpist, composer, and pedagogue. Biography Hasselmans was born in Liège, Belgium. He studied initially at the Conservatory in Strasbourg, which was led since 1854 b ...

(1845–1912), Belgian-born French harpist, composer and pedagogue *

Alphonse Joseph (composer) Alphons Joseph is a music director and playback singer in the Malayalam film industry who got a break as a film music composer after composing for the film '' Vellithira''. Alphons is also noted for singing the famous song " Aaromale" from the ...

, Indian film score composer *

Alphonse Martin Alphonse Martin (18 February 1884 – 6 June 1947) was a Canadian organist, pianist, and music educator. Born in Trois-Rivières, he studied the piano and organ in Montreal with Lévis Dussault. For many years he taught both of those instru ...

(1884–1947), Canadian organist, pianist and music educator *

Alphonse Mouzon Alphonse Lee Mouzon (November 21, 1948 – December 25, 2016) was an American jazz fusion drummer and the owner of Tenacious Records, a label that primarily released Mouzon's recordings. He was a composer, arranger, producer, and actor. He g ...

(1948–2016), American jazz fusion drummer and percussionist * Alphonse Picou (1878–1961), American early jazz clarinetist * Alphonse Trent (1905–1959), American jazz pianist and territory band leader *

Alphonse Varney Alphonse Varney (; 1 December 1811 – 7 February 1879) was a French conductor, mainly of opera. His son was the composer Louis Varney who studied music with his father. Education He studied at the Paris Conservatoire including counterpoint ...

(1811–1879), French conductor

Plastic arts

* Alphonse Balat (1819–1895), Belgian architect *

Alphonse Colas Alphonse-Victor Colas (25 September 1818, Lille - 11 July 1887, Lille) was a French painter and art teacher. He specialized in portraits and religious art. Life and work He was the fifth of seven children born to Jean-Joseph Colas (1779–185 ...

(1818–1887), French painter *

Alphonse de Cailleux Alphonse de Cailleux, in full Alexandre Achille Alphonse de Cailleux but numerous variations exist (31 December 1788 – 24 May 1876) was a painter, connoisseur and arts administrator who became director of the Musée du Louvre and all the royal ...

(1788–1876), French painter, connoisseur, arts administrator and director of the Musée du Louvre * Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1835–1885), French Academic painter * Alphonse Giroux (1775–1848), French painter * Alphonse Kann (1870–1948), prominent French art collector of Jewish heritage * Alphonse Lami (1822–1867), French sculptor * Alphonse Laverrière (1872–1954), Swiss architect * Alphonse Legros (1837–1911), French painter, etcher and sculptor * Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist * Alphonse Osbert (1857–1939), French Symbolist painter

Writing and journalism

* Alphonse Allais (1854–1905), French writer and humorist *

(1925–2000), French novelist and playwright *

Alphonse Daudet Alphonse Daudet (; 13 May 184016 December 1897) was a French novelist. He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and Lucien Daudet. Early life Daudet was born in Nîmes, France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the ...

(1840–1897), French novelist * Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877–1951), French writer *

Alphonse de Lamartine Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (; 21 October 179028 February 1869), was a French author, poet, and statesman who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the Tricolore as the flag of France. ...

(1790–1869), French writer, poet and politician *

Joseph-Alphonse Esménard Joseph-Alphonse Esménard (1770, in Pélissanne – 25 June 1811, in Fondi) was a French poet and the brother of the journalist Jean-Baptiste Esménard and father of the artists Inès Esménard and Nathalie Elma d'Esménard. Biography In 1790 ...

(1770–1811), French poet *

Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros (23 May 1812 – 12 May 1876) was a French writer born in Paris. He usually wrote with the name Alphonse Esquiros. After some minor publications he produced ''L'évangile du peuple'' (1840), an exposition on the ...

(1812–1876), French writer *

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer famous for his literary depictions of a libertine human sexuality, sexuality as well as n ...

(1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary, politician and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle *

Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (usually known as ''Joseph Gratry''; 10 March 1805 − 6 February 1872) was a French Catholic priest, author and theologian. Biography Gratry was born at Lille and educated at the École Polytechnique of Paris. In ...

(1805–1872), French author and theologian *

Victor-Alphonse Huard Victor-Alphonse Huard (born Joseph-Alphonse, sometimes given as Joseph-Victor Alphonse; 28 February 1853 – 15 October 1929) was a French-Canadian churchman, naturalist, writer and editor. He was a popular educator and promoter of the natural sc ...

(1853–1929), French-Canadian churchman, naturalist, writer and editor * Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808–1890), French critic, journalist and novelist *

Alphonse Lemerre Alphonse Lemerre (Canisy, Normandy, France, 1838 – Paris, France, 1912) was a 19th-century French editor and publisher, known especially for having been the first to publish many of the Parnassian poets. Life Alphonse Lemerre was the ei ...

(1838–1912), French editor and publisher * Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine (1855–1943), journalist, printer and political figure in Quebec *

Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse Lusignan Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse Lusignan (27 September 1843 at Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East – 5 January 1893) was a French-Canadian writer. Life His parents were Jean-Baptiste Lusignan, a merchant, and Onésime Masse. He was educated at ...

(1843–1893), French-Canadian writer * Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1852–1909), Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner and politician *

Alphonse Rabbe Alphonse Rabbe (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 1784 (?) – Paris, 31 December 1829) was a French writer, historian, critic, and journalist. Life Rabbe was a journalist, writing mostly about the arts. He also published a number of works of popularised ...

(1784–1829), French writer, historian, critic and journalist * Alphonse Royer (1803–1875), French author, dramatist and theatre manager *

Alphonse Tavan Alphonse Tavan (9 March 1833 – 12 May 1905) was a French Provençal poet. Early life Tavan was born in 1833 in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne. He published a collection of romantic poems in Provençal, ''Amour e plour'', in 1876. He attended the fift ...

(1833–1905), French Provençal poet *

Alphonse Toussenel Alphonse Toussenel (March 17, 1803 – April 30, 1885) was a French naturalist, writer and journalist born in Montreuil-Bellay, a small meadows commune of Angers; he died in Paris on April 30, 1885. A utopian socialist and a disciple of Charles F ...

(1803–1885), French writer and journalist

In business and finance

Alphonse Bertrand Alphonse Bertrand (August 23, 1846 – April 8, 1926) was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Madawaska County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1895 to 1899 as a Conservative member. He was bor ...

(1846–1926), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick *

Louis-Alphonse Boyer Louis-Alphonse Boyer (May 31, 1839 – May 29, 1916) was a Quebec merchant and political figure. He represented Maskinongé (electoral district), Maskinongé in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal member from 18 ...

(1839–1916), Quebec merchant and political figure * Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne (1848–1902), lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec * Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905), French financier, vineyard owner, art collector, philanthropist and racehorse owner and breeder *

Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator) Gabriel-Alphonse Desjardins (November 5, 1854 – October 31, 1920), born in Lévis, Quebec, was the co-founder of the ''Caisses Populaires Desjardins'' (today Desjardins Group), a forerunner of North American credit unions and community banks. ...

(1854–1920), founder of Mouvement Desjardins credit unions * Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (1868–1949), French financier * Alphonse Raymond (1884–1958), Quebec businessman, financier and public official

In engineering and industrial design

* Alphonse Chapanis (1917–2002), American pioneer in the field of industrial design * Camille Alphonse Faure (1840–1898), French chemical engineer * Alphonse Loubat (1799–1866), French inventor who developed improvements in tram and rail equipment * Alphonse Munchen (1850–1917), Luxembourgian engineer and politician * Alphonse Pénaud (1850–1880), French pioneer of aviation * Alphonse Poitevin (1819–1882), French chemist, photographer and civil engineer * Alphonse Sagebien (1807–1892), French hydrological engineer

In government, law, military, and politics

Africa

Congo

* Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921–1977), political figure of the Republic of the Congo who led the country from 1963 until 1968 * Claude Alphonse Nsilou (born 1954), Congolese politician * Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (born 1941), politician of the Republic of the Congo

Other African countries

* Alphonse Alley (1930–1987), Beninese army officer and political figure *

Alphonse Barancira Alphonse Barancira is a former minister for Human Rights, Constitutional Reform and Relations with the National Assembly of Burundi.http://www.adn.es/internacional/20091202/NWS-1136-CEEAC-UA-normalidad-presencia-excesiva.html He belongs to the AN ...

, former minister for Human Rights, Constitutional Reform and Relations with the National Assembly of Burundi *

Alphonse-Marie Kadege Alphonse-Marie Kadege is a Burundian politician. He was Vice-President of Burundi from 30 April 2003 to 11 November 2004. He is an ethnic Tutsi and a member of the Union for National Progress (UPRONA) Party. On January 15, 2007, he was acquitted on ...

, vice-President of Burundi from 30 April 2003 to 11 November 2004 * Alphonse Kotiga (contemporary), Chadian military officer and politician

Europe

France

(1790–1869), French writer, poet and politician *

(1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary, politician and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle * Alphonse Joseph Georges (1875–1951), French army officer *

Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin (2 September 1796 – 10 January 1864), French admiral, was born in Pont-l'Évêque, Normandy. He was the nephew of Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, a successful rear admiral in the French Navy of the Napoleonic era. ...

(1796–1864), French admiral *

Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul (4 January 1789 – 27 July 1865) was Prime Minister of France from 31 October 1849 to 10 April 1851 during the French Second Republic. Biography D'Hautpoul was born in Versailles and educated at the military s ...

(1789–1865), Prime Minister of France from 31 October 1849 to 10 April 1851 during the French Second Republic * Alphonse Juin (1888–1967), Marshal of France * Camille Alphonse Trézel (1780–1860), French général de division, Minister for War and peer of France during the July Monarchy

Other European countries

Alphonse Berns Alphonse Berns (born April 9, 1952) is a senior Luxembourg diplomat in the rank of Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. He has served as his country's Ambassador in Washington, DC, London, Brussels, to NATO as well as to the UN and WTO i ...

(born 1952), Luxembourgian diplomat and current Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative to NATO *

Alphonse de Tonty Pierre Alphonse de Tonty, or Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de Paludy (c. 1659 – 10 November 1727) was an officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac and helped establish the first European settlement at Detroit, Michigan, Fort Pontchartrain ...

(ca. 1659–1727), Italian officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac * Alphonse Munchen (1850–1917)), Luxembourgian engineer and politician

North America

Canada

Alphonse Bernier Alphonse Bernier (April 7, 1861 – October 7, 1944) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and provincial politician. Born in Lévis, Canada East, Bernier studied at the Séminaire de Québec, Collège de Lévis, and Université Laval. He was admit ...

(1861–1944), Canadian lawyer, judge and provincial politician *

(1846–1926), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick *

(1839–1916), Quebec merchant and political figure *

Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert (May 22, 1859 – July 7, 1920) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Berthier in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 and from 1897 to 1903 as a Liberal. He was born in S ...

(1859–1920), lawyer and political figure in Quebec * Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne (1848–1902), lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec * Alphonse Desjardins (politician) (1841–1912), mayor of Montreal and Canadian cabinet minister *

Alphonse Fournier Alphonse Fournier, (March 24, 1893 – October 8, 1961) was a Canadian politician. Born in Methuen, Massachusetts, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the Quebec riding of Hull in the 1930 federal election ...

(1893–1961), Canadian politician * Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion (1843–1899), Canadian lawyer, professor and politician * Joseph-Alphonse-Anaclet Habel (1895–1979), Canadian politician * Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière (1842–1925), Canadian politician and journalist * Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine (1855–1943), journalist, printer and political figure in Quebec * Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1852–1909), Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner and politician * Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier (1837–1911), Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec * Alphonse Raymond (1884–1958), Quebec businessman, financier and public official *

William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon, (June 3, 1877 – January 11, 1969) was a Canadian politician and judge in the Province of Saskatchewan. He also served as a diplomat for the Government of Canada. Early life Turgeon was born in Petit ...

(1877–1969), Canadian politician, judge and diplomat * Alphonse Verville (1864–1921), Canadian politician and trade unionist

United States

Alphonse Girandy Alphonse Girandy (January 21, 1868 – April 3, 1941) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. Biography Girandy, of Pennsylvania, joined the Navy and served during the Span ...

(1868–1941), United States Navy sailor * Alphonse J. Jackson (born 1927), retired educator and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives *

Alphonse Roy Alphonse Roy (October 26, 1897 – October 5, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire. Born in Saint-Simon, Quebec, Canada, Roy moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1901. He attended the parochial schools, then engaged in the re ...

(1897–1967), American Representative from New Hampshire

In organized crime

Alphonse Attardi Alphonse "The Peacemaker" Attardi (April 1, 1892 – July 17, 1970) was an American mobster involved in narcotics who later became a government informant. His front was ownership of an olive oil importing business. In the early 1950s, Attardi w ...

(1892–1970), New York mobster * Alphonse "Al" Capone (1899–1947), Italian-American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate * Alphonse D'Arco (born 1932), New York mobster * Alphonse Gangitano (1957–1998), Italian Australian organised crime identity from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne * Alphonse Indelicato (1931–1981), powerful caporegime in New York City's Bonanno crime family * Alphonse Malangone (born 1936), New York City mobster and caporegime in the Genovese crime family * Alphonse Persico, former acting boss of the Colombo crime family from the 1980s and 1990s

In religion and mysticism

Alphonse Constant Alphonse may refer to: * Alphonse (given name) * Alphonse (surname) * Alphonse Atoll, one of two atolls in the Seychelles' Alphonse Group See also * Alphons *Alfonso (disambiguation) Alfonso (and variants Alphonso, Afonso, Alphons, and Alphonse ...

(1810–1875), French occult author and purported magician * Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier (1837–1905), controversial Roman Catholic Lazarite Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li, China * Alphonse Gallegos (1931–1991), American Roman Catholic bishop *

Alphonse Joseph Glorieux Alphonse Joseph Glorieux (February 1, 1844 – August 25, 1917) was a Belgian-born missionary and prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Boise in Idaho from 1893 until his death in 1917. He previousl ...

(1844–1917), Belgian missionary Roman Catholic bishop *

(1805–1872), French author and theologian *

Alphonse Magnien Alphonse Magnien (June 9, 1837 – December 21, 1902) was the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902. He exerted a considerable influence on Roman Catholic seminary education in the United States. ...

(1837–1902), the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902 * Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937), Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist and former priest * Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne (1814–1884), French Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary * Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian, bishop and Cardina * Alphonse James Schladweiler (1902–1996), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Alphonse John Smith (1883–1935), American bishop in the Catholic Church

In science, medicine, and academia

Cultural sciences

* Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840–1914), American archaeologist * Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937), Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist and former priest * Alphonse Pinart (1852–1911), French explorer, philologist and ethnographer *

(1784–1829), French writer, historian, critic and journalist *

Alphonse Roque-Ferrier Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (2 August 1844 – 18 June 1907) was a French philologist and historian of the occitan language. He was a member of Félibrige. He argued for a union of Southern European countries. Early life Alphonse Roque-Ferrier was born ...

(1844–1907), French philologist and historian of the Occitan language

Geology and earth science

* Alphonse Briart (1825–1898), Belgian coal mine supervisor and geologist * François-Alphonse Forel (1841–1912), Swiss scientist, founder of limnology *

Alphonse Francois Renard Alphonse may refer to: * Alphonse (given name) * Alphonse (surname) * Alphonse Atoll, one of two atolls in the Seychelles' Alphonse Group See also * Alphons *Alfonso (disambiguation) Alfonso (and variants Alphonso, Afonso, Alphons, and Alphonse ...

(1842–1903), Belgian geologist and petrographer

Life sciences and medicine

* Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914), French police officer and biometrics researcher who created the field of anthropometry * Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893), French-Swiss botanist * Alphonse Dochez (1882–1964), American physician and disease researcher *

Alphonse Guérin Alphonse François Marie Guérin (; August 9, 1816 – February 21, 1895) was a French surgeon who was a native of Ploërmel. He studied medicine in Paris, and in 1850 became a surgeon of Parisian hospitals. During his career, he practiced surge ...

(1816–1895), French surgeon *

(1853–1929), French-Canadian churchman, naturalist, writer and editor *

Alphonse Hustache Alphonse Hustache (14 April 1872 – 2 March 1949) was a French entomologist.Maldes & Péricart: 1979. Pour un trentenaire rétrospective sur la biographie et l'œuvre entomologique d'Alphonse Hustache, Annales de la Société Entomologique de Fr ...

(1872–1949), French entomologist *

Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (18 June 1845 – 18 May 1922) was a French physician who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1907 for his discoveries of parasitic protozoans as causative agents of infectious diseases such as malaria ...

(1845–1922), French physician *

Alphonse Milne-Edwards Alphonse Milne-Edwards (Paris, 13 October 1835 – Paris, 21 April 1900) was a French mammalogist, ornithologist, and carcinologist. He was English in origin, the son of Henri Milne-Edwards and grandson of Bryan Edwards, a Jamaican planter who se ...

(1835–1900), French mammalologist, ornithologist and carcinologist

Other disciplines

* Alphonse Borrelly (1842–1926), French astronomer * Alphonse de Polignac (1817–1890), French mathematician * Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion (1843–1899), Canadian lawyer, professor and politician * Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813–1854), French mathematician *

Alphonse Lavallée Alphonse Lavallée (1791–1873) is the founder of the École Centrale Paris, a French ''Grande École''. He was born in Savigné-l'Évêque (Sarthe region, France). After studying law in Paris, Lavallée became the director of various compan ...

(1791–1873), the founder of the École Centrale Paris *

(1837–1902), the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902 * Alphonse Poitevin (1819–1882), French chemist, photographer and civil engineer

In sport

Football (soccer)

Alphonse Areola Alphonse Francis Areola (; born 27 February 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club West Ham United and the France national team. An academy graduate of PSG, he spent the early parts of ...

(born 1993), French football player * Alphonse Decorte (1909–1977), Belgian football player *

Alphonse Leweck Alphonse Leweck (born 16 December 1981) is a Luxembourgian former footballer who played as a right winger. He was a member of the Luxembourg national team. He is the elder brother of Charles Leweck and Jim Leweck. Club career As a midfielder, ...

(born 1981), Luxembourgian football player *

Alphonse Renier At the 1900 Summer Olympics, an association football tournament was contested for the first time. Only two matches were held between the three club sides, and no medals were awarded. France's representatives were determined by the USFSA, which e ...

, Belgian football player * Alphonse Six (1890–1914), Belgian football player * Alphonse Tchami (born 1971), retired Cameroonian football player *

Alphonse Yombi Ayakan Alphonse Yombi (born June 30, 1969) is a Cameroonian former Association football, footballer. He was a member of the Cameroon squad at the 1990 World Cup in Italy. As a professional, he played among others in his home at Canon Yaounde and ...

(born 1969), former Cameroonian football player

Winter sports

Alphonse Hörning Alphonse Hörning was a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships, earning it in 1939 This year also marks the start of the Second Wo ...

, Swiss bobsledder *

Alphonse Jetté Joseph Alphonse Oscar Jetté (December 28, 1887 – June 11, 1944) was a professional ice hockey player, playing the defence position for the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club from 1911 to 1915. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. Playing career Al ...

(1887–?), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Alphonse Lacroix (1897–1973), American ice hockey goaltender

Other sports

Alphonse Antoine Alphonse Antoine (19 August 1915 in Corny-sur-Moselle – 21 November 1999 in Metz) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1935 : national track sprint amateur championship ;1936 :Mulhouse ;1937 :Tour de France ...

(1915–1999), French professional road bicycle racer *

Alphonse Burnand Alphonse A. Burnand Jr. (January 21, 1896 – December 4, 1981) was an American sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Colorado and died in Orange, California. In 1932 he was a crew member of the American boat ''Angeli ...

(1896–1981), American sailor * Alphonse Castex (1899–1969), French rugby union player * Alphonse Dotson (born 1943), former American football player * Alphonse Ducatillon, Belgian tug of war competitor *

Alphonse Gemuseus Alphonse Gemuseus (8 May 1898 – 28 January 1981) was a Swiss horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games ...

(1898–?), Swiss horse rider *

Alphonse Halimi Alphonse Halimi (February 18, 1932 – November 12, 2006) was a French boxer. He took the World Bantamweight Championship on April 1, 1957, in Paris, and the European Bantamweight Championship three years later. Early life He was born in Constan ...

("La Petite Terreur"; 1932–2006), French world champion bantamweight boxer *

Alphonse Kirchhoffer Simon Alphonse Kirchhoffer (December 19, 1873 in Paris – June 30, 1913 in Paris) was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the sil ...

(1873–1913), French fencer *

Alphonse Martin (water polo) Alphonse Martin (born 18 April 1930) is a Belgian water polo player. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially k ...

(born 1930), Belgian water polo player *

Alphonse Ruckstuhl Alphonse Ruckstuhl (born 30 September 1901, date of death unknown) was a Swiss fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olym ...

(1901–?), Swiss Olympic fencer * Alphonse Schepers (1907–1984), Belgian racing cyclist * Alphonse Van Mele (1891–1972), Belgian gymnast *

Alphonse Yanghat Alphonse Yanghat (4 May 1947 – 18 April 2018)Phonney Martin (1845–1943), American baseball player

In other fields

* Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905), French financier, vineyard owner, art collector, philanthropist and racehorse owner and breeder *

Alphonse Goetz Alphonse Goetz (aka A. Geoffroy-Dausay; 15 March 1865, in Strasbourg – 12 July 1934, in Chaumont-en-Vexin) was a French chess master. Born in Strasbourg, France, he was a refugee after the Franco-Prussian War and the annexation of Alsace–Lorr ...

(1865–1934), French chess master *

Alphonse Le Gastelois Alphonse Le Gastelois (14 October 1914 – 3 June 2012) was an Farmworker, agricultural worker and fisherman from Jersey who lived in self-imposed exile on the Écréhous, Écréhous reef for 14 years after being wrongly accused of a string of s ...

(1914–2012), a Jerseyman who became a hermit on the Écréhous islands to avoid persecution

Fictional characters

* Alphonse and Gaston, an American comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper, featuring a bumbling pair of Frenchmen with a penchant for politeness * Alphonse Elric, a fictional character in the anime/manga series ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' * Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, a fictional character by Chester Gould in the comic strip ''Dick Tracy'' * Alphonse Bearwalker, a character in the television comedy '' NTSF:SD:SUV::'' * Alphonse Huggins, a character in the series ''Titanic'' by Gordon Korman * Alphonse, a fictional character in the video game '' Owlboy''.