Baptiste is a French

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, and may be a shortened form of Jean-Baptiste (literally,

John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...

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* Baptiste Amar (born 1979), French ice hockey player * Baptiste Giabiconi (born 1989), French model and singer * Baptiste Manzini (1920–2008), American football player * Baptiste Martin (born 1985), French football player * Baptiste Pierre Bisson (1767–1811), French military * Baptiste Rollier (born 1982), Swiss orienteer

Surname

* Alex Baptiste (born 1986), English football player * Alva Baptiste, a Saint Lucian politician * Bryan Baptiste (1955–2008), American politician * Christian Baptiste (born 1962), French politician from Guadeloupe * Christon Baptiste (born 1980), Trinidadian football player * Cyril Baptiste (1949–2006), American basketball player * Denys Baptiste (born 1969), British jazz musician * Eldine Baptiste (born 1960), West Indian cricket player * Fredrique Eleonore Baptiste (died 1827), Swedish-Finnish playwright * Hailey Baptiste (born 2001), American tennis player * Hilson Baptiste (died 2025), Antiguan politician * Jason Baptiste, American businessman and author * Kelly-Ann Baptiste (born 1986), Trinidad & Tobago female sprinter * Kerry Baptiste (born 1981), Trinidad and Tobago football player * Kirk Baptiste (1962–2022), American athlete * Leroy Baptiste, Trinidad and Tobago politician * Nicolas Anselme Baptiste (1761–1835), French actor * Rocky Baptiste (born 1972), English football player * Selwyn Baptiste (1936–2012), Trinidadian-born steelpan musician and educator * Thomas Baptiste (1929–2018), Guyanese-born British actor

Fictional people

*Baptiste, full name Jean-Baptiste Augustin, fictional player character in ''Overwatch'' *Baptiste, fictional character in the video game '' Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' *Baptiste, fictional character in the video game '' Vainglory'' *Andre Baptiste, fictional character in the 2005 film '' Lord of War'' * Danielle Baptiste, fictional character in the comic book series ''Witchblade'' *Didier Baptiste, fictional character in the British television series '' Dream Team''

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