Blaise is a French male given name and surname derived from the

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''Blasius'' of unknown meaning, though perhaps "stammerer". As a surname it is derived from the name and originated in the region of Languedoc, France.

List of people with the given name Blaise

* Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne, Gambian foreign minister and United Nations representative * Blaise Alexander, American race car driver *

Blaise Cendrars Frédéric-Louis Sauser (1 September 1887 – 21 January 1961), better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss-born novelist and poet who became a naturalized French citizen in 1916. He was a writer of considerable influence in the European mo ...

, Franco-Swiss novelist and poet *

Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951)''Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders'' (2003), page 76–77.

, President of Burkina Faso *

Blaise Diagne Blaise Diagne (13 October 1872 – 11 May 1934) was a Senegalese and French political leader and mayor of Dakar. He was the first person of West African origin elected to the French Chamber of Deputies, and the first to hold a position in the Fr ...

, Senegalese politician, mayor of Dakar *

Blaise Diesbourg Blaise Diesbourg, born in 1897, was also known as "King Canada," and was a major figure in the liquor smuggling and bootlegging business around Windsor, Ontario, Windsor, Ontario during the Prohibition in the United States, American prohibition p ...

, American gangster and bootlegger * Blaise Garza, American actor * Blaise Gisbert, French Jesuit rhetorician and critic * Blaise Koissy, Côte d'Ivoire football player *

Blaise Kouassi (footballer, born 1974) Koffi Blaise Kouassi (born 2 February 1975) is an Ivorian former professional footballer, who played as a defender. He works as assistant manager of the Ivory Coast national football team. Club career Kouassi was born in Abidjan. He previousl ...

, former Côte d'Ivoire football defender *

Blaise Kouassi (footballer, born 1983) Blaise Kouassi (born 1 September 1983) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Dhofar S.C.S.C. in Oman Professional League. Club career Youth career Born and raised in Kondiebouman, Ivory Coast, Blaise began his footballing career in 2002 with ...

, Ivorian footballer *

Blaise Kufo Isetsima Blaise Nkufo (born 25 May 1975) is a Swiss former international footballer who played as a striker and current coach of Rino's Tigers in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League. He was born in Zaire and raised in Switzerland from the age of ...

, Congolese-Swiss football player *

Blaise Matuidi Blaise Matuidi (born 9 April 1987) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He most notably played for Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, and the France national team. Matuidi began his football career playing for am ...

, French football player *

Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal ( , , ; ; 19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Pascal's earlies ...

, French mathematician * Blaise de Montluc, French soldier *

Blaise Rabetafika Joseph Albert Blaise Rabetafika (3 February 1932 – 17 December 2000) was a Madagascar, Malagasy diplomat. He was Permanent Representative of Madagascar to the United Nations from 1969 to 1992, Malagasy Ambassador to Canada from 1970 to 1989, an ...

, Malagasy diplomat * Blaise Sonnery, French cyclist * Blaise Daniel Staples, American classicist *

Blaise de Vigenère Blaise de Vigenère (5 April 1523 – 19 February 1596) () was a French diplomat, cryptographer, translator and alchemist. Biography Vigenère was born into a respectable family in the village of Saint-Pourçain. His mother, Jean, arrange ...

, French diplomat and cryptographer * Blaise Winter, American football player and speaker *

Mamadou Blaise Sangaré Mamadou Bakary "Blaise" Sangaré (born 16 November 1954) is a Malian politician. He is the President of the Social Democratic Convention (CDS-Mogotigiya).Jean-Blaise Martin, French opera singer ;Fictional people *Blaise, in some accounts, a master of

Merlin Merlin ( cy, Myrddin, kw, Marzhin, br, Merzhin) is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a mage, with several other main roles. His usual depiction, based on an amalgamation of historic and le ...

in Arthurian legends. In Malory's version appears to Merlin to warn him of Nimue's mischief *

Blaise Jeannot Andrieux This is a list of characters from the ''Wild Cards'' book series. Astronomer The Astronomer is a character from the ''Wild Cards'' series of books. He first appeared in the short story "Pennies from Hell" by Lewis Shiner in '' Wild Cards II: Ac ...

, a character from the Wild Cards series of books * Blaise Zabini, minor Slytherin character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

List of people with the surname Blaise

Clark Blaise Clark Blaise, OC (born April 10, 1940) is a Canadian-American author. He was a professor of creative writing at York University, and a writer of short fiction. In 2010, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. Early life and education ...

, Canadian author * Kerlin Blaise, American football player * Marie-Joseph Blaise de Chénier, French poet, dramatist, and politician * Pierre Blaise, French actor *

Saint Blaise Blaise of Sebaste ( hy, Սուրբ Վլասի, ''Surb Vlasi''; el, Ἅγιος Βλάσιος, ''Agios Vlasios''; ) was a physician and bishop of Sebastea in historical Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and ...

, Armenian physician and bishop of Sebaste (Sivas) * Serge Moléon Blaise, Haitian painter *

Tara Blaise Tara Blaise (born 1 March 1975) is an Irish female pop, folk, and rock singer. The eldest of six children, Blaise was born in London, but at the age of three moved with her family to Ireland and grew up in Aughrim County Wicklow. Biography Ea ...

, Irish singer * Jean-Blaise Kololo, Congolese politician and diplomat *

Matthew Blaise Matthew Nwozaku Chukwudi Blaise is a Nigerian LGBT social movements, queer rights activist. Activity In March 2020, after the murder of a gay man in Nigeria, Blaise created a Twitter campaign with Ani Kayode Somtochukwu and Victor Emmanuel (ac ...

, Nigerian queer rights activist ;Fictional people *

Modesty Blaise ''Modesty Blaise'' is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talen ...

, heroine of a Peter O'Donnell comic strip

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Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

: Բարսեղ (''Barsegh'') *

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...

: Blai *

Croatian Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...

: Blaž; Vlaho (Dubrovnik region) *

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ...

: Blaise, Blase, Blaize, Blaze * French: Blaise * Galician: Βrais *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

: Blasius *

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

: Βλασιος (''Vlasios'') * Hungarian: Balázs *

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

: Biagio * Kurdish: بله‌یز *

: Blasius *

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

: Błażej *

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Port ...

: Brás (archaic spelling ''Braz'') *

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language *** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...

: Vlasie, Vasile *

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: Власий (''Vlasiy'') *

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: ** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...

: Blas * Turkish: Vlas *

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * Som ...

: Улас (Ulas)