Chevalier is both a French surname and a title. Notable people with the name include:
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Albert Chevalier (1861–1923), English comedian and actor
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Anaïs Chevalier
Anaïs, Anais or ANAIS may refer to:
People
* Anaïs (given name), a female given name, especially popular in France and Greece (including a list of people with the name)
* Anaïs (singer) (born 1965), French singer
*Anaís (born 1984), Dominican ...
(born 1993), a French biathlete.
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Anne Chevalier
Anne Chevalier (also known as Reri; 1912–1977) was a French- Tahitanian actress, singer and dancer.
Early life
Anna Irma Ruahrei Chevalier, born in 1912, was the seventh child to a Frenchman Laurence Chevalier and his Polynesian wife. She rec ...
, French Polynesian actress and dancer
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Auguste Chevalier Auguste may refer to:
People Surname
* Arsène Auguste (born 1951), Haitian footballer
* Donna Auguste (born 1958), African-American businesswoman
* Georges Auguste (born 1933), Haitian painter
* Henri Auguste (1759–1816), Parisian gold an ...
(1873–1956), French botanist
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Antoine Gombaud, Chevalier de Méré (1607–1684), French writer
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Caroline Chevalier
Caroline Chevalier (''née'' Wilkie; 23 March 1836 – 26 December 1917) was a British writer and one of the first women to write about travelling in New Zealand. On her death, a collection of her deceased husband's works was given to the New Zeala ...
(died 1917), British writer and traveller
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Godfrey Chevalier, (1889–1922), American naval aviator
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Grahame Chevalier
Grahame Anton Chevalier (9 March 1937 – 14 November 2017) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1970.
Chevalier was a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsman. His single Test was the first match ...
(1937–2017), South African cricketer
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Haakon Chevalier
Haakon Maurice Chevalier (Lakewood Township, New Jersey, September 10, 1901 – July 4, 1985) was an American writer, translator, and professor of French literature at the University of California, Berkeley best known for his friendship with p ...
(1901–1985), author
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Jay Chevalier (born 1936), American singer
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Judith Chevalier
Judith Chevalier is the William S. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Economics at Yale University. She is also a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a former co-editor of the American Economic ...
, American economist
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Jules Chevalier (1824–1907), French Roman Catholic priest
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Marcel Chevalier (1921–2008), French executioner
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Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Auguste Chevalier (; 12 September 1888 – 1 January 1972) was a French singer, actor and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including " Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", " Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heav ...
(1888–1972), Belgian-French actor, singer, and popular entertainer
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Michael Chevalier
Michael Chevalier (born 14 May 1933; died 11 July 2011) was a German voice actor born in Berlin. He provided the German dub voices for Charles Bronson (''Once Upon a Time in the West''), Richard Harris (''The Wild Geese''), Omar Sharif (''Doctor Z ...
(born 1933), German lip-sync speaker and actor
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Michel Chevalier
Michel Chevalier (; 13 January 1806 – 18 November 1879) was a French engineer, statesman, economist and free market liberal.
Biography
Born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Chevalier studied at the '' École Polytechnique'', obtaining an enginee ...
(1806–1879), French engineer and economist
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Mike Chevalier
Mike Chevalier (August 14, 1943 in Los Angeles – June 12, 2006 in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles) was an American cinematographer. He was one of the original seven Founding Fathers of the Society of Operating Cameramen The Society Of Camera Ope ...
(1943–2006), American cinematographer
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Morgan Chevalier, fictional character
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Nicholas Chevalier
Nicholas Chevalier (9 May 1828 – 15 March 1902) was a Russian-born artist who worked in Australia and New Zealand.
Early life
Chevalier was born in St Petersburg, Russia, the son of Louis Chevalier, who came from Vaud, Switzerland, and was o ...
(1828–1902), Australian artist
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Nicole Chevalier, American soprano
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Papa Joe Chevalier
Armand "Papa Joe" Chevalier (September 12, 1948 – June 3, 2011) was a sports radio and talk radio host from Las Vegas, Nevada. His show, "The Papa Joe Show," was heard on Sporting News Radio until 2005. Papa Joe had brief stints in independent sy ...
(1948-2011), American sports talk radio host
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Pierre Chevalier (caver) (1905–2001), French caver and mountaineer
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Sivaji Ganesan
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Gan ...
Chevalier (1927–2001), Indian actor and politician
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Tracy Chevalier
Tracy Rose Chevalier (born 19 October 1962) is an American-British novelist. She is best known for her second novel, '' Girl with a Pearl Earring'', which was adapted as a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth.
Personal backgro ...
(born 1962), historical novelist
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Ulysse Chevalier (1841–1923), French bibliographer and historian
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Yannick Chevalier
Yannick Chevalier (born 27 May 1987) is a footballer who plays as a forward
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forwar ...
(born 1987), Saint Martin footballer
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Chevalier d'Éon
Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont or Charlotte-Geneviève-Louise-Augusta-Andréa-Timothéa d'Éon de Beaumont (5 October 172821 May 1810), usually known as the Chevalier d'Éon or the Chevalière d'Éon ( is t ...
(1728–1810), French soldier, spy and androgyne
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Chevalier de Johnstone (1719–c. 1791), Scottish soldier in French North America
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Chevalier de Mailly
The courtesy title chevalier de Mailly is accorded in France to a younger brother of the marquis or the comte de Mailly in each generation. Though several have carried the designation, the celebrated Louis (or Jean), chevalier de Mailly (-?1724)— ...
(d. 1724), French author
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Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (25 December 1745 – 10 June 1799), was a French Creole virtuoso violinist and composer, who was conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris.
Saint-Georges was born in the then-French colo ...
(1745–1799), Afro-French classical composer, one of the first known composers of African descent in the Western European classical tradition
French-language surnames
Occupational surnames
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