Delaunay is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

Arts

* Catherine Delaunay (born 1969), French jazz clarinet player and composer *

Charles Delaunay Charles Delaunay (18 January 1911 – 16 February 1988) was a French author, jazz expert, co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot Club de France. Biography Born in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, Oise, the son of painters Robert Delaunay and Sonia Del ...

(1911–1988), French author and jazz expert * Joseph-Charles Delaunay (d. 1802), French actor, father of

Marie Dorval Marie Dorval (6 January 1798, Lorient, Morbihan – 20 May 1849) was a French actress in the Romantic style. Early life and first marriage Marie Thomase Amélie Delauney was born on 6 January 1798 to Marie Bourdais, who was sixteen y ...

Jules-Élie Delaunay Jules-Élie Delaunay (; June 13, 1828 – September 5, 1891) was a French academic painter. Biography He was born at Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique ''département'' of France. Delaunay studied under Flandrin, and at the École des Beaux Art ...

(1828–1891), French painter * Louis Arsene Delaunay (1826–1903), French actor *

Louis Delaunay Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (d ...

(1854–1937), French actor *

Nicolas Delaunay Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

(1739-1792), French engraver *

Robert Delaunay Robert Delaunay (12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstra ...

(1885–1941), French artist *

Rose Delaunay Félice Rose Delaunay ( Bünzli; 28 January 1857 – after 1937) was a French operatic soprano. After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris, she made her début in May 1882 at the Opéra-Comique as Isabelle in Ferdinand Hérold's '' Pré aux cl ...

(born 1857), French opera ainger *

Danielle Delaunay Danielle is a modern French language, French female variant of the male name Daniel, meaning "God is my judge" in the Hebrew language. Variants *Dana – Czech language, Czech, German language, German, Romanian language, Romanian Polish language, ...

, English/Japanese singer *

Sonia Delaunay Sonia Delaunay (13 November 1885 – 5 December 1979) was a French artist, who spent most of her working life in Paris. She was born in Odessa (then part of Russian Empire), and formally trained in Russian Empire and Germany before moving to Fr ...

(1885–1979), Ukrainian-French artist *

Vadim Delaunay Vadim Nikolaevich Delaunay ( rus, Вади́м Никола́евич Делоне́, p=vɐˈdʲim nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ dʲɪlɐˈnʲɛ, a=Vadim Nikolayevich Dyelonye.ru.vorb.oga; December 22, 1947, Moscow – June 13, 1983, Paris) was a Soviet ...

(1947–1983), Russian poet and dissident

Football

* Henri Delaunay (1883–1955), French football administrator *

Jean-Pierre Delaunay Jean-Pierre Delaunay (born 17 January 1966 in Sainte-Adresse) is a French former footballer who spent most of his career with Le Havre AC, making 315 appearances for Le HAC, a club record. Delaunay is currently a youth coach with the club. In Au ...

(born 1966), French footballer * Pierre Delaunay, football administrator

Science

Boris Delaunay Boris Nikolayevich Delaunay or Delone (russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Делоне́; 15 March 1890 – 17 July 1980) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, mountain climber, and the father of physicist, Nikolai Borisovich Delone ...

(1890–1980), Soviet/Russian mathematician, inventor of Delaunay triangulation *

Charles-Eugène Delaunay Charles-Eugène Delaunay (9 April 1816 – 5 August 1872) was a French astronomer and mathematician. His lunar motion studies were important in advancing both the theory of planetary motion and mathematics. Life Born in Lusigny-sur-Barse ...

(1816–1872), French astronomer and mathematician *

Natalya Delaunay Natalya (russian: Наталья) is the Russian form of the female given name Natalia. The name Natasha (russian: link=no, Наташа), being originally a diminutive form of Natalya, became an independent name outside the Russian-speaking stat ...

(born 1923), Soviet/Russian geneticist *

Nikolai Delaunay, Senior Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to: People Royalty * Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855 * Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Ni ...

(1856–1931), Russian/Soviet physicist and mathematician * Nikolai Delaunay, Junior (1926–2008), Soviet physicist

Politics

Joseph Delaunay Joseph Delaunay (24 December 1752, Angers – 5 April 1794, Paris) was a French deputy. He was national commissar at the Tribunal of Angers and, in 1791, he was elected as a deputy to the Legislative Assembly by the département of Maine-et- ...

(1752–1794), sometimes called ''Delaunay d'Angers''; a revolutionary-era French politician * Michèle Delaunay (born 1947), member of the National Assembly of France

Fictional characters

*Various characters in the fantasy novel ''Kushiel's Dart'' (2001): ** Alcuin nó Delaunay ** Anafiel Delaunay, spymaster and poet ** Phèdre nó Delaunay