Faure () is an

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. It is pronounced in French (unlike Fauré which is pronounced ).

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* Dominique Faure (born 1959), French politician *

Edgar Faure Edgar Jean Faure (; 18 August 1908 – 30 March 1988) was a French politician, lawyer, essayist, historian and memoirist who served as Prime Minister of France in 1952 and again between 1955 and 1956.Félix Faure (1841–1899), French politician and President of France * Fernand Faure (1853–1929), French economist and politician * Jacques Faure (ambassador), French co-chair of the

OSCE Minsk Group The OSCE Minsk Group was created in 1992 by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), now Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), to encourage a peaceful, negotiated resolution to the conflict between ...

* Louis-Joseph Faure (1760-1837) French jurist and politician *

Olivier Faure Olivier Faure (; born 18 August 1968) is a French politician who has served as the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party, First Secretary of the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party since 2018 and Deputy (France), Member of the Nati ...

(born 1968), French politician *

Martine Faure Martine Faure (born 30 September 1948) was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented the Gironde department, as a member of the Socialist Party. She was the deputy for Gironde's 9th constituency from 2007 to 2012 and, af ...

(born 1948), French politician * Maurice Faure (1922–2014), French Resistance leader and politician, last surviving signatory of the Treaty of Rome *

Sébastien Faure Sébastien Faure (; 6 January 1858 – 14 July 1942) was a French anarchist, convicted sex offender, freethought and secularist activist and a principal proponent of synthesis anarchism. Biography Before becoming a free-thinker, Faure w ...

(1858–1942), French anarchist *

Faure Gnassingbé Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé (; born 6 June 1966)"Biographie de nouveau pré ...

, president of Togo

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Amédée Faure Amédée Faure or Victor-Amédée Faure (; 1801–1878) was a French painter and portraitist. His portrait subjects include the brothers Louis-Charles, Count of Beaujolais and Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, and he also specialised in hi ...

or Victor-Amédée Faure (1801–1878), French painter * Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914), French baritone and composer *

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. ...

(1845–1924), French composer, organist, pianist and teacher *

Élie Faure Jacques Élie Faure (; 4 April 1873 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France – 29 October 1937 in Paris) was a French medical doctor, art historian and essayist. He is the author of the ''History of Art,'' considered a historiographical pillar in the d ...

(1873–1937), French art historian and essayist * Gabriel Faure (1877–1962), French poet, novelist and essayist *

Lucie Faure Lucie Faure, ''née'' Meyer (6 July 1908 – 25 September 1977) was a French woman of letters, novelist and literary review director. Early life The daughter of a merchant of fabrics of Alsatian origin, she was the niece, on the maternal side ...

(1908–1977), French writer * Renée Faure (1918–2005), French actress

Others

Abraham Faure Abraham Faure (29 August 1795 – 28 March 1875) was a clergyman and author from Cape Colony, part of what later became South Africa. Church career Born in Stellenbosch, Faure was educated in both England and the Netherlands and, with ...

(1795–1875), South African clergyman *

Camille Alphonse Faure Camille Alphonse Faure (21 May 1840, Vizille – 14 September 1898) was a French chemical engineer who in 1881 significantly improved the design of the lead-acid battery, which had been invented by Gaston Planté in 1859. Faure's improveme ...

, French chemical engineer *

Gunter Faure Gunter Faure is a geochemist who currently holds the position of professor emeritus in the school of earth science of Ohio State University. He obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of ...

, American geochemist *

Jacques Faure (French Army officer) Jacques Marie Alfred Gaston Faure (2 March 1904 – 9 April 1988) was a French Army general and skier. He was the leader of the French national Olympic military patrol team in 1936 which placed sixth and in 1961 one of the masterminds of the Al ...

(1904–1988), French Army general and skier * Jacques-Paul Faure (1869–1924), head of the

French military mission to Japan (1918–1919) The French Aeronautical Mission to Japan (1918-1919) was the first foreign military mission to Japan since the 1890s. In 1918, Japan invited the fourth French Military Mission, composed of 50 members and equipped with several of the newest type ...

Keith Faure Keith George Faure (born June, 1951), from Norlane, Victoria, Australia, is an Australian career criminal, convicted of multiple murders and manslaughters. He is currently serving life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 19 years ...

, Australian career criminal *

Luigi Faure Luigi Faure (December 15, 1898 in Sauze d'Oulx – April 8, 1946) was an Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (; ; (no longer in use)), ...

(1901–1974), Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper * Sébastien Faure (footballer), French footballer

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