Frère is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Albert Frère Albert, Baron Frère (4 February 1926 – 3 December 2018) was a Belgian billionaire businessman. Early life Frère grew up as a son of a nail merchant and helped in the business since an early age. His father died when Frère was 17; Frère ha ...

(1926–2018), Belgian businessman * Aubert Frère (1881–1944), French general, founder of ''

Organisation de résistance de l'armée The ''Organisation de résistance de l'armée'', ''O.R.A.'' (Fr: resistance organisation of the army) was a French paramilitary resistance organisation during the Second World War. It was created on 31 January 1943, following the November 1942 Ger ...

'' * Bernard-Georges-François Frère (1764-1826), French general * Charles Edouard Frère (1837-1894), French painter, son of Pierre Edouard Frère * Charles-Théodore Frère (1814-1886), french painter * Édouard Frère (1797–1874), French bookseller, archivist, scholar and biographer * Gérald Frère (born 1951), Belgian businessman, son of Albert *

Henry Bartle Frere Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet, (29 March 1815 – 29 May 1884) was a Welsh British colonial administrator. He had a successful career in India, rising to become Governor of Bombay (1862–1867). However, as High Commissioner for ...

(1815–1884), British diplomat *

John Hookham Frere John Hookham Frere (21 May 1769 – 7 January 1846) was an English diplomat and author. Early life Frere was born in London. His father, John Frere, a member of a Suffolk family, had been educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and became ...

(1769–1846) British diplomat, politician and writer *

Maurice Frère Maurice Frère (8 August 1890, Charleroi – 11 August 1970, Side) was a Belgian civil servant and governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1944 until 1957. He lectured at the Free University of Brussels (now split into the Universit� ...

(died 1970), governor of the National Bank of Belgium *

Paul Frère Paul Frère (30 January 1917 – 23 February 2008) was a racing driver and journalist from Belgium. He participated in eleven World Championship Formula One Grands Prix debuting on 22 June 1952 and achieving one podium finish with a total of elev ...

(1917–2008), Belgian racing driver and journalist * Pierre Edouard Frère (1819–1886), French painter, father of Charles Edouard Frère *

Théodore Frère Charles-Théodore Frère (21 June 1814, Paris – 24 March 1888) was a French Orientalist painter. His younger brother, Pierre-Édouard, and his nephew and namesake, Charles Edouard Frère, were also painters. Biography Painter of historical ...

(1814–1888), French painter

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