Gagne and Gagné are two distinct French

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

s. The name Gagné is more common in France. Gagne is also the name of three minor French rivers. People with these surnames include:

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Al Gagne Alfred "Al" Ignatius Gagne (10 November 1941 – 11 July 2020), born and died in Duluth, Minnesota, was an American curler. He was a champion (), bronze medallist () and a two-time United States men's champion (1965, 1968). Awards * United S ...

(1941–2020), American curler *

Greg Gagne (baseball) Gregory Carpenter Gagne (; born November 12, 1961) is an American former shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played 10 seasons for the Minnesota Twins from 1983 to 1992, including both of the Twins' World Series championship teams in 1987 an ...

(born 1961), American baseball player *

Greg Gagne (wrestler) Gregory Alan Gagne ( ; born November 27, 1948) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is the son of Verne Gagne. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he achieved his biggest success as one-half of tag team the High Flyers with Jim Brunz ...

(born 1948), American wrestler; son of Verne Gagne *

Jacob Gagne Jacob Raymond Gagne (born August 27, 1993) is an American Motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. For 2023, Gagne is contracted to Yamaha to ride in the AMA Superbike Championship, American Superbike Championship. Career He competed in the Spanish ...

(born 1993), American motorcycle racer *

Jacqueline Gagne Jacqueline Gagne is an American golfer from Rancho Mirage, California. In 2007, at 46 years old and despite having played golf for only five years, Gagne claimed to have hit seven holes in one in one year. Her story gained national headlines, in ...

(born ' 1961), American golfer *

Leslie Gagne Leslie Gagne (27 December 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a Canadian ski jumper. He competed in the individual event at the 1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as ...

(1908–1962), Canadian ski jumper and Olympics competitor *

Michaela Gagne Michaela J. Gagne (born September 23, 1982) was crowned Miss Massachusetts in June 2006. She is a resident of Fall River, Massachusetts. She received her BFA in art with a minor in psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 2006, ...

(born 1982), American beauty pageant contestant and Miss Massachusetts 2006 * Norman Gagne (1911–1986), Canadian ski jumper and Olympics competitor *

Paulin Gagne Étienne-Paulin Gagne, known as Paulin Gagne (8 June 1808 – August 1876) was a French poet, essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor, and Crank (person), eccentric. His best-known poem, ''The Woman-Messiah'', is among the longest poems in French la ...

(1808–1876), French poet, essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor, and eccentric *

Pierre Gagne Pierre Reynald Gagne (born June 5, 1940) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played 2 games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins during the 1959–60 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1960 ...

(born 1940), Canadian ice hockey player * Stéphane Gagne (born 1969), French sport shooter and Olympics competitor *

Verne Gagne the Minnesota Golden Gophers wrestling, Minnesota Golden Gophers Laverne Clarence "Verne" Gagne ( ; February 26, 1926 – April 27, 2015) was an American amateur wrestling, amateur and professional wrestling, professional wrestler, Amer ...

(1926–2015), American wrestler, wrestling trainer and promoter, and football player; father of wrestler Greg Gagne

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André Gagné André Gagné is a professor and chair of theological studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Education Gagné has a B.Th. (2001) and Master of Arts (2003) from l'Université de Montréal, and a conjoint Ph.D. from l'Universi ...

(born ?), Canadian religious academic and researcher *

Armand Gagné Armand Gagné (born ''François-Michel Gagné'', 1771–1792) was the adopted son (in practice: foster son) of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France.Philippe Huisman, Marguerite Jallut: ''Marie Antoinette'', Stephens, 1971 Adoption ...

(1771–1792), French courtier, involuntary royal adoptee, and revolutionary *

Art Gagné Arthur Edward Joseph Gagné (October 12, 1896 – October 5, 1988) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger, born in Ottawa. Career Art Gagné started out his career in the Ottawa City Hockey League in his native hometown, where he played for vario ...

(1896–1988), Canadian ice hockey player * Cedric Gagné-Marcoux (born 1982), Canadian football player *

Éric Gagné Éric Serge Gagné (; born January 7, 1976) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher who played 10 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably for the Los Angeles Dodgers. After signing with the Dodgers as a free agent in 1995 ...

(born 1976), Canadian baseball player * France Gagné (born ?), Canadian discus and javelin thrower, shot putter, and Paralympic medalist *

Gabriel Gagné Gabriel Gagné (born November 11, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent. Gagné was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Gagné was selected in the ...

(born 1996), Canadian ice hockey player *

Jean Alfred Gagné Jean-Alfred Gagné (April 17, 1842 – August 8, 1910) was a lawyer, merchant, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi—Saguenay in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1887 as a Conservative member. He was b ...

(1842–1910), Canadian lawyer, merchant, judge, and politician *

Jean Gagné Jean Gagné (July 19, 1947 – October 21, 2016) was a French–Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and manager, best known under the ring name Frenchy Martin. During his World Wrestling Entertainment, World Wrestling Federation ...

(ringname: Don Gagné; 1947–2016), Canadian wrestler *

Jessica Lee Gagné Jessica Lee Gagné is a Canadian cinematographer and director. She is best known for her work on the films '' Despite the Night (Malgré la nuit)'' and '' Daddy'' as well as the TV shows ''Escape at Dannemora'' and '' Severance''. Early life Je ...

(born 1988), Canadian cinematographer *

Jocelyne Gagné Jocelyne Gagné is an Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada. Prior to her appointment she had served as president of the Commercial Litigation Committee of the Canadian Bar Association The Canadian Bar Association (CBA), or ...

(born ?), Canadian judge *

Kevin Gagné Kevin Gagné (born April 14, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently an unrestricted free agent, who most recently played with the Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Playing career Gagné was rated ...

(born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player *

Kevin Régimbald-Gagné Kevin Régimbald-Gagné (born July 7, 1987) is the head coach for the Sherbrooke Vert et Or football team of U Sports. He is a former professional Canadian football linebacker who played for three seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the ...

(born 1987), Canadian football player *

Louis-Philippe Gagné Louis-Philippe Gagné (April 16, 1900- January 13, 1964) was a French Canadian American journalist, snowshoe enthusiast, and politician. He wrote an influential and widely circulated political column in '' Le Messager'' and served as mayor of L ...

(1900–1964), Canadian-born American journalist, political columnist, politician, and snowshoe enthusiast *

Madame Gagné Madame Gagné was a photographer who worked between 1886 and 1891 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She and her husband, Édouard C. Gagné (also a photographer) had a total of three studios over time. At least one of her prints can be found at Montrea ...

('1886–1891), Canadian portrait photographer *

Malvina Gagné Malvina Gagné, known as Sister Saint-Raphaël, (November 6, 1837 – December 29, 1920) was an educator and Ursuline nun. She was founder and superior for the monastery at Roberval, Quebec. Biography The daughter of Joseph Gagné, master pil ...

(1837–1920), Canadian educator, Ursuline nun, and monastery founder *

Marie-Pierre Gagné Marie-Pierre Gagné (born February 28, 1983) is a Canadian former synchronized swimmer. She began synchronized swimming at age six. She finished in fourth place at the 2003 world championships at Barcelona, Spain in the free routine combination ...

(born 1983), Canadian synchronized swimmer and Olympics competitor *

Michel Gagné Michel Gagné (born 1965, Roberval, Quebec) is a Canadian cartoonist. Film Gagné studied classical animation at Sheridan College and worked for Sullivan Bluth Studios for six years, working on such films as ''An American Tail'', ''The Land Befo ...

(born 1965), Canadian cartoonist and animated film director *

Paul Gagné Paul L. Gagné (born February 6, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 390 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders. H ...

(born 1962), Canadian ice hockey player and coach *

Paul Gagné (translator) Paul Gagné is a Canadian literary translator currently working in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. With his wife Lori Saint-Martin, he has translated over seventy English language books into French, including the works of authors such as Maya Angelou, ...

(born ?), Canadian translator *

Philippe Gagné Philippe Gagné (born October 23, 1997) is a Canadians, Canadian elite Diving (sport), diver. He won a silver medal at the Diving at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, 10 m platform and a bronze medal at the Diving at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics ...

(born 1997), Canadian diver *

Priscilla Gagné Priscilla Gagné (born 21 May 1986) is a partially blind Canadian judoka. She won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. On 21 August 2021, Gagné was announced as Canada's flagbearer during the 2020 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony. ...

(born 1986), Canadian ''judoka'' and Paralympic medalist *

Raphaël Gagné Raphaël Gagné (born July 16, 1987) is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker. Career Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Gagné won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. He also finished 6th at UCI-Mtb world cup XCO in Windham. He finished ...

(born 1987), Canadian cross-country mountain biker *

Raymonde Gagné Raymonde Gagné (; born January 7, 1956) is a Canadian politician and academic who has served as the speaker of the Senate of Canada since May 12, 2023. She was named to the Senate of Canada to represent Manitoba on March 18, 2016. Background P ...

(born 1956), Canadian politician and academic *

Robert M. Gagné Robert Mills Gagné (August 21, 1916 – April 28, 2002) was an American educational psychologist best known for his '' Conditions of Learning''. He instructed during World War II when he worked with the Army Air Corps training pilots. He went o ...

(1916–2002), American educational psychologist and theorist *

Roméo Gagné Roméo Gagné (; September 15, 1905 – August 2, 1959) was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Background He was born on September 15, 1905, in Mont-Joli, Bas-Saint-Laurent. City Councillor ...

(1905–1959), Canadian politician *

Simon Gagné Simon Gagné (; born February 29, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent the fi ...

(born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player and Olympic medalist *

Stéphane Gagné Stéphane Gagné (born 12 December 1969) is a Canadian former gangster, outlaw biker and contract killer who was a hitman for the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club during the Quebec Biker War. Charged with two counts of first-degree murder, Gagné tur ...

Wayne Gagné Wayne Gagné (born June 27, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Career Wayne Gagné began his college career at Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey, Western Michigan in 1983 in Bill Wilkinson (ice hockey), Bill Wilki ...

(born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player

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