Godefroy is a surname of Old French origin, and originally a given name, cognate with

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People

Given name

* Godefroi, Count of Durbuy (d. before 1124), son of Henry I *

Godefroi, Count of Montaigu Count Godfried (died 1161) was Count of Montaigu and Clermont by inheritance, and Count of Duras by virtue of his marriage. He was also seigneur (lord) of Rochefort, and advocate of Dinant. He was thus a noble in Lower Lotharingia. His parents ...

(died 1161), Count of Clermont, Count of Duras *

Godefroi, Comte d'Estrades Godefroi, Comte d'Estrades (1607 – February 26, 1686) was a French diplomat and Marshal of France, marshal. Biography D'Estrades was born in Agen. He was the son of Francois d'Estrades (died 1653), a partisan of Henry IV of France, Henry IV, ...

(1607–1686), French diplomat and marshal * Godefroi, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1823–1871), French politician * Godefroy de Blonay (1869–1937), a member of the International Olympic Committee and one of the founders and first president of the Swiss Olympic Association *

Godefroy Calès Jean Marie Noël Godefroy Calès () was a French physician and politician. He was born on 21 March 1799 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) and died on 25 July 1868 in Villefranche-de-Lauragais (Haute-Garonne). ...

(1799–1868), French physician and politician *

Éléonore-Louis Godefroi Cavaignac Éléonore-Louis Godefroi Cavaignac (30 May 18015 May 1845), better known as Godefroi Cavaignac, was a French politician and journalist. He was born in Paris, the eldest son of Jean-Baptiste Cavaignac and the brother of Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, ...

(1801–1845), French politician and journalist * Godefroy de Forçant (died 1809), French Navy officer and adventurer *

Godefroy Durand Godefroy Durand (1832, Düsseldorf – 27 September 1896, Paris) was a German-born French illustrator and draughtsman, who worked in both France and Great Britain. Life Durand was born in Düsseldorf to French parents. He trained in Paris und ...

(1832–1896), German-born French illustrator and draughtsman *

Godefroy Engelmann Godefroy Engelmann (August 17, 1788 – April 25, 1839) was a Franco-German lithographer and chromolithographer. Biography Godefroy Engelmann was born in 1788 in Mühlhausen, a small town near the France/Switzerland/Germany border. At the time o ...

(1788–1839), Franco-German lithographer and chromolithographer *

Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (21 June 1636 – 26 July 1721) was a French nobleman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, one of the most important families in France at the time. He married Marie Anne Manc ...

(1636–1721) *

Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne (Godefroy Charles Henri; 26 January 1728, Paris – 3 December 1792) was a member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the Sovereign Dukes of Bouillon. He was subsequently the penultimate Duke of Bouillon succeed ...

(1728–1792), Duke of Bouillon * Godefroy Vujicic (born 1975), French classical cellist *

Godefroy Wendelin Godfried Wendelen or Govaert Wendelen, Latinized Godefridus Wendelinus, or sometimes Vendelinus and in French-language sources referred to as Godefroy Wendelin (6 June 1580 – 24 October 1667) was an astronomer and Priesthood in the Catholic ...

(1580–1667), astronomer from the County of Loon (now in Belgium) *

Godefroy Zumoffen Godefroy Zumoffen, SJ (1848 in France – 1928) was a French Jesuit archaeologist and geologist notable for his work on prehistory in Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. ...

(1848–1928), French Jesuit archaeologist and geologist

Surname

Andrew Godefroy Andrew Barrett Godefroy is a Canadian strategic analyst and science and technology historian. Early life and education Andrew Godefroy was born in Montreal, Quebec, and attended Concordia University, where he studied Canadian military history. ...

(born 1972), Canadian strategic analyst and science and technology historian * Charles Godefroy (1888–1958), French aviator noted for flying through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in 1919 *

Denis Godefroy Denis Godefroy (Dionysius Gothofredus; 17 October 1549 – 7 September 1622) was a French jurist, a member of the noted Godefroy family. He worked in France and Germany. Biography He was born in Paris, the son of Léon Godefroy, lord of Gui ...

(1549–1622), French jurist *

Eliza Anderson Godefroy Eliza Anderson Godefroy (pen name, Beatrice Ironside) is believed to be the first woman to edit a general-interest magazine in the United States. At age 26, from 1806 to 1807, she served as the founder and editor of a Baltimore publication called '' ...

(1779–1839), believed to be the first woman to edit a general-interest magazine in the United States, wife of Maximilian Godefroy *

Frédéric Godefroy Frédéric-Eugène Godefroy, (; 13 February 1826, Paris – 30 September 1897, Lestelle-Bétharram) was a French author, notable for his works on the history of the French language, notably compiling a 10-volume Old French Old French (, , ; ) w ...

(1826–1897), French author * Hugh C. Godefroy, World War II flying ace with the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force - see

List of World War II flying aces Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportu ...

Jean-Pierre Godefroy Jean-Pierre Godefroy (born 23 September 1944) is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Manche department. He is a member of the Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. Al ...

(born 1944), French politician *

Jocelyn Godefroi Jocelyn Godefroi (1880 in Kensington – 30 March 1969) was a British translator. Educated at Haileybury College and Trinity College, Oxford, he worked for the Lord Chamberlain's Office for over four decades. He translated several works of Fren ...

(1880–1969), British translator *

Maximilian Godefroy J. Maximilian M. Godefroy (1765 – 7 April 1848) was a French-American architect. Godefroy was born in France and educated as a geographical/civil engineer. During the French Revolution he fought briefly on the Royalist side. Later, as an ant ...

(1765–c. 1838), French-American architect *

Thibault Godefroy Thibault Godefroy (born in Bordeaux) is a French bobsledder.FIBT Profile
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(born 1985), French bobsledder *

Godefroy family The Godefroy family (Gothofredus), a French noble family, which numbered among its members several distinguished jurists and historians. The family claimed descent from Symon Godefroy, who was born at Mons about 1320 and was lord of Sapigneulx ne ...

, a French noble family

Other

Raymond de Gaufredi Raymond Gaufredi (died 1310), sometimes anglicized as Raymond Godefroy, was Minister General of the Franciscan Order from 1289 to 1295. Life Raymond Gaufredi was born in Marseille. A sympathizer with the Franciscan Spirituals, he became Minister G ...

(died 1310), sometimes anglicized as Raymond Godefroy, Minister General of the Franciscan Order from 1289 to 1295

Places

* La Godefroy, a commune in the Manche department of France * Godefroy, Les Cayes, Haiti, a village in the Les Cayes municipality * Godefroy River, Quebec, Canada

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