Malet is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Malet (historian) (1864–1915), French historian and author of scholarly manuals *

Albert Malet (painter) Albert Malet (1912 – 9 September 1986) was a French painter of the Rouen school. Malet was born at Bosc-le-Hard. A retrospective of his work was held at the hôtel de Bourgtheroulde at Rouen in 2006. Bibliography * François Lespinass ...

(1912–1986), French painter *

Alexander Malet Sir Alexander Malet, 2nd Baronet (1800–1886) was an English diplomat and writer. Life The eldest son of Sir Charles Malet, 1st Baronet, born at Hartham Park, Wiltshire in June 1800, he succeeded to the baronetcy in 1815. He was educated at ...

(1800–1886), English diplomat and writer *

André Malet (abbot) The révérend Père Dom André Malet (1862–1936) was from 1911 to 1936 abbot of the Trappist abbey of Sainte-Marie-du-Désert at Bellegarde-Sainte-Marie Bellegarde-Sainte-Marie (; oc, Bèragarda e Senta Maria) is a commune in the Haute-Garon ...

(1862–1936), abbot of the Trappist abbey of Sainte-Marie-du-Désert at Bellegarde-Sainte-Marie *

André Malet (philosopher) André Malet (1920-1989) was a French Catholic priest and philosopher who became a Unitarian Protestant. Specialising in Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contr ...

(died 1989), Catholic priest who became a Unitarian Protestant * Antoni Malet, Catalan historian of mathematics and professor of history of science *

Arthur Malet Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...

(1927–2013), British actor * Claude François de Malet (1754–1812), general of the First French Empire, organiser of coup d'état against Napoleon *

Elizabeth Malet Elizabeth Wilmot, Countess of Rochester (née Malet; 1651 – 20 August 1681) was an English heiress and the wife of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, the " libertine". She was the daughter of John Malet, of Enmore Manor, and Unton Hawley, dau ...

(1651–1681), English heiress, Countess of Rochester *

Frederick de Carteret Malet Frederick de Carteret Malet (1837 – 21 March 1912) was a leader in business, church, and educational matters in Christchurch, New Zealand. Early life Malet was born in 1837 at Saint Helier, Jersey. He came to Auckland, New Zealand, in 1861. He m ...

(1837–1912), New Zealand leader in business, church, and educational matters * Guy Seymour Warre Malet (1900–1973), English artist *

Jean-Roland Malet Jean-Roland Malet or Mallet (c. 1675 – 12 April 1736, Paris) was a French economic historian, author of the ''Comptes rendus de l'administration des finances du royaume'' (''Accounts of the financial administration of the kingdom''), which consti ...

(1675–1736), French historian and economist *

Joan Malet Joan Malet (''circa'' 1510 – July 2, 1549) was a Catalan witch-hunter of Morisco origin, who operated in Catalonia, Aragon and Valencia in the middle XVIth century. Biography Joan Malet was born in Flix, in the Low Ebro region of the Principal ...

(c.1510–1549), Catalan witch-hunter *

John Malet Sir John Malet (1623–1686) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1666 and 1685. Malet was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Malet of Poyntington and his wife Jane Mylles, daughter of Francis Mylles. His fat ...

(1623–1686), English lawyer, MP for Minehead and Bridgwater, son of Thomas *

John Malet (died 1570) John Malet (died 1570) of Woolleigh in the parish of Beaford in Devon, was Sheriff of Devon in 1562 and was a Member of Parliament for Plymouth in April 1554 and for Bodmin in 1562 and 1563–1567. He was the eldest son and heir by his fath ...

, English landowner, MP for Plymouth and Bodmin *

John Malet (died 1644) John Malet (c. 1573 – 10 April 1644) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons. Malet was the son of Sir John Malet of Enmore, Somerset. He matriculated at the Balliol College, Oxford on 17 May 1588, aged 14 and was awarded BA ...

, English landowner, MP for Bath * Laurent Malet (born 1955), French actor * Léo Malet (1909–1996), French writer * Lucas Malet, pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley (1852–1931), English novelist * Michael Malet (c.1632 – after 1683), English lawyer and politician, son of Thomas * Oriel Malet, pseudonym of Welsh author Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan (1923–2014) * Pierre Antoine Anselme Malet (1778–1815), soldier, ''maréchal de camp'' and ''général de brigade'' *

Pierre Malet Pierre Malet (born 3 September 1955 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is a French actor. He is the twin brother of Laurent Malet. Filmography * 1976 : '' Le Siècle des lumières'' (TV) : ''A page'' * 1976 : ''Comme un boomerang'' : ''Other ...

(born 1955), French actor *

Robert Malet Robert Malet (c. 1050 – by 1130) was a Norman- English baron and a close advisor of Henry I. Early life Malet was the son of William Malet, and inherited his father's great honour of Eye in 1071. This made him one of the dozen or so grea ...

, 12th-century Norman-English baron *

Rosa Maria Malet Rosa Maria Malet i Ybern (born 1948) is an art historian who directed the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona from 1980 until she retired in 2017. Biography She was born in Badalona. In 1975 she graduated in Philosophy and Letters, specializing in ...

(born 1948), Spanish art historian and museum director *

Thierry Malet Thierry Malet, is a French composer of film music. He is also the designer of the very first MIDI controller, MIDI guitars and a new 3D spatialization system for feature film music. Life and career Thierry Malet started to study the piano at ...

, French composer of film music *

Thomas Malet Sir Thomas Malet (1582–1665) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1628. He was Solicitor general to Queen Henrietta Maria. Life Malet was of Poyntington, Somerset and also inherited lands in S ...

(1582–1665), English judge and politician *

William Malet (companion of William the Conqueror) William Malet (french: Guillaume Malet de Graville, died 1071) held senior positions within the Norman forces that occupied England from 1066. He was appointed the second High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1068. Of the so-called companions of Willi ...

(died 1071), Norman lord who fought in the Battle of Hastings *

William Malet (exile) William Malet (died c. 1121) was the third of his family to hold the honour of Eye and the lordship of in Normandy. He was either the younger brother, son, or nephew of Robert Malet – in other words, either a son or grandson of the first Willia ...

(died c. 1121), Norman lord who forfeited his English lands and was banished from England *

William Malet (Magna Carta baron) William Malet (born before 1175–1215), feudal baron of Curry Mallet in Somerset, was one of the guarantors of ''Magna Carta''. In 1190, he accompanied King Richard the Lionheart on third crusade.Nigel Saul, Magna Carta Trust: William Malet, avai ...

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1195–1215), a guarantor of ''Magna Carta'' * The Malet baronets, including: **

Sir Charles Malet, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Baronet (30 December 1752 – 24 January 1815) was a British Empire, British diplomat who served in the British East India Company as a Resident (title), Resident in the court of the Peshwa Marathas. He was the olde ...

(1752–1815), British East India Company official **

Sir Alexander Malet, 2nd Baronet Sir Alexander Malet, 2nd Baronet (1800–1886) was an English diplomat and writer. Life The eldest son of Sir Charles Malet, 1st Baronet, born at Hartham Park, Wiltshire in June 1800, he succeeded to the baronetcy in 1815. He was educated at Wi ...

(1800–1886), diplomat and writer ** Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, 4th Baronet (1837–1908), diplomat

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