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

Albert Malet (historian) Albert Malet (3 May 1864, Clermont-Ferrand – 25 September 1915, Battle of Thélus, Pas de Calais) was a French historian and author of scholarly textbooks, killed during the First World War. Career Malet failed the entrance exam at Saint-Cyr, Ho ...

(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 Antoni Malet (born 23 February 1950) is a Catalan historian of mathematics. He is a professor of history of science at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. His research interests are mostly in the history of mathematics and optics in the sixteenth ...

, Catalan historian of mathematics and professor of history of science * Arthur Malet (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 (1651–1681), English heiress, Countess of Rochester * Frederick de Carteret Malet (1837–1912), New Zealand leader in business, church, and educational matters * Guy Seymour Warre Malet (1900–1973), English artist * Jean-Roland Malet (1675–1736), French historian and economist * Joan Malet (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), English landowner, MP for Bath *

Laurent Malet Laurent Marie Guespin-Malet (born 3 September 1955, in Bayonne) is a French actor, and the twin brother of actor Pierre Malet. Life Malet's stage debut came in '' La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu'' as Troilus alongside Claude Jade in 1975. In ...

(born 1955), French actor *

Léo Malet Léo Malet (7 March 1909 – 3 March 1996) was a French crime novelist and surrealist. Biography Leo Malet was born in Montpellier. He had little formal education and began work as a cabaret singer at "La Vache Enragee" in Montmartre, Paris in ...

(1909–1996), French writer *

Lucas Malet Lucas Malet was the pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley (4 June 1852 — 27 October 1931), a Victorian novelist. Of her novels, ''The Wages of Sin'' (1891) and ''The History of Sir Richard Calmady'' (1901) were especially popular. Malet scholar T ...

, pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley (1852–1931), English novelist *

Michael Malet Michael Malet (c 1632 - after 1683) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679. He was a zealous Protestant and opponent of the court and appears to have lost his reason. Malet was the son of Sir Thom ...

(c.1632 – after 1683), English lawyer and politician, son of Thomas *

Oriel Malet Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan (20 January 1923 – 14 October 2014) was a Welsh-born author of literary fiction and biographies, who wrote under the name of Oriel Malet.''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volum ...

, pseudonym of Welsh author Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan (1923–2014) *

Pierre Antoine Anselme Malet Comte Pierre Antoine Anselme Jean Laurent Malet (14 August 1773 – 9 August 1815) was a maréchal de camp, and général de brigade. He commanded the 3e régiment de chasseurs à pied ( Middle Guard) at Waterloo; mortally wounded in this battle ...

(1778–1815), soldier, ''maréchal de camp'' and ''général de brigade'' * Pierre Malet (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 (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) (

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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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