Alphonse (given name)
Alphonse is the French variant of the given name Alfonso.[1] People called Alphonse include:
In arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Film, television, and theatre
[edit]- Alphonse Beni, Cameroonian actor and movie director
- Alphonse Boudard (1925–2000), French novelist and playwright
- Alphonse Ouimet (1908–1988), Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1958 to 1967
- Alphonse Royer (1803–1875), French author, dramatist and theatre manager
Music
[edit]- Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (1915–2007), American accordionist
- Alphonse Duvernoy (1842–1907), French pianist and composer
- Alphonse Hasselmans (1845–1912), Belgian-born French harpist, composer and pedagogue
- Alphonse Joseph (composer), Indian film score composer
- Alphonse Martin (1884–1947), Canadian organist, pianist and music educator
- Alphonse Mouzon (1948–2016), American jazz fusion drummer and percussionist
- Alphonse Picou (1878–1961), American early jazz clarinetist
- Alphonse Trent (1905–1959), American jazz pianist and territory band leader
- Alphonse Varney (1811–1879), French conductor
Plastic arts
[edit]- Alphonse Révillon d'Apreval (1851–1915), French botanical illustrator and lithographer
- Alphonse Balat (1819–1895), Belgian architect
- Alphonse Colas (1818–1887), French painter
- Alphonse de Cailleux (1788–1876), French painter, connoisseur, arts administrator and director of the Musée du Louvre
- Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1835–1885), French Academic painter
- Alphonse Giroux (1775–1848), French painter
- Alphonse Kann (1870–1948), prominent French art collector of Jewish heritage
- Alphonse Lami (1822–1867), French sculptor
- Alphonse Laverrière (1872–1954), Swiss architect
- Alphonse Legros (1837–1911), French painter, etcher and sculptor
- Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist
- Alphonse Osbert (1857–1939), French Symbolist painter
Writing and journalism
[edit]- Alphonse Allais (1854–1905), French writer and humorist
- Alphonse Boudard (1925–2000), French novelist and playwright
- Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897), French novelist
- Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877–1951), French writer
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869), French writer, poet and politician
- Joseph-Alphonse Esménard (1770–1811), French poet
- Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros (1812–1876), French writer
- Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary, politician and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle
- Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (1805–1872), French author and theologian
- Victor-Alphonse Huard (1853–1929), French-Canadian churchman, naturalist, writer and editor
- Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808–1890), French critic, journalist and novelist
- Alphonse Lemerre (1838–1912), French editor and publisher
- Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine (1855–1943), journalist, printer and political figure in Quebec
- Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse Lusignan (1843–1893), French-Canadian writer
- Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1852–1909), Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner and politician
- Alphonse Rabbe (1784–1829), French writer, historian, critic and journalist
- Alphonse Royer (1803–1875), French author, dramatist and theatre manager
- Alphonse Tavan (1833–1905), French Provençal poet
- Alphonse Toussenel (1803–1885), French writer and journalist
In business and finance
[edit]- Alphonse Bertrand (1846–1926), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick
- Louis-Alphonse Boyer (1839–1916), Quebec merchant and political figure
- Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne (1848–1902), lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec
- Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905), French financier, vineyard owner, art collector, philanthropist and racehorse owner and breeder
- Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator) (1854–1920), founder of Mouvement Desjardins credit unions
- Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (1868–1949), French financier
- Alphonse Raymond (1884–1958), Quebec businessman, financier and public official
In engineering and industrial design
[edit]- Alphonse Chapanis (1917–2002), American pioneer in the field of industrial design
- Camille Alphonse Faure (1840–1898), French chemical engineer
- Alphonse Loubat (1799–1866), French inventor who developed improvements in tram and rail equipment
- Alphonse Munchen (1850–1917), Luxembourgian engineer and politician
- Alphonse Pénaud (1850–1880), French pioneer of aviation
- Alphonse Poitevin (1819–1882), French chemist, photographer and civil engineer
- Alphonse Sagebien (1807–1892), French hydrological engineer
In government, law, military, and politics
[edit]Africa
[edit]Congo
[edit]- Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921–1977), political figure of the Republic of the Congo who led the country from 1963 until 1968
- Claude Alphonse Nsilou (born 1954), Congolese politician
- Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (born 1941), politician of the Republic of the Congo
Other African countries
[edit]- Alphonse Alley (1930–1987), Beninese army officer and political figure
- Alphonse Barancira, former minister for Human Rights, Constitutional Reform and Relations with the National Assembly of Burundi
- Alphonse Koyamba (1941–1998), Central African economist and politician
- Alphonse-Marie Kadege, vice-President of Burundi from 30 April 2003 to 11 November 2004
- Alphonse Kotiga (contemporary), Chadian military officer and politician
Europe
[edit]France
[edit]- Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220–1271)
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869), French writer, poet and politician
- Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary, politician and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle
- Alphonse Joseph Georges (1875–1951), French army officer
- Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin (1796–1864), French admiral
- Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul (1789–1865), Prime Minister of France from 31 October 1849 to 10 April 1851 during the French Second Republic
- Alphonse Juin (1888–1967), Marshal of France
- Camille Alphonse Trézel (1780–1860), French général de division, Minister for War and peer of France during the July Monarchy
Other European countries
[edit]- Alphonse Berns (born 1952), Luxembourgian diplomat and current Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative to NATO
- Alphonse de Tonty (ca. 1659–1727), Italian officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac
- Alphonse Munchen (1850–1917)), Luxembourgian engineer and politician
North America
[edit]Canada
[edit]- Alphonse Bernier (1861–1944), Canadian lawyer, judge and provincial politician
- Alphonse Bertrand (1846–1926), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick
- Louis-Alphonse Boyer (1839–1916), Quebec merchant and political figure
- Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert (1859–1920), lawyer and political figure in Quebec
- Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne (1848–1902), lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec
- Alphonse Desjardins (politician) (1841–1912), mayor of Montreal and Canadian cabinet minister
- Alphonse Fournier (1893–1961), Canadian politician
- Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion (1843–1899), Canadian lawyer, professor and politician
- Joseph-Alphonse-Anaclet Habel (1895–1979), Canadian politician
- Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière (1842–1925), Canadian politician and journalist
- Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine (1855–1943), journalist, printer and political figure in Quebec
- Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1852–1909), Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner and politician
- Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier (1837–1911), Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
- Alphonse Raymond (1884–1958), Quebec businessman, financier and public official
- Alphonse George Tisdelle, Canadian politician
- William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon (1877–1969), Canadian politician, judge and diplomat
- Alphonse Verville (1864–1921), Canadian politician and trade unionist
United States
[edit]- Alphonse Girandy (1868–1941), United States Navy sailor
- Alphonse J. Jackson (1927–2014), educator and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- Alphonse Roy (1897–1967), American Representative from New Hampshire
In organized crime
[edit]- Alphonse Attardi (1892–1970), New York mobster
- Alphonse "Al" Capone (1899–1947), Italian-American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate
- Alphonse D'Arco (1932–2019), New York mobster
- Alphonse Gangitano (1957–1998), Italian Australian organised crime identity from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne
- Alphonse Indelicato (1931–1981), powerful caporegime in New York City's Bonanno crime family
- Alphonse Malangone (born 1936), New York City mobster and caporegime in the Genovese crime family
- Alphonse Persico, former acting boss of the Colombo crime family from the 1980s and 1990s
In religion and mysticism
[edit]- Alphonse Constant (1810–1875), French occult author and purported magician
- Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier (1837–1905), controversial Roman Catholic Lazarite Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li, China
- Alphonse Gallegos (1931–1991), American Roman Catholic bishop
- Alphonse Joseph Glorieux (1844–1917), Belgian missionary Roman Catholic bishop
- Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (1805–1872), French author and theologian
- Alphonse Magnien (1837–1902), the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902
- Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937), Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist and former priest
- Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne (1814–1884), French Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary
- Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian, bishop and Cardina
- Alphonse James Schladweiler (1902–1996), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Alphonse John Smith (1883–1935), American bishop in the Catholic Church
In science, medicine, and academia
[edit]Cultural sciences
[edit]- Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840–1914), American archaeologist
- Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937), Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist and former priest
- Alphonse Pinart (1852–1911), French explorer, philologist and ethnographer
- Alphonse Rabbe (1784–1829), French writer, historian, critic and journalist
- Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (1844–1907), French philologist and historian of the Occitan language
Geology and earth science
[edit]- Alphonse Briart (1825–1898), Belgian coal mine supervisor and geologist
- François-Alphonse Forel (1841–1912), Swiss scientist, founder of limnology
- Alphonse Francois Renard (1842–1903), Belgian geologist and petrographer
Life sciences and medicine
[edit]- Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914), French police officer and biometrics researcher who created the field of anthropometry
- Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893), French-Swiss botanist
- Alphonse Dochez (1882–1964), American physician and disease researcher
- Alphonse Guérin (1816–1895), French surgeon
- Victor-Alphonse Huard (1853–1929), French-Canadian churchman, naturalist, writer and editor
- Alphonse Hustache (1872–1949), French entomologist
- Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922), French physician
- Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900), French mammalologist, ornithologist and carcinologist
Other disciplines
[edit]- Alphonse Borrelly (1842–1926), French astronomer
- Alphonse de Polignac (1817–1890), French mathematician
- Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion (1843–1899), Canadian lawyer, professor and politician
- Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813–1854), French mathematician
- Alphonse Lavallée (1791–1873), the founder of the École Centrale Paris
- Alphonse Magnien (1837–1902), the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902
- Alphonse Poitevin (1819–1882), French chemist, photographer and civil engineer
In sport
[edit]Football (soccer)
[edit]- Alphonse Areola (born 1993), French football player
- Alphonse Decorte (1909–1977), Belgian football player
- Alphonse Leweck (born 1981), Luxembourgian football player
- Alphonse Renier, Belgian football player
- Alphonse Six (1890–1914), Belgian football player
- Alphonse Tchami (born 1971), retired Cameroonian football player
- Alphonse Yombi (born 1969), former Cameroonian football player
Winter sports
[edit]- Alphonse Hörning, Swiss bobsledder
- Alphonse Jetté (1887–?), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Alphonse Lacroix (1897–1973), American ice hockey goaltender
Other sports
[edit]- Alphonse Antoine (1915–1999), French professional road bicycle racer
- Alphonse Burnand (1896–1981), American sailor
- Alphonse Castex (1899–1969), French rugby union player
- Alphonse Dotson (born 1943), former American football player
- Alphonse Ducatillon, Belgian tug of war competitor
- Alphonse Gemuseus (1898–?), Swiss horse rider
- Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"; 1932–2006), French world champion bantamweight boxer
- Alphonse Kirchhoffer (1873–1913), French fencer
- Alphonse Martin (water polo) (born 1930), Belgian water polo player
- Alphonse Ruckstuhl (1901–?), Swiss Olympic fencer
- Alphonse Schepers (1907–1984), Belgian racing cyclist
- Alphonse Van Mele (1891–1972), Belgian gymnast
- Alphonse Yanghat (1947–2018), Congolese Olympic sprinter
- Phonney Martin (1845–1943), American baseball player
In other fields
[edit]- Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905), French financier, vineyard owner, art collector, philanthropist and racehorse owner and breeder
- Alphonse Goetz (1865–1934), French chess master
- Alphonse Le Gastelois (1914–2012), a Jerseyman who became a hermit on the Écréhous islands to avoid persecution
Fictional characters
[edit]- Alphonse and Gaston, an American comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper, featuring a bumbling pair of Frenchmen with a penchant for politeness
- Alphonse Elric, a fictional character in the anime/manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
- Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, a fictional character by Chester Gould in the comic strip Dick Tracy
- Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series South Park
- Alphonse Bearwalker, a character in the television comedy NTSF:SD:SUV::
- Alphonse Huggins, a character in the series Titanic by Gordon Korman
- Alphonse, a fictional character in the video game Owlboy.
- Monsieur Alfonse, character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo! played by the actor Kenneth Connor
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Alphonse
- All pages with titles containing Alphonse
- Alphonse (disambiguation)
- Alphonse (surname)
- Alphonse (surname)
- Alfonso (disambiguation)
References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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