Chevalier (name)

Chevalier is both a French surname and a title. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

* Albert Chevalier (1861–1923), English comedian and actor
* Anaïs Chevalier (born 1993), a French biathlete.
* Anne Chevalier (1912–1977), French Polynesian actress and dancer
* Auguste Chevalier (1873–1956), French botanist
* Antoine Gombaud, Chevalier de Méré (1607–1684), French writer
* Caroline Chevalier (died 1917), British writer and traveller
* Godfrey Chevalier (1889–1922), American naval aviator
* Grahame Chevalier (1937–2017), South African cricketer
* Haakon Chevalier (1901–1985), author
* Jay Chevalier (1936–2019), American singer
* Judith Chevalier, American economist
* Jules Chevalier (1824–1907), French Roman Catholic priest
* Lucas Chevalier (born 2001), French footballer
* Marcel Chevalier (1921–2008), French executioner
* Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972), Belgian-French actor, singer, and popular entertainer
* Michael Chevalier (1933–2011), German lip-sync speaker and actor
* Michel Chevalier (1806–1879), French engineer and economist
* Mike Chevalier (1943–2006), American cinematographer
* Morgan Chevalier, fictional character
* Nicholas Chevalier (1828–1902), Australian artist
* Nicole Chevalier, American soprano
* Papa Joe Chevalier (1948-2011), American sports talk radio host
* Pierre Chevalier (caver) (1905–2001), French caver and mountaineer
* Sivaji Ganesan Chevalier (1927–2001), Indian actor and politician
* Tracy Chevalier (born 1962), historical novelist
* Ulysse Chevalier (1841–1923), French bibliographer and historian
* Victor Chevalier, a fictional character from Tekken video game series
* Yannick Chevalier (born 1987), Saint Martin footballer

Title:

* Chevalier d'Éon (1728–1810), French soldier, spy and androgyne
* Chevalier de Johnstone (1719–c. 1791), Scottish soldier in French North America
* Chevalier de Mailly (d. 1724), French author
* Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799), Afro-French classical composer, one of the first known composers of African descent in the Western European classical tradition

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Chevalier.
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Family names derived from the word "Knight"

Germanic|

* North Germanic: Ridder
* West Germanic: De Ridder, Knight, Knights, Ridder, Ritter

Romance|

* French: Chevalier
* Iberian: Caballero, Cavaleiro
* Italian: Cavaleri, Cavaliere, Cavallero

Slavic|

* South Slavic: Vitez

Other|

* Estonian: Rüütel, Rüütli

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