Claude (given name)

Claude

Claude Monet, a founder of French Impressionist painting

Pronunciation| /klod/
Gender| usually male
Origin
Word/name| French, via Latin
Meaning| Latin: "strong willed"
Region of origin| France
Other names
Related names| Claudius, Claudia, Claudie, Marie-Claude, Claudio, Claudette

Claude is a French given name originating from the Latin name Claudius meaning "strong willed". In French, it is used for both men and women. In English, it is mostly used for men; it is an uncommon given name for women or a family name.

## Men

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* Claude, Duke of Aumale (1526–1573)
* Claude, Duke of Guise (1496–1550)
* Claude de la Colombière (1641–1682), Christian saint
* Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne (1618–1679), Spanish general and prince
* Claude Matthieu, Count Gardane (1766–1818), French general and diplomat
* Claude of Besançon (c. 607–696 or 699), Christian saint, priest, monk, abbot and bishop
* Claude Abadie (1920–2020), French clarinetist
* Claude Abbes (1927–2008), French association football player
* Claude Abravanel (1924–2012), Swiss pianist and composer
* Claude Abromont, French musicologist, essayist and writer
* Claude Adam (born 1958), Luxembourgish politician
* Claude Adelen (born 1944), French poet and literary critic
* Claude Ake (1939–1996), Nigerian political scientist
* Claude Akins (1926–1994), American actor
* Claude Allègre (born 1937), French politician and geochemist
* Claude Henry Allen, American lawyer and politician
* Claude Allen (born 1960), American attorney
* Claude Alphandéry (1922–2024), French resistance member, banker and economist
* Claude Alvares, Indian environmentalist
* Claude Alward Ridley (1896–1942), British aviator and military officer
* Claude Améganvi, Togolese politician and Trotskyist
* Claude Anelka (born 1968), French football manager
* Claude Antoine, comte Prieur-Duvernois (1763–1832), French engineer and politician
* Claude Antoine de Valdec de Lessart (1741–1792), French politician
* Claude Arabo (1937–2013), French fencer
* Claude Arnaiz (1931–2009), French boxer
* Claude Arnaud (born 1955), French writer, essayist and biographer
* Claude Arnold (1924–2016), American gridiron football player
* Claude Arnulphy (1697–1786), French painter
* Claude Arpels, American film producer
* Claude Arpi, French writer, historian and Tibetologist
* Claude Arribas (born 1951), French footballer
* Claude Aru (born 1997), Ni-Vanuatuan footballer
* Claude Ashton (1901–1942), English footballer and cricketer
* Claude Askolovitch (born 1962), French journalist and author
* Claude Aubery, French physician and philosopher
* Claude Aubry (1914–1984), Canadian library administrator and writer
* Claude Auchinleck (1884–1981), British Field Marshal
* Claude Auclair (1943–1990), French cartoonist
* Claude Audran III (1658–1734), French painter
* Claude Auger (1951–2006), Canadian surgeon general
* Claude Autant-Lara (1901–2000), French film director
* Claude Aveline (1901–1992), French writer
* Claude Azéma (1943–2021), French priest
* Claude Babé, Gabonese footballer
* Claude Bachand (born 1951), Canadian politician
* Claude Bachand (MNA) (born 1956), Canadian politician
* Claude Bakadal (born 1976), French footballer
* Claude Baker (born 1948), American composer
* Claude I. Bakewell (1912–1987), American politician
* Claude Balbastre (1724–1799), French composer
* Claude Ballif (1924–2004), French composer
* Claude Ballot-Léna (1936–1999), French racing driver
* Claude Balon (1671–1744), French dancer and choreographer
* Claude Barker (1897–1961), Australian politician
* Claude Barma (1918–1992), French director
* Claude Barmier (born 1933), French cyclist
* Claude Barnard (1890–1957), Australian politician
* Claude Barnes, American civil-rights campaigner and professor
* Claude Albert Barnett (1889–1967), American journalist
* Claude Barrabé (born 1966), French footballer
* Claude Barras (born 1973), Swiss director
* Claude Barrat (1658–1711), Canadian notary and court clerk
* Claude Barrès (1925–1959), French officer
* Claude Barrett (1907–1976), English footballer
* Claude Barthélemy (footballer) (1945–2020), Haitian footballer
* Claude Barthélemy (musician) (born 1956), French jazz guitarist
* Claude Bartlett (1897–1972), British trade union leader
* Claude Bartolone (born 1951), Tunisian-born French politician
* Claude Barzotti (1953–2023), Belgian singer
* Claude Basire (1764–1794), French revolutionary politician
* Claude Batchelor (born 1929), American soldier convicted of collaboration
* Claude Bateman-Champain (1875–1956), English cricketer
* Claude Baudoux (1898–1984), Belgian field hockey player
* Claude Bautista, Filipino politician
* Claude Baux (born 1945), French retired slalom canoeist
* Claude Bazin de Bezons (1617–1684), French lawyer and politician
* Claude Beales (1887–1963), Australian rules footballer
* Claude Beauchamp (1939–2020), Canadian journalist
* Claude Beausoleil (1948–2020), Canadian poet and writer
* Claude Bébéar (born 1935), French businessman
* Claude Béchard (1969–2010), Canadian politician
* Claude Beck (1894–1971), American cardiac surgeon and professor of cardiovascular surgery
* Claude Belot (born 1936), French politician
* Claude Bénard (born 1926), French high jumper
* Claude Bennett (1936–2020), Canadian politician
* Claude Berge (1926–2002), French mathematician
* Claude Bergeaud (born 1960), French basketball coach
* Claude Berger (1679–1712), French doctor and chemist
* Claude Lucien Bergery (1787–1863), French economist
* Claude Bernard (1813–1878), French physiologist
* Claude Berrou (born 1951), French professor in electrical engineering
* Claude Berry (1880–1974), American baseball player
* Claude Bertin (1653–1705), French artist
* Claude Berton (1903–1993), American racing driver
* Claude Bertrand (disambiguation), several people
* Claude Bice (1879–1953), American football coach
* Claude Billard (1550–1618), French writer, poet and playwright
* Claude Binyon (1905–1978), American film director
* Claude Birkett Ferenbaugh (1899–1975), United States Army General
* Claude Birraux (born 1946), French politician
* Claude Bissell (1916–2000), Canadian historian
* Claude Biwer (born 1936), French politician
* Claude Bizibuye Nyamugabo, Congolese politician
* Claude Black, several people
* Claude Blagden (1874–1952), Anglican bishop
* Claude le Blanc (1669–1728), French Royal official
* Claude Blanchard (1932–2006), Canadian actor and singer
* Claude Blanchard (ice hockey) (1945–2019), French ice hockey player
* Claude C. Bloch (1878–1967), United States Navy admiral
* Claude Bloch (1923–1971), French theoretical nuclear physicist
* Claude Bloodgood (1937–2001), American chess player
* Claude Bodin (born 1952), French politician
* Claude Boileau (born 1933), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Victor de Boissieu (1784–1868), French painter
* Claude Boissol (1920–2016), French film director and screenwriter
* Claude Boivin (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Bolling (1930–2020), French jazz pianist and composer
* Claude M. Bolton Jr. (1945–2015), United States Air Force general
* Claude Bonin-Pissarro (1921–2021), French painter and graphic designer
* Claude Bosi, Michelin-starred chef
* Claude Bouchard (born 1939), Canadian researcher
* Claude Boucher (disambiguation), several people
* Claude Bouchiat (1932–2021), French physicist
* Claude Bouhier de Lantenay (1681–1755), French clergyman
* Claude Bourdet (1909–1996), French politician and writer
* Claude Bourgelat (1712–1779), French veterinary surgeon
* Claude Bourquard (born 1937), French fencer
* Claude Bourque (1915–1982), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Bourrigault (1932–2021), French footballer
* Claude Bouton, Lord of Corbaron
* Claude Bouxin (1907–1997), French art director
* Claude G. Bowers (1878–1958), American journalist and politician
* Claude Bowes-Lyon, several people
* Claude Bracey (1909–1940), American sprinter
* Claude Brami (born 1948), French writer
* Claude Brasseur (1936–2020), French actor
* Claude A. Bray Jr. (1931–2020), American politician
* Claude Bréart de Boisanger (1899–1999), French diplomat
* Claude Breeze (born 1938), Canadian painter
* Claude Bremond (1929–2021), French semiologist
* Claude Brinegar (1926–2009), American government official
* Claude Brixhe (1933–2021), French linguist
* Claude Brossette (1671–1743), French lawyer and writer
* Claude Brown (1937–2002), American writer
* Claude Brumachon (born 1959), French choreographer
* Claude Buchon (born 1949), French cyclist
* Claude Buckenham (1876–1937), English cricketer and footballer
* Claude Buckle (1905–1973), mid-20th-century English painter
* Claude Buckle (Royal Navy officer, born 1803) (1803–1894), English naval officer
* Claude Buckle (Royal Navy officer, born 1839) (1839–1930), Royal navy officer
* Claude Buffet (1933–1972), French criminal
* Claude Buffier (1661–1737), French philosopher, historian and teacher
* Claude Burdin (1788–1873), French engineer
* Claude Buridant (born 1938), French linguist
* Claude A. Buss (1903–1998), American historian
* Claude Cadart (1927–2019), French Sinologist
* Claude E. Cady (1878–1953), American politician
* Claude Cahen (1909–1991), French Marxist orientalist and historian
* Claude Cahun (1894–1954), French artist
* Claude Callegari (1962–2021), English football supporter
* Claude Ewen Cameron (1894–1982), Australian Army officer
* Claude Campos, Brazilian footballer
* Claude Canaway (1911–1989), Australian rules footballer
* Claude R. Canizares, American physicist
* Claude Cardin (born 1941), Canadian former ice hockey left winger
* Claude Carignan (born 1964), Canadian politician
* Claude Cariguel, French writer
* Claude Carliez (1925–2015), French stunt performer
* Claude Carlin (born 1961), French cyclist
* Claude Carmona (born 1964), French gymnast
* Claude E. Carpenter (1904–1976), American set decorator
* Claude Carter (1881–1952), South African cricketer
* Claude Castonguay (1929–2020), Canadian politician
* Claude Céberet du Boullay (1647–1702), French diplomat
* Claude Cerval (1921–1972), French actor
* Claude Chabauty (1910–1990), French mathematician
* Claude Chabrol (1930–2010), French film director
* Claude Chagnon (born 1948), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Chalhoub (born 1974), Lebanese musical artist
* Claude Humbert Piarron de Chamousset (1717–1773), French physician
* Claude Champagne (1891–1965), French Canadian composer, teacher, pianist and violinist
* Claude Champion de Crespigny (1873–1910), British soldier and polo player
* Claude Champy, French ceramicist
* Claude Chappe (1763–1805), French inventor
* Claude Chappuys (1500–1575), French poet
* Claude Charles (1661–1747), French painter
* Claude Charron (born 1946), Canadian politician
* Claude Chartre (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Chauchetière (1645–1709), French Jesuit missionary and painter
* Claude Eugène Chauchouart de Lavicomté, French navy officer of the war of American independence
* Claude Chazottes (born 1949), French footballer
* Claude Chevalley (1909–1984), French mathematician
* Claude Chevalley (basketball), Swiss basketball player
* Claude Cheysson (1920–2012), French politician
* Claude Cholat, French painter
* Claude Choules (1901–2011), British WWI veteran and last combat veteran from any nation
* Claude Clark (1915–2001), African American painter
* Claude Clegg, American historian
* Claude Clegg (athlete) (1913–1991), New Zealand javelin thrower
* Claude Clerselier (1614–1684), French lawyer, editor and translator
* Claude Closky (born 1963), French artist
* Claude Clough (1884–1922), Australian rules footballer
* Claude Cloutier (born 1957), Canadian film animator
* Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (born 1933), French physicist
* Claude Coleman Jr. (born 1974), American drummer
* Claude Colette (1929–1990), French cyclist
* Claude Colleer Abbott (1889–1971), English poet
* Claude Colombo (born 1960), French professional football referee
* Claude Combes (1935–2021), French biologist and parasitologist
* Claude Constantino (1938–2019), Senegalese basketball player
* Claude Corbett (1885–1944), Australian sports journalist
* Claude Corbineau (1772–1807), French general
* Claude Corbitt (1915–1978), American baseball player
* Claude Corbo (born 1945), political scientist
* Claude Corea (1894–1962), Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations from 1958 to 1961
* Claude Cormier (1960–2023), Canadian landscape architect and urban designer
* Claude Cornish (1888–1975), Australian rules footballer
* Claude Couinaud (1922–2008), French surgeon and anatomist
* Claude Courchay (1933–2024), French novelist
* Claude Courtépée (1721–1781), French priest, teacher and historian
* Claude Cousineau (born 1950), Canadian politician and teacher
* Claude Covassi (1970–2013), Swiss criminal and spy
* Claude Crabb (1940–2021), American football player
* Claude Craigie (1886–?), Scottish footballer
* Claude J. Crenshaw, American World War II flying ace
* Claude Crépeau, Canadian computer scientist
* Claude Crétier (born 1977), French alpine skier
* Claude Criquielion (1957–2015), Belgian cyclist
* Claude Crocker (1924–2002), American baseball player
* Claude Croté (1938–2013), Belgian footballer
* Claude Crowl (1892–1915), Australian rules footballer with St Kilda
* Claude Cummings (1917–1965), Australian rules footballer
* Claude Cummings Jr., American labor union leader
* Claude Curtin (1920–1994), Australian rules footballer
* Claude Cuy y Mola (born 1957), French sports shooter
* Claude Cymerman (born 1947), French classical pianist
* Claude Cyr (1939–1971), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Dablon (1618–1697), Jesuit missionary in Canada
* Claude Dalenberg (1927–2008), zen priest
* Claude Dallaire (born 1960), Canadian weightlifter
* Claude Dallas (born 1950), self-styled "Mountain Man" and convicted murderer of two U.S. game wardens
* Claude Dallemagne (1754–1813), French general
* Claude Damas Ozimo (born 1939), Gabonese politician
* Claude Dambreville, Haitian writer and painter
* Claude Dambury (born 1971), French Guianan footballer
* Claude Dampier (1878–1955), British actor
* Claude d'Anna (born 1945), French film director
* Claude Darbos (1936–2016), French rugby union player
* Claude Dasse (born 1964), French bobsledder
* Claude Dauphin (disambiguation), several people
* Claude Dausque (1566–1644), French Jesuit
* Claude Davenport (1898–1976), American baseball player
* Claude Davey (1908–2001), Wales international rugby union player
* Claude Davidson (1896–1956), American baseball player
* Claude Davis (born 1979), Jamaican footballer
* Claude Davis (American football) (born 1989), American football player
* Claude Debru (born 1944), French philosopher
* Claude DeBruhl, American politician
* Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French composer
* Claude Dagens (born 1940), French prelate
* Claude Dehombreux (1939–2010), Belgian rower
* Claude Dejoux (1732–1816), French sculptor
* Claude Delacroix, Belgian musician and radio presenter
* Claude Alphonse Delangle (1797–1869), French magistrate, politician and lawyer
* Claude Delangle (born 1957), French classical saxophonist
* Claude Delbeke, Belgian civil engineer and philatelist
* Claude Delisle (1644–1720), French cartographer
* Claude Dellacherie, French mathematician
* Claude Delvincourt (1888–1954), French composer
* Claude Demassieux (born 1946), French politician
* Claude Demetrius (1916–1988), African-American songwriter
* Claude Dempsey, New Zealand rugby league footballer
* Claude Denman (1896–1958), Australian rules footballer
* Claude Deppa (born 1958), South African jazz trumpeter
* Claude Desailly (1922–2009), French screenwriter
* Claude Desbons (1938–2001), French politician
* Claude Deschiens, French slave trader and privateer
* Claude André Deseine (1740–1823), French sculptor
* Claude Desouches (1911–2001), French sailor
* Claude Desusclade (1919–2015), French swimmer
* Claude P. Dettloff (1899–1978), American photographer
* Claude Dielna (born 1987), French professional footballer
* Claude Dilain (1948–2015), French politician
* Claude Disney-Roebuck (1876–1947), English cricketer, British Army officer and actor
* Claude Dolbert (1902–1967), French film producer
* Claude Ernest Dolman (1906–1994), Canadian academic and microbiologist
* Claude Domeizel (born 1940), French politician
* Claude Joseph Dorat (1734–1780), French writer
* Claude Dornier (1884–1969), German aircraft designer
* Claude Doumet-Serhal, Lebanese archaeologist
* Claude Dourthe (born 1948), French rugby union player
* Claude Drouin (born 1956), Canadian politician
* Claude Du Bosc (1682–1746), French-born English engraver
* Claude Dubaële (born 1940), French footballer and coach
* Claude Dubar (1945–2015), French sociologist
* Claude Dubois (born 1947), Canadian musical artist
* Claude Dubois (politician) (born 1931), Canadian politician
* Claude Marie Dubuis (1817–1895), French-born prelate
* Claude Dufau (1946–2021), French rugby player and manager
* Claude Duflos (1665–1727), French engraver
* Claude Dufourmentel (1915–2012), French plastic surgeon
* Claude Dugardin (born 1938), French field hockey player
* Claude Dunbar (1909–1971), British Army general
* Claude Duplain (born 1954), Canadian politician
* Claude Dupuy, several people
* Claude Durand (1938–2015), French publisher, translator and writer
* Claude Duval, (1643–1670), French-born gentleman highwayman in post-Restoration Britain
* Claude Eatherly (1918–1978), United States Army Air Forces officer
* Claude Ecken, French science fiction writer
* Claude Wilbur Edgerton (1880–1965), American mycologist
* Claude Edorh (born 1972), German hurdler
* Claude Elliott (disambiguation), several people
* Claude Ely (1922–1978), American musical artist
* Claude Engle (1938–2023), American electrical engineer
* Claude English (born 1946), American basketball player and coach
* Claude Érignac (1937–1998), French politician
* Claude Esteban (1935–2006), French poet
* Claude Estier (1925–2016), French politician and journalist
* Claude Evans (1933–1982), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Évin (born 1949), French politician and lawyer
* Claude Evrard (1933–2020), French actor
* Claude Ewing Rusk (1871–1931), American mountaineer and lawyer
* Claude Ezoua (born 1956), French-born Ivorian rugby union footballer and coach
* Claude Fabre (born 1951), French physicist
* Claude Fagedet (1928–2017), French photographer
* Claude Falkiner, player of English billiards
* Claude Faraggi (1942–1991), French novelist
* Claude Faraldo (1936–2008), French actor, director and screenwriter
* Claude Farrer (1864–1890), English tennis player
* Claude Farrère (1876–1957), French navy officer and writer
* Claude Fauchet (disambiguation), several people
* Claude Charles Fauriel (1772–1844), French historian, philologist and critic
* Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585–1650), Savoyard grammarian and man of letters
* Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866–1946), American architect
* Claude Feemster Clayton (1909–1969), American judge
* Claude Feidt (1936–2020), French bishop
* Claude Feige (born 1958), French curler
* Claude Fell (1892–1972), Australian rules footballer
* Claude Felstead (1889–1964), Australian amateur golfer
* Claude Fenner (1916–1978), First Inspector-General of Police of Malaysia
* Claude Eric Fergusson McKay (1878–1972), Australian journalist and publicist of Scottish descent
* Claude Ferragne (born 1952), Canadian high jumper
* Claude Ferrier (1879–1935), Scottish architect
* Claude Fichaux (born 1969), French footballer
* Claude Fiocca (1931–2001), American politician
* Claude S. Fischer (born 1948), American sociologist
* Claude Fischler, French social scientist
* Claude Flagel (1932–2020), French musician
* Claude Flahault (1923–2015), French sailor
* Claude Fleck (1889–1962), Australian politician
* Claude Flemming (1884–1952), Australian actor, writer, producer and director
* Claude Fleury (1640–1723), French priest, jurist and ecclesiastical historian
* Claude Flight (1881–1955), British artist
* Claude Floquet (1884–1963), South African cricketer
* Claude Fonnereau (1677–1740), French Huguenot refugee
* Claude Forget (born 1936), Canadian economist and politician
* Claude Fournier (disambiguation), several people
* Claude Foussier (1925–2010), French sports shooter
* Claude François (1939–1978), French musician
* Claude François de Malet (1754–1812), French aristocrat and soldier
* Claude Fredericks (1923–2013), American poet and playwright
* Claude Fuess (1885–1963), American educator, administrator and biographer
* Claude Fuller, several people
* Claude Gagnon (born 1949), Canadian film director
* Claude Gaillard (born 1944), French politician
* Claude Ferdinand Gaillard (1834–1887), French engraver and painter
* Claude Gallimard (1914–1991), French publisher
* Claude Galopin, French automotive engineer
* Claude Garache (1929–2023), French artist
* Claude Garamond (1499–1561), French publisher and type designer
* Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac (1581–1638), French mathematician
* Claude Gatignol (born 1938), French politician
* Claude Gauthier (disambiguation), several people
* Claude Gay (1800–1873), French botanist, naturalist and illustrator
* Claude Ursule Gency (1766–1845), French general
* Claude Genest, Canadian journalist and actor
* Claude Geoffroy (disambiguation)
* Claude Germany, French musician
* Claude Gibb (1898–1959), South Australian engineer
* Claude "Hoot" Gibson (born 1939), American football player and coach
* Claude Gilbert (1932–2024), American football coach
* Claude Casimir Gillet (1806–1896), French botanist
* Claude Gillingwater (1870–1939), American actor
* Claude Gillot (1673–1722), French painter
* Claude Gingras (1931–2018), Canadian journalist and music critic
* Claude Giraud (1936–2020), French actor
* Claude Giroux (born 1988), French-Canadian professional ice hockey player and captain of the Philadelphia Flyers
* Claude Giroux (wrestler) (born 1956), Canadian professional wrestler
* Claude de Givray (born 1933), French film director
* Claude Gnapka (born 1983), French footballer
* Claude Goasguen (1945–2020), French politician
* Claude Godard d'Aucour (1716–1795), French writer
* Claude Godard d'Aucourt de Saint-Just (1768–1826), French librettist
* Claude Godart (born 1980), Luxembourgish hurdler
* Claude Goldie (1876–1956), English rower
* Claude Gonçalves (born 1994), Portuguese footballer
* Claude Gordon (1916–1996), American musical artist
* Claude Gordy, American politician
* Claude Goretta (1929–2019), Swiss TV producer and film director
* Claude Goudimel, French composer, music editor and publisher
* Claude Gouffier (1501–1570), French nobleman and book collector
* Claude Charles Goureau (1790–1879), French soldier and entomologist
* Claude Gouzzie (1873–1907), American baseball player
* Claude Grahame-White (1879–1959), English aviator
* Claude Grange (1883–1971), French sculptor
* Claude Gravelle (born 1949), Canadian politician
* Claude Gravereaux (1913–1943), French field hockey player
* Claude Gray (1932–2023), American country music singer-songwriter
* Claude Greder (1934–2005), French water polo player
* Claude Green (1906–1986), South African cricketer
* Claude Gregory (born 1958), American basketball player
* Claude Grégory (1921–2010), French literary critic and editor
* Claude Grier (1904–1967), American baseball player
* Claude Gros de Boze (1680–1753), French numismatist
* Claude Gruffat (born 1957), French politician and entrepreneur
* Claude Guay, Canadian politician
* Claude Guéant (born 1945), French civil servant
* Claude Guichard (1928–2021), French politician
* Claude Guigue (1832–1889), French archivist
* Claude Guiguet (born 1947), French modern pentathlete
* Claude Guilhot (1928–1990), French jazz vibraphonist and drummer
* Claude Guillaumin (1842–1927), French painter and caricaturist
* Claude Guillermet de Bérigard (1578–1663), French philosopher
* Claude Guillon (1952–2023), French writer and philosopher
* Claude Guimond (born 1963), Canadian politician
* Claude Guimond de La Touche (1723–1760), French playwright and poet
* Claude Guyot (born 1947), French cyclist
* Claude Hagège (born 1936), French linguist
* Claude Haldi (1942–2017), Swiss racing driver
* Claude Hall (1932–2017), American journalist and writer
* Claude Hardy (1604–1678), French linguist, mathematician and lawyer
* Claude Harmon (1916–1989), American professional golfer
* Claude Harriott (born 1981), American gridiron football player
* Claude Harris Jr. (1940–1994), American politician
* Claude L. Harrison (1886–1986), Canadian politician
* Claude Harvey (born 1948), American football player
* Claude Hauet (1925–1995), French field hockey player
* Claude Haut (born 1944), French politician
* Claude Hay (musician), Australian musician
* Claude Hay (Conservative politician) (1862–1920), British politician
* Claude Hayes (1912–1996), British civil servant
* Claude Hayslett, American baseball player
* Claude Heater (1927–2020), American opera singer
* Claude Hêche (born 1952), Swiss politician
* Claude Heim (1912–2002), French long jumper
* Claude Helffer (1922–2004), French pianist
* Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715–1771), French philosopher
* Claude Henderson (born 1972), South African cricketer
* Claude Hendrix (1889–1944), American baseball player
* Claude Herbulot (1908–2006), French entomologist
* C. Nash Herndon (1916–1998), American geneticist
* Claude Heymann (1907–1994), French screenwriter and film director
* Claude W. Hibbard (1905–1973), American paleontologist
* Claude Hickson (1878–1948), New Zealand cricketer
* Claude Hillaire-Marcel (born 1944), Canadian geologist
* Claude M. Hilton (born 1940), American judge
* Claude Hipps (1927–2017), American football player
* Claude Holgate (1872–1937), American wrestler
* Claude Holman (1904–1973), American lawyer and politician
* Claude C. Hopkins (1866–1932), American advertiser and author
* Claude Horan (1917–2014), American artist
* Claude Houben (1926–2009), Belgian bobsledder
* Claude Houde (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Houghton (1889–1961), British novelist
* Claude Hubert (1914–1977), French racewalker
* Claude Hudelot (1942–2021), French Sinologist
* Claude Hudson (1881–1952), American chemist
* Claude B. Hudspeth (1877–1941), American cowboy, rancher, lawyer and statesman
* Claude Hugot (1929–1978), French chess player
* Claude Hulbert (1900–1964), British comic actor
* Claude Humphrey (1944–2021), American football player and coach
* Claude Hunt, several people
* Claude B. Hutchison (1885–1980), American politician
* Claude Iff (born 1946), Swiss footballer
* Claude Imbert (born 1933), French philosopher and logician
* Claude Issorat (born 1966), French Paralympic athlete
* Claude Itoungue Bongogne (born 2001), Cameroonian sprinter
* Claude Itzykson (1938–1995), French theoretical physicist
* Claude Jaeger (1917–2004), French film producer and film actor
* Claude James (1878–1961), Australian politician
* Claude Jameson (1886–1943), American soccer player
* Claude Jamet (1929–2021), French footballer
* Claude Janiak (born 1948), Swiss politician
* Claude Jarman Jr. (1934–2025), American actor
* Claude Jasmin (1930–2021), Canadian journalist
* Claude J. Jasper, American politician
* Claude Jaupart (born 1953), French geophysicist
* Claude Javeau (1940–2021), Belgian sociologist and professor
* Claude Jean-Prost (1936–2018), French ski jumper
* Claude Jeancolas (1949–2016), French writer, art historian and journalist
* Claude Jeannerot (born 1945), French politician
* Claude Jeantet (1902–1982), French journalist and politician
* Claude Jennings (1884–1950), Australian cricketer
* Claude Jephcott (1890–1950), English professional footballer
* Claude Jeter (1914–2009), American singer
* Claude Jodoin (1913–1975), Canadian trade unionist and politician
* Claude Hermann Walter Johns (1857–1920), British assyriologist
* Claude Joseph Johnson (1913–1990), American gospel singer and preacher
* Claude M. Johnson (1852–1919), American politician
* Claude Johnson (1864–1926), British businessman and managing director of Rolls-Royce Ltd.
* Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707–1777), French novelist
* Claude Jones (1901–1962), American jazz musician
* Claude Jonnard (1897–1959), American baseball player
* Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan (1814–1897), French botanist and taxonomist
* Claude Joseph, Haitian politician and foreign minister
* Claude Julien, several people
* Claude Jutra (1930–1986), Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter
* Claude Kahn (1935–2023), French pianist
* Claude Kalisa (born 1977), Rwandan footballer
* Claude Kelly, American singer and songwriter
* Claude Kévers-Pascalis, Belgian writer, historian and engineer
* Claude Kiambe (born 2003), Congolese-born Dutch singer
* Claude Kietzman (1918–1989), South African rower
* Claude Kinder, several people
* Claude King (1923–2013), American country music singer-songwriter
* Claude King (actor) (1875–1941), English-American actor
* Claude Kirby (1868–1935), English football executive
* Claude Kirchner (1916–1993), American entertainer and announcer
* Claude R. Kirk Jr. (1926–2011), 36th governor of Florida
* Claude Kitchin (1869–1923), American politician
* Claude Kohler (1931–2019), American sailor
* Claude Kory Kondiano (1942–2022), Guinean politician
* Claude Koutob (born 1995), Togolese footballer
* Claude La Colombière (1641–1682), French Jesuit priest and saint
* Claude La Haye, Canadian production sound mixer
* Claude LaBrosse (born 1934), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Lacaze (born 1940), French international rugby union and rugby league footballer
* Claude Lachance (born 1945), Canadian politician
* Claude Lacroix (1944–2021), French screenwriter and comic book author
* Claude LaForge (1936–2015), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Lafortune (1936–2020), Canadian paper artist
* Claude Lagarde (1895–1983), French sports shooter
* Claude Lajoie (1928–2015), Canadian politician
* Claude R. Lakey (1910–1990), American jazz musician
* Claude Lambert (born 1969), Canadian boxer
* Claude Lambie (1868–1921), Scottish footballer
* Claude Lamirault (1918–1945), French military officer
* Claude Lamour (born 1969), French cyclist
* Claude Lamoureux (1650–1699), French sculptor
* Claude Lamy, Canadian swimmer
* Claude Lancaster (1899–1977), British soldier, politician and businessman
* Claude Landini (1926–2021), Swiss basketball player
* Claude Landry (born 1955), Canadian politician
* Claude Langlois, French scientific instrument maker
* Claude Lanthier (1933–2015), Canadian politician
* Claude Lanzmann (1925–2018), French journalist and film director
* Claude Lapointe (born 1968), Canadian former ice hockey player
* Claude A. Larkin (1891–1969), American Marine general
* Claude Larochelle (1931–2002), Canadian hockey journalist
* Claude Larose, several people
* Claude Lastennet (born 1971), French serial killer
* Claude Laurgeau (born 1942), French engineer
* Claude Laverdure (author) (1947–2020), Belgian comics artist
* Claude Lavoie Richer (1929–2014), Canadian cross-country skier
* Claude Laydu (1927–2011), Swiss actor
* Claude Le Baube (1919–2007), French painter
* Claude Le Ber (1931–2016), French cyclist
* Claude Le Coz (1740–1815), French catholic bishop
* Claude Le Jeune (1530–1600), Franco-Flemish composer
* Claude Le Pen (1948–2020), French economist
* Claude Le Péron (1948–2020), French musician
* Claude Le Roy (born 1948), French association football player and manager
* Claude Lebey (1923–2017), French food critic and publisher
* Claude LeBrun (born 1956), American mathematician
* Claude Lechatellier (born 1946), French cyclist
* Claude Lecomte (1817–1871), French general
* Claude Lecourbe (1759–1815), French general
* Claude Lecouteux (born 1943), French philologist
* Claude L'Écuyer (born 1947), Canadian politician
* Claude Ledoux (composer) (born 1960), Belgian composer
* Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736–1806), French neoclassical architect
* Claude Lefebvre, several people
* Claude Joachim Lefèvre, French racehorse owner
* Claude Lefort (1924–2010), French philosopher
* Claude Legault (born 1963), Canadian actor and TV writer
* Claude Juste Alexandre Legrand (1762–1815), French general
* Claude Legrand (skier) (born 1941), French cross-country skier
* Claude Legris (born 1956), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Lelouch (born 1937), French filmmaker and writer
* Claude Lemaréchal, French applied mathematician
* Claude Lemieux (born 1965), retired ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
* Claude Lemoine (born 1932), French chess player
* Claude Lenners (born 1956), Luxembourgish composer
* Claude Lepelley (1934–2015), French historian
* Claude Leroy (field hockey) (1935–2004), French field hockey player
* Claude Leteurtre (born 1940), French politician
* Claude Léveillée, French musical artist
* Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French anthropologist
* Claude Lewis (1908–1993), English cricketer
* Claude Liauzu (1940–2007), French historian
* Claude Lightfoot (1910–1991), American politician
* C. H. Lindsley (1894–1969), American architect
* Claude List, rugby league player
* Claude Littner (born 1949), British businessman
* Claude Lobo (1943–2011), automotive designer
* Claude Loiselle (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Lorius (1932–2023), French glaciologist
* Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher traditionally called just "Claude" in English
* Claude Louis Berthollet (1748–1822), French chemist
* Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain (1707–1778), French general
* Claude Lowitz (born 1962), French football player and manager
* Claude Lowther (1870–1929), British politician
* Claude Loyola Allgen (1920–1990), Swedish composer
* Claude Lucas (born 1943), French writer
* Claude Luse (1879–1932), American lawyer and United States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin
* Claude Luter (1923–2006), musical artist
* Claude Lutz (1942–2022), French retired slalom canoeist
* Claude Maxwell MacDonald (1852–1915), British army officer and diplomat
* Claude Mackay (1894–1915), Indian-born English cricketer
* Claude Maddox (1897–1958), Chicago mobster
* Claude Magnay (1819–1870), English clergyman and cricketer
* Claude Magni (born 1950), French cyclist
* Claude Maka Kum (born 1985), footballer
* Claude Makélélé (born 1973), French football manager and former player
* Claude Mallet, British diplomat
* Claude de Malleville (1597–1647), French poet
* Claude Mandil (born 1942), French businessman
* Claude Mandy (1908–1978), South African cricketer
* Claude Mantoulan (1936–1983), former French dual-code international rugby footballer
* Claude Marcel, French diplomat, language teacher and applied linguist
* Claude Marcil (born 1963), Canadian fencer
* Claude Mariétan (born 1953), Swiss footballer
* Claude Marin (1931–2001), French cartoonist
* Claude Marin de la Perrière (1705–1752), Canadian fur trader
* Claude Marquet (1869–1920), Australian political cartoonist
* Claude Martin (1735–1800), French soldier
* Claude Martin (rower) (1930–2017), French rower
* Claude Massey (1889–1968), Australian public servant and diplomat
* Claude Massop (1949–1979), gang leader
* Claude Matthews (1845–1898), American politician
* Claude Matthews (Australian politician) (1899–1954), Australian politician
* Claude Mattio (born 1936), French cyclist
* Claude Mattocks (born 1980), footballer
* Claude Maurer (born 1975), Swiss sailor
* Claude Mauriac (1914–1996), French author and journalist
* Claude C. McColloch (1888–1959), American politician and judge
* Claude McFayden (died 1947), Australian rugby league footballer and administrator
* Claude McKay (1889–1948), Jamaican writer and poet
* Claude McKenzie, Canadian singer-songwriter
* Claude C. McRaven (1918–2007), American football player
* Claude Meillassoux (1925–2005), French neo-Marxist economic anthropologist and Africanist
* Claude Meisch (born 1971), Luxembourgish politician
* Claude Mélançon (1895–1973), French Canadian naturalist, journalist and author
* Claude Melki (1939–1994), French actor
* Claude Mellan (1598–1688), French engraver and painter
* Claude Melnot Wilson (1898–1918), Canadian World War I flying ace
* Claude Ménard, several people
* Claude Mercier-Ythier (1931–2020), French harpsichord manufacturer
* Claude Ignace François Michaud (1751–1835), French soldier
* Claude Michel (1738–1814), French sculptor
* Claude Michel (footballer) (born 1971), French footballer
* Claude Michel (politician) (born 1938), French politician
* Claude Michelet (1938–2022), French writer
* Claude Michely (1959–2023), Luxembourgish cyclist
* Claude Michy (born 1949), French sports executive
* Claude Migeon (1923–2018), French pediatric endocrinologist
* Claude Miller (baseball), American baseball player
* Claude Miller (bishop) (1944–2023), Canadian Anglican bishop
* Claude Mithon de Genouilly (1725–1803), French navy officer of the war of American Independence
* Claude Mobitang (born 1987), Cameroonian footballer
* Claude Moët (1683–1760), French winemaker and wine merchant
* Claude Moisy (1927–2020), French journalist
* Claude Mollet (1564–1649), French gardener and astrologer
* Claude Monet (1840–1926), French painter
* Claude Mongeau, Canadian railroad executive
* Claude Moniquet (born 1958), French journalist
* Claude Montal (1800–1865), French piano tuner and piano maker
* Claude Montana (1947–2024), French fashion designer
* Claude Montefiore (1858–1938), British Jewish religious leader and scholar
* Claude Monteux (1920–2013), American flutist and conductor
* Claude Montmarquette (1942–2021), Canadian economist
* Claude Moore (1875–1928), British army officer
* Claude Moraes (born 1965), British labor politician and campaigner
* Claude Moreau (born 1958), French cyclist
* Claude Morin, several people
* Claude Morinière (born 1960), French long jumper
* Claude F. Morris (1869–1957), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
* Claude Mouriéras (born 1953), French film director
* Claude Mourthé (1932–2024), French writer and film director
* Claude Mulcahy, South African cricketer and South African Army officer
* Claude Mulot (1942–1986), French screenwriter and film director
* Claude Mutafian (born 1942), French writer, historian and mathematician
* Claude Myburgh (1911–1987), English cricketer and British Army officer
* Claude Mydorge (1585–1647), French mathematician
* Claude Mylon (1618–1660), French mathematician
* Claude H. Nash, American biochemist
* Claude Netter (1924–2007), French Olympic champion foil fencer
* Claude Neveu (1931–2007), French slalom canoeist
* Claude Newberry (1888–1916), South African cricketer
* Claude Newman, British ballet dancer
* Claude Nicholson, several people
* Claude Nicolas (born 1941), French middle-distance runner
* Claude Nicolet (1930–2010), French historian
* Claude Nicollier (born 1944), first Swiss astronaut
* Claude Nicot (1925–2003), French actor
* Claude Nicouleau (born 1961), French speed skater
* Claude Niépce (1763–1828), French inventor
* Claude Nobs (1936–2013), Swiss businessman
* Claude Noël (born 1955), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Noel (boxer) (1948–2023), Trinidad and Tobago boxer
* Claude Noisette de Crauzat (born 1938), French musicologist and organ specialist
* Claude Nougaro (1929–2004), French jazz singer
* Claude Nowell (1944–2008), American entrepreneur and religious teacher
* Claude Obsomer, Belgian Egyptologist
* Claude Oestges, Belgian engineer
* Claude Olievenstein (1933–2008), French psychiatrist
* Claude Ollier (1922–2014), French writer
* Claude Olney (1931–1995), college professor and author
* Claude Onesta (born 1957), French handball player
* Claude Osteen (born 1939), American baseball player
* Claude Ouimet (1961–2019), Canadian actor
* Claude Overton (1927–1996), American basketball player
* Claude Pache (born 1943), French rower
* Claude Pacot, French architect
* Claude Paillat (1924–2001), French historian, journalist and writer
* Claude V. Palisca (1921–2001), 20th century authority on early music, professor of music at Yale
* Claude Panier (1912–1990), French politician
* Claude Papesch (died 1987), New Zealand musical artist
* Claude Papi (1949–1983), French footballer
* Claude Paradin (1510–1573), French writer, collector, historian and genealogist
* Claude Parent (1923–2016), French architect
* Claude Parfaict (1705–1777), French theatre historian
* Claude Paris (1808–1866), French composer
* Claude Parisot (c. 1704–1784), French organ builder
* Claude V. Parsons (1895–1941), American politician
* Claude Pascal (1921–2017), French composer
* Claude Passeau (1909–2003), American baseball player
* Claude Patrick (born 1980), Canadian mixed martial arts fighter
* Claude Patry (born 1953), Canadian politician
* Claude E. Payne (born 1932), American episcopal bishop
* Claude Payton (1882–1955), American actor
* Claude Pélieu (1934–2002), French poet, translator and artist
* Claude J. Pelletier, French editor and game designer
* Claude Pelly (1902–1972), Royal Air Force commander
* Claude Pelon (born 1992), American football player
* Claude Péloquin (1942–2018), Canadian poet, writer, singer, songwriter, screenwriter and director
* Claude Penz (1924–2006), French alpine skier
* Claude Pepper (1900–1989), American politician
* Claude Perraudin (1948–2001), French musician
* Claude Perrault (1613–1688), French architect
* Claude Perrot (born 1951), French alpine skier
* Claude Peter (1947–2022), French basketball player
* Claude Petit, French politician
* Claude Philippe (1910–1978), British-born French-American restaurateur
* Claude Phillip (born 1942), Trinidadian cricketer
* Claude Phillips (1846–1924), English writer
* Claude Picard (born 1938), French sprint canoer
* Claude Picasso (1947–2023), French filmmaker, designer and artist
* Claude Pickens, American missionary and photographer
* Claude de Picques (1515–?), French bookbinder
* Claude Piel (1921–1982), French aircraft designer
* Claude Piéplu (1923–2006), French actor
* Claude Pierrat (born 1963), French cross-country skier
* Claude Pilon, Canadian football player and wrestler
* Claude Pinard (born 1949), Canadian politician
* Claude Piquemal (born 1939), French sprinter
* Claude Piron (1931–2008), linguist and psychologist
* Claude Pivi, Guinean politician
* Claude Platt (1904–1966), Australian sports shooter
* Claude Plessier (born 1946), French painter
* Claude Poirier (born 1938), Canadian journalist
* Claude Poissant (1955–2025), Canadian theater director, actor and screenwriter
* Claude Pollard (1874–1942), American lawyer
* Claude Ponsard (1927–1990), French economist
* Claude Poole, American baseball player
* Claude R. Porter (1872–1946), American politician
* Claude Portolan, French rugby union player
* Claude Pouillet (1790–1868), French physicist
* Claude Poullart des Places (1679–1709), French catholic priest
* Claude Pouteau (1725–1775), French surgeon and inventor
* Claude Pronovost (1935–2022), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Prosdocimi (1927–2016), French footballer and coach
* Claude Prouvoyeur (1927–2018), French politician
* Claude Provencher (1949–2022), Canadian architect
* Claude Provost (1933–1984), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Pruneau (born 1960), Canadian-American nuclear physicist
* Claude Puel (born 1961), French association football player and manager
* Claude Quenneville (born 1949), Canadian sports commentator in Quebec
* Claude Quétel, French historian
* Claude Quittet (born 1941), French footballer
* Claude Raffestin (born 1936), Swiss geographer
* Claude Raffy (born 1945), French swimmer
* Claude Rains (1889–1967), British-born American actor
* Claude Rajon (1866–1932), French politician
* Claude Ramey (1754–1838), French sculptor
* Claude Ramsey (1943–2018), American farmer and politician
* Claude Rapin (born 19??), archaeologist specialising in Central Asian studies
* Claude Ravinet (born 1943), Belgian field hockey player
* Claude Raymond (born 1937), Canadian baseball player
* Claude Reeds (1890–1974), American football player and coach
* Claude Reid, Canadian politician
* Claude Reignier Conder (1848–1910), British military officer and explorer
* Claude Renoir (1913–1993), French cinematographer
* Claude Ribbe (born 1954), French writer, activist and filmmaker
* Claude Rich (1929–2017), French actor
* Claude Richardson (1900–1969), Canadian politician
* Claude Riche (1762–1797), French naturalist
* Claude Richmond (born 1935), Canadian politician
* Claude Rifat (1952–2002), French biologist
* Claude Rigby (1882–1960), Irish cricketer and radiologist
* Claude Rijmenans (born 1948), Belgian ambassador
* Claude Riley (born 1960), American basketball player
* Claude Rilly (born 1959), French linguist and archaeologist
* Claude Ritchey (1873–1951), American baseball player
* Claude Rivière (born 1932), French anthropologist
* Claude Robert (1928–2007), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude C. Robinson (1881–1976), Canadian ice hockey and sports executive
* Claude E. Robinson (1900–1961), American advertising researcher
* Claude Rock (1863–1950), Australian schoolmaster and cricketer
* Claude Rogers, several people
* Claude Rohla (1951–2011), Luxembourgish archer
* Claude G. Ross, American diplomat
* Claude Ross (1893–1917), Australian track and field athlete
* Claude Rossi (born 1937), Monegasque sailor
* Claude Rossman (1881–1928), American baseball player
* Claude Rothgeb (1880–1944), American athlete and coach
* Claude Rouer (1929–2021), French road cyclist
* Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836), French writer and composer
* Claude Rousseau (born 1953), Canadian archer
* Claude Roussel, Canadian sculptor
* Claude Roussel (athlete) (1941–1992), French bobsledder
* Claude Roux (born 1945), French lichenologist and esperantist
* Claude Rowe (1904–1973), Australian rules footballer
* Claude Roy, several people
* Claude Rubie (1888–1939), English cricketer and soldier
* Claude Ruel (1938–2015), Canadian ice hockey coach
* Claude Ruey (born 1949), Swiss politician
* Claude Ruggieri (1777–1841), French pyrotechnician
* Claude Russell-Brown (1873–1939), Canadian tennis player
* Claude Rutault (1941–2022), French painter
* Claude Ryan (1925–2004), Canadian journalist and politician
* Claude Rye, British speedway rider
* Claude Ryf (born 1957), Swiss footballer and manager
* Claude Sabbah (born 1954), French mathematician
* Claude Sadio (born 1943), Senegalese basketball player
* Claude Sahut (1883–1932), French architect
* Claude Salhani (1952–2022), Lebanese-American photographer, photojournalist and author
* Claude Sallier (1685–1761), French librarian
* Claude Saluden (1937–1996), French boxer
* Claude Samuel (1931–2020), French music critic
* Claude Sandoz (born 1946), Swiss visual artist
* Claude Santelli (1923–2001), French film director
* Claude Saunders (1912–2007), Canadian rower
* Claude Saunier (1943–2022), French politician
* Claude Saurel (1948–2025), French rugby union player and coach
* Claude Sautet (1924–2000), French film director and screenwriter
* Claude Sauvage (1936–2011), French cyclist
* Claude Savoie, several people
* Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer (1898–1982), French archaeologist
* Claude Schnitzler, French organist and conductor
* Claude Schwob, American nuclear chemist
* Claude Scudamore Jarvis (1879–1953), British colonial Governor and journalist
* Claude Stephane Seanla (born 1988), Ivorian footballer
* Claude Seignolle (1917–2018), French author
* Claude Serre (1938–1998), French cartoonist
* Claude Shannon (1916–2001), American information theorist, mathematician, and electrical engineer
* Claude Sheppard (1916–2001), Canadian politician and magistrate
* Claude Allin Shepperson (1867–1921), British artist, illustrator and joke cartoonist
* Claude Sicard (1677–1726), French Jesuit priest and Egyptologist
* Claude Silberzahn (1935–2020), French civil servant
* Claude Henry da Silva (1891–1980), Singaporean lawyer
* Claude A. Simard (1943–2014), Canadian painter
* Claude Simon (1913–2005), French novelist
* Claude Simons, several people
* Claude Simpol (1666–1711), French painter
* Claude Sintes (born 1953), French archaeologist and curator
* Claude Sionnest (1749–1820), French naturalist
* Claude Sirvent (born 1971), French international rugby league footballer
* Claude Sitton (1925–2015), American journalist
* Claude Smeal (1918–1993), Australian long-distance runner
* Claude Smith, several people
* Claude Soulé (1911–1969), French field hockey player
* Claude Spanghero (born 1948), French rugby player
* Claude V. Spratley (1882–1976), American judge
* Claude St. Sauveur (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore (1853–1901), English painter
* Claude Stanlake (1882–1960), Australian rules footballer
* Claude Steele (born 1946), American social psychologist and professor
* Claude Steiner (1935–2017), American psychotherapist and psychologist
* Claude Stin (1922–2007), Russian-French artist
* Claude Stone Jr. (1926–2014), American politician
* Claude U. Stone (1879–1957), American politician
* Claude van der Straaten (1905–1962), Ceylonese cricketer
* Claude Strebelle (1917–2010), Belgian architect
* Claude Sullivan (1924–1967), American sportscaster
* Claude J. Summers, American literary scholar
* Claude Surprenant (born 1963), Canadian politician
* Claude A. Swanson (1862–1939), American lawyer and politician
* Claude Taittinger (1927–2022), French businessman
* Claude Taugher (1897–1963), recipient of the naval cross
* Claude Taylor, several people
* Claude Teisseire (1931–2025), former French international rugby league footballer
* Claude Terrasse (1867–1923), French composer
* Claude Terrell (born 1982), American football player
* Claude Terry (born 1950), American basketball player
* Claude Tessier (1943–2010), Canadian politician
* Claude Testot-Ferry (1773–1856), French cavalry veteran
* Claude Thomas, several people
* Claude Thomassin (1865–1942), French bow maker
* Claude R. Thomson (1933–2010), Canadian lawyer
* Claude Thorburn (born 1987), Namibian cricket umpire
* Claude Thornhill (1908–1965), American pianist, composer and arranger
* Claude E. Thornhill (1893–1956), American football player and coach
* Claude Tillier (1801–1844), French novelist and pamphleteer
* Claude Tircuy de Corcelle (1768–1843), French politician
* Claude Charles du Tisné, French soldier and Illinois country explorer
* Claude Tissendier (born 1952), French jazz reedist and bandleader
* Claude Titre (1930–1985), French actor
* Claude Tollet (born 1949), French cyclist
* Claude Toovey (1896–1978), Australian rules footballer
* Claude Toukéné-Guébogo (born 1975), Cameroonian sprinter
* Claude Tousignant (born 1932), Canadian artist
* Claude Tozer (1890–1920), Australian cricketer
* Claude Trahan (1939–1975), Canadian ski jumper
* Claude Treglown (1893–1980), English cricketer
* Claude Tresmontant (1925–1997), French philosopher, Hellenist and theologian
* Claude Troisgros (born 1956), French chef
* Claude Trudel (born 1942), Canadian politician
* Claude Frédéric t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly (1648–1723), Dutch general
* Claude Tudor, United States Air Force general
* Claude Turmes (born 1960), Luxembourgish politician
* Claude Vaillancourt (born 1944), Canadian politician
* Claude H. Van Tyne (1869–1930), American historian
* Claude Vandersleyen (1927–2021), Belgian Egyptologist
* Claude Vasconi (1940–2009), French architect
* Claude Vellefaux (1505–?), French architect
* Claude Ventura (born 1938), French film director
* Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), French painter
* Claude Verret (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Verspaille (born 1964), Belgian footballer and manager
* Claude Viallat (born 1936), French contemporary painter
* Claude Videgla (born 1990), Togolese footballer
* Claude Viens (born 1949), Canadian handball player
* Claude Vigée (1921–2020), French poet and academic
* Claude Vignon (1593–1670), French painter
* Claude Vilgrain (born 1963), Haitian-born Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Alvin Villee Jr. (1917–2003), American biologist
* Claude Vincendeau (born 1954), French cyclist
* Claude Virden (born 1947), American basketball player
* Claude Virgin (1928–2006), British fashion photographer
* Claude de Visdelou (1656–1737), French missionary
* Claude Vivier (1948–1983), Canadian composer
* Claude Volter (1933–2002), Belgian comedian and theatre director
* Claude VonStroke (born 1971), American musical artist
* Claude Wagner (1925–1979), Canadian politician
* Claude Warner (1882–1965), Welsh cricketer
* Claude Nelson Warren (1932–2021), American archaeologist
* Claude A. Watson (1885–1978), American politician
* Claude Weaver (1867–1954), American politician
* Claude Weaver III (1923–1944), American-Canadian World War II flying ace
* Claude Weisz (1939–2019), French film director
* Claude Welch (disambiguation), several people
* Claude Weston (1879–1946), New Zealand lawyer, soldier and politician
* Claude Wharton (1914–2003), Australian politician
* Claude Whatham (1927–2008), English film and TV director
* Claude White, several people
* Claude Whittindale (1881–1907), English rugby union player
* Claude R. Wickard (1893–1967), American politician
* Claude Wilborn (1912–1992), American baseball player
* Claude Wild, Swiss diplomat
* Claude Wilkinson (born 1959), American poet and artist
* Claude A. Williams, U. S. Army general
* Claude Willoughby (1898–1973), American baseball player
* Claude Wilson (1858–1881), English footballer and cricketer
* Claude Wilson (ice hockey) (1893–1976), Canadian ice hockey player
* Claude Windal (born 1939), French field hockey player
* Claude Wiseler (born 1960), President of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg
* Claude Wroten (born 1983), American gridiron football player
* Claude Zdanow, American musical artist
* Claude Zidi (born 1934), French film director and screenwriter
* Claude Zilberberg (1938–2018), French semiotician

## Women

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* Claude de Bectoz (1490–1547), writer, intellectual, abbess and correspondent of Francis I of France
* Claude of France (1499–1524), queen consort of King Francis I of France and Duchess of Brittany
* Claude of France (1547–1575), second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici
* Claude de Vin des Œillets (1637–1687), a mistress of King Louis XIV of France
* Claude Albright (1873–1923), American opera singer
* Claude Arrieu (1903–1990), French composer
* Claude Batho (1935–1981), French photographer
* Claude Baumann, Swiss chess player
* Claude Bergeret (born 1954), French table tennis player
* Claude Borelli (1934–1960), French actress
* Claude Cahun (1894–1954), French surrealist photographer, sculptor and writer
* Claude Chirac (born 1962), daughter of Jacques Chirac
* Claude Darciaux (born 1942), French politician
* Claude DeBellefeuille (born 1963), Canadian politician
* Claude Dulong (1922–2017), French woman historian
* Claude Farell (1914–2008), Austrian actress
* Claude Gauvard (born 1942), French medievalist historian and academic
* Claude Génia (1913–1979), French actress
* Claude Gensac (1927–2016), French actress
* Claude Greff (born 1954), French politician
* Claude Grison, French chemist
* Claude Haffner, French-Congolese filmmaker
* Claude Jade (1948–2006), French actress
* Claude Klee (1931–2017), French biochemist
* Claude Kogan (1919–1959), French mountain climber
* Claude B. Levenson (1938–2010), French journalist and writer
* Claude Lombard (1945–2021), Belgian singer
* Claude Mandonnaud (born 1950), French swimmer
* Claude May (1913–2009), French actress
* Claude Mérelle (1888–1976), French actress
* Claude or Claudia Moatti (born 1954), French historian specialising in Roman Studies
* Claude Mossé (1924–2022), French historian
* Claude Nollier (1919–2009), French actress
* Claude Perchat (1952–2022), French graphic designer and illustrator
* Claude Perron (born 1966), French actress
* Claude Pompidou (1912–2007), widow of President Georges Pompidou
* Claude Porter White (1907–1975), American author and composer
* Claude Pujade-Renaud (born 1932), French writer
* Claude Raguet Hirst (1855–1942), American painter
* Claude Saint-Cyr (1911–2002), French milliner
* Claude Sarraute (1927–2023), French writer and journalist
* Claude Scott-Mitchell, Australian actress
* Claude Sylvain (1930–2005), French actress and singer
* Claude Winter (1931–2011), French stage and film actress

## Fictional characters

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* Claude (chatbot), a large language model developed by Anthropic AI
* Claude, from the anime series Beyblade G-Revolution
* Claude, from the Bleach franchise
* Claude, eponymous dog from the Claude series of books by Alex T. Smith
* Claude, protagonist of the video game Grand Theft Auto III
* Claude, young numbat in the 2007 Australian film Gumnutz: A Juicy Tale
* Claude, from the television series Heroes
* Claude, uncle of Hugo Cabret in the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret
* Claude, French character in the children's television series The Raggy Dolls
* Claude, from the children's animated series Timothy Goes to School
* Claude, a rabbit villager in the video game series Animal Crossing
* Claude of Valois, from the television series Reign
* Claude Hooper Bukowski, protagonist of the musical Hair
* Claude Cat, from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series from Warner Bros.
* Claude Faustus, demonic butler from the Black Butler franchise
* Claude Fitzwilliam, title character in the 1967 American romantic comedy film Fitzwilly
* Claude Frollo, villain of the Victor Hugo novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and its Disney adaptation
* Claude, a crab and one of the Peggle Masters from Peggle
* Claude von Riegan, one of the three main lords from the video games Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
* Claude Scruggs, a minor character in the Pixar animated film Cars
* Claude Speed, protagonist of the video game Grand Theft Auto 2
* Claude Sterling, villain from the manga adaptation of the "Vampire Kisses" book series
* Claude Wallace, protagonist of the video game Valkyria Chronicles 4
* Claude Wheeler, main character of Willa Cather's One of Ours
* Claude Banks, main character of Life (1999 film) portrayed by Martin Lawrence
* Claude Remy Auburn, a character in Auburn's Chronicle.

## See also

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* Claud, a given name
* Claude (disambiguation)
* Claudio
* Claudia

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