Faure

For the island, see Faure Island. For the hamlet, see Faure, South Africa.

Not to be confused with Fauré (surname).

Faure is an Occitan family name meaning blacksmith, from Latin faber. It is pronounced [fɔʁ] in French (unlike Fauré which is pronounced [foʁe]).

People

Politicians

• Dominique Faure (born 1959), French politician
• Edgar Faure (1908–1988), French politician
• Félix Faure (1841–1899), French politician and President of France from 1895 until his death
• Fernand Faure (1853–1929), French economist and politician
• Jacques Faure (ambassador), French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group
• Louis-Joseph Faure (1760-1837) French jurist and politician
• Olivier Faure (born 1968), French politician
• Martine Faure (born 1948), French politician
• Maurice Faure (1922–2014), French Resistance leader and politician, and the last surviving signatory of the Treaty of Rome
• Sébastien Faure (1858–1942), French anarchist
• Faure Gnassingbé, president of Togo

Writers, artists, and musicians

• Élie Faure (1873–1937), French art historian and essayist
• Gabriel Faure (1877–1962), French poet, novelist and essayist
• Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), French composer, organist, pianist and teacher
• Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914), French baritone and composer
• Lucie Faure (1908–1977), French writer
• Renée Faure (1918–2005), French actress

Others

• Abraham Faure (1795–1875), South African clergyman
• Camille Alphonse Faure, French chemical engineer
• Gunter Faure, American geochemist
• Jacques Faure (French Army officer) (1904–1988), French Army general and skier
• Jacques-Paul Faure (1869–1924), head of the French military mission to Japan (1918–1919)
• Keith Faure, Australian career criminal
• Luigi Faure (1901–1974), Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper
• Sébastien Faure (footballer), French footballer

See also

• Fauré (surname)
• Faur