Lefebvre
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Lefebvre is a common French surname. It is also spelled Lefevre, Lefèvre, LeFevre, LeFèvre, and is used in the related forms Favre, Faure, or Dufaure.
The name derives from "ferrum", the latin word for "iron", being originally a surname stating the profession of its bearer, literally a "farrier". Many French surnames are used with the definite article as a prefix (Lefebvre, Lefèvre; archaic spellings are LeFevre, LeFèvre), with the partitive article as a prefix (Dufaure), or without article/prefix (Favre, Faure), but the meaning is the same.
It may refer to:
[edit] as a Surname
- Arlette Lefebvre, a child psychologist
- Charles Edouard Lefebvre, French composer
- Elsie Lefebvre, Quebec politician
- François Joseph Lefebvre, French marshal during Napoleonic Wars
- Georges Lefebvre, French historian
- Henri Lefebvre, French philosopher
- Jean Lefebvre, French actor
- Jim Lefebvre, baseball player
- Ludovic Lefebvre, a celebrity chef
- Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a prelate of the Catholic Church
- Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (1836 - 1911), French painter.
- Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre, French actress
- Dr Louis Lefebvre, French scientist
- Roland Lefebvre, cricket player
- Sebastien Lefebvre, musician
- Sylvain Lefebvre, a Canadian ice hockey player
- Tanneguy Lefebvre, a French scholar
- Vladimir Lefebvre, American mathematician
[edit] as a Middle Name
- Charles, comte Lefebvre-Desnouettes, French general
- Edmond Lefebvre du Prey, French politician
