Lefebvre
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Lefebvre is a common French surname. It is also spelled Lefèvre, LeFebvre, LeFèvre, and is used in the related forms Lefeuvre, Lefébure, Favre, Faure, Favret, Favrette 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" with its etymological cognate in the Italian "Ferrari". 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:
- Arlette Lefebvre (born 1947), Canadian child psychologist
- Arthur H. Lefebvre (1923-2003), research engineer and scientist
- Charles, comte Lefebvre-Desnouettes (1773-1822), French general
- Charles-Édouard Lefebvre (1843-1917), French composer
- Edmond Lefebvre du Prey (1866-1955), French politician
- Elsie Lefebvre (born 1979), Quebec politician
- François Joseph Lefebvre (1755-1820), French marshal during Napoleonic Wars
- Georges Lefebvre (1874-1959), French historian
- Germaine Lefebvre (1933-1990), French actress professionally known as Capucine
- Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991), French philosopher, sociologist, and intellectual
- Hippolyte-Jules Lefèbvre (1863–1935), French sculptor
- Jean Lefebvre (1922-2004), French actor
- Jim Lefebvre (born 1942), American baseball player
- Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836–1911), French painter
- Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre (1751-1821), French actress, dancer, and singer
- Louis Lefebvre, French scientist
- Ludovic Lefebvre, celebrity chef
- Marcel Lefebvre (1905-1991), French Roman Catholic bishop
- Roland Lefebvre (born 1963), Dutch cricket player
- Sébastien Lefebvre, French-Canadian musician
- Sylvain Lefebvre (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tanneguy Le Fèvre (1615-1672), French scholar
- Vladimir Lefebvre, American mathematician
- Kristine Lefebvre, American lawyer and contestant on The Apprentice
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