List of Huguenots

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Some notable Huguenots or people with Huguenot ancestry include:

• Jacques Abbadie, French theologian
• Moses Amyraut, French theologian, proponent of Amyraldism
• Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat
• John André, British officer and spy
• Charles Angibaud, French-born British apothecary
• Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet
• Constant d'Aubigné, French nobleman, father of Madame de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV
• Hosea Ballou, American preacher, co-founder of Universalist theology in America
• Hosea Ballou II, first president of Tufts University
• Isaac Barré, British politician, gave his name to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Barre, Massachusetts; and Barre, Vermont
• Earl W. Bascom, American rodeo cowboy, artist, and sculptor
• Florence Bascom, American geologist
• Henry Bidleman Bascom, U.S. Congressional Chaplain, Methodist Bishop
• James A. Bayard, U. S. congressman
• Pierre Bayle, French author and philosopher
• Frédéric Bazille, French Impressionist painter
• Francis Beaufort, hydrographer of the British Admiralty
• François de Beauvais, Seigneur de Briquemault, French soldier
• Jean Belmain, French scholar, French-language tutor to King Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I
• Anthony Benezet, American Quaker educator and abolitionist
• Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, marshall of France
• Theodore Beza, French theologian
• David Blondel, French clergyman, historian, and classical scholar
• John Blossett, British soldier, led British expedition to aid Simon Bolivar in the wars of independence against Spain
• Salomon Blosset de Loche, French general
• François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas, French statesman
• Jacques Bongars, scholar
• Elias Boudinot, president of the Continental Congress
• Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, general
• Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, general
• Sébastien Bourdon, French painter
• James Bowdoin, governor of Massachusetts
• James Bowdoin III, American statesman and philanthropist, benefactor of Bowdoin College
• Bryant Butler Brooks, governor of Wyoming
• Salomon de Brosse, French architect
• Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), British illustrator of Charles Dickens
• Warren Buffett, investor, wealthiest person in the world in 1995
• Ferdinand Buisson, educator, academic, pacifist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner
• William Byrd I, early Virginia settler
• Jean Calas, French merchant, son's murder case championed by Voltaire
• John Calvin, French-born Swiss theologian
• Louis Cappel, French clergyman and Hebrew scholar
• François Caron, French Director-General of the Dutch East India Company and the French East Indies Company
• Isaac Casaubon, scholar
• Meric Casaubon, scholar and translator
• Sebastian Castellio, theologian and early proponent of freedom of conscience
• Philip Cazenove, financier and founder partner of Cazenove & Co, City of London stockbrokers
• Samuel Chappuzeau, French author, poet, and playwright
• Jean Chardin (later Sir John Chardin), French jeweller and traveller
• William Christopher, American actor
• Winston Churchill, British prime minister
• Sarel Cilliers, Boer Voortrekker
• Gaspard de Coligny, French admiral
• Odet de Coligny, former cardinal
• Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer
• Jacques Cossart, treasurer of New Amsterdam
• Tony Cottee, West Ham United and England footballer
• Piers Courage, English racing driver
• Antoine Court, French reformer
• Samuel Courtauld (industrialist), American-born British industrialist
• Samuel Courtauld (art collector), grand-nephew of the industrialist, businessman, and art collector
• Maurice Couve de Murville, French prime minister
• Joan Crawford, American actress
• Warder Cresson, American writer, first U. S. consul to Jerusalem, and convert to Judaism
• Davy Crockett, American folk hero
• Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer
• Piet Cronje, leader of the Transvaal Republic's military forces during the First and Second Anglo-Boer Wars
• Jean Daillé, French theologian
• George de Benneville, physician and early Universalist
• Hector Francois Chataigner de Cramahé, French soldier, assisted William of Orange in the taking of the British throne
• Hector Theophilus de Cramahé, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec, titular Lieutenant-Governor of Detroit
• Robert Champion de Crespigny, Australian businessman
• Frederik Willem de Klerk, President of the Republic of South Africa serving from September 1989 to May 1994
• Peter de la Billière, British Military Commander
• James DeLancey, Governor of New York
• Augustus De Morgan, British mathematician
• Campbell De Morgan, British surgeon
• William De Morgan, British art potter, tile designer, and author
• Johnny Depp, American actor
• G.E.M. de Ste. Croix, British writer and historian
• Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière highest scoring German U-boat commander of World War I
• Louis Dubois, colonist to New Netherland, co-founded New Paltz, New York
• Jean du Casse, French buccaneer and admiral
• Pierre Du Gua, Sieur de Monts, French colonizer of Canada
• Daphne du Maurier, English writer
• George du Maurier, English author and cartoonist
• Gerald du Maurier, English actor
• I. D. du Plessis, South African writer, member of the Dertigers group
• E. I. du Pont, founder of the duPont Company (USA)
• Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French writer, economist, and government official
• Alexander du Toit, South African geologist
• Daniel du Toit, South African astronomer
• Christiaan du Toit, South African military commander
• D. F. du Toit, co-founder of Afrikaans language movement Society of Real Afrikaners
• S. G. du Toit, co-founder of Afrikaans language movement Society of Real Afrikaners
• Stephanus Jacobus du Toit, co-founder of Afrikaans language movement Society of Real Afrikaners
• Eleonore d'Esmier d'Olbreuse, Countess of Wilhelmsburg, grandmother of King George II of England
• Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian jeweller
• Gustav Fabergé, Russian jeweller
• William Farel, theologian
• Guillaume de Félice, Comte de Panzutti, French abolitionist and theologian
• Theodor Fontane, German novelist and poet
• Peter Force, American politician and archivist
• Jacobus Johannes Fouché, State President of South Africa 1968-1975
• Curt von François, German soldier and administrator in German South-West Africa (now Namibia)
• Hermann von François, German World War I general
• Philip Morin Freneau, American poet
• Adolf Galland, German Luftwaffe General and World War II fighter ace
• Judy Garland, actress and singer
• André Gide, French author
• Charles Gide, French economist
• Jean-Luc Godard, French film director
• Al Gore, former Vice-President of the United States
• Jane Griffin (Lady Franklin), wife of Sir John Franklin
• Henri Guisan, Commander in Chief of the Swiss Army during World War II
• François Guizot, French historian and statesman
• Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor
• Alexander Hamilton, American Secretary of the Treasury
• Henry IV of France, king of France
• James Francis Helvetius Hobler Chief Clerk to the Lord Mayors of London
• Jean Francois Hobler watch and clock maker
• Jean Paul Hobler watch and clock maker, member of St Paul's Choir
• Peter Horry, American Revolutionary War General
• Benjamin Huger, American Civil War general (Confederate)
• George Izard, Major General and governor of Arkansas
• Ralph Izard, U.S. Senator, President pro tempore of U.S. Senate
• Eddie Izzard, English comedian and actor
• John Jay, first Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court
• Jeanne III of Navarre, queen of Navarre, mother of Henry IV of France
• Leonard Jerome, American financier and grandfather of Winston Churchill
• Lionel Jospin French prime minister
• Elsa Joubert, South African novelist
• Gideon Joubert, Afrikaans science non-fiction author
• Petrus Jacobus Joubert, Boer commandant-general of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900
• Pierre Jurieu, French pastor and author
• Marquis de la Motte,
• François de la Noue, French soldier, called Bras-de-Fer (Iron Arm)
• Victor Lardent, British advertising designer who drew Times New Roman
• William Larminie, Irish poet
• Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon, French soldier, prince of Sedan and Marshal of France
• Christian Ignatius Latrobe, British clergyman, composer, and musician
• Charles La Trobe, first lieutenant-governor of the state of Victoria, Australia
• Benjamin Henry Latrobe, British-born architect of the United States Capitol
• Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II, American engineer
• René Goulaine de Laudonnière, French explorer
• Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and inventor
• Henry Laurens, American merchant and delegate to the Continental Congress
• John Laurens, American Revolutionary War hero
• Simon Le Bon, English musician
• François le Clerc, pirate known as Jambe de Bois (or Wooden Leg)
• Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer
• Daniel Myron LeFever, American gunmaker
• Thomas LeFroy, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and inspiration for Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice
• Jacques Le Moyne, French artist and explorer
• Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq, Prussian general
• John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier Commander-in-Chief of the British Army
• Jean-Étienne Liotard, Swiss painter
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet
• Andrew Lortie, theologian
• Pierre Loti, French Orientalist writer
• Adolph Malan, South African World War II fighter pilot ace
• Daniel François Malan, South African Prime Minister elected on Apartheid platform
• Magnus Malan, former South African Minister of Defence, Chief of the South African Defence Force, and Chief of the South African Army
• Rian Malan, South African journalist
• Pierre des Maizeaux, author
• Lothar de Maizière, German politician
• Thomas de Maizière, German politician
• Ulrich de Maizière, German general
• Gideon Malherbe, co-founder of the Afrikaans language movement Society of Real Afrikaners
• Arthur Middleton Manigault, American Civil War general (Confederate)
• Francis Marion, American Revolutionary War guerilla fighter
• Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian diplomat and politician
• Hans-Joachim Marseille, German Luftwaffe ace
• Seigried Marseille, German Luftwaffe General
• Harriet Martineau, English writer and educational and economic reformer
• James Martineau, English philosopher, educator, and Unitarian minister
• Charles Maturin, Irish Gothic writer
• Matthew Fontaine Maury, father of modern oceanography and naval meteorology
• Brett Meade, historian
• Lewis Page Mercier, British translator of Jules Verne into English
• John Misaubin, French-born British physician
• Abraham de Moivre, French-born British mathematician
• Adolphe Monod, pastor
• Frédéric Monod, pastor
• Gabriel Monod, historian
• Jacques Monod, biologist, Nobel Prize winner
• Jacques-Louis Monod, pianist, composer, and teacher
• Théodore Monod, naturalist, explorer, and activist
• Charles Manigault Morris, American Navy officer (Confederate)
• Gouverneur Morris, American statesman, represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention
• Jacob (de la) Motte, Royal Treasurer of South Carolina (30 yrs)
• Laurence Olivier, English actor
• Henri Nadauld, sculptor at Chatsworth House and Castle Howard
• Beyers Naudé, Afrikaner anti-apartheid activist and cleric
• Jozua François Naudé, acting President of South Africa from 1967 to 1968
• Oscar Neebe, American labor movement leader
• Bernard Palissy, French potter
• Ambroise Paré, French surgeon
• Daniel Perrin, one of the first permanent European inhabitants of Staten Island, New York
• Jon Pertwee, English actor
• J. Johnston Pettigrew, Confederate general in the American Civil War
• George Pickett, Confederate general in the American Civil War
• François Pienaar captain of the Springboks
• Arthur Cecil Pigou, English economist
• Elfrida Pigou, Canadian mountaineer
• John Pintard, American merchant and philanthropist
• Josué de la Place, French theologian
• James Planché, British dramatist and officer of arms
• Charles Portal, British Chief of the Air Staff 1940-1945 Combined Chiefs of Staff 1942-1945
• Tyrone Power, actor
• Tyrone Power, Sr., actor
• Paul Rabaut, pastor
• Arthur Alcock Rambaut, Royal Astronomer of Ireland and Radcliffe Observer at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford University
• Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne, pastor and Girondist
• Petrus Ramus (Pierre de la Ramée), French humanist, logician, and educational reformer
• Élisée Reclus, geographer and anarchist
• Frederic Remington, American artist and sculptor
• Charles Requat de Delmore, French count
• Franz Requat, Austrian architect
• Piet Retief, Boer Voortrekker
• Roger Revelle, one of the first scientists to study global warming and tectonic plates.
• Paul Revere, American silversmith, famous for "Paul Revere's Ride" at the outbreak of the American War of Independence.
• Jean Ribault, naval officer and colonizer
• Paul Ricœur, philosopher
• Daniel Roberdeau, Congressman and milita General
• Jean-François de la Roque de Roberval, first lieutenant governor of French Canada
• Michel Rocard, French prime minister
• Yves Rocard, French nuclear physicist
• John D. Rockefeller, American capitalist
• Peter Roget, British physician and compiler of the thesaurus
• Henri, duc de Rohan, French soldier
• Esmond Romilly, British socialist and anti-fascist
• Giles Romilly, British journalist, Nazi POW, nephew of Winston Churchill
• John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly, English judge
• Samuel Romilly, English legal reformer and Member of Parliament
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States
• Sara Roosevelt, mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Robert Lewis Roumieu. British architect
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss writer, philosopher, social and educational theorist
• Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, French poet
• Julia Sawalha, British actress of Huguenot and Jordanian ancestry
• Jedediah Smith, American explorer
• Jacques de Sores, pirate, nicknamed L'Ange Exterminateur (The Exterminating Angel)
• Barry St. Leger, British officer
• Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat
• Jacques de Teissier, Merchant whose grandson was the first Baron de Teissier
• Eugène Terre'Blanche South African political activist
• Charlize Theron, South African actress
• Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, German jurist
• Henry David Thoreau, American writer
• Théophile de Viau, poet and dramatist
• John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet
• Obadiah Williams, Irish merchant
• Constand Viljoen, leader of the South African Freedom Front and SADF general
• John Bordenave Villepigue, Confederate general
• Friedrich Karl von Savigny, German jurist