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Yves, pronounced [iv], is a common French male given name that is derived from the Old English īw meaning yew.[1][2] Related names include Erwan, Evette, Ives, Ivet, Iveta, Ivette, Ivo, Iwo, Yvette (the feminine form of Yves), and Yvo.[3]
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[edit] Athletes
- Jean-Yves Adam, French race car driver
- Jean-Yves Cuendet (b. 1970), Swiss Olympic nordic combined skier
- Jean-Yves Leroux (b. 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jean-Yves Roy (ice hockey) (b. 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
- Luis Yves Villegas (b. 1995), Mexican basketball player
- Pierre-Yves André (b. 1974), French footballer
- Yves Allegro (b. 1978), Swiss tennis player
- Yves Archambault (b. 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Beaudoin (b. 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Belanger (b. 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Colleu, French footballer
- Yves Deroff (b. 1978), French footballer
- Yves Dreyfus (b. 1931), French Olympic épée fencer
- Yves du Manoir (b. 1904), French rugby player
- Yves Edwards (b. 1976), Bahamian mixed martial arts fighter
- Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904–1973), French Formula One driver
- Yves Herbet (b. 1945), French footballer and manager
- Yves Makabu-Makalambay (b. 1986), Belgian footballer
- Yves Mankel (b. 1970), German Olympic luger
- Yves Parlier (b. 1960), French sailor
- Yves Racine (b. 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Saint-Martin (b. 1941), French jockey
- Yves Sarault (b. 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Triantafyllos, French/Greek footballer
- Yves Vanderhaeghe (b. 1970), Belgian footballer
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[edit] Directors
- Yves Allégret (1907–1987), French film director
- Yves Caumon (b. 1964), French film director
- Yves Ciampi (1921–1982), French film director
- Yves Lavandier (b. 1959), French film director
- Yves P. Pelletier (b. 1961), Canadian director, actor, and comedian
- Yves Robert (1920–2002), French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer
- Yves Simoneau (b. 1955), Canadian television director
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[edit] Musicians
- Jean-Yves Bosseur (b. 1947), French composer and writer
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet (b. 1961), French pianist
- Yves Beaupré (b. 1954), Canadian electroacoustic music composer and harpsichordist
- Yves Carbonne, French jazz musician
- Yves Daoust (b. 1946), Canadian electroacoustic music composer and pianist
- Yves Deruyter, Belgian DJ and artist
- Yves Duteil (b. 1949), singer, songwriter, and politician
- Yves Nat (1890–1956), French composer and pianist
- Yves Prin (b. 1933), French composer, conductor, and pianist
- Yves Vandichel, a.k.a. DJ Yves, Belgian DJ and producer
- Yves Huts (b. 1979) Dutch bass player for the band Epica
- Yves Passarell (b.1969) brazilian guitarist for the band Capital Inicial
- DJ Whoo Kid, Yves Mondesir, G-Unit's official DJ
[edit] Politicians
- Jean-Yves Laforest (b. 1949), Canadian politician and MP
- Jean-Yves Roy (b. 1949), Canadian politician
- José Yves Limantour (1854–1935), former Mexican Secretary of Finance
- Yves-Marie Adeline (b. 1960), French politician and founder of the political party Alliance Royale
- Yves Cochet, French politician
- Yves Ducharme (b. 1958), Canadian politician and mayor
- Yves Fauqueur (b. 1948), Prefect of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
- Yves Guérin-Sérac, French politician and activist
- Yves Lacoste (b. 1929), French geographer and geopolitician
- Yves Lessard (b. 1943), Canadian politician and MP
- Yves Leterme (b. 1960), Belgian politician
- Yves Michaud (b. 1930), Canadian politician and the center of the controversial Michaud Affair
- Yves Prévost (1908–1997), Canadian politician and lawyer
- Yves Rocheleau (b. 1944), Canadian politician and MP
- Yves Séguin (b. 1951), former Canadian politician
[edit] Scientists
- Jean-Yves Béziau (b.1965) , Swiss professor, mathematician, and researcher
- Jean-Yves Girard, French logician
- Jean-Yves Verd'hurt, French Egyptologist
- Yves Aubry, Canadian ornithologist
- Yves Chauvin (b. 1930), French chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate
- Yves Colin de Verdière, French mathematician and physicist
- Yves Coppens (b. 1934), French anthropologist and co-discoverer of Lucy
- Yves Delage (1854–1920), French zoologist
- Yves Fortier (geologist) (b. 1914), Canadian geologist
- Yves Laszlo, French mathematician
- Yves Marie André (1675–1764), French mathematician and essayist
- Yves Meyer (b. 1939), French mathematician and scientist
- Yves Morin (b. 1929), Canadian cardiologist, physician, scientist, and former Senator
- Yves Rocard (1903–1992), French physicist
[edit] Writers
- Frédéric-Yves Jeannet (b. 1959), French novelist, criticm and interviewer
- Yves Arman (1954–1989), born Yves Fernandez, American art dealer, collector, and writer
- Yves Beauchemin (b. 1941), Canadian novelist
- Yves Bonnefoy (b. 1923), French poet and essayist
- Yves De Wolf-Clément (b. 1967), Rwandan writer
- Yves Engler, Canadian writer and political activist
- Yves Fremion (b. 1940), French science fiction writer
- Yves Meynard (b. 1964), Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer
- Yves Thériault (1915–1983), Canadian writer
- Yves Urvoy, French historian and writer
[edit] Other people
- Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre (1842–1909), French occultist
- Jean-Yves Pollock, French linguist and professor
- Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734–1797), Breton explorer
- Yves Chaudron, French art forger
- Yves Congar (1904–1995), French Dominican priest and theologian
- Yves Godard (French officer) (1911-1975), French soldier
- Yves Landry, Canadian radio host
- Yves Langlois (b. 1947), a.k.a. Pierre Seguin, Canadian terrorist as a member of the FLQ
- Yves le Prieur (1885–1963), French inventor and military man
- Yves Leopold Germain Gaston, French patriarch
- Yves Pouliquen (b. 1931), French doctor
- Yves Rossy (b. 1959), Swiss pilot and inventor
- Yves Rousseau, French aviator
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