Joubert

Joubert is a French surname. It is a regional variant form of Jaubert, originating in the centre west and centre south of France.^[1] This surname is common to South Africa and Namibia, particularly among the descendants of Huguenot settlers.

It may refer to:

• Joubert's Pass, mountain pass in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
• Joubert syndrome, a genetic disorder
• Joubert, a manuscript, now lost, that contained a version of the Chronicle of Montpellier

Persons

Medicine

• Marie Joubert, Canadian neurologist who first identified Joubert syndrome

Military

• Barthelemy Catherine Joubert, French general
• David Joubert, South African general, nephew of Petrus Jacobus Joubert
• Léopold Louis Joubert (1842 – 1927), French soldier and lay missionary in the Belgian Congo.
• Petrus Jacobus Joubert, South African general
• Philip Joubert de la Ferté, British air marshal

Music

• John Joubert (composer), British composer
• The Joubert Singers, choir, notable for "Stand on the Word"
• Phyliss McKoy-Joubert, composer, most notably for "Stand on the Word"

Sports

• André Joubert, South African rugby union player
• Brian Joubert, French figure skater
• Craig Joubert, South African rugby union referee
• Ernst Joubert, South African rugby union player
• Marius Joubert, South African rugby union player
• Danie Joubert, South African sprinter

Others

• Elsa Joubert, South African writer in Afrikaans
• Gideon Joubert, South African author and journalist
• Jacqueline Joubert, French television presenter
• John Joubert, American serial killer
• Joseph Joubert, French man of letters
• Laurent Joubert (1529-1582), French physician
• Pierre Joubert (illustrator), French illustrator
• Fritz Joubert Duquesne (1877–1956), South African Boer soldier, hunter, journalist, stockbroker, saboteur, spy, and adventurer

Notes and references

1. ↑ Albert Dauzat (Foreword by Marie-Thérèse Morlet), Noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse 1980. p. 346b.

See also

• Jaubert