Jean-Charles

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Jean-Charles is a French masculine given name. It may refer to :

• Jean Charles, Chevalier Folard (1669–1752), a French soldier and military author
• Jean-Charles Alphand (1817-1891), a French engineer
• Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785-1845)
• Jean-Charles Bédard (1766-1825), a Quebec born priest and Sulpician
• Jean-Charles Brisard, an international expert and consultant on international terrorism
• Jean-Charles Cantin (1918-2005), a Canadian politician
• Jean-Charles Chapais (1811–1885), a Canadian Conservative politician
• Jean-Charles Chebat (born 1945), a Canadian marketing researcher
• Jean-Charles Chenu (1808-1879), a French physician and naturalist
• Jean-Charles Cirilli (born 1982), a French professional football player
• Jean-Charles Cornay (1809–1837), a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society in Vietnam
• Jean-Charles de Borda (1733–1799), a French mathematician, physicist and political scientist
• Jean-Charles de Castelbajac (born 1949), a fashion designer
• Jean-Charles Dei (born 1961), a Malian official working for the United Nations' World Food Programme
• Jean-Charles de la Faille (1597-1652), a Flemish Jesuit
• Jean Charles Dominique de Lacretelle (1766-1855)
• Jean Charles de Menezes (1978–2005), a Brazilian man shot at the London Underground by the London Metropolitan police, after he was misidentified as one of the fugitives involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts
• Jean-Charles Faugère, the vice head of the SALSA team ( Solvers for ALgebraic Systems and Applications)
• Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817–1894)
• Jean-Charles Gicquel (born 1967), a retired French high jumper
• Jean-Charles Gille (1924–1995), a German-born Canadian engineer, psychiatrist and professor of medicine
• Jean-Charles Houzeau (1820–1888), a Belgian astronomer and journalist
• Jean-Charles Jacobs (1821–1907), a Belgian doctor and entomologist
• Jean-Charles Létourneau (1775–1838), a notary and political figure in Lower Canada
• Jean-Charles Marchiani (born 1943), a French prefect and politician
• Jean-Charles Moreux (1889-1956), a French architect
• Jean-Charles Prince (1804–1860), a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, teacher, seminary administrator and editor
• Jean-Charles Richard Berger (born 1924), a former Canadian politician
• Jean-Charles Sénac (born 1985), a French road bicycle racer
• Jean Charles Snoy et d'Oppuers
• Jean-Charles Tacchella (born 1925), a French screenwriter and film director
• Jean-Charles Taugourdeau (born 1953), a member of the National Assembly of France
• Jean-Charles Trouabal (born 1965), a retired French sprinter
• Jean-Charles Valladont (born 1989), a French athlete who competes in archery

Variants in different languages

• Dutch : "Jan Karel"
• English : John Charles
• Italian : Giancarlo
• French : Jean-Charles
• Spanish : Juan Carlos
• Portuguese : João Carlos

Compound given names :

• Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan (born 1960), a Roman Catholic dignitary, Apostolic Administrator of Estonia

Surnames :

• Frantz Jean-Charles (born 1968), a retired Haitian football player

Others :

• Jean Charles (film), a 2009 Brazilian film about Jean Charles de Menezes