Claude (name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Claude


caption= Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer
pronunciation=/clod/
gender = usually Male
meaning = Latin: "Lame"
region = France
origin = French, via Latin
related names = Claudius, Claudia, Marie-Claude
footnotes =

Claude ("lame" in Latin) is a relatively common French given name for males. It can also be an uncommon given name for females or a family name. The name may refer to the following:

Claude as a Male Name

Real-life

*Claude Akins, American actor
*Claude Thomas Bourchier, English lieutenant and recipient of the Victoria Cross
*Claude Dallas, self-styled "Mountain Man" and convicted murderer of two U.S. game wardens
*Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer
*Claude Debussy, French composer
*Claude Demetrius, African-American songwriter
*Claude Elwood Shannon, American electrical engineer and mathematician
*Claude François, French musician
*Claude Hulbert, British comic actor
*Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter
*Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist
*Claude Lorrain, French artist
*Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist
*Claude Lemieux, Retired ice hockey player in the National Hockey League.
*Claude Makélélé, Professional footballer
*Claude Monet, French painter
*Claude Nicollier, the first Swiss astronaut
*Claude Rains, an English-speaking actor
*Claude Rouer, a French road cyclist
*Claudin de Sermisy, French Renaissance composer
*St. Claude de la Colombière, Christian saint
*St. Claude of Besançon, Christian saint

Fictional

*Claude (Grand Theft Auto), fictional "Grand Theft Auto" character
*Claude, a fictional character in the "Beyblade" anime.
*Claude, a fictional character in the "Bleach" franchise.
*Claude Frollo, fictional villain in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
*Claude Hooper Bukowski, protagonist in "Hair"
*Claude C. Kenni, main protagonist of "Star Ocean: The Second Story"
*Claude (Heroes), character played by Christopher Eccleston in the show "Heroes"
*Claude Baudez (Granado Espada), fictional "Granado Espada" character

Claude as female name

*Claude Pompidou, wife of President Georges Pompidou
*Claude Jade, French actress
*Claude Gensac, French actress
*Claude Nollier, French actress
*Claude Sarraute, French journalist
*Claude Chirac, daughter of Jacques Chirac

Claude as a family name

*Jean Claude, French Protestant theologian
*Albert Claude, Belgian Nobel Prize in Medicine recipient
*Georges Claude, French engineer, chemist and inventor
*Paul-Jean Claude, Canado-Haitian researcher, egyptologist and theologist
*Bonivert Claude, Former Bank of Haïti governor.