Renard (surname)

Renard is a French-language surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Henriette Rénard (d. 1721 or 1722), a mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony
• Marie-Jeanne Renard du Bos (1701 – 1730-1750), French engraver

• Alexandre Renard (1906–1983), French Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon
• Alexandre Renard (tennis), French tennis player, see 2010 Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc – Doubles
• Alfred Renard (1895–1988), Belgian aeronautical engineer
• Alphonse François Renard (1842–1903), Belgian geologist
• André Renard (1911–1962), Belgian leader of an important tendency in Walloon trade unionism
• André Renard (cyclist), see List of cyclists in the 1919 Tour de France
• Andre Renard (sailor), see Soling World Championships
• Augusta Öhrström-Renard (1856–1921), Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer
• Bertrand Renard (born 1955), French television presenter and author
• Charles Renard (1847–1905), French military engineer who proposed preferred numbers
• Christine Renard (1929–1979), French writer of science fiction and fantasy
• Colette Renard (1924–2010), French singer and actress
• Claire Renard (born 1944), French composer and multimedia artist
• Damien Renard (born 1980), French orienteering competitor
• Emile Renard (1850–1930), French artist and teacher at Académie Colarossi
• Gabrielle Renard (1878–1959), nanny to the family of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and a frequent model for him, and also recognized as the mentor to filmmaker Jean Renoir
• Gary Renard (born 1951), the author of The Disappearance of the Universe
• Gaston Renard (1868–1937), Belgian Olympic fencer
• Gregory Renard (born 1995), better known as DJ Yung Vamp, Belgian DJ and record producer
• Guy Rénard (born 1934), Belgian former sports shooter
• Hervé Renard (born 1968), French football player and manager
• Ian Renard, 19th Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, from February 2005 to January 2009
• Jean-Claude Renard (1922–2002), French poet
• Jeffery Renard Allen (born 1962), American poet, essayist, short story writer, and novelist
• Jules Renard (1864–1910), French author
• Lucien Renard, Belgian cyclist
• Marie Renard (1864–1939), Austrian operatic mezzo-soprano, later soprano
• Maurice Renard (1875–1939), French author
• Mercedes Renard, American actress
• Michel Renard (1924–1988), politician from Martinique who served in the French National Assembly from 1986–1988
• Olivier Renard (born 1979), Belgian football goalkeeper
• Raymond Renard (1925–2020), Belgian writer and linguist
• Roberto Silva Renard (1855–1920), Chilean military and political figure
• Rosita Renard (1894–1949), Chilean classical pianist
• Sandrine Renard, newscaster on Naked News
• Simon Renard (1513–1573), Spanish ambassador in France and England
• Veronique Renard (born 1965), Dutch author and Tibet activist also known as Pantau
• Wendie Renard (born 1990), French football player
• Emil Kio (1894–1965), Russian magician, born Emil Hirschfeld-Renard