Octave (given name)

Octave (French pronunciation: [ɔktav]) is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Octave Boudouard (1872–1923), French chemist
• Octave Chanute (1832–1910), French-born American railway engineer and aviation pioneer
• Octave Crouzon (1874–1938), French neurologist
• Octave Dayen (1906–1987), French cyclist
• Octave Dua (1882–1952), Belgian operatic tenor
• Octave Duboscq (1868–1943), French zoologist, mycologist and parasitologist
• Octave Féré (1815–1875), French writer
• Octave Fortin (1842–1927), Canadian clergyman
• Octave Garnier (1889–1912), French anarchist and founding member of the infamous Bonnot Gang
• Octave Gengou (1875–1957), Belgian bacteriologist
• Octave Gréard (1828–1904), French educator
• Octave Lapize (1887–1917), French cyclist
• Octave Lebesgue (1857–1933), French journalist and writer
• Octave Levenspiel (1926–2017), American professor of chemical engineering
• Octave Lignier (1855–1916), French botanist
• Octave Mannoni (1899–1989), French psychoanalyst and author
• Octave Maus (1856–1919), Belgian art critic, writer, and lawyer
• Octave Merlier (1897–1996), French linguist of Greek
• Octave Mirbeau (1848–1917), French journalist
• Octave Penguilly L'Haridon (1811–1872), French painter
• Octave Pirmez (1832–1883), Belgian author born in Châtelineau
• Octave Pradels (1842–1930), French poet, novelist, vaudevilliste and lyricist
• Octave Tassaert (1800–1874), French painter
• Octave Terrillon (1844–1895), French physician and surgeon
• Octave Uzanne (1851–1931), French bibliophile, writer, publisher, and journalist

See also

• Octave (disambiguation)#People