Achille

Achille (French: [a.ʃil], Italian: [aˈkil.le]) is a French and Italian masculine given name, derived from the Greek mythological hero Achilles.^[1] It may refer to:

People[edit]

Artists[edit]

Achille Beltrame (1871–1945), Italian painter
Achille Calici (c. 1565–?), Italian painter
Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002), Italian designer
Achille Cattaneo (1872–1931), Italian painter
Achille Devéria (1800–1857), French painter and lithographer
Achille Duchêne (1866–1947), French garden designer
Achille Empéraire (1829–1898), French painter
Achille Formis (1832–1906), Italian painter
Achille Funi (1890–1972), Italian painter
Achille Glisenti (1848–1906), Italian painter
Achille Granchi-Taylor (1857–1921), French painter and illustrator
Achille Lega (1899–1934), Italian painter
Achille Leonardi (c. 1800–1870), Italian painter
Achille Locatelli (painter) (1864–1948), Italian painter
Achille Mauzan (1883–1952), French illustrator, painter and sculptor
Achille Etna Michallon (1796–1822), French painter
Achille Mollica (1832–1885), Italian painter
Achille Peretti (artist) (1857–1923), Italian painter, sculptor and anarchist
Achille Petrocelli (1861/62–1896), Italian painter
Achille Pinelli (1809–1841), Italian painter
Achille Solari (1835–1884), Italian painter
Achille Valois (1785–1862), French designer and sculptor
Achille Vertunni (1826–1897), Italian painter
Achille Vianelli (1803–1894), Italian painter
Achille Zo (1826–1901), French painter

Musicians, composers and singers[edit]

Achille Baquet (1885–1955/1956), American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
Achille De Bassini (1819–1881), Italian baritone
Achille Campisiano (1837–1908), French pianist and composer
Achille Rivarde (1865–1940), American-born British violinist and teacher
Achille Simonetti (1857–1928), Italian violinist and composer
Achille-Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French impressionistic composer and pianist

Politicians[edit]

Achille Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1781–1864), French politician
Achille Casanova (1941–2016), Swiss journalist and politician
Achille Corona (1914–1979), Italian socialist politician, lawyer and journalist
Achille Joseph Delamare (1790–1873), French senator
Achille Larue (1849–1922), Canadian lawyer and politician
Achille Occhetto (born 1936), Italian politician
Achille Peretti (1911–1983), French politician
Achille Serra (politician) (born 1941), Italian politician
Achille Starace (1889–1945), Italian fascist leader before and during World War II

Religious figures[edit]

Achille Grassi (1456–1523), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
Achille Gagliardi (1537–1607), Italian ascetic writer and Jesuit
Achille Glorieux (1910–1999), French Catholic prelate, archbishop and diplomat
Achille Harlay de Sancy (1581–1646), French diplomat, linguist, orientalist and Catholic bishop
Achille Liénart (1884–1973), French Catholic cardinal and bishop
Achille d'Étampes de Valençay (1593–1646), French military leader, a Knight of Malta and Catholic cardinal

Scientists and mathematicians[edit]

Achille Allier (1807–1836), French archaeologist, writer and art critic
Achille Costa (1823–1899), Italian entomologist
Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse (1817–1881), French geologist and mineralogist
Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour (1734–1794), French astronomer and mathematician
Achille Marie Gaston Floquet (1847–1920), French mathematician
Achille Gerste (1854–1920), Belgian Catholic priest, Jesuit, philologist and linguist
Achille Guenée (1809–1880), French entomologist and lawyer
Achille Loria (1857–1943), Italian Jewish political economist and sociologist
A. E. Meeussen (1912–1978), Belgian philologist
Achille Müntz (1846–1917), French agricultural chemist
Achille Ouy (1889–1959), French philosopher and sociologist
Achille Urbain (1884–1957), French biologist
Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865), French zoologist

Sportsmen[edit]

Achille Anani (born 1994), Ivorian footballer playing in France
Achille Campion (born 1990), French footballer
Achille Compagnoni (1914–2009), Italian mountaineer and skier
Achille Coser (born 1982), Italian football goalkeeper
Achille Emaná (born 1982), Cameroonian footballer
Achille Fould (bobsleigh) (1919–1949), French bobsledder
Achille Varzi (1904–1948), Italian Grand Prix race car driver

Other[edit]

Achille Ballière (1840–1905), French architect
Achille Boitel (died 1944), French businessman and Nazi collaborator
Achille Jubinal (1810–1875), French medievalist
Achille Leclère (1785–1853), French architect and teacher of architecture
Achille Majeroni (1881–1964), Italian film actor
Achille Maramotti (1927–2005), Italian fashion designer and founder of Max Mara, an Italian fashion company
Achille Marozzo (1484–1553), Italian fencing master
Achille Mbembe (born 1957), Cameroonian philosopher and political theorist
Achille Millien (1838–1927), French poet and folklorist
Achille Millo, stage name of Italian actor, voice actor and stage director Achille Scognamillo (1922–2006)
Prince Achille Murat (1801–1847), eldest son of Joachim Murat
Achille St. Onge (1913–1978), American publisher of miniature books
Achille Zavatta (1915–1993), French clown, artist and circus operator

Fictional characters[edit]

Achille Poirot, the "brother" of Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot (actually Hercule in disguise) in the novel The Big Four
the title character of Achille Talon, a comic book series
the title character of Achille in Sciro, a 1737 opera
Rodrigue Achille Fraldarius, a character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

References[edit]

^ Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

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[Hanks_2003-1] Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

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