Claude (given name)

Claude
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer
Pronunciation	/klod/
Gender	usually Male
Origin
Word/name	French, via Latin
Meaning	Latin: "Persevering"
Region of origin	France
Other names
Related names	Claudius, Claudia, Marie-Claude

Claude is a relatively common French given name for males, originating from the Latin name Claudius, meaning "persevering". It can also be an uncommon given name for females or a family name. The name may refer to the following:

Given name

Males

• Claude Mutafian (1942), French writer, historian and mathematician of Armenian descent
• Claude Akins (1926–1994), American actor
• Claude Barrès (1925–1959), French officer
• Claude Choules (1901-2011) British WWI veteran and last combat veteran from any nation
• Claude Crowl, a former Australian rules footballer with St Kilda, died at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915
• Claude Dallas (born 1950), self-styled "Mountain Man" and convicted murderer of two U.S. game wardens
• Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772), French composer
• Claude Dauphin (b. 1951), French commodities trader
• Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French composer
• Claude Demetrius (1916–1988), African-American songwriter
• Claude François (1939–1978), French musician
• Claude Galopin, French automotive engineer
• Claude Gellée (1600s–1682, real name of Claude Lorrain), French artist, traditionally just "Claude" in English
• Claude Gillingwater (1870-1939), American actor
• Claude Giroux (born 1988), French Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Claude Hipps (born 1927), American football player
• Claude Hulbert (1900–1964), British comic actor
• Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), French painter
• Claude Julien (disambiguation) (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey coach in the National Hockey League
• Claude Kelly, American singer and song writer
• Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French anthropologist
• Claude Lorrain (1600s–1682), French artist, traditionally just "Claude" in English
• Claude Louis Berthollet (1748–1822), French chemist
• Claude Lemieux (born 1965), retired ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
• Claude Makélélé (born 1973), Professional footballer
• Claude Monet (1840–1926), French painter
• Claude Netter (1924-2007), French Olympic champion foil fencer
• Claude Nicollier (born 1944), first Swiss astronaut
• Claude Patrick (born 1980), Canadian mixed martial arts fighter
• Claude Piron (1931-2008), linguist and psychologist
• Claude Rains (1889–1967), British-born American actor
• Claude Rouer (born 1929), French road cyclist
• Claudin de Sermisy (1490s–1562), French Renaissance composer
• Claude Shannon (1916-2001), American information theorist, mathematician, and electrical engineer
• St. Claude de la Colombière (1641–1682), Christian saint
• St. Claude of Besançon (607–699), Christian saint

Fictional

• Claude Cat, character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series from Warner Bros
• Claude Valois, character played by Rose Williams in the show "Reign"
• Claude (Grand Theft Auto), Grand Theft Auto character
• Claude, character in the Beyblade anime
• Claude, character in the Bleach franchise
• Claude Frollo, 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), Granado Espada character
• Claude, French-speaking character in children's TV show The Raggy Dolls
• Claude Sterling, the villain from the manga adaptation of "Vampire Kisses"
• Claude Faustus,demonic butler from Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
• Uncle Claude, the uncle of Hugo Cabret in the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Females

• Claude of France (1499–1524), wife of and queen consort of King Francis I of France
• Claude de Bectoz, writer, intellectual, abbess and correspondent of Francis I of France
• Claude of Valois (1547-1575), second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici
• Claude Pompidou (1912–2007), widow of President Georges Pompidou
• Claude Jade (1948–2006), French actress
• Claude Gensac, French actress
• Claude Nollier (1919–2009), French actress
• Claude Chirac (born 1962), daughter of Jacques Chirac

Claude Robinson Mental Health Worker

See also

• Claude (disambiguation)