Boucher (surname)
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Boucher is a surname that evolved during the medieval era in the French region of Champagne. It was an occupational name for someone who worked as a butcher. The name originally derived from the Old French word bochier, which means "butcher".[1] The English word butcher is from Middle English bo(u)cher, itself from Anglo-Norman *bucher.
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List of people with surname Boucher
A–G
- Alexandre Boucher (1770–1861), French violinist
- Alfred Boucher (1850–1934), French sculptor
- Andrée Boucher (1937–2007), Canadian municipal politician
- Anouk Leblanc-Boucher (born 1984), Canadian Olympic speed skater
- Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), American fiction author
- Arthur Boucher (1870–1948), Wales international rugby union player
- Billy Boucher (1899–1958), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Bob Boucher (1940–2009), British academic
- Brian Boucher (born 1977), American professional ice hockey player
- Butterfly Boucher (born 1979), Australian singer-songwriter
- Candice Boucher (born 1983), South African model
- Charles Boucher de Boucherville (1822–1915), Canadian provincial politician, third Premier of Quebec
- Charles Hamilton Boucher (1898–1951), Knighted Major-General in the British Indian Army during World War II
- Chris Boucher (writer) (born 1943), British writer
- Chris Boucher (basketball) (born 1993), Saint Lucia-born Canadian basketball player
- Claire Boucher (born 1988), Canadian artist; better known as Grimes
- Claude Boucher (diplomat), Canadian diplomat
- Claude Boucher (politician) (born 1942), former member of the Quebec National Assembly
- Daniel Boucher (musician) (born 1971), Canadian musician
- Daniel Boucher (politician), Canadian municipal politician
- David Boucher (born 1980), French road cyclist
- Dillon Boucher (born 1975), New Zealand professional basketball player
- Donovan Boucher (born 1961), Jamaican/Canadian boxer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s
- Eric Reed Boucher (born 1958), American punk musician, better known as Jello Biafra
- Étienne-Alexis Boucher, current member of the Quebec National Assembly, son of Claude Boucher (politician)
- Frank Boucher (1902–1977), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- François Boucher (1703–1770), French painter
- Gaétan Boucher (born 1958), Canadian Olympic speed skater
- Gene Boucher (1933–1994), American operatic baritone
- Georges Boucher (1896–1960), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Grayson Boucher (born 1984), American professional streetball (basketball variant) entertainer
- Guy Boucher (born 1971), Canadian professional ice hockey coach
H–Z
- H. A. Boucher (1921–2009), American politician
- Hélène Boucher (1908–1934), French pilot
- Jack Boucher (born 1931), American photographer
- Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788–1868), French geologist and antiquary
- James Boucher (1910–1995), Irish cricketer
- Jean Boucher (artist) (1870–1939), French sculptor
- Jean Boucher (politician) (born 1926), member of the Canadian house of Commons
- Jonathan Boucher (1738–1804), English clergyman, teacher and philologist
- Judy Boucher, Caribbean-English singer
- Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville (1825–1869), Canadian lawyer and national politician
- Marcel Boucher (1898–1965), French-American entrepreneur
- Marin Boucher (c. 1587 – 1671), French colonist of Quebec, Canada; ancestor to most Bouchers in North America,[citation needed][dubious ] particularly in Quebec
- Mark Boucher (born 1976), South African cricketer
- Maurice Boucher (born 1953), Canadian convicted criminal
- Maurice Le Boucher (1882–1964), French organist, composer, and pedagogue
- Merle Boucher (born 1946), American state politician
- Philippe Boucher (born 1973), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Pierre Boucher de la Bruère (1837–1917), Canadian lawyer, journalist, author and provincial politician
- Pierre Boucher (1622–1717), French-Canadian clergyman and governor of New France
- Richard Boucher (born 1951), American government official
- Rick Boucher (born 1946), American national politician
- Robert Boucher (1904–1931), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Ron Boucher, Australian rules footballer
- Sandy Boucher (born 1936), American author, Buddhist and feminist
- Savannah Smith Boucher (born 1943), American actress
- Sebastien Boucher (born 1981), Canadian minor league baseball player
- Sherry Boucher (born 1945), American actress
- Sylvie Boucher (born 1962), Canadian national politician
- Tom Boucher (1873–unknown), English footballer
- Victor Boucher (1877–1942), French actor
- Zacharie Boucher (born 1992), French footballer
Fictional characters
- Bobby Boucher (portrayed by Adam Sandler), protagonist of the 1997 comedy film The Waterboy
See also
References
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