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Pages in category "French-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,773 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Georges Auguste Leschot (1800–1884), Swiss watchmaker and inventor, Geneva, Vacheron Constantin. Jean-Célanis Lutz (1800–1863), Swiss watchmaker, hardening of steel spirals. Edward Prior (1800–1868), English watchmaker, London, pocket watch for the Turkish market. Jean Paul Garnier (1801–1869), French clockmaker, Paris, electric clocks.
Pages in category "Surnames of French origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 469 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country (see also: New France and French in the United States).
Traditionally, most French people were given names from the Roman Catholic calendar of saints. However, given names for French citizens from immigrant communities are often from their own culture, and in modern France it has become increasingly common to use first names of (international) English or other foreign origin.
Pages in category "Surnames of Norman origin" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. ... French (surname) G. Gaines (surname) Gilbert ...
Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, French naval officer and administrator, in the service of the French East India Company. Joseph François Dupleix, Governor for French territories in India; Lally-Tollendal, Governor for French territories in India; Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau, Governor for French territories in India; Louis Faidherbe ...
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:18th-century French Jews and Category:18th-century French LGBTQ people and Category:18th-century French women The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.