Faure

Faure is an Occitan family name meaning blacksmith, from Latin faber. It is pronounced [fɔʁ] in French (unlike Fauré which is pronounced [foʁe]).

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Dominique Faure (born 1959), French politician
Edgar Faure (1908–1988), French politician
Félix Faure (1841–1899), French politician and President of France from 1895 until his death
Fernand Faure (1853–1929), French economist and politician
Jacques Faure (ambassador), French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group
Louis-Joseph Faure (1760-1837) French jurist and politician
Olivier Faure (born 1968), French politician
Martine Faure (born 1948), French politician
Maurice Faure (1922–2014), French Resistance leader and politician, and the last surviving signatory of the Treaty of Rome
Sébastien Faure (1858–1942), French anarchist
Faure Gnassingbé, president of Togo

Élie Faure (1873–1937), French art historian and essayist
Gabriel Faure (1877–1962), French poet, novelist and essayist
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), French composer, organist, pianist and teacher
Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914), French baritone and composer
Lucie Faure (1908–1977), French writer
Renée Faure (1918–2005), French actress

Abraham Faure (1795–1875), South African clergyman
Camille Alphonse Faure, French chemical engineer
Gunter Faure, American geochemist
Jacques Faure (French Army officer) (1904–1988), French Army general and skier
Jacques-Paul Faure (1869–1924), head of the French military mission to Japan (1918–1919)
Keith Faure, Australian career criminal
Luigi Faure (1901–1974), Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper
Sébastien Faure (footballer), French footballer