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Alphonse (given name)

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Alphonse is the French variant of the given name Alfonso. People called Alphonse include:

In arts, entertainment, and media

Film, television, and theatre

  • Alphonse Beni, Cameroonian actor and movie director
  • Alphonse Boudard (1925–2000), French novelist and playwright
  • Alphonse Ouimet (1908–1988), Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1958 to 1967
  • Alphonse Royer (1803–1875), French author, dramatist and theatre manager

Music

Plastic arts

Writing and journalism

In business and finance

In engineering and industrial design

In government, law, military, and politics

Africa

Congo

Other African countries

  • Alphonse Alley (1930–1987), Beninese army officer and political figure
  • Alphonse Barancira, former minister for Human Rights, Constitutional Reform and Relations with the National Assembly of Burundi
  • Alphonse Koyamba (1941–1998), Central African economist and politician
  • Alphonse-Marie Kadege, vice-President of Burundi from 30 April 2003 to 11 November 2004
  • Alphonse Kotiga (contemporary), Chadian military officer and politician

Europe

France

Other European countries

  • Alphonse Berns (born 1952), Luxembourgian diplomat and current Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative to NATO
  • Alphonse de Tonty (ca. 1659–1727), Italian officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac
  • Alphonse Munchen (1850–1917)), Luxembourgian engineer and politician

North America

Canada

United States

In organized crime

In religion and mysticism

In science, medicine, and academia

Cultural sciences

Geology and earth science

Life sciences and medicine

Other disciplines

In sport

Football (soccer)

Winter sports

Other sports

In other fields

Fictional characters

  • Alphonse and Gaston, an American comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper, featuring a bumbling pair of Frenchmen with a penchant for politeness
  • Alphonse Elric, a fictional character in the anime/manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
  • Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, a fictional character by Chester Gould in the comic strip Dick Tracy
  • Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series South Park
  • Alphonse Bearwalker, a character in the television comedy NTSF:SD:SUV::
  • Alphonse Huggins, a character in the series Titanic by Gordon Korman
  • Alphonse, a fictional character in the video game Owlboy.
  • Monsieur Alfonse, character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo! played by the actor Kenneth Connor

See also

References

  1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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