Honoré

Honoré, also spelled Honore, is a name of French origin and may refer to:

Given name

Sovereigns of Monaco

• Honoré I, Lord of Monaco (1522–1581)
• Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (1597–1662)
• Honoré III, Prince of Monaco (1720–1795), also Duke of Valentinois
• Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco (1758–1819), also Duke of Valentinois
• Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778–1841), also Duke of Valentinois

Other people

• Master Honoré (), Parisian secular manuscript illuminator
• Honoré Achim (1881–1950), Canadian politician and lawyer
• Honoré Bailet (1920–2003), French politician and businessman
• Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), French novelist and playwright
• Honoré Beaugrand (1848–1906), Canadian journalist, newspaper founder and publisher, politician, author and folklorist
• Honoré Bouche (1599–1671), French priest and historian
• Honoré Champion (1846–1913), French publisher
• Honoré Chavée (1815–1877), Belgian linguist
• Honoré Commeurec (1878–1945), French typographer, union activist, printing cooperative leader, politician and World War II French Resistance member
• Honoré Daumier (1808–1879), French painter, sculptor and printmaker
• Honoré Dutrey (c. 1894–1935), American jazz trombonist
• Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves (1901–1941), French Navy and World War II French Resistance member
• Honoré Fabri (1607 or 1608–1688), French Jesuit theologian, mathematician and physicist
• Honoré Flaugergues (1755–1835 or 1830), French astronomer
• Honoré Fragonard (1732–1799), French anatomist
• Honore Gomis (born 1996), Senegalese footballer
• Honoré Jackson (1861–1952), secretary to Louis Riel during the North-West Rebellion
• Honoré Jacquinot (1815–1887), French surgeon and zoologist
• Honoré Mercier (1840–1894), former premier of Quebec, Canada
• Honoré Mercier Jr. (1875–1937), a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, son of the above
• Honoré Mercier III (1908–1988), a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, son of the above
• Honoré Ngbanda (1946–2021), Congolese politician, diplomat and Minister of Defense
• Honoré Willsie Morrow (1880-1940), American author and magazine editor
• Honoré Charles Reille (1775–1860), French soldier, Marshal of France
• Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749–1791), French writer, orator, statesman and a prominent figure of the early stages of the French Revolution
• Honoré Rakotomanana (born 1933), Malagasy politician and judge, former Speaker of the Senate of Madagascar
• Honoré Tournély (1658–1729), French Catholic theologian
• Honoré Traoré (born 1957), Burkinabé army general and interim head of state of Burkina Faso for one day
• Honoré d'Urfé (1568–1625), French novelist

Surname

• Annik Honoré (1957–2014), Belgian journalist and music promoter
• Bo Honoré, Danish economist
• Carl Honoré (born 1967), Canadian journalist and author
• Caroline Honoré (born 1970), French former triple jumper
• Christophe Honoré (born 1970), French writer and director
• Emile Honoré, African-American politician, Secretary of State of Louisiana in 1877 and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Erik Honoré (born 1966), Norwegian writer, musician, record producer and sound engineer
• Hector Honoré (1905–1983), American auto racer
• Henry Honoré (1824–1916), American businessman
• Henry Honore, Welsh Roman Catholic Dean of Bangor from 1410 until 1413
• Jean Honoré (1920–2013), French Catholic cardinal
• Mikkel Frølich Honoré (born 1997), Danish cyclist
• Philippe Honoré (cartoonist) (1941–2015), French cartoonist killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting
• Philippe Honoré (violinist) (born 1967), French violinist
• Russel L. Honoré (born 1947), retired US Army lieutenant general
• Suzanne Honoré (1909-2000), French librarian, archivist and historian
• Tony Honoré (1921–2019), British lawyer and jurist

See also

• Saint-Honoré (disambiguation)
• Honorius (disambiguation)

References