Faure (pronounced [ˈfawɾe] ) is an Occitan family name meaning blacksmith, from Latin faber. It is pronounced [fɔʁ] in French (unlike Fauré which is pronounced [foʁe]).
People
Politicians
- 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
Writers, artists, and musicians
- 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
Others
- 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
See also
| Surnames associated with the occupation of smith | ||
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| Germanic | ||
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| Semitic | ||
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| Other | ||
| From "spark" rel. to occ. 'smith' | ||
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