Deschamps

Deschamps (French pronunciation: [deʃɑ̃], traditional English pronunciation: /ˈdɛʃən/ DESH-ən[1]) is a common family name of French origin, which means "from the fields", from the French word champ = "field".

  • Adolphe Deschamps (1807–1875), Belgian statesman and publisher
  • Carlos Romero Deschamps (born 1944), Mexican politician
  • Didier Deschamps (born 1968), French football player and manager
  • Émile Deschamps (1791–1871), French poet
  • Eustache Deschamps (1328–1415), French poet
  • Fernand Deschamps (1868-1957), Belgian intellectual
  • François-Michel-Chrétien Deschamps (1683–1747), French playwright
  • Georges A. Deschamps (1911–1998), French American electrical engineer
  • Gérard Deschamps (born 1937), French artist
  • Gérard-Joseph Deschamps (1929-2022), Canadian Roman Catholic prelate
  • Hubert Deschamps (1923–1998), French actor, uncle of Jérôme
  • Jérôme Deschamps (born 1947), French actor, director and opera manager
  • Johanne Deschamps (born 1959), Canadian politician
  • Léger Marie Deschamps (1716–1774), French philosopher and Benedictine monk
  • Louis Auguste Deschamps (1765-1842), French botanist and surgeon whose standard author abbreviation is Deschamps
  • Marie Deschamps (born 1952), Canadian jurist
  • Noël Deschamps (1908–2005), Australian diplomat
  • Paul Deschamps (1888–1974), French medievalist, father of Hubert
  • Robert Deschamps (born 1940), Canadian politician
  • Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps (1810–1883), Belgian cardinal and archbishop
  • Yvon Deschamps (born 1935), Canadian author and humorist

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Deschamps

References

  1. ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (London: Oxford UP, 1971), p.45.
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