Fouquet
Fouquet or Foucquet is a French surname. Many immigrants to the United States anglicized this surname to either Fuqua or Fuquay upon arrival.[1]
Fouquet or Foucquet may refer to:
People
[edit]Listed alphabetically by given name
Arts and music
[edit]- Georges Fouquet (1862–1957), French jewelry designer
- Jacques Foucquet (fl. 1685–1704), French artist primarily active in Sweden
- Jean Fouquet (1420–1481), French painter
- Nick Fouquet (born 1983), French-American fashion designer
- Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694–1772), French organist and harpsichordist
Government / nobility
[edit]- Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle (1684–1761), French general and statesman
- Guillaume Fouquet de la Varenne (1560–1616), French chef and statesman
- Louis Charles Armand Fouquet, Chevalier de Belle-Isle (1693–1747), French general
- Louis Marie Fouquet, Count of Gisors (1732–1758), French nobleman and soldier
- Nicolas Fouquet (1615–1680), French superintendent of finances under Louis XIV of France
Religion
[edit]- Bernardin-François Fouquet (1705–1785), French Catholic prelate, cardinal, abbot and archbishop
- Jean-François Foucquet (1665–1741), French Jesuit, bishop and scientist
Sports
[edit]- Christophe Fouquet (born 1974), French bobsledder
- Nathanael Fouquet (born 1972), French slalom canoeist
- Virginie Fouquet (born 1975), French middle-distance runner
Other
[edit]- Henri Fouquet (1727–1806), French physician
- Julie Fouquet (born 1958), American applied physicist, engineer, laser scientist, and inventor
- Marie Fouquet (1590–1681), French medical writer and philanthropist
Other uses
[edit]- Fouquet's, a historic brasserie restaurant in Paris, founded in 1899
- Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet's, location of the brasserie
- La Motte-Fouquet, a commune in the Orne department in north-western France
- Mouillage Fouquet, a rural settlement in the Sud department of Haiti
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003-05-08). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 613. ISBN 9780199771691.
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