Alphonse (given name)

Alphonse is the French variant of the given name Alphons. 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[]

• Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (1915–2007), American accordionist
• Alphonse Duvernoy (1842–1907), French pianist and composer
• Alphonse Hasselmans (1845–1912), Belgian-born French harpist, composer and pedagogue
• Alphonse Joseph (composer), Indian film score composer
• Alphonse Martin (1884–1947), Canadian organist, pianist and music educator
• Alphonse Mouzon (1948–2016), American jazz fusion drummer and percussionist
• Alphonse Picou (1878–1961), American early jazz clarinetist
• Alphonse Trent (1905–1959), American jazz pianist and territory band leader
• Alphonse Varney (1811–1879), French conductor

Plastic arts[]

• Alphonse Balat (1819–1895), Belgian architect
• Alphonse Colas (1818–1887), French painter
• Alphonse de Cailleux (1788–1876), French painter, connoisseur, arts administrator and director of the Musée du Louvre
• Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1835–1885), French Academic painter
• Alphonse Giroux (1775–1848), French painter
• Alphonse Kann (1870–1948), prominent French art collector of Jewish heritage
• Alphonse Lami (1822–1867), French sculptor
• Alphonse Laverrière (1872–1954), Swiss architect
• Alphonse Legros (1837–1911), French painter, etcher and sculptor
• Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist
• Alphonse Osbert (1857–1939), French Symbolist painter

Writing and journalism[]

• Alphonse Allais (1854–1905), French writer and humorist
• Alphonse Boudard (1925–2000), French novelist and playwright
• Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897), French novelist
• Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877–1951), French writer
• Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869), French writer, poet and politician
• Joseph-Alphonse Esménard (1770–1811), French poet
• Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros (1812–1876), French writer
• Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary, politician and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle
• Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (1805–1872), French author and theologian
• Victor-Alphonse Huard (1853–1929), French-Canadian churchman, naturalist, writer and editor
• Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808–1890), French critic, journalist and novelist
• Alphonse Lemerre (1838–1912), French editor and publisher
• Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine (1855–1943), journalist, printer and political figure in Quebec
• Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse Lusignan (1843–1893), French-Canadian writer
• Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1852–1909), Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner and politician
• Alphonse Rabbe (1784–1829), French writer, historian, critic and journalist
• Alphonse Royer (1803–1875), French author, dramatist and theatre manager
• Alphonse Tavan (1833–1905), French Provençal poet
• Alphonse Toussenel (1803–1885), French writer and journalist

In business and finance[]

• Alphonse Bertrand (1846–1926), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick
• Louis-Alphonse Boyer (1839–1916), Quebec merchant and political figure
• Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne (1848–1902), lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec
• Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905), French financier, vineyard owner, art collector, philanthropist and racehorse owner and breeder
• Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator) (1854–1920), founder of Mouvement Desjardins credit unions
• Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (1868–1949), French financier
• Alphonse Raymond (1884–1958), Quebec businessman, financier and public official

In engineering and industrial design[]

• Alphonse Chapanis (1917–2002), American pioneer in the field of industrial design
• Camille Alphonse Faure (1840–1898), French chemical engineer
• Alphonse Loubat (1799–1866), French inventor who developed improvements in tram and rail equipment
• Alphonse Munchen (1850–1917), Luxembourgian engineer and politician
• Alphonse Pénaud (1850–1880), French pioneer of aviation
• Alphonse Poitevin (1819–1882), French chemist, photographer and civil engineer
• Alphonse Sagebien (1807–1892), French hydrological engineer

In government, law, military, and politics[]

Africa[]

Congo[]

• Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921–1977), political figure of the Republic of the Congo who led the country from 1963 until 1968
• Claude Alphonse Nsilou (born 1954), Congolese politician
• Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (born 1941), politician of the Republic of the 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-Marie Kadege, vice-President of Burundi from 30 April 2003 to 11 November 2004
• Alphonse Kotiga (contemporary), Chadian military officer and politician

Europe[]

France[]

• Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869), French writer, poet and politician
• Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary, politician and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle
• Alphonse Joseph Georges (1875–1951), French army officer
• Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin (1796–1864), French admiral
• Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul (1789–1865), Prime Minister of France from 31 October 1849 to 10 April 1851 during the French Second Republic
• Alphonse Juin (1888–1967), Marshal of France
• Camille Alphonse Trézel (1780–1860), French général de division, Minister for War and peer of France during the July Monarchy

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[]

• Alphonse Bernier (1861–1944), Canadian lawyer, judge and provincial politician
• Alphonse Bertrand (1846–1926), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick
• Louis-Alphonse Boyer (1839–1916), Quebec merchant and political figure
• Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert (1859–1920), lawyer and political figure in Quebec
• Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne (1848–1902), lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec
• Alphonse Desjardins (politician) (1841–1912), mayor of Montreal and Canadian cabinet minister
• Alphonse Fournier (1893–1961), Canadian politician
• Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion (1843–1899), Canadian lawyer, professor and politician
• Joseph-Alphonse-Anaclet Habel (1895–1979), Canadian politician
• Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière (1842–1925), Canadian politician and journalist
• Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine (1855–1943), journalist, printer and political figure in Quebec
• Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1852–1909), Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner and politician
• Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier (1837–1911), Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• Alphonse Raymond (1884–1958), Quebec businessman, financier and public official
• William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon (1877–1969), Canadian politician, judge and diplomat
• Alphonse Verville (1864–1921), Canadian politician and trade unionist

United States[]

• Alphonse Girandy (1868–1941), United States Navy sailor
• Alphonse J. Jackson (born 1927), retired educator and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Alphonse Roy (1897–1967), American Representative from New Hampshire

In organized crime[]

• Alphonse Attardi (1892–1970), New York mobster
• Alphonse "Al" Capone (1899–1947), Italian-American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate
• Alphonse D'Arco (born 1932), New York mobster
• Alphonse Gangitano (1957–1998), Italian Australian organised crime identity from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne
• Alphonse Indelicato (1931–1981), powerful caporegime in New York City's Bonanno crime family
• Alphonse Malangone (born 1936), New York City mobster and caporegime in the Genovese crime family
• Alphonse Persico, former acting boss of the Colombo crime family from the 1980s and 1990s

In religion and mysticism[]

• Alphonse Constant (1810–1875), French occult author and purported magician
• Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier (1837–1905), controversial Roman Catholic Lazarite Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li, China
• Alphonse Gallegos (1931–1991), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Alphonse Joseph Glorieux (1844–1917), Belgian missionary Roman Catholic bishop
• Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (1805–1872), French author and theologian
• Alphonse Magnien (1837–1902), the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902
• Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937), Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist and former priest
• Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne (1814–1884), French Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary
• Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian, bishop and Cardina
• Alphonse James Schladweiler (1902–1996), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• Alphonse John Smith (1883–1935), American bishop in the Catholic Church

In science, medicine, and academia[]

Cultural sciences[]

• Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840–1914), American archaeologist
• Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937), Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist and former priest
• Alphonse Pinart (1852–1911), French explorer, philologist and ethnographer
• Alphonse Rabbe (1784–1829), French writer, historian, critic and journalist
• Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (1844–1907), French philologist and historian of the Occitan language

Geology and earth science[]

• Alphonse Briart (1825–1898), Belgian coal mine supervisor and geologist
• François-Alphonse Forel (1841–1912), Swiss scientist, founder of limnology
• Alphonse Francois Renard (1842–1903), Belgian geologist and petrographer

Life sciences and medicine[]

• Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914), French police officer and biometrics researcher who created the field of anthropometry
• Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893), French-Swiss botanist
• Alphonse Dochez (1882–1964), American physician and disease researcher
• Alphonse Guérin (1816–1895), French surgeon
• Victor-Alphonse Huard (1853–1929), French-Canadian churchman, naturalist, writer and editor
• Alphonse Hustache (1872–1949), French entomologist
• Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922), French physician
• Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900), French mammalologist, ornithologist and carcinologist

Other disciplines[]

• Alphonse Borrelly (1842–1926), French astronomer
• Alphonse de Polignac (1817–1890), French mathematician
• Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion (1843–1899), Canadian lawyer, professor and politician
• Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813–1854), French mathematician
• Alphonse Lavallée (1791–1873), the founder of the École Centrale Paris
• Alphonse Magnien (1837–1902), the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902
• Alphonse Poitevin (1819–1882), French chemist, photographer and civil engineer

In sport[]

Football (soccer)[]

• Alphonse Areola (born 1993), French football player
• Alphonse Decorte (1909–1977), Belgian football player
• Alphonse Leweck (born 1981), Luxembourgian football player
• Alphonse Renier, Belgian football player
• Alphonse Six (1890–1914), Belgian football player
• Alphonse Tchami (born 1971), retired Cameroonian football player
• Alphonse Yombi (born 1969), former Cameroonian football player

Winter sports[]

• Alphonse Hörning, Swiss bobsledder
• Alphonse Jetté (1887–?), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Alphonse Lacroix (1897–1973), American ice hockey goaltender

Other sports[]

• Alphonse Antoine (1915–1999), French professional road bicycle racer
• Alphonse Burnand (1896–1981), American sailor
• Alphonse Castex (1899–1969), French rugby union player
• Alphonse Dotson (born 1943), former American football player
• Alphonse Ducatillon, Belgian tug of war competitor
• Alphonse Gemuseus (1898–?), Swiss horse rider
• Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"; 1932–2006), French world champion bantamweight boxer
• Alphonse Kirchhoffer (1873–1913), French fencer
• Alphonse Ruckstuhl (1901–?), Swiss Olympic fencer
• Alphonse Schepers (1907–1984), Belgian racing cyclist
• Alphonse Van Mele (1891–1972), Belgian gymnast
• Alphonse Yanghat (born 1957), Congolese Olympic sprinter

In other fields[]

• Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905), French financier, vineyard owner, art collector, philanthropist and racehorse owner and breeder
• Alphonse Goetz (1865–1934), French chess master
• Alphonse Le Gastelois (1914–2012), a Jerseyman who became a hermit on the Écréhous islands to avoid persecution

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 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.

See also[]

• All pages with titles beginning with Alphonse
• All pages with titles containing Alphonse
• Alphonse (surname)
• Alfonso (disambiguation)