Boucher (surname)

Boucher is a surname that evolved during the medieval era in the French region of Champagne. It was an occupational name for someone who worked as a butcher. The name originally derived from the Old French word bochier, which means "butcher".^[1] The English word butcher is from Middle English bo(u)cher, itself from Anglo-Norman *bucher.

List of people with surname Boucher[]

A–G[]

• Alexandre Boucher (1770–1861), French violinist
• Alfred Boucher (1850–1934), French sculptor
• Andrée Boucher (1937–2007), Canadian municipal politician
• Anouk Leblanc-Boucher (born 1984), Canadian Olympic speed skater
• Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), American fiction author
• Arthur Boucher (1870–1948), Wales international rugby union player
• Billy Boucher (1899–1958), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Bob Boucher (1940–2009), British academic
• Brian Boucher (born 1977), American professional ice hockey player
• Butterfly Boucher (born 1979), Australian singer-songwriter
• Candice Boucher (born 1983), South African model
• Charles Boucher de Boucherville (1822–1915), Canadian provincial politician, third Premier of Quebec
• Charles Hamilton Boucher (1898–1951), Knighted Major-General in the British Indian Army during World War II
• Chris Boucher (writer) (born 1943), British writer
• Chris Boucher (basketball) (born 1993), Saint Lucia-born Canadian basketball player
• Claire Boucher (born 1988), Canadian artist; better known as Grimes
• Claude Boucher (diplomat), Canadian diplomat
• Claude Boucher (politician) (born 1942), former member of the Quebec National Assembly
• Daniel Boucher (musician) (born 1971), Canadian musician
• Daniel Boucher (politician), Canadian municipal politician
• David Boucher (born 1980), French road cyclist
• Dillon Boucher (born 1975), New Zealand professional basketball player
• Donovan Boucher (born 1961), Jamaican/Canadian boxer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s
• Eric Reed Boucher (born 1958), American punk musician, better known as Jello Biafra
• Étienne-Alexis Boucher, current member of the Quebec National Assembly, son of Claude Boucher (politician)
• Frank Boucher (1902–1977), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• François Boucher (1703–1770), French painter
• Gaétan Boucher (born 1958), Canadian Olympic speed skater
• Gene Boucher (1933–1994), American operatic baritone
• Georges Boucher (1896–1960), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Grayson Boucher (born 1984), American professional streetball (basketball variant) entertainer
• Guy Boucher (born 1971), Canadian professional ice hockey coach

H–Z[]

• H. A. Boucher (1921–2009), American politician
• Hélène Boucher (1908–1934), French pilot
• Jack Boucher (born 1931), American photographer
• Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788–1868), French geologist and antiquary
• James Boucher (1910–1995), Irish cricketer
• Jean Boucher (artist) (1870–1939), French sculptor
• Jean Boucher (politician) (born 1926), member of the Canadian house of Commons
• Jonathan Boucher (1738–1804), English clergyman, teacher and philologist
• Judy Boucher, Caribbean-English singer
• Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville (1825–1869), Canadian lawyer and national politician
• Marcel Boucher (1898–1965), French-American entrepreneur
• Marin Boucher (c. 1587 – 1671), French colonist of Quebec, Canada; ancestor to most Bouchers in North America,^{[citation needed][dubious – discuss]} particularly in Quebec
• Mark Boucher (born 1976), South African cricketer
• Maurice Boucher (born 1953), Canadian convicted criminal
• Maurice Le Boucher (1882–1964), French organist, composer, and pedagogue
• Merle Boucher (born 1946), American state politician
• Philippe Boucher (born 1973), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Pierre Boucher de la Bruère (1837–1917), Canadian lawyer, journalist, author and provincial politician
• Pierre Boucher (1622–1717), French-Canadian clergyman and governor of New France
• Richard Boucher (born 1951), American government official
• Rick Boucher (born 1946), American national politician
• Robert Boucher (1904–1931), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Ron Boucher, Australian rules footballer
• Sandy Boucher (born 1936), American author, Buddhist and feminist
• Savannah Smith Boucher (born 1943), American actress
• Sebastien Boucher (born 1981), Canadian minor league baseball player
• Sherry Boucher (born 1945), American actress
• Sylvie Boucher (born 1962), Canadian national politician
• Tom Boucher (1873–unknown), English footballer
• Zacharie Boucher (born 1992), French footballer

Fictional characters[]

• Bobby Boucher (portrayed by Adam Sandler), protagonist of the 1997 comedy film The Waterboy

See also[]

• Boucher (disambiguation)

References[]

Surname list

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