Malherbe (surname)

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Malherbe is a surname of French origin. It is common in South Africa due to the immigration of Huguenots in the late 17th century.^[1]^[2]

de Malherbe family from Normandy, France

François de Malherbe (1555–1628), French poet, reformer of French language
Marc-Antoine de Malherbe [ fr ] (1600–1627), duellist, son of the poet François de Malherbe
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine de Malherbe [ fr ] (1712–1771), archbishop of Tours
Jean de Malherbe [ fr ] (1911–1983), author in political and economic sciences

de Malherbe family from Maine, France

Raymond de Malherbe [ fr ] (1826–1891), French politician, senator
Maria-Dolorès de Malherbe [ fr ] (1894–1966), recognised "Righteous Among the Nations"
Guy de Malherbe [ fr ] (born 1958), French painter
Apolline de Malherbe (born 1980), television journalist

Malherbe family from South Africa

Daniël Francois Malherbe (1881–1969), South-African Afrikaans-language novelist, poet, dramatist and scholar
Arnaud Malherbe (born 1972), South-African athlete, 400 meters runner
Frans Malherbe (born 1991), South-African international rugby union player
Stephanie Malherbe (born 1996), South-African international football player

Malherbe families from Belgium

Jean-François Malherbe [ fr ] (1950–2015), Belgian philosopher and writer
André Malherbe (1956–2022), Belgian Grand Prix motocross racer
Anne Malherbe Gosselin (born 1968), Belgian spouse of Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017

Others

Alfred Malherbe (1804–1865), French magistrate and naturalist
Annet Malherbe (born 1957), Dutch actress
Arnaud Malherbe (director) [ fr ] (born 1972), French script writer and director
Charles Théodore Malherbe (1853–1911), French violinist, musicologist, music editor and composer
Delphine de Malherbe [ fr ] (born 1973), French writer and play director
Didier Malherbe (born 1943), French rock and jazz saxophonist
Edmond Malherbe [ fr ] (1870–1963), French composer
Guy Malherbe (born 1946), French politician, mayor and member of the National Assembly
Henri de Malherbe (fl. 1910–1932), French international rugby union player (list of selections) and chairman of SC Mazamet
Henry Malherbe (1886–1958), journalist and French writer, winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1917
Hermeline Malherbe (born 1969), French politician, senator
Jean Fontaine-Malherbe [ fr ] (c. 1740–1780), French writer
Jean-François Boursault-Malherbe [ fr ] (1750–1842), French revolutionary and theater director
Joseph Anne Robert Malherbe [ fr ] (1758–1841), French politician and magistrate
Michel Malherbe (encyclopaedist) [ fr ] (born 1930), French civil engineer and encyclopedist
Michel Malherbe (philosopher) [ fr ] (born 1941), French philosopher
Óscar Malherbe de León (born 1964), Mexican drug lord
Pierre-Olivier Malherbe (ca. 1569 - ca. 1616), French explorer
Suzanne Malherbe (1892–1972), French illustrator and photographer

References

↑ Donaldson, Bruce C. (1993). "Pronunciation". A Grammar of Afrikaans. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 22–23. ISBN 9783110134261 . Retrieved 3 July 2017– via Google Books.
↑ Watkinson, William Lonsdale; Davison, William Theophilus, eds. (1875). "William Shaw and South Africa". The London Quarterly Review. Vol. 44. J.A. Sharp. p. 274. Retrieved 7 July 2017– via Google Books.

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[1] Donaldson, Bruce C. (1993). "Pronunciation". A Grammar of Afrikaans. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 22–23. ISBN 9783110134261 . Retrieved 3 July 2017– via Google Books.

[2] Watkinson, William Lonsdale; Davison, William Theophilus, eds. (1875). "William Shaw and South Africa". The London Quarterly Review. Vol. 44. J.A. Sharp. p. 274. Retrieved 7 July 2017– via Google Books.

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