Claude

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Claude ("lame" in Latin) is a relatively common French given name for males. It can also be an uncommon given name for females or a family name. The name may refer to the following:

Contents 1 Claude as a given name 1.1 Real-life 1.2 Fictional 2 Claude as a family name

[edit] Claude as a given name

[edit] Real-life

• Claude Thomas Bourchier, English Lieutenant and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer
• Claude Debussy, French composer
• Claude Demetrius, African-American songwriter
• Claude Elwood Shannon, American electrical engineer and mathematician
• Claude François, French musician
• Claude Hulbert, British comic actor
• Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter
• Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist
• Claude Lorrain, French artist
• Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist
• Claude Monet, French painter
• Claude Rains, an English-speaking actor
• Claudin de Sermisy, French Renaissance composer
• St. Claude de la Colombière, Christian saint

[edit] Fictional

• Claude (Grand Theft Auto), fictional Grand Theft Auto character
• Claude, a fictional character in the Beyblade anime.
• Claude, a fictional character in the Bleach franchise.
• Claude Hooper Bukowski, protagonist in Hair
• Claude C. Kenni, main protagonist of Star Ocean: The Second Story
• Claude (Heroes), character played by Christopher Eccleston in the show Heroes

[edit] Claude as a family name

• Jean Claude, French Protestant theologian
• Albert Claude, Belgian Nobel Prize in Medicine recipient
• Georges Claude, French engineer, chemist and inventoir
• Bonivert Claude, Former Bank of Haïti governor.