Alphonse

Alphonse is a French masculine given name. It may refer to :

• Alphonse Allais (1854–1905), a French writer and humorist
• Alphonse Alley (1930–1987), a Beninese army officer and political figure
• Alphonse Antoine (1915–1999), a French professional road bicycle racer
• Alphonse Attardi (1892–1970), a New York mobster
• Alphonse Balat (1819–1895), a Belgian architect
• Alphonse Barancira, a former minister for Human Rights, Constitutional Reform and Relations with the National Assembly of Burundi
• Alphonse Beni, a Cameroonian actor and movie director
• Alphonse Bernier (1861–1944), a Canadian lawyer, judge and provincial politician
• Alphonse Berns (born 1952), a Luxembourgian diplomat and current Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative to NATO
• Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914), a French police officer and biometrics researcher who created anthropometry
• Alphonse Bertrand (1846–1926), a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick
• Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (1915–2007), an American accordionist
• Alphonse Borrelly (1842–1926), a French astronomer
• Alphonse Boudard (1925–2000), a French novelist and playwright
• Alphonse Briart (1825–1898), a Belgian coal mines supervisor and geologist
• Alphonse Burnand (1896–1981), an American sailor
• Alphonse Capone (1899–1947), an Italian-American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate
• Alphonse Castex (1899–1969), a French rugby union player
• Alphonse Chapanis (1917–2002), an American pioneer in the field of industrial design
• Alphonse Colas (1818–1887), a French painter
• Alphonse Constant (1810–1875), a French occult author and purported magician
• Alphonse D'Arco (born 1932), a New York mobster
• Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897), a French novelist
• Alphonse de Cailleux (1788–1876), a French painter, connoisseur, arts administrator and director of the Musée du Louvre
• Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877–1951), a French writer
• Alphonse Decorte (1909–1977), a Belgian football player
• Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869), a French writer, poet and politician
• Alphonse de Polignac (1817–1890), a French mathematician
• Alphonse Desjardins (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alphonse de Tonty (ca. 1659–1727), an Italian officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac
• Alphonse Dochez (1882–1964), an American physician and disease researcher
• Alphonse Dotson (born 1943), a former American football player
• Alphonse Ducatillon, a Belgian tug of war competitor
• Alphonse Duvernoy (1842-Paris), a French pianist and composer
• Alphonse Fournier (1893–1961), a Canadian politician
• Alphonse Gallegos (1931–1991), an American Roman Catholic bishop
• Alphonse Gangitano (1957–1998), an Italian Australian organised crime identity from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne
• Alphonse Gemuseus (1898-?), a Swiss horse rider
• Alphonse Girandy (1868–1941), a United States Navy sailor
• Alphonse Giroux (1775–1848), a French painter
• Alphonse Goetz (1865–1934), a French chess master
• Alphonse Grisel, a French athlete and gymnast
• Alphonse Guérin (1816–1895), a French surgeon
• Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"; 1932–2006), a French world champion bantamweight boxer
• Alphonse Hasselmans (1845–1912), a Belgian-born French harpist, composer and pedagogue
• Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul (1789–1865), a Prime Minister of France from 31 October 1849 to 10 April 1851 during the French Second Republic
• Alphonse Hörning, a Swiss bobsledder
• Alphonse Hustache (1872–1949), a French entomologist
• Alphonse Indelicato (1931–1981), a powerful caporegime in New York City's Bonanno crime family
• Alphonse J. Jackson (born 1927), a retired educator and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Alphonse Jetté (1887-?), a Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Alphonse Juin (1888–1967), a Marshal of France
• Alphonse Kann (1870–1948), a prominent French art collector of Jewish heritage
• Alphonse Kirchhoffer (1873–1913), a French fencer
• Alphonse Kotiga (contemporary), a Chadian military officer and politician
• Alphonse Lacroix (1897–1973), an American ice hockey goaltender
• Alphonse Lami (1822–1867), a French sculptor
• Alphonse Lavallée (1791–1873), the founder of the École Centrale Paris
• Alphonse Laverrière (1872–1954), a Swiss architect
• Alphonse Legros (1837–1911), a French painter, etcher and sculptor
• Alphonse Lemerre (1838–1912), a French editor and publisher
• Alphonse Leweck (born 1981), a Luxembourgian football player
• Alphonse Loubat (1799–1866), a French inventor who developed improvements in tram and rail equipment
• Alphonse Magnien (1837–1902), the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902
• Alphonse Malangone (born 1936), a New York City mobster and caporegime in the Genovese crime family
• Alphonse Martin (1884–1947), a Canadian organist, pianist and music educator
• Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921–1977), a political figure of the Republic of the Congo who led the country from 1963 until 1968
• Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900), a French mammalologist, ornithologist and carcinologist
• Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937), an Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist and former priest
• Alphonse Mouzon (born 1948), an American jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist
• Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist
• Alphonse Munchen (1850–1917)), a Luxembourgian engineer and politician
• Alphonse Osbert (1857–1939), a French Symbolist painter
• Alphonse Ouimet (1908–1988), a Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1958 to 1967
• Alphonse Pénaud (1850–1880), a French pioneer of aviation
• Alphonse Persico, a former acting boss of the Colombo crime family from the 1980s and 1990s
• Alphonse Picou (1878–1961), an American early jazz clarinetist
• Alphonse Pinart (1852–1911), a French explorer, philologist and ethnographer
• Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (born 1941), a politician of the Republic of the Congo
• Alphonse Poitevin (1819–1882), a French chemist, photographer and civil engineer
• Alphonse Rabbe (1784–1829), a French writer, historian, critic and journalist
• Alphonse Raymond (1884–1958), a Quebec businessman, financier and public official
• Alphonse Renier, a Belgian football player
• Alphonse Roy (1897–1967), an American Representative from New Hampshire
• Alphonse Royer (1803–1875), a French author, dramatist and theatre manager
• Alphonse Rückstuhl (1901-?), a Swiss Olympic fencer
• Alphonse Sagebien (1807–1892), a French hydrological engineer
• Alphonse Schepers (1907–1984), a Belgian racing cyclist
• Alphonse Six (1890–1914), a Belgian football player
• Alphonse Tchami (born 1971), a retired Cameroonian football player
• Alphonse Toussenel (1803–1885), a French writer and journalist
• Alphonse Trent (1905–1959), an American jazz pianist and territory band leader
• Alphonse Van Mele (1891–1972), a Belgian gymnast
• Alphonse Varney (1811–1879), a French conductor
• Alphonse Verville (1864–1921), a Canadian politician and trade unionist
• Alphonse Yombi (born 1969), a former Cameroonian football player

and also :

• Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière (1842–1925), a Canadian politician and journalist
• Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne (1848–1902), a lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec
• Alphonse Francois Renard (1842–1903), a Belgian geologist and petrographer
• Alphonse James, a disambiguation page
• Alphonse John Smith (1883–1935), an American bishop in the Catholic Church
• Alphonse Joseph, a disambiguation page
• Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), a French Carthusian, bishop and Cardina
• Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1835–1885), a French Academic painter
• Alphonse-Marie Kadege, a vice-President of Burundi from 30 April 2003 to 11 November 2004
• Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893), a French-Swiss botanist
• Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840–1914), an American archaeologist
• Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (1805–1872), a French author and theologian
• Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine (1855–1943), a journalist, printer and political figure in Quebec
• Camille Alphonse, a disambiguation page
• Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier (1837–1911), a Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922), a French physician
• Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion (1843–1899), a Canadian lawyer, professor and politician
• Claude Alphonse Nsilou (born 1954), a Congolese politician
• Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert (1859–1920), a lawyer and political figure in Quebec
• Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), a French aristocrat, revolutionary, politician and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle
• Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (1868–1949), a French financier
• Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin (1796–1864), a French admiral
• François-Alphonse Forel (1841–1912), a Swiss scientist, founder of limnology
• Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1852–1909), a Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner and politician
• Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros (1812–1876), a French writer
• Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse, a disambiguation page
• Joseph-Alphonse-Anaclet Habel (1895–1979), a Canadian politician
• Joseph-Alphonse Esménard (1770–1811), a French poet
• Louis-Alphonse, a disambiguation page
• Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne (1814–1884), a French Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary
• Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813–1854), a French mathematician
• Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier (1837–1905), a controversial Roman Catholic Lazarite Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li, China
• Victor-Alphonse Huard (1853–1929), a French-Canadian churchman, naturalist, writer and editor
• William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon (1877–1969), a Canadian politician, judge and diplomat

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 Fullmetal Alchemist.
• Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, a fictional character by Chester Gould in the comic strip Dick Tracy

See also

• Alphonse (disambiguation)
• Alfonse (disambiguation)
• Alfonso

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