Alain (first name)
Alain is a male name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The origin of the name is disputed; it is probably of Celtic origin meaning "the rock". According to other theories, the name means "from the people of the Alans ".
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Name bearer
First name
- Alain I. (Alain I the Great; † 907), Prince of the Bretons
- Alain II († 952), Duke of Brittany
- Alain III. (997-1040), Duke of Brittany
- Alain IX. de Rohan († 1462), Vicomte de Rohan et de Léon, Comte de Porhoët and Baron de Pontchâteau
- Alan of Auxerre († 1185; also Alanus of Auxerre or Alain of Auxerre), Cistercian abbot and biographer of Bernhard von Clairvaux
- Alanus from Insulis ( Alain de Lille, Alanus from Insulis; ≈1120–1202), philosopher theologian
- Alain the Red (Latin: Alanus Rufus, French: Alain le Roux, English: Alan the Red; † 1089), Breton nobleman
- Alain de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Richmond (≈1107–1146), Earl of Richmond and Earl of Cornwall
- Alain de Dinan († 1197), Seneschal of Brittany, Lord of Dinan
- Alain Canhiart († 1058), Count of Cornouaille
- Alain Aspect (* 1947), French physicist
- Alain Barrière (1935–2019), French singer and composer
- Alain Berger (ice hockey player) (* 1990), Swiss ice hockey player
- Alain Berger (orienteer) (* 1970), Swiss orienteer
- Alain Bernard (dance teacher) (1932–2012), Swiss dancer, dance teacher and choreographer
- Alain Berset (* 1972), Swiss Federal Councilor
- Alain Buffard (1960–2013), French dancer and choreographer
- Alain Chabat (* 1958), French actor, film producer and director
- Alain Chartier , French diplomat and 15th century author
- Alain Connes (* 1947), French mathematician
- Alain Corneau (1943-2010), French film director and screenwriter
- Alain Da Costa (* 1993), French pool player
- Alain Delon (born 1935), French actor
- Alain Dogou (* 1964), Ivorian politician
- Alain Erlande-Brandenburg (1937–2020), French art historian
- Alain Finkielkraut (* 1949), French philosopher and author
- Alain Génestier (* approx. 1948), French rally raid driver
- Alain Juppé (* 1945), French politician
- Alain Krivine (* 1941), French politician
- Alain Laroche (* 1963), Canadian freestyle skier
- Alain Le Ray (1910–2007), French general and resistance fighter
- Alain LeRoy Locke (1886–1954), American philosopher
- Henri Alain Liogier , brother Alain (1916–2009), French botanist
- Alain Martel (born 1959), Canadian pool player
- Alain Marquet (* 1942), French jazz musician
- Alain Mimoun (1921–2013), French athlete
- Alain Planet (born 1948), French Roman Catholic bishop
- Alain Platel (* 1959), Belgian choreographer and theater director
- Alain Poher (1909–1996), French politician
- Alain Poiré (1917–2000), French film producer
- Alain Porthault (1929–2019), French sprinter
- Alain Prost (* 1955), French Formula 1 racing driver
- Alain Resnais (1922–2014), French film director
- Alain Rey (ski mountaineer) (* 1982), Swiss ski mountaineer
- Alain Rickenbacher (1945–2015), Swiss corps commander
- Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922–2008), French writer and filmmaker
- Alain Robert (* 1962), French extreme climber
- Alain de Roucy , French knight and crusader at the beginning of the 13th century
- Alain Savary (1918–1988), French politician
- Alain Sikorski (* 1959), Belgian comic artist
- Alain Souchon (* 1944), French singer and actor
- Alain Sutter (* 1968), Swiss football player
- Alain Tanner (* 1929), Swiss film director
- Alain Terzian (* 1949), French film producer as well as a film and association official
- Alain Valente (* 1996), Swiss racing driver
- Alain Vanzo (1928–2002), French opera singer
- Alain Vidalies (* 1951), French politician
- Alain Wijffels (* 1954), Belgian legal historian and university professor
- Alain Zaloum (* 1961), Egyptian director and screenwriter
stage name
- Alain ( Émile Chartier; 1868–1951), French philosopher and writer