Chevalier
Chevalier (French 'knight') is the family name of the following people:
- Albert Chevalier (1861–1923), English comedian and actor
- Anaïs Chevalier (* 1993), French biathlete
- Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier (1873–1956), French botanist
- Charles Chevalier (1804-1859), French optics engineer and photography pioneer
- Chloé Chevalier (* 1995), French biathlete
- Étienne Chevalier (~ 1410–1474), French nobleman and treasurer
- Ferdinand Chevalier (1835–?), Belgian landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School
- Friedrich Klein-Chevalier (1861–1938), German history and portrait painter from the Düsseldorf School
- Guy Chevalier (* 1938), French priest, Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata
- Jay Chevalier (1936–2019), American rockabilly musician
- Jean-Claude Chevalier (1925–2018), French linguist, Romance scholar, grammarian and historian of linguistics
- Jules Chevalier (1824–1907), French priest and author
- Li Chevalier (* 1961), French artist and painter
- Lorenz Chevalier (1810–1889), German politician of the National Liberal Party
- Louis Chevalier (historian) (1911–2001), French historian
- Louis Chevalier (athlete) (1921-2006), French walker
- Lucas Chevalier-Girod (* 1976), French ski jumper
- Marcel Chevalier (1921–2008), last executioner in France
- Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972), French actor and chanson singer
- Michael Chevalier (1933-2006), German actor and voice actor
- Michel Chevalier (1806–1879), French economist
- Miguel Chevalier (* 1959), Franco-Mexican artist
- Peter Chevalier (* 1953), German painter
- Pierre Chevalier (cave explorer) (1905–2001), French cave explorer and mountaineer
- Pierre Chevalier (director) (1915-2005), French film director
- Pierre Chevalier (producer) (1945–2019), French film producer
- Pierre Chevalier (politician) (* 1952), Belgian politician
- Roberto Chevalier (* 1952), Italian voice actor and actor
- Roger A. Chevalier (* 1949), American astronomer
- Sabine Stuart de Chevalier , French alchemist
- Teddy Chevalier (* 1987), French football player
- Tracy Chevalier (* 1962), American writer
- Ulysse Chevalier (1841–1923), French historian and clergyman
- Vincent Jaques Louis Chevalier (1770–1841), French optics engineer
Chevalier (abbreviation Chev. ) Stands for titles of members of some international knightly orders:
- Lowest order class of the French Legion of Honor
- The lowest class of the French Ordre national du Mérite
- Lowest order class of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Lowest order class of the French Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Chevalier also means:
- a French nobility title in the Middle Ages and the Ancien Régime, compare knights
- Chevalier (film) , feature film by Athina Rachel Tsangari
- Chevalier du Tastevin , a brotherhood of the Knights of Tastevin
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