Brother
Frère or Frere is the surname of the following people:
- Albert Frère (1926–2018), Belgian financial investor
- Aubert Frère (1881–1944), French general
- Bernard Georges François Frère (1762–1826), French infantry general
- Edouard Frère (1819–1886), French painter
- Eric Frère (* 1964), German-French economist
- Henry Bartle Frere (1815-1884), British diplomat
- Paul Frère (1917–2008), Belgian racing car driver and journalist
- Sheppard Frere (1916–2015), British Provincial Roman archaeologist
- Théodore Frère (1814–1888), French painter
- Tobias Frere-Jones (* 1970), American type designer and typographer
- Walter Howard Frere (1863-1938) British Anglican bishop
- Walthère Frère-Orban (1812-1896), Belgian statesman
Frère (French: "brother") is also used in the sense of friar :
- Brother Roger (1915–2005), founder and lifelong prior of the Taizé Ecumenical Brotherhood
- Brother Alois (* 1954), Prior of Taizé since 2005
Frères occurs in the following names:
- Frères Merian , former Swiss company based in Basel (1788–1831)
- Maus Frères Holding , Swiss retail company
- Frères de Saint-Gabriel , Catholic lay brother order
- Pathé Frères , Pathé Brothers of France
See also:
- Brother Jacques , French nursery rhyme
- Frères
- Freire
- Freyre
