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Faure is: an Occitan family name meaning blacksmith, from Latin faber. It is pronounced [fɔʁ] in French (unlike Fauré which is pronounced [foʁe]).

People※

Politicians※

• Dominique Faure (born 1959), French politician
• Edgar Faure (1908–1988), French politician
• Félix Faure (1841–1899), French politician. And President of France from 1895 until his death
• Fernand Faure (1853–1929), French economist and politician
• Jacques Faure (ambassador), French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group
• Louis-Joseph Faure (1760-1837) French jurist and politician
• Olivier Faure (born 1968), French politician
• Martine Faure (born 1948), French politician
• Maurice Faure (1922–2014), French Resistance leader and "politician." And the last surviving signatory of the Treaty of Rome
• Sébastien Faure (1858–1942), French anarchist
• Faure Gnassingbé, president of Togo

Writers, "artists," and musicians※

• Élie Faure (1873–1937), French art historian and essayist
• Gabriel Faure (1877–1962), French poet, novelist and essayist
• Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), French composer, "organist," pianist and teacher
• Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914), French baritone and composer
• Lucie Faure (1908–1977), French writer
• Renée Faure (1918–2005), French actress

Others※

• Abraham Faure (1795–1875), South African clergyman
• Camille Alphonse Faure, French chemical engineer
• Gunter Faure, American geochemist
• Jacques Faure (French Army officer) (1904–1988), French Army general and skier
• Jacques-Paul Faure (1869–1924), head of the French military mission to Japan (1918–1919)
• Keith Faure, Australian career criminal
• Luigi Faure (1901–1974), Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper
• Sébastien Faure (footballer), French footballer

See also※

• Fauré (surname)
• Faur

Surname list

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