Alphonse (given name)
Alphonse, also spelled Alfonse, is the French variant of the given name Alfonso. People called Alphonse or Alfonse include: == In arts, entertainment, and media == === Film, television, and theatre === Alphonse Beni (1946-2023), Cameroonian actor and movie director Alphonse Boudard (1925–2000), French novelist and playwright Alphonse Ouimet (1908–1988), Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1958 to 1967 Alphonse Royer (1803–1875), French author, dramatist and theatre manager === Music === Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (1915–2007), American accordionist Alphonse Duvernoy (1842–1907), French pianist and composer Alphonse Hasselmans (1845–1912), Belgian-born French harpist, composer and pedagogue Alphonse Joseph (composer), Indian film score composer Alphonse Martin (1884–1947), Canadian organist, pianist and music educator Alphonse Mouzon (1948–2016), American jazz fusion drummer and percussionist Alphonse Picou (1878–1961), American early jazz clarinetist Alphonse Trent (1905–1959), American jazz pianist and territory band leader Alphonse Varney (1811–1879), French conductor === Plastic arts === Alphonse Révillon d'Apreval (1851–1915), French botanical illustrator and lithographer Alphonse Balat (1819–1895), Belgian architect Alfonse Borysewicz (born 1957), American painter Alphonse Colas (1818–1887), French painter Alphonse de Cailleux (1788–1876), French painter, connoisseur, arts administrator and director of the Musée du Louvre Alphonse de Neuville (1835–1885), French Academic painter Alphonse Giroux (1775–1848), French painter Alphonse Kann (1870–1948), prominent French art collector of Jewish heritage Alphonse Lami (1822–1867), French sculptor Alphonse Laverrière (1872–1954), Swiss architect Alphonse Legros (1837–1911), French painter, etcher and sculptor Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist Alphonse Osbert (1857–1939), French Symbolist painter === Writing and journalism === Alphonse Allais (1854–1905), French writer and humorist Alphonse Boudard (1925–2000), French novelist and playwright Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897), French novelist Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877–1951), French writer Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869), French writer, poet and politician Alphonse Lemerre (1838–1912), French editor and publisher Alphonse Rabbe (1784–1829), French writer, historian, critic and journalist Alphonse Royer (1803–1875), French author, dramatist and theatre manager Alphonse Tavan (1833–1905), French Provençal poet Alphonse Toussenel (1803–1885), French writer and journalist == In business and finance == Alphonse Bertrand (1846–1926), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905), French financier, vineyard owner, art collector, philanthropist and racehorse owner and breeder Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator) (1854–1920), founder of Mouvement Desjardins credit unions Alphonse Raymond (1884–1958), Quebec businessman, financier and public official == In engineering and industrial design == Alphonse Chapanis (1917–2002), American pioneer in the field of industrial design Alphonse Loubat (1799–1866), French inventor who developed improvements in tram and rail equipment Alphonse Munchen (1850–1917), Luxembourgish engineer and politician Alphonse Pénaud (1850–1880), French pioneer of aviation Alphonse Poitevin (1819–1882), French chemist, photographer and civil engineer Alphonse Sagebien (1807–1892), French hydrological engineer == In government, law, military, and politics == === Africa === ==== Congo ==== Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921–1977), political figure of the Republic of the Congo who led the country from 1963 until 1968 Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (1941–2024), politician of the Republic of the Congo ==== Other African countries ==== Alphonse Alley (1930–1987), Beninese army officer and political figure Alphonse Barancira, former minister for Human Rights, Constitutional Reform and Relations with the National Assembly of Burundi Alphonse Koyamba (1941–1998), Central African economist and politician Alphonse Kotiga, 20th century Chadian military officer and politician Alfonse Owiny-Dollo (born 1956), Ugandan lawyer, judge and Chief Justice of Uganda Alphonse Yokadouma, Central African politician and clerk === Europe === ==== France ==== Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220–1271) Alphonse Joseph Georges (1875–1951), French army officer Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul (1789–1865), French army general and Prime Minister of France during the French Second Republic Alphonse Juin (1888–1967), Marshal of France Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869), French writer, poet and politician Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de Paludy (c.