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Estienne
Name list
Estienne is a French surname or given name. Notable people with the name include:
01Given name
- Estienne or Étienne de La Boétie (1530-1563), French philosopher, judge and writer
- Estienne Grossin (fl. 1418-1421), French composer
- Estienne de La Roche (1470-1530), French mathematician
- Estienne Roger (1665 or 1666-1722), French-born printer and publisher working in the Netherlands
- Estienne du Tertre (fl. mid-16th century), French composer
02Surname
- Henri Estienne (elder) (died 1521), founder of a French family of scholars and printers
- Robert Estienne (1503-1559), printer and classical scholar, son of the above
- Henri Estienne (1528 or 1531-1598), also known as Henricus Stephanus, printer and classical scholar, son of Robert Estienne
- Charles Estienne (1504-1564), an early exponent of the science of anatomy in France, son of Henri Estienne
- Nicole Estienne (c. 1542-c. 1588), poet, daughter of Charles Estienne
- Robert Estienne (1503-1559), printer and classical scholar, son of the above
- Gomar Estienne (died 1555), bookbinder
- Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne (1860-1936), general of artillery and the creator of the French tank arm
- Georges Estienne (1896-1969), aviator, explorer of the Sahara and businessman, son of the general
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