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Alphonse (given name)

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Alphonse is the French variant of the given name Alfonso. People called Alphonse include:

In arts, entertainment, and media

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Film, television, and theatre

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  • Alphonse Beni, 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

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Plastic arts

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Writing and journalism

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In business and finance

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In engineering and industrial design

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In government, law, military, and politics

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Africa

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Congo

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Other African countries

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  • 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-Marie Kadege, vice-President of Burundi from 30 April 2003 to 11 November 2004
  • Alphonse Kotiga (contemporary), Chadian military officer and politician

Europe

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France

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Other European countries

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  • Alphonse Berns (born 1952), Luxembourgian diplomat and current Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative to NATO
  • Alphonse de Tonty (ca. 1659–1727), Italian officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac
  • Alphonse Munchen (1850–1917)), Luxembourgian engineer and politician

North America

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Canada

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United States

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  • Alphonse Girandy (1868–1941), United States Navy sailor
  • Alphonse J. Jackson (1927–2014), retired educator and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
  • Alphonse Roy (1897–1967), American Representative from New Hampshire

In organized crime

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In religion and mysticism

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In science, medicine, and academia

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Cultural sciences

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Geology and earth science

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Life sciences and medicine

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Other disciplines

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In sport

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Football (soccer)

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Winter sports

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Other sports

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In other fields

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Fictional characters

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  • Alphonse and Gaston, an American comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper, featuring a bumbling pair of Frenchmen with a penchant for politeness
  • Alphonse Elric, a fictional character in the anime/manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
  • Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, a fictional character by Chester Gould in the comic strip Dick Tracy
  • Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series South Park
  • Alphonse Bearwalker, a character in the television comedy NTSF:SD:SUV::
  • Alphonse Huggins, a character in the series Titanic by Gordon Korman
  • Alphonse, a fictional character in the video game Owlboy.
  • Monsieur Alfonse, character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo! played by the actor Kenneth Connor

See also

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