Alphonse, also spelled Alfonse, is the French variant of the given name Alfonso.[1] People called Alphonse or Alfonse 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 Kotiga, 20th century Chadian military officer and politician
  • Alfonse Owiny-Dollo (born 1956), Ugandan lawyer, judge and Chief Justice of Uganda

Europe

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France

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Other European countries

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  • Alphonse Berns (born 1952), Luxembourgish 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)), Luxembourgish engineer and politician

North America

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Canada

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United States

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In organized crime

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  • Alphonse Attardi (1892–1970), New York mobster
  • Al Capone (1899–1947), Italian-American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate
  • Alphonse D'Arco (1932–2019), New York mobster
  • Alphonse Gangitano (1957–1998), Italian Australian organised crime identity from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne
  • Alphonse Indelicato (1931–1981), powerful caporegime in New York City's Bonanno crime family
  • Alphonse Malangone (born 1936), New York City mobster and caporegime in the Genovese crime family
  • Alphonse Persico, former acting boss of the Colombo crime family from the 1980s and 1990s

In religion and mysticism

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In science, medicine, and academia

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Cultural sciences

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  • Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937), Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist and former priest
  • Alphonse Pinart (1852–1911), French explorer, philologist and ethnographer
  • Alphonse Rabbe (1784–1829), French writer, historian, critic and journalist
  • Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (1844–1907), French philologist and historian of the Occitan language

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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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 21 November 2024.