Gender:
Origin:
Latin
2725 famous people named Claude found on Wikipedia.
91053 male, 953 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
2499-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
46-th in year 1887
Used in: English, French
Also, Claud. a male given name: from a Roman family name meaning “lame.”.
Claude is a relatively common French given name for males originating from the Latin name Claudius, itself deriving from 'claudicatio' meaning "limping" or "stuttering". It can also be an uncommon given name for females or a family name.
Masc. proper name, from French form of Claudius.
From the Latin Claudius, an old Roman family name derived from claudus: lame, enclosure.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Elwood Shannon | 1916 | American mathematician and information theorist |
| 2 | Claude Monet | 1840 | French impressionist painter |
| 3 | Claude Debussy | 1862 | French composer |
| 4 | Claude Makélélé | 1973 | French footballer |
| 5 | Claude Rains | 1889 | English-born actor |
| 6 | Claude Akins | 1926 | American actor |
| 7 | Claude Puel | 1961 | Footballer |
| 8 | Claude Lévi-Strauss | 1908 | French anthropologist and ethnologist |
| 9 | Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | 1855 | British Earl |
| 10 | Claude of Valois | 1547 | French princess |
| 11 | Claude Sarraute | 1927 | French journalist |
| 12 | Claude Julien | 1960 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| 13 | Claude Littner | 1949 | British businessman |
| 14 | Claude Frollo | 1446 | Fictional character |
| 15 | Claude of France | 1499 | Duchess of Brittany; queen consort of France |
| 16 | Claude François | 1939 | French pop singer, songwriter and dancer |
| 17 | Claude McKay | 1889 | Jamaican American writer, poet |
| 18 | Claude Lorrain | 1600 | Painter from France |
| 19 | Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon | 1760 | French early socialist theorist |
| 20 | Claude Auchinleck | 1884 | British army commander |
| 21 | Claude Lemieux | 1965 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| 22 | Claude Chabrol | 1930 | French film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor |
| 23 | Claude Bernard | 1813 | French physiologist |
| 24 | Claude Czechowski | 1952 | French president and chief executive officer |
| 25 | Claude Lelouch | 1937 | French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer |
| 26 | Claude Lanzmann | 1925 | French journalist, film director, writer and screenwriter |
| 27 | Claude Choules | 1901 | Last living First World War combat veteran in the world |
| 28 | Claude Chappe | 1763 | French inventor |
| 29 | Claude Cahun | 1894 | French artist, photographer and writer |
| 30 | Claude Picasso | 1947 | French film director and photographer |
| 31 | Claude Chamboisier | 1950 | French actor, musician, singer and music executive |
| 32 | Claude Dallas | 1950 | American mountain man |
| 33 | Claude Kelly | 1980 | American musician |
| 34 | Claude Brosset | 1943 | French actor |
| 35 | Claude Weill | 1950 | French journalist |
| 36 | Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | 1824 | Earl in the Peerage of Scotland |
| 37 | Claude Bourguignon | 1951 | French organic farmer |
| 38 | Claude Pepper | 1900 | American politician |
| 39 | Madame Claude | 1923 | French madam |
| 40 | Claude Cohen-Tannoudji | 1933 | French physicist |
| 41 | Claude Nicolas Ledoux | 1736 | French Neoclassical architect |
| 42 | Claude VonStroke | 1971 | American record producer |
| 43 | Claude Bez | 1940 | Was the president of Bordeaux Football Club from 1979 to 1990 |
| 44 | Claude François junior | 1968 | French music executive |
| 45 | Claude Le Roy | 1948 | French footballer |
| 46 | Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle | 1760 | French army officer |
| 47 | Claude Steele | 1946 | American psychologist |
| 48 | Claude Adrien Helvétius | 1715 | French philosopher |
| 49 | Claude Renoir | 1913 | French cinematographer |
| 50 | Claude Jutra | 1930 | Canadian filmmaker and actor |
| 51 | Claude Giroux | 1956 | Professional wrestler |
| 52 | Claude-Joseph Vernet | 1714 | French painter |
| 53 | Claude Carrère | 1930 | French composer |
| 54 | Claude Jade | 1948 | Actress |
| 55 | Claude Heater | 1927 | American opera singer |
| 56 | Claude Rich | 1929 | French actor |
| 57 | Claude de Vin des Œillets | 1637 | Mistress of Louis XIV of France |
| 58 | Claude Chantal | 1933 | French actress |
| 59 | Claude Bartolone | 1951 | French politician |
| 60 | Claude Berri | 1934 | French actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director |
| 61 | Claude Garamond | 1499 | French publisher |
| 62 | Claude Jarman, Jr. | 1934 | American actor |
| 63 | Vincent Claude | 1998 | French actor |
| 64 | Georges Claude | 1870 | Prolific inventor and industrialist. Politician and German collaborator in the Second World War. |
| 65 | Claude Simon | 1913 | French writer |
| 66 | Claude C. Hopkins | 1866 | Advertiser |
| 67 | Claude Nobs | 1937 | Swiss businessman |
| 68 | Albert Claude | 1898 | Cell biologist |
| 69 | Claude Massop | 1949 | Gang leader |
| 70 | Claude Harmon | 1916 | Professional golfer |
| 71 | Claude Michelet | 1938 | French writer |
| 72 | Claude Duval | 1643 | French highwayman |
| 73 | Claude Bolling | 1930 | French musician |
| 74 | Claude Villers | 1944 | French actor, journalist, audio book narrator and radio host |
| 75 | Claude Eatherly | 1918 | United States air force officer |
| 76 | Claude Bourbonnais | 1965 | Canadian racing driver |
| 77 | Claude Brasseur | 1936 | French racing driver |
| 78 | Claude Dielna | 1987 | French footballer |
| 79 | Claude Moët | 1683 | French wine merchant |
| 80 | Claude Gensac | 1927 | French actress |
| 81 | Claude Léveillée | 1932 | Canadian actor and pianist |
| 82 | Claude Michaud | 1938 | Canadian actor (1938-2016) |
| 83 | Claude Pompidou | 1912 | Wife of French President Georges Pompidou |
| 84 | Claude Montana | 1949 | French fashion designer |
| 85 | Claude Perrault | 1613 | French architect |
| 86 | Claude King | 1923 | US country singer and songwriter |
| 87 | Claude Humphrey | 1944 | American football player and coach |
| 88 | Claude François de Malet | 1754 | French general |
| 89 | Claude Pierrard | 1943 | French journalist |
| 90 | Claude Imbert | 1929 | French journalist |
| 91 | Claude Berda | 1947 | French businessperson |
| 92 | Claude Véga | 1930 | French actor |
| 93 | Claude Louis Berthollet | 1748 | French chemist |
| 94 | Claude Dauphin | 1903 | French actor |
| 95 | Claude Neal | Lynched African American farmhand | |
| 96 | Claude Cat | ||
| 97 | Claude Nicollier | 1944 | Swiss astronaut |
| 98 | Claude Nougaro | 1929 | French musician and singer. |
| 99 | Renée Claude | 1939 | Canadian actress |
| 100 | Claude Grahame-White | 1879 | British aviator |
| 101 | Claude Cabanes | 1936 | French journalist and writer |
| 102 | Claude A. Swanson | 1862 | American politician |
| 103 | Claude Maxwell MacDonald | 1852 | British diplomat |
| 104 | Claude Osteen | 1939 | American baseball player and coach |
| 105 | Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno | 1764 | French soldier and military commander |
| 106 | Claude Legault | 1963 | Canadian actor |
| 107 | Claude Louis Hector de Villars | 1653 | Marshal General of France |
| 108 | Claude Thornhill | 1909 | American pianist, composer and arranger |
| 109 | Claude Bosi | 1972 | Chef |
| 110 | Claude Schnell | 1958 | French-American musician |
| 111 | Claude Sautet | 1924 | French film director |
| 112 | Claude Bernard-Aubert | 1930 | French screenwriter |
| 113 | Claude Mann | 1940 | French actor |
| 114 | Claude Davis | 1979 | Footballer |
| 115 | Claude Lefort | 1924 | French philosopher |
| 116 | Claude Genova | 1951 | |
| 117 | Claude Zidi | 1934 | French film director |
| 118 | Claude Gubler | 1934 | French physician |
| 119 | Claude Noël | 1955 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| 120 | Claude Autant-Lara | 1901 | French politician |
| 121 | Claude Moraes | 1965 | British politician |
| 122 | Claude Black | 1916 | African American civil rights activist, Baptist Minister |
| 123 | Claude Anelka | 1968 | French football manager |
| 124 | Claude Prégent | ||
| 125 | Claude Martin | 1735 | British and French indian Army general |
| 126 | Claude Darget | 1910 | French journalist |
| 127 | Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain | 1707 | French general |
| 128 | Claude Chirac | 1962 | Daughter of the President of France |
| 129 | Claude Vivier | 1948 | Canadian composer |
| 130 | Claude Alexandre de Bonneval | 1675 | French Army officer |
| 131 | Claude Challe | 1945 | French DJ |
| 132 | Claude Bébéar | 1935 | French businessman |
| 133 | Claudius Dornier | 1884 | German aerospace engineer and inventor |
| 134 | Claude Wolff | 1924 | French politician |
| 135 | Claude Reichman | 1937 | French playwright and radio program boss |
| 136 | Claude de la Colombière | 1641 | French Jesuit priest and saint |
| 137 | Claude Patrick | 1980 | Canadian martial artist |
| 138 | Claude Rappe | 1953 | Belgian journalist and news presenter |
| 139 | Claude Bowers | 1878 | American politician |
| 140 | Claude Allen | 1960 | Assistant to the President of the United States for Domestic Policy in George W. Bush's White House |
| 141 | Claude Goodman Johnson | 1864 | British businessman and Managing Director of Rolls-Royce Ltd. |
| 142 | Claude Allègre | 1937 | Politician, scientist |
| 143 | Claude Olievenstein | 1933 | French psychiatrist |
| 144 | Claude Piard | 1940 | French community activist and historian of sport |
| 145 | Claude Le Jeune | 1528 | French composer |
| 146 | Claude Lecourbe | 1759 | French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars |
| 147 | Claude Ryan | 1925 | Canadian politician |
| 148 | Claude Dubois | 1947 | Singer |
| 149 | Claude Chevalley | 1909 | French mathematician |
| 150 | Claude Steiner | 1935 | American psychotherapist & psychologist |
| 151 | Claude Blair | 1922 | Museum curator and scholar of arms and armour (1922–2010) |
| 152 | Claude Cueni | 1956 | Swiss screenwriter |
| 153 | Claude Miller | 1942 | French film director, producer and screenwriter |
| 154 | Claude Vanony | 1935 | French story-teller |
| 155 | Claude Brown | 1937 | American writer |
| 156 | Claude Halmos | 1946 | French psychoanalyst |
| 157 | Claude Parent | 1923 | French architect |
| 158 | Claude Rémusat | 1896 | French painter |
| 159 | Claude Ake | 1939 | Political scientist |
| 160 | Claude Antoine, comte Prieur-Duvernois | 1763 | French conte |
| 161 | Claude Lévêque | 1953 | French plastician |
| 162 | Claude Robinson | 1952 | Canadian draughtsperson |
| 163 | Claude Ely | 1922 | American clergyman and songwriter |
| 164 | Claude Gnakpa | 1983 | Footballer |
| 165 | Claude Régy | 1923 | French actor and theatre director |
| 166 | Claude Brécourt | 1942 | French actor |
| 167 | Claude Friese-Greene | 1898 | British cinematographer |
| 168 | Claude Robin | 1960 | |
| 169 | Claude Criquielion | 1957 | Cyclist |
| 170 | Claude Hulbert | 1900 | British actor |
| 171 | Claude Engel | 1948 | French guitarist |
| 172 | Claude Onesta | 1957 | French handball player |
| 173 | Claude Michel | 1738 | Sculptor from France |
| 174 | Claude Dansey | 1876 | |
| 175 | Claude Barras | 1973 | |
| 176 | Claude Maddox | 1897 | American mobster |
| 177 | Claude Bourgelat | 1712 | French veterinary surgeon (1712-1779) |
| 178 | Claude Joseph | 1926 | French actor |
| 179 | Claude Angeli | 1931 | French journalist |
| 180 | Claude Rollet | 1938 | French actor and screenwriter |
| 181 | Claude | 1966 | Finnish singer (1966-1996) |
| 182 | Claude Gray | 1932 | American musician |
| 183 | Claude Passeau | 1909 | American baseball player |
| 184 | Claude Gillingwater | 1870 | Actor |
| 185 | Claude Pierre-Brossolette | 1928 | French private banker |
| 186 | Claude de Bullion | 1569 | Minister of Finance of France |
| 187 | Claude R. Wickard | 1893 | American politician |
| 188 | Claude Bloodgood | 1937 | American chess player |
| 189 | Claude Carignan | 1964 | Canadian politician |
| 190 | Claude Pouillet | 1791 | French physicist |
| 191 | Claude Goudimel | 1514 | French composer |
| 192 | Claude Fayette Bragdon | 1866 | American architect |
| 193 | Jean Claude | 1619 | French protestant divine |
| 194 | Claude Berge | 1926 | French mathematician |
| 195 | Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac | 1581 | French mathematician |
| 196 | Claude M. Hilton | 1940 | United States federal judge |
| 197 | Claude Piron | 1931 | Swiss translator and Esperantist |
| 198 | Claude Perron | 1966 | French actress |
| 199 | Claude Nowell | 1944 | American founder of Summum |
| 200 | Claude Montefiore | 1858 | Jewish religious leader |