Grégoire

For other uses, see Gregoire (disambiguation).

Grégoire

Pronunciation	French: [gʁegwaʀ]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Greek via Latin
Meaning	watchful, alert
Region of origin	worldwide
Other names
Related names	Gregory, Greg, Gregg, Gregor, Gray, Grigori, Ory, Ari, George, Craig, Graig, McGregor, MacGregor

Grégoire is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname / Family name

• Alexandre Grégoire (1922–2001), Haitian painter
• Antonina Grégoire (1914-1952), Belgian commercial engineer, feminist and communist, member of Belgian Partisans Armés resistance during the Second World War
• Augustus Gregoire (1936–1972), Dominican cricketer
• Christine Gregoire (born 1947), American Democratic governor of the state of Washington
• Christophe Grégoire (born 1980), Belgian footballer
• Gabriel Grégoire (born 1953), defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League
• Gilles Grégoire (1926–2006), co-founder of the Parti Québécois
• Henri Grégoire (1750–1831), French Roman Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and a revolutionary leader
• Henri Grégoire (historian) (1881–1964), scholar of the Byzantine Empire
• Jean-Albert Grégoire (1899–1992), pioneer of the front-wheel drive car
• Jérémy Grégoire (1995), professional ice hockey player
• Joseph-Ernest Grégoire (1886–1980), French Canadian politician
• Marie Grégoire (born 1965), Canadian politician of Quebec
• Oscar Grégoire (1877–1947), Belgian water polo player
• Paul Grégoire (1911–1993), Canadian Archbishop of Montreal
• Paul Grégoire (sculptor), (1915–1988), Dutch sculptor
• Pierre Grégoire (c.1540–1597), French jurist and philosopher
• Pierre Grégoire (1907–1991), Luxembourgian politician, journalist, and writer
• Romain Grégoire (born 2003), French road cyclist
• Sophie Grégoire (born 1975), wife of Justin Trudeau
• Stéphan Grégoire (born 1969), French race car driver

Given name

• Gregoire (composer) (flourished c.1500-1504), French composer
• Grégoire (musician) (full name Grégoire Boissenot,; born 1979), French composer and singer-songwriter
• Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian, leading prelate of the Armenian Catholic Church
• Grégoire Aslan (1908–1982), Armenian actor
• Grégoire Barrère (born 1994), French tennis player
• Grégoire Bélanger (1889–1957), Canadian politician of Quebec
• Gregoire Boonzaier (1909–2005), South African artist
• Grégoire Bouillier (born 1960), French memoirist
• Grégoire Colin (born 1975), French actor
• Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976), former President of Rwanda
• Grégoire Laurent (1906–?), Luxembourgian boxer
• Gregoire Maret (born 1975), Swiss musician
• Grégoire Margotton (born 1969), French sports journalist
• Grégoire Mbida (born 1952), retired Cameroonian professional footballer
• Grégoire De Mévius (born 1962), Belgian rally driver
• Grégoire Michonze (1902–1982), Russian-French painter
• Gregoire Ndahimana (born 1952), Rwandan war criminal
• Grégoire Orlyk (1702–1759), French military commander
• Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584–1667), Flemish Jesuit mathematician
• Gregoire Seither (born 1964), Franco-German journalist, graphic designer, interpreter and internet activist
• Grégoire Świderski (born 2005), Canadian soccer player

See also

• Gregoire (chimpanzee), Africa's oldest known chimpanzee
• Saint-Grégoire (disambiguation)