Malherbe is a surname of French origin. It is common in South Africa due to the immigration of Huguenots in the late 17th century.[1][2]
Notable people with the surname include:
de Malherbe family from Normandy, France[edit]
- François de Malherbe (1555-1628), French poet, reformer of French language
- Marc-Antoine de Malherbe (1600-1627), duellist, son of the poet François de Malherbe
- Jean-Baptiste-Antoine de Malherbe (1712-1771), archbishop of Tours
- Jean de Malherbe (1911-1983), author in political and economic sciences
de Malherbe family from Maine, France[edit]
- Raymond de Malherbe (1826-1891), French politician, senator
- Maria-Dolorès de Malherbe (1894-1966), recognised "Righteous Among the Nations"
- Guy de Malherbe (born 1958), French painter
- Apolline de Malherbe (born 1980), television journalist
Malherbe family from South Africa[edit]
- Daniël Francois Malherbe (1881-1969), South-African Afrikaans-language novelist, poet, dramatist and scholar
- Arnaud Malherbe (born 1972), South-African athlete, 400 meters runner
- Frans Malherbe (born 1991), South-African international rugby union player
- Stephanie Malherbe (born 1996), South-African international football player
Malherbe families from Belgium[edit]
- Jean-François Malherbe (1950-2015), Belgian philosopher and writer
- André Malherbe (1956–2022), Belgian Grand Prix motocross racer
- Anne Malherbe Gosselin (born 1968), Belgian spouse of Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017
Others[edit]
- Alfred Malherbe (1804–1865), French magistrate and naturalist
- Annet Malherbe (born 1957), Dutch actress
- Arnaud Malherbe (director) (born 1972), French script writer and director
- Charles Théodore Malherbe (1853-1911), French violinist, musicologist, music editor and composer
- Delphine de Malherbe (born 1973), French writer and play director
- Didier Malherbe (born 1943), French rock and jazz saxophonist
- Edmond Malherbe (1870-1963), French composer
- Guy Malherbe (born 1946), French politician, mayor and member of the National Assembly
- Henri de Malherbe (fl. 1910–1932), French international rugby union player (list of selections) and chairman of SC Mazamet
- Henry Malherbe (1886–1958), journalist and French writer, winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1917
- Hermeline Malherbe (born 1969), French politician, senator
- Jean Fontaine-Malherbe (c. 1740–1780), French writer
- Jean-François Boursault-Malherbe (1750-1842), French revolutionary and theater director
- Joseph Anne Robert Malherbe (1758-1841), French politician and magistrate
- Michel Malherbe (encyclopaedist) (born 1930), French civil engineer and encyclopedist
- Michel Malherbe (philosopher) (born 1941), French philosopher
- Óscar Malherbe de León (born 1964), Mexican drug lord
- Pierre-Olivier Malherbe (ca. 1569 - ca. 1616), French explorer
- Suzanne Malherbe (1892–1972), French illustrator and photographer
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Donaldson, Bruce C. (1993). "Pronunciation". A Grammar of Afrikaans. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 22–23. ISBN 9783110134261. Retrieved 3 July 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Watkinson, William Lonsdale; Davison, William Theophilus, eds. (1875). "William Shaw and South Africa". The London Quarterly Review. Vol. 44. J.A. Sharp. p. 274. Retrieved 7 July 2017 – via Google Books.