Fouquet Explained

Fouquet or Foucquet is a French surname. Many immigrants to the United States anglicized this surname to either Fuqua or Fuquay upon arrival.^[1]

Fouquet or Foucquet may refer to:

People

Listed alphabetically by given name

Arts and music

• Georges Fouquet (1862–1957), French jewelry designer
• Jacques Foucquet (fl. 1685–1704), French artist primarily active in Sweden
• Jean Fouquet (1420–1481), French painter
• Nick Fouquet (born 1983), French-American fashion designer
• Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694–1772), French organist and harpsichordist

Government / nobility

• Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle (1684–1761), French general and statesman
• Guillaume Fouquet de la Varenne (1560–1616), French chef and statesman
• Louis Charles Armand Fouquet, Chevalier de Belle-Isle (1693–1747), French general
• Louis Marie Fouquet, Count of Gisors (1732–1758), French nobleman and soldier
• Nicolas Fouquet (1615–1680), French superintendent of finances under Louis XIV of France

Religion

• Bernardin-François Fouquet (1705–1785), French Catholic prelate, cardinal, abbot and archbishop
• Jean-François Foucquet (1665–1741), French Jesuit, bishop and scientist

Sports

• Christophe Fouquet (born 1974), French bobsledder
• Nathanael Fouquet (born 1972), French slalom canoeist
• Virginie Fouquet (born 1975), French middle-distance runner

Other

• Henri Fouquet (1727–1806), French physician
• Julie Fouquet (born 1958), American applied physicist, engineer, laser scientist, and inventor
• Marie Fouquet (1590–1681), French medical writer and philanthropist

Other uses

• Fouquet's, a historic brasserie restaurant in Paris, founded in 1899
  • Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet's, location of the brasserie
• La Motte-Fouquet, a commune in the Orne department in north-western France
• Mouillage Fouquet, a rural settlement in the Sud department of Haiti

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of American Family Names. 2003-05-08. Oxford University Press. 9780199771691. 613. en.