Chevalier (name)

Chevalier is both a French surname and a title. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Albert Chevalier (1861–1923), English comedian and actor
• Anaïs Chevalier (born 1993), a French biathlete.
• Anne Chevalier, French Polynesian actress and dancer
• Auguste Chevalier (1873–1956), French botanist
• Antoine Gombaud, Chevalier de Méré (1607–1684), French writer
• Caroline Chevalier (died 1917), British writer and traveller
• Godfrey Chevalier, (1889–1922), American naval aviator
• Grahame Chevalier (1937–2017), South African cricketer
• Haakon Chevalier (1901–1985), author
• Jay Chevalier (1936–2019), American singer
• Judith Chevalier, American economist
• Jules Chevalier (1824–1907), French Roman Catholic priest
• Lucas Chevalier (born 2001), French footballer
• Marcel Chevalier (1921–2008), French executioner
• Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972), Belgian-French actor, singer, and popular entertainer
• Michael Chevalier (1933–2011), German lip-sync speaker and actor
• Michel Chevalier (1806–1879), French engineer and economist
• Mike Chevalier (1943–2006), American cinematographer
• Morgan Chevalier, fictional character
• Nicholas Chevalier (1828–1902), Australian artist
• Nicole Chevalier, American soprano
• Papa Joe Chevalier (1948-2011), American sports talk radio host
• Pierre Chevalier (caver) (1905–2001), French caver and mountaineer
• Sivaji Ganesan Chevalier (1927–2001), Indian actor and politician
• Tracy Chevalier (born 1962), historical novelist
• Ulysse Chevalier (1841–1923), French bibliographer and historian
• Yannick Chevalier (born 1987), Saint Martin footballer

Title:

• Chevalier d'Éon (1728–1810), French soldier, spy and androgyne
• Chevalier de Johnstone (1719–c. 1791), Scottish soldier in French North America
• Chevalier de Mailly (d. 1724), French author
• Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799), Afro-French classical composer, one of the first known composers of African descent in the Western European classical tradition