Namesakes
Claudius of Besançon
(a.k.a. Claude) (m) 607-699 
Saints
Claude Lorrain
(m) c. 1600-1682
Notable Artists
Claude de la Colombière
(m) 1641-1682
Saints
Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet
(f) 1665-1729
Notable Musicians
Louis-Claude Daquin
(m) 1694-1772
Notable Musicians
Claude Richard
(m) 1741-1794
Saints
Claude Pouillet
(m) 1790-1868
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Marie-Claude Cyprienne Brard
(f) ?-1794
Saints
Claude Bernard
(m) 1813-1878
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Claude Frollo
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1831 The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Claude Monet
(m) 1840-1926
Notable Artists
Claude Debussy
(m) 1862-1918
Notable Musicians
W. C. Fields
(middle name Claude) (m) 1880-1946
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian)
Claude Jameson
(m) 1886-1943
Olympic Medalists 1904 football (bronze)
Claude Rains
(m) 1889-1967
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tony Award Winners 1951 Darkness at Noon (actor)
Claude McKay
(m) 1890-1948
Notable Writers
Claude Cahun
(f) 1894-1954
Notable Artists
Raymond Aron
(middle name Claude) (m) 1905-1983
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Claude Ménard
(m) 1906-1980
Olympic Medalists 1928 high jump (bronze)
Claude Simon
(m) 1913-2005
Nobel Prize Winners 1985 (literature)
Notable Writers
Claude Shannon
(m) 1916-2001
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Chuck Rayner
(a.k.a. Claude) (m) 1920-2002
Hall-of-Famers 1973 (ice hockey)
Most Valuable Players 1950 ice hockey
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Robert Chef d'Hôtel
(middle name Claude) (m) 1922-2019
Olympic Medalists 1948 4x400 m relay (silver)
Jean-Claude Pascal
(m) 1927-1992
Eurovision Song Contest Winners 1961 Luxembourg
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Claude Chabrol
(m) 1930-2010
Notable Filmmakers
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
(m) 1933-
Nobel Prize Winners 1997 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Claude Jarman Jr.
(m) 1934-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Claude Piquemal
(m) 1939-
Olympic Medalists 1964; 1968 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Chelcie Ross
(middle name Claude) (m) 1942-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean-Claude Killy
(m) 1943-
Notable Athletes (skiing)
Olympic Medalists 1968 alpine skiing (gold)
Claude Humphrey
(m) 1944-2021
Hall-of-Famers 2014 (football)
Butch Trucks
(a.k.a. Claude) (m) 1947-2017
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1995 The Allman Brothers Band
Claude Jade
(f) 1948-2006
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean-Claude Duvalier
(m) 1951-2014
Haitian Presidents 1971-1986 (president)
Jean-Claude Juncker
(m) 1954-
Other Leaders 1995-2013 Luxembourg (prime minister)
Jean-Claude Van Damme
(m) 1960-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Sangouma
(middle name Claude) (m) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1988 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Franck Silvestre
(middle name Claude) (m) 1967-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Claude Gordon
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1968 Dad's Army
Yann Bonato
(middle name Claude) (m) 1972-
Olympic Medalists 2000 basketball (silver)
Sanjay Ayre
(middle name Claude) (m) 1980-
Olympic Medalists 2000 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Callan McAuliffe
(middle name Claude) (m) 1995-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Claude Rains
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2006 Heroes