Barthélemy

Barthélemy, or Barthélémy is a name of several historical personages. It is equivalent to Bartholomew in French.

As a given name:

• Barthélemy (explorer), French youth who accompanied the explorer de La Salle in 1687
• Barthélémy Bisengimana, Congolese chief of staff to President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire
• Barthélemy Boganda (1910–1959), politician and advocate for the independence of Oubangui-Chari, which later became the Central African Republic
• Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville (1625–1695), French Orientalist
• Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), French geologist and traveler
• Barthélemy Hauréau (Jean-Barthélémy) (1812–1896), French historian and writer
• Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin (1796–1864), French social reformer

As a surname or title:

• Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy (1821–1904), French archaeologist and numismatist
• Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy (1796–1867), French satirical poet
• Emmanuel Barthélemy (1820-1855), French revolutionary and political exile
• François-Marie, marquis de Barthélemy (1747 or 50-1830), French politician
• Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716–1795), French writer and numismatist
• Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire (1805–1895), French philosopher and statesman
• René Barthélemy, (1889–1954), French engineer, co-inventor of television

Places

• Saint Barthélemy, an island of the Leeward group in the Caribbean