Guillaume is the French equivalent of William, which is of old Germanic origin from wille + helm (resolute protector).Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p.276. It is an Oïl form corresponding to Occitan Guilhem and the Catalan form Guillem.
People with this given name include:
Aristocrats William the Conqueror (c. 1028–1087), in French Guillaume le Conquérant, Norman conqueror of England William of Gellone (755-812/14), in French Guillaume d'Orange, Count of Toulouse and hero of the epic poem Chanson de Guillaume William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852–1912) Guillaume V (disambiguation) Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (born 1963)
A Guillaume Amontons (1663–1705), French scientific instrument inventor and physicist Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918), French poet, writer and art critic
B Guillaume Barazzone (born 1982), Italian-Swiss politician Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590), Gascon Huguenot courtier and poet Guillaume du Bellay, seigneur de Langey (1491–1543), French diplomat and general Guillaume de Bellecombe (1728–1792), Governor General of Réunion, Saint-Domingue and Pondichéry, and a Republican revolutionary Guillaume Beuzelin (born 1979), French football coach and former player Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (1922–2010), Dutch artist better known under the pseudonym Corneille Guillaume Bigourdan (1851–1932), French astronomer Guillaume aux Blanches Mains (1135–1202), French Catholic cardinal Guillaume de Bonne-Carrere (1754–1825), French diplomat Guillaume Briçonnet (cardinal) (1445–1514), French cardinal and statesman Guillaume Briçonnet (Bishop of Meaux) (1472–1534), son of the cardinal Guillaume Brune (1764–1815), French soldier, Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon Guillaume Budé (1467–1540), French scholar and humanist
C Guillaume Cale (died 1358), French peasant rebel leader Guillaume Canet (born 1973), French actor Guillaume de Chartres (disambiguation) Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu (1639–1720), French writer Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques (1828–1880), Canadian politician Guillaume Cizeron (born 1994), French ice dancer Guillaume Costeley ((1530, possibly 1531–1606), French composer Guillaume Courtois (1628–1679), French painter and etcher Guillaume Coustou the Elder (1677–1746), French sculptor Guillaume Coustou the Younger (1716–1777), French sculptor, son of the above
D Guillaume Dah Zadi (born 1978), Ivorian footballer Guillaume Delisle (1675–1726), French cartographer Guillaume Daniel Delprat (1856–1937), Dutch-Australian metallurgist, mining engineer, and businessman Guillaume Depardieu (1971–2008), French actor Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (born 1994), Canadian politician Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie Guillaume Dubois (1775–1851), French soldier and Marshal of France Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne (1806–1875), French neurologist Guillaume Du Fay (1397–1474), Franco–Flemish composer and music theorist Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787–1875), Swiss general and topographer who presided over the convention that established the International Red Cross Guillaume Dufresne d'Arsel, 18th-century French colonial governor of Mauritius Guillaume Philibert Duhesme (1766–1815), French general, politician and writer, commander of Napoleon's Imperial Guard Guillaume Dupuytren (1777–1835), French anatomist and surgeon Guillaume Durand (c. 1230–1296), French canonist, liturgical writer, and Bishop of Mende Guillaume Durand (nephew) (died 1328 or 1330), French clergyman and canonist, nephew of the above Guillaume Durand (journalist) (born 1952), French journalist
E Guillaume Elmont (born 1981), Dutch judoka Guillaume d'Estouteville (c. 1412–1483), French aristocrat, archbishop, and cardinal
F Guillaume Faury (born 1968), French engineer and businessman, current chief executive officer at the aerospace corporation Airbus SE and current chairman of its civil aircraft division, Airbus SAS Guillaume Faye (1949–2019), French political theorist, journalist, writer, and leading member of the French New Right Guillaume Fichet (1433–c. 1480), French scholar Guillaume de Fondaumière (born 1971), French video game producer
G Guillaume Gallienne (born 1972), French actor, screenwriter, and film director Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher (1810–1885), Canadian businessman and politician Guillaume Geefs (1805–1883), Belgian sculptor Guillaume de Gisors (1219–1307), Norman lord Guillaume Gontard (born 1971), French politician Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet (c. 1488–1525), French soldier Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer (1801–1876), Dutch politician and historian Guillaume Guiart, French chronicler and poet
H Guillaume Emmanuel de Homem-Christo (born 1974), better known as Guy-Manuel, French musician, record producer, disc jockey, singer-songwriter, and composer
K Guillaume Knecht, rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s
L Guillaume de Lamoignon de Blancmesnil (1683–1772), French magistrate Guillaume Latendresse (born 1987), Canadian retired National Hockey League player Guillaume LeBlanc (born 1962), Canadian former race walker Guillaume Lefebvre (born 1981), Canadian retired National Hockey League player Guillaume Le Gentil (1725–1792), French astronomer Guillaume Legrant (), French composer Guillaume Lekeu (1870–1894), Belgian composer Guillaume de l'Hôpital (1661–1704), French mathematician Guillaume de Lorris (c. 1200–c. 1240), French scholar and poet
M Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377), French composer and poet Guillaume Metten (1938-2020), Belgian diplomat Guillaume Mombaerts (1902-1993), Belgian pianist Guillaume Morel (1505–1564), French classical scholar
N Guillaume de Nogaret (c. 1260–1313), French politician, councilor and keeper of the seal to Philip IV of France
P Guillaume Patry, Canadian retired StarCraft professional player Guillaume Pellicier (c. 1490–1568), French prelate and diplomat Guillaume Postel (1510–1581), French linguist, orientalist, astronomer, Christian Kabbalist, diplomat, polyglot, professor, religious universalist, and writer Guillaume Poyet (c. 1473–1548), French magistrate Guillaume de Puylaurens (after 1200–1274 or later), French Latin chronicler
R Guillaume Raoux (born 1970), French former tennis player Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713–1796), French writer and man of letters Guillaume Rocheron (born 1981), Oscar-winning French visual effects supervisor Guillaume Rondelet (1507–1566), French professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier
S Guillaume Sarkozy (born 1951), French textile entrepreneur and vice-president of the MEDEF, the French union of employers Guillaume Sayer (1799–1868), Métis fur trader Guillaume de Sonnac (died 1250), French Grand Master of the Knights Templar from 1247 to 1250 Guillaume Soro (born 1972), Ivorian politician
T Guillaume de Tonquédec (born 1966), French actor
V Guillaume du Vair (1556–1621), French bishop, author, lawyer, Magistrate of the Parliament, and Keeper of the Seals of France Guillaume Vigneault (born 1970), Canadian novelist
W Guillaume Warmuz (born 1970), French football coach and former goalkeeper
Fictional characters
Guillaume (Centuria), mace-wielding Commander Knight in the Japanese web manga Centuria
Guillaume Tarrant, a character in the TV series Oz
See also Guillaume (surname) Guillaume (disambiguation)
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