Fouquet or Foucquet is a French surname.
Many immigrants to America anglicized their surname to either Fuqua or Fuquay upon arrival in America.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle (1684–1761), French general and statesman
- Christophe Fouquet (born 1974), French bobsledder
- Guillaume Fouquet de la Varenne (1560–1616), French chef and statesman
- Jean Fouquet (1420–1481), French painter
- Louis Charles Armand Fouquet, Chevalier de Belle-Isle (1693–1747), French general
- Louis Fouquet, founder in 1899 of Fouquet's brasserie in Paris, France
- Nicolas Fouquet (1615–1680), French superintendent of Finances under Louis XIV of France
- Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694–1772), French organist and harpsichordist
See also
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick (2003-05-08). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 613. ISBN 9780199771691.
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