# Alphonse (given name)

Alphonse is the French variant of the given name Alfonso. People called Alphonse include:

## In arts, entertainment, and media
### Film, television, and theatre

* Alphonse Beni, Cameroonian actor and movie director
* Alphonse Boudard (1925–2000), French novelist and playwright
* Alphonse Ouimet (1908–1988), Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1958 to 1967
* Alphonse Royer (1803–1875), French author, dramatist and theatre manager

### Music

* Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (1915–2007), American accordionist
* Alphonse Duvernoy (1842–1907), French pianist and composer
* Alphonse Hasselmans (1845–1912), Belgian-born French harpist, composer and pedagogue
* Alphonse Joseph (composer), Indian film score composer
* Alphonse Martin (1884–1947), Canadian organist, pianist and music educator
* Alphonse Mouzon (1948–2016), American jazz fusion drummer and percussionist
* Alphonse Picou (1878–1961), American early jazz clarinetist
* Alphonse Trent (1905–1959), American jazz pianist and territory band leader
* Alphonse Varney (1811–1879), French conductor

### Plastic arts

* Alphonse Révillon d'Apreval (1851–1915), French botanical illustrator and lithographer
* Alphonse Balat (1819–1895), Belgian architect
* Alphonse Colas (1818–1887), French painter
* Alphonse de Cailleux (1788–1876), French painter, connoisseur, arts administrator and director of the Musée du Louvre
* Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1835–1885), French Academic painter
* Alphonse Giroux (1775–1848), French painter
* Alphonse Kann (1870–1948), prominent French art collector of Jewish heritage
* Alphonse Lami (1822–1867), French sculptor
* Alphonse Laverrière (1872–1954), Swiss architect
* Alphonse Legros (1837–1911), French painter, etcher and sculptor
* Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist
* Alphonse Osbert (1857–1939), French Symbolist painter

### Writing and journalism

* Alphonse Allais (1854–1905), French writer and humorist
* Alphonse Boudard (1925–2000), French novelist and playwright
* Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897), French novelist
* Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877–1951), French writer
* Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869), French writer, poet and politician
* Joseph-Alphonse Esménard (1770–1811), French poet
* Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros (1812–1876), French writer
* Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary, politician and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle
* Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (1805–1872), French author and theologian
* Victor-Alphonse Huard (1853–1929), French-Canadian churchman, naturalist, writer and editor
* Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808–1890), French critic, journalist and novelist
* Alphonse Lemerre (1838–1912), French editor and publisher
* Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine (1855–1943), journalist, printer and political figure in Quebec
* Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse Lusignan (1843–1893), French-Canadian writer
* Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1852–1909), Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner and politician
* Alphonse Rabbe (1784–1829), French writer, historian, critic and journalist
* Alphonse Royer (1803–1875), French author, dramatist and theatre manager
* Alphonse Tavan (1833–1905), French Provençal poet
* Alphonse Toussenel (1803–1885), French writer and journalist

## In business and finance

* Alphonse Bertrand (1846–1926), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick
* Louis-Alphonse Boyer (1839–1916), Quebec merchant and political figure
* Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne (1848–1902), lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec
* Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905), French financier, vineyard owner, art collector, philanthropist and racehorse owner and breeder
* Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator) (1854–1920), founder of Mouvement Desjardins credit unions
* Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (1868–1949), French financier
* Alphonse Raymond (1884–1958), Quebec businessman, financier and public official

## In engineering and industrial design

* Alphonse Chapanis (1917–2002), American pioneer in the field of industrial design
* Camille Alphonse Faure (1840–1898), French chemical engineer
* Alphonse Loubat (1799–1866), French inventor who developed improvements in tram and rail equipment
* Alphonse Munchen (1850–1917), Luxembourgish engineer and politician
* Alphonse Pénaud (1850–1880), French pioneer of aviation
* Alphonse Poitevin (1819–1882), French chemist, photographer and civil engineer
* Alphonse Sagebien (1807–1892), French hydrological engineer

## In government, law, military, and politics
### Africa
#### Congo

* Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921–1977), political figure of the Republic of the Congo who led the country from 1963 until 1968
* Claude Alphonse Nsilou (born 1954), Congolese politician
* Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (born 1941), politician of the Republic of the Congo

#### Other African countries

* Alphonse Alley (1930–1987), Beninese army officer and political figure
* Alphonse Barancira, former minister for Human Rights, Constitutional Reform and Relations with the National Assembly of Burundi
* Alphonse Koyamba (1941–1998), Central African economist and politician
* Alphonse-Marie Kadege, vice-President of Burundi from 30 April 2003 to 11 November 2004
* Alphonse Kotiga (contemporary), Chadian military officer and politician

### Europe
#### France

* Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220–1271)
* Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869), French writer, poet and politician
* Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary, politician and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle
* Alphonse Joseph Georges (1875–1951), French army officer
* Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin (1796–1864), French admiral
* Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul (1789–1865), Prime Minister of France from 31 October 1849 to 10 April 1851 during the French Second Republic
* Alphonse Juin (1888–1967), Marshal of France
* Camille Alphonse Trézel (1780–1860), French général de division, Minister for War and peer of France during the July Monarchy

#### Other European countries

* Alphonse Berns (born 1952), Luxembourgish diplomat and current Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative to NATO
* Alphonse de Tonty (ca. 1659–1727), Italian officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac
* Alphonse Munchen (1850–1917)), Luxembourgish engineer and politician

### North America
#### Canada

* Alphonse Bernier (1861–1944), Canadian lawyer, judge and provincial politician
* Alphonse Bertrand (1846–1926), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick
* Louis-Alphonse Boyer (1839–1916), Quebec merchant and political figure
* Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert (1859–1920), lawyer and political figure in Quebec
* Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne (1848–1902), lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec
* Alphonse Desjardins (politician) (1841–1912), mayor of Montreal and Canadian cabinet minister
* Alphonse Fournier (1893–1961), Canadian politician
* Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion (1843–1899), Canadian lawyer, professor and politician
* Joseph-Alphonse-Anaclet Habel (1895–1979), Canadian politician
* Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière (1842–1925), Canadian politician and journalist
* Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine (1855–1943), journalist, printer and political figure in Quebec
* Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1852–1909), Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner and politician
* Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier (1837–1911), Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
* Alphonse Raymond (1884–1958), Quebec businessman, financier and public official
* Alphonse George Tisdelle, Canadian politician
* William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon (1877–1969), Canadian politician, judge and diplomat
* Alphonse Verville (1864–1921), Canadian politician and trade unionist

#### United States

* Alphonse Girandy (1868–1941), United States Navy sailor
* Alphonse J. Jackson (1927–2014), educator and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Alphonse S. Marotta (1934–2024), American politician in Connecticut
* Alphonse Roy (1897–1967), American Representative from New Hampshire

## In organized crime

* Alphonse Attardi (1892–1970), New York mobster
* Alphonse "Al" Capone (1899–1947), Italian-American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate
* Alphonse D'Arco (1932–2019), New York mobster
* Alphonse Gangitano (1957–1998), Italian Australian organised crime identity from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne
* Alphonse Indelicato (1931–1981), powerful caporegime in New York City's Bonanno crime family
* Alphonse Malangone (born 1936), New York City mobster and caporegime in the Genovese crime family
* Alphonse Persico, former acting boss of the Colombo crime family from the 1980s and 1990s

## In religion and mysticism

* Alphonse Constant (1810–1875), French occult author and purported magician
* Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier (1837–1905), controversial Roman Catholic Lazarite Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li, China
* Alphonse Gallegos (1931–1991), American Roman Catholic bishop
* Alphonse Joseph Glorieux (1844–1917), Belgian missionary Roman Catholic bishop
* Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (1805–1872), French author and theologian
* Alphonse Magnien (1837–1902), the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902
* Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937), Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist and former priest
* Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne (1814–1884), French Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary
* Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian, bishop and Cardina
* Alphonse James Schladweiler (1902–1996), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* Alphonse John Smith (1883–1935), American bishop in the Catholic Church

## In science, medicine, and academia
### Cultural sciences

* Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840–1914), American archaeologist
* Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937), Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist and former priest
* Alphonse Pinart (1852–1911), French explorer, philologist and ethnographer
* Alphonse Rabbe (1784–1829), French writer, historian, critic and journalist
* Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (1844–1907), French philologist and historian of the Occitan language

### Geology and earth science

* Alphonse Briart (1825–1898), Belgian coal mine supervisor and geologist
* François-Alphonse Forel (1841–1912), Swiss scientist, founder of limnology
* Alphonse Francois Renard (1842–1903), Belgian geologist and petrographer

### Life sciences and medicine

* Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914), French police officer and biometrics researcher who created the field of anthropometry
* Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893), French-Swiss botanist
* Alphonse Dochez (1882–1964), American physician and disease researcher
* Alphonse Guérin (1816–1895), French surgeon
* Victor-Alphonse Huard (1853–1929), French-Canadian churchman, naturalist, writer and editor
* Alphonse Hustache (1872–1949), French entomologist
* Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922), French physician
* Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900), French mammalologist, ornithologist and carcinologist

### Other disciplines

* Alphonse Borrelly (1842–1926), French astronomer
* Alphonse de Polignac (1817–1890), French mathematician
* Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion (1843–1899), Canadian lawyer, professor and politician
* Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813–1854), French mathematician
* Alphonse Lavallée (1791–1873), the founder of the École Centrale Paris
* Alphonse Magnien (1837–1902), the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902
* Alphonse Poitevin (1819–1882), French chemist, photographer and civil engineer

## In sport
### Football (soccer)

* Alphonse Areola (born 1993), French football player
* Alphonse Decorte (1909–1977), Belgian football player
* Alphonse Leweck (born 1981), Luxembourgish football player
* Alphonse Renier, Belgian football player
* Alphonse Six (1890–1914), Belgian football player
* Alphonse Tchami (born 1971), retired Cameroonian football player
* Alphonse Yombi (born 1969), former Cameroonian football player

### Winter sports

* Alphonse Hörning, Swiss bobsledder
* Alphonse Jetté (1887–?), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Alphonse Lacroix (1897–1973), American ice hockey goaltender

### Other sports

* Alphonse Antoine (1915–1999), French professional road bicycle racer
* Alphonse Burnand (1896–1981), American sailor
* Alphonse Castex (1899–1969), French rugby union player
* Alphonse Dotson (born 1943), former American football player
* Alphonse Ducatillon, Belgian tug of war competitor
* Alphonse Gemuseus (1898–?), Swiss horse rider
* Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"; 1932–2006), French world champion bantamweight boxer
* Alphonse Kirchhoffer (1873–1913), French fencer
* Alphonse Martin (water polo) (born 1930), Belgian water polo player
* Alphonse Ruckstuhl (1901–?), Swiss Olympic fencer
* Alphonse Schepers (1907–1984), Belgian racing cyclist
* Alphonse Van Mele (1891–1972), Belgian gymnast
* Alphonse Yanghat (1947–2018), Congolese Olympic sprinter
* Phonney Martin (1845–1943), American baseball player

## In other fields

* Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905), French financier, vineyard owner, art collector, philanthropist and racehorse owner and breeder
* Alphonse Goetz (1865–1934), French chess master
* Alphonse Le Gastelois (1914–2012), a Jerseyman who became a hermit on the Écréhous islands to avoid persecution

## Fictional characters

* Alphonse and Gaston, an American comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper, featuring a bumbling pair of Frenchmen with a penchant for politeness
* Alphonse Elric, a fictional character in the anime/manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
* Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, a fictional character by Chester Gould in the comic strip Dick Tracy
* Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series South Park
* Alphonse Bearwalker, a character in the television comedy NTSF:SD:SUV::
* Alphonse Huggins, a character in the series Titanic by Gordon Korman
* Alphonse, a fictional character in the video game Owlboy.
* Monsieur Alfonse, character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo! played by the actor Kenneth Connor