# Napoleon (given name)

Napoléon is the French form of the Italian given name Napoleone. Notable people with the name include:

## Bonapartes

* Napoléon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) (1769-1821), French statesman
* Napoléon Charles Bonaparte (1802–1807), prince of Holland and son of Napoleon I's brother Louis
* Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804–1831), King of Holland and son of Napoleon I's brother Louis
* Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleon III (1808-1873), Emperor of the French and son of Napoleon I's brother Louis
* Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte, Napoleon II (1811-1832), son of Napoleon I
* Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte (1822–1891), son of Napoleon I's brother Jerome
* Napoléon Charles Bonaparte, 5th Prince of Canino (1839–1899), grandson of Napoleon I's brother Lucien

## Athletes

* Napoleón Calzado (born 1977), baseball player from Dominican Republic
* Napoleon Einstein (born 1989), Indian cricketer
* Napoleon Harris (born 1979), American football player
* Napoleon Kaufman (born 1973), American football player
* Napoleon Lajoie (1874–1959), American baseball player
* Napoleon McCallum (born 1963), American football player
* Napoleon Amaefule (born 1980), Nigerian footballer

## Artists

* Napoleon D'umo (born 1968), American choreographer
* Napoleon Jones-Henderson (born 1943), American weaver and multimedia artist
* Napoleon Murphy Brock (born 1943), American singer and musician
* Napoleon Orda (1807–1883), Belarusian-Polish musician and artist
* Napoleon Perdis (born 1970), Australian make-up artist

## Military officials

* Napoleon Bonaparte Buford (1807–1883), U.S. Army officer and railroad executive
* Napoleon Collins (1814–1875), U.S. Navy admiral
* Napoleon J.T. Dana (1822–1905), U.S. Army officer
* Napoleon Zervas (1891–1957), Greek general
* Napoleone Orsini (1420–1480), Italian warlord

## Politicians and other leaders

* Napoleon B. Broward (1857–1910), American governor of Florida
* Napoleon Bonaparte Brown (1834–1910), American businessman and politician
* José Napoleón Duarte (1925–1990), President of El Salvador
* Napoleon Wapasha (1854–1925), Sioux chief
* Napoleone della Torre (died 1278), Italian nobleman, Lord of Milan

## Other

* Napoleon Bonaparte (born 1965), Indonesian policeman
* Napoleon Cybulski (1854–1919), Polish physiologist
* Napoleon Whiting (1910-1984), American actor
* Napoleon Chagnon (1938–2019), American anthropologist
* Napoleone Orsini Frangipani (1263–1342), Italian cardinal
* Napoleon Hill (1883–1970), American personal-success author
* Napoleon LeBrun (1821–1901), American architect
* Napoléon Peyrat (1809–1881), French author and historian
* Napoléon Coste (1805–1883), French guitarist
* Napoléon Joseph Ney (1803–1857), French politician
* Napoléon La Cécilia (1835–1878), French general
* Napoleone Boni (1863–1927), Italian painter
* Napoleone Nani (1841–1899), Italian painter

## Fictional

* Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte, a character created by Arthur Upfield
* Napoleon Solo, a character from The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
* Napoleone Di Carlo, a detective created by Italian comic book writer Carlo Ambrosini for the series of the same name published by Sergio Bonelli Editore
* Napoleon Dynamite, the protagonist of the film Napoleon Dynamite
* Muffin, a puppy who calls himself "Napoleon" in the Australian film Napoleon
* Napoleon, the bloodhound from the Disney animated film The Aristocats