# Alain (given name)

Alain (French:) is widely used as a personal name and is the French form of Alan but also exists in English-speaking countries:

## A

* Alain Absire (born 1950), French writer
* Alain Acard (1951–2023), French sprint canoeist
* Alain Alivon (born 1965), French military and drill instructor
* Alain Altamirano (born 1980), Mexican Neuroscientist
* Alain Altinoglu (born 1975), French-Armenian conductor
* Alain Ambrosino (born 1951), French rally driver
* Alain Amougou (born 1973), Cameroonian footballer
* Alain Anderton, British author of business studies and economics textbooks
* Alain Anen (born 1950), Luxembourgish fencer
* Alain Andji (born 1974), French pole vaulter
* Alain André, Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec
* Alain Anziani (born 1951), member of the Senate of France, representing the Gironde department
* Alain Aoun (born 1971), Lebanese politician and nephew of President Michel Aoun
* Alain Arroyo (born 1982), Spanish footballer and manager
* Alain Aspect (born 1947), French physicist
* Alain Akouala Atipault (born 1959), Congolese politician
* Alain Attalah (born 1964), Egyptian basketball player
* Alain Auderset (born 1968), Swiss Christian author of comic books
* Alain Ayissi (born 1962), Cameroonian cyclist
* Alain Ayroles (born 1968), French author, playwright, screenwriter, and translator

## B

* Alain Baclet (born 1986), French footballer
* Alain Badiou (born 1937), French philosopher
* Alain Bailey (born 1987), Jamaican long jumper
* Alain Bancquart (1934–2022), French composer
* Alain Baraton (born 1957), French gardener
* Alain Baroja (born 1989), Venezuelan football goalkeeper
* Alain Barrau (1947–2021), French politician
* Alain Barrière (1935–2019), French singer
* Alain Barudoni (born 1940), Swiss fencer
* Alain Bashung (1947–2009), French singer, songwriter and actor
* Alain Bauer, (born 1962), French criminologist
* Alain Baumann (born 1966), Swiss footballer
* Alain Baxter (born 1973), Scottish professional skier
* Alain Beaulé (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player
* Alain Bédé (born 1970), Ivorian footballer
* Alain Behi (born 1978), French-Ivorian football player
* Alain Bejjani (born 1973), Lebanese businessman
* Alain Bélanger, Canadian professional hockey player
* Alain J. P. Belda, Chairman of the Board of Alcoa since January 2001
* Alain Bellemare (born 1962), Canadian businessman
* Alain Bellouis (born 1947), French cyclist
* Jacques-Alain Bénisti (born 1952), member of the National Assembly of France
* Alain Benoit (born 1948), French physicist
* Alain Bensoussan (born 1940), French mathematician
* Alain Berbérian (1953–2017), French-Armenian film director and writer
* Alain Bergala (born 1943), French film critic, essayist, screenwriter, and director
* Alain Berger (born 1990), Swiss ice hockey player
* Alain Berger, Swiss orienteering competitor
* Alain Bergeron (born 1950), Canadian science fiction author and political scientist
* Alain Berliner (born 1963), Belgian director best known for the 1997 film Ma vie en rose
* Alain Bernard (born 1983), French swimmer from Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône
* Alain Bernaud (1932–2020), French composer
* Alain Bernheim (1922–2009), French-American film producer and literary agent
* Alain Bernheim (1931–2022), French musician and Masonic researcher
* Alain Berset (born 1972), President of the Swiss Council of States
* Alain Billiet (born 1951), the alleged designer of the euro sign (€)
* Alain Blanchard (died 1419), commander of the crossbowmen of Touent during the Hundred Years' War
* Alain Blondel (born 1962), retired French decathlete
* Alain Bocquet (born 1946), member of the National Assembly of France
* Alain Boghossian (born 1970), retired Armenian-French football player
* Alain Boire (born 1971), Canadian politician
* Yve-Alain Bois (born 1952), historian and critic of modern art
* Alain Bombard (1924–2005), French biologist, physician and politician
* Alain Bondue (born 1959), France cyclist
* Alain Boublil, librettist who worked with the composer Claude-Michel Schönberg
* Alain Bouchard, Canadian businessman
* Jean-Alain Boumsong (born 1979), Cameroonian professional football defender
* Alain Bravo, French electrical engineer and entrepreneur
* Alain Brunet, French scholar

## C

* Alain Cacheux (1947–2020), member of the National Assembly of France
* Alain Calmat (born 1940), French former competitive figure skater, surgeon, and politician
* Alain Cantareil (born 1983), French footballer
* Alain Caron (1938–1986), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Alain Caron (born 1955), Canadian jazz musician and bass player
* Alain F. Carpentier (born 1933), French heart surgeon
* Alain Casanova (born 1961), football former goalkeeper and manager
* Alain Cavalier (born 1931), French film director
* Alain Caveglia (born 1968), French football retired striker
* Alain Cayzac (born 1941), French advertising agent
* Alain Chabat (born 1958), French Jewish actor and director
* Alain Chamfort (born 1949), French singer of Breton origin
* Alain Chapel (1937–1990), French Michelin 3 starred chef
* Alain Chartier (1392–1430), French poet and political writer
* Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière (1748–1822), seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada
* Alain Chatillon (born 1943), member of the Senate of France
* Alain Chevrier (born 1961), retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender
* Alain Claeys (born 1948), member of the National Assembly of France
* Alain Clark (born 1979), Dutch musician and producer
* Alain Colmerauer (1941–2017), French computer scientist
* Alain Connes (born 1947), French mathematician
* Alain Corbin, French historian, specialist of the 19th century in France
* Alain Corneau (1943–2010), French movie director and writer
* Alain Côté (born 1957), professional ice hockey player for the Quebec Nordiques
* Alain Côté (born 1967), former professional ice hockey player and Roller Hockey player
* Alain Couriol (born 1958), former French football striker
* Alain Courtois (born 1951), Belgian politician
* Alain Cousin (born 1947), member of the National Assembly of France
* Marie-Alain Couturier (1897–1954), French Dominican friar, designer of stained glass windows
* Alain Cuny (1908–1994), French actor

## D

* Alain Daigle (born 1954), former professional ice hockey forward
* Alain Daniélou (1907–1994), French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist, and convert to Shaivite Hinduism
* Alain de Benoist (born 1943), French academic, philosopher, founder of the Nouvelle Droite
* Alain de Boissieu (1914–2006), French general, son-in-law of general Charles de Gaulle
* Alain de Botton, (born 1969), British writer and television producer
* Alain de Cadenet (1945–2022), on-air personality for the SPEED Channel and ESPN
* Alain de Changy (1922–1994), Belgian racing driver
* Alain de Coëtivy (1407–1474), prelate from a Breton noble family
* Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon (1646–1730), Marshal of France during the reign of Louis XIV and Louis XV
* Alain Huetz de Lemps, French geographer and botanist
* Alain de Lille (1128–1202), French theologian and poet
* Alain de Mijolla (1933–2019), French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
* Alain de Royer-Dupré (born 1944), French racehorse trainer
* Alain de Solminihac (1593–1659), French Catholic religious reformer and bishop of Cahors
* Alain-Philippe Malagnac d'Argens de Villèle (1951–2000), the adopted son of French writer Roger Peyrefitte
* Alain Decaux (1925–2016), French historian
* Alain Defossé (1957–2017), French novelist and translator
* Alain Delon (1935-2024), César Award-winning French actor
* Alain Demurger, modern French historian, specialist of the history of the Knights Templar and the Crusades
* Alain Deneef, Belgian businessman
* Alain Desrosières, French statistician at the INSEE and a sociologist and historian of science at the EHESS
* Alain Destexhe, Belgian liberal politician
* Alain Desvergnes (1931–2020), French photographer
* Alain Digbeu (born 1975), French professional basketball player
* Étienne Alain Djissikadié (born 1977), Gabonese footballer
* Pierre-Alain Donnier, Swiss journalist, died while reporting from Tchad in 1988
* Alain Dorval (1946–2024), French voice actor born in Algiers
* Alain Dostie (born 1943), Canadian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter
* Alain Dubuc, Canadian journalist and an economist
* Alain Ducasse (born 1956), Monégasque chef
* Alain Dufaut (born 1944), member of the Senate of France, representing the Vaucluse department
* Alain Duhamel (born 1940), French journalist and political commentator

## E

* Alain Ehrenberg (born 1950), French sociologist
* Alain Michel Ekoue (born 1982), Cameroonian football player
* Alain Elkann (born 1950), Italian novelist and journalist of Jewish descent
* Alain Enthoven (born 1930), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1965
* Alain Escoffier (1949–1977), French anti-communist activist and martyr
* Alain Etchegoyen (1951–2007), French philosopher and novelist
* Alain Eyobo (born 1961), retired Cameroonian professional football forward
* Alain Erlande-Brandenburg (1937–2020), French art historian and archivist

## F

* Jean-Alain Fanchone (born 1988), French footballer
* Alain Fauconnier (born 1945), French politician and a member of the Senate of France
* Alain Ferry (born 1952), member of the National Assembly of France
* Alain Ferté (born 1955), French professional racing driver
* Alain Figaret, French luxury shirt brand launched in 1968 by Alain Figaret
* Alain Filhol (born 1951), French racing driver
* Alain Finkielkraut (born 1949), French essayist, and son of a Jewish Polish artisan
* Alain Fouché (born 1942), French politician and a member of the Senate of France
* Alain Fournier (1943–2000), computer graphics researcher
* Alain Frachon (born 1950), French journalist
* Pierre-Alain Frau, (born 1980), French football forward

## G

* Alain Bernat Gallego (born 1971), Andorran politician
* Alain Garant (born 1952), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
* Alain Gaspoz (born 1970), Beninese football player who, is playing for FC Bagnes
* Alain Geiger (born 1960), retired Swiss international football defender and current manager
* Alain Gerbault (1893–1941), French aviator, tennis champion and sailor
* Alain Gest (born 1950), French politician
* Alain Gheerbrant (1920–2013), French writer, editor, poet and explorer
* Alain Giletti (born 1939), French figure skater
* Alain Giresse (born 1952), French professional football (soccer) midfielder
* Alain Glavieux (1949-2004), French professor in electrical engineering
* Alain Goma (born 1972), former football player
* Alain Goraguer (1931–2023), French jazz pianist, sideman of Boris Vian and Serge Gainsbourg, arranger and composer
* Alain Gouaméné (born 1966), former football goalkeeper from Côte d'Ivoire
* Alain Gournac (born 1943), French politician and a member of the Senate of France
* Alain Grandbois, CC (1900–1975), Quebecer poet born in Saint-Casimir, Quebec
* Alain Guionnet (born 1954), French revisionist and a left-wing activist

## H

* Alain Haché (born 1970), experimental physicist and associate professor at the University of Moncton, Canada
* Alain Hamer (born 1965), Luxembourgish football referee
* Alain Héroux (born 1964), former professional ice hockey left winger
* Alain Hertoghe (born 1959), Belgian journalist who worked for the French Catholic newspaper La Croix
* Alain Houpert (born 1957), French politician and a member of the Senate of France
* Alain Hutchinson (born 1949), Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament

## J

* Alain Jacquet (1939–2008), French artist representative of the American Pop Art movement
* Alain Jessua (1932–2017), French film director and screenwriter
* Alain Johannes (born 1962), guitarist and member of the band Eleven
* Alain Johns, fictional gunslinger in Stephen King's Dark Tower series of novels
* Alain Joly, French businessman
* Georges-Alain Jones (born 1975), French singer
* Alain Joyandet (born 1954), French politician
* Alain Juppé (born 1945), French right-wing politician, Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997

## K

* Alain Kashama (born 1979), professional Canadian football player
* Alain Muana Kizamba (born 1980), goalkeeper from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Alain Koffi (born 1983), French professional basketball player
* Alain Koudou (born 1984), Ivorian football striker
* Alain Krivine (1941–2022), leader of the Trotskyist movement in France

## L

* Alain Lamassoure (born 1944), French politician and Member of the European Parliament
* Alain Lambert (born 1946), French politician
* Alain Le Boulluec (born 1941), contemporary French patristics scholar
* Alain Le Bussy (1947–2010), prolific Belgian author of science fiction
* Alain Le Vern (born 1948), French Socialist Senator, president of the Haute-Normandie region
* Alain Lebas (born 1953), French sprint canoeist
* Alain Paul Lebeaupin (1945–2021), French Archbishop
* Alain Lefèvre (born 1962), Québécois pianist and composer
* Alain Lemercier (born 1957), retired male race walker from France
* Alain Lemieux (born 1962), retired ice hockey player
* Alain Lequeux (1947–2006), French jockey
* Alain-René Lesage (1668–1747), French novelist and playwright
* Alain Lestié (born 1944), French painter and writer
* Alain A. Lewis (born 1947), American mathematician
* Alain Lipietz (born 1947), French engineer, economist, politician, member of the French Green Party
* Alain Liri (born 1979), Côte d'Ivoire footballer
* Alain Locke (1885–1954), American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts
* Alain Lombard (born 1940), French conductor

## M

* Alain Mabanckou (born 1966), author and journalist
* Alain Maca, retired American soccer defender, President of the JFK International Air Terminal
* Alain Madelin (born 1946), French politician and former minister
* Alain Mafart, French military officer
* Alain Maline (1947–2025), French film director, producer, and screenwriter
* Alain Mamou-Mani, French film producer and writer
* Alain Manesson Mallet (1630–1706), French cartographer and engineer
* Alain Marc (born 1957), member of the National Assembly of France
* Alain Marion (1938–1998), French flautist
* Alain Marleix (born 1946), Secretary of State for Veterans in the government of François Fillon from 2007 to 2008
* Alain Marty (born 1946), member of the National Assembly of France
* Alain Masudi (born 1978), Congolese football player
* Alain Maury (born 1958), French astronomer
* Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o (born 1957), Cameroonian political figure
* Alain Menu (born 1963), Swiss racing driver
* Alain Merchadier (born 1952), French retired professional football defender
* Alain Mesili (born 1949), political activist in France during the 1968 disturbances
* Alain Meslet (born 1950), French professional road bicycle racer
* Alain Meunier (born 1942), French cellist
* Alain Mikli (born 1955), French designer of high-end handmade eyeglasses and accessories
* Jacques-Alain Miller (born 1944), prominent French Lacanian psychoanalyst
* Alain Milon (born 1947), member of the Senate of France
* Alain Mimoun (1921–2013), French Olympic marathon champion
* Alain Moizan (born 1953), French retired professional football midfielder
* Alain Moka (born 1954), Congolese politician
* Alain Moyne-Bressand (born 1945), member of the National Assembly of France
* Pierre-Alain Muet (born 1945), member of the National Assembly of France

## N

* Alain Nasreddine (born 1975), professional ice hockey defenceman
* Alain Ndizeye (born 1986), Burundian football defender
* Alain Ndjoubi Ossami, Gabonese politician and economist
* Alain Nef (born 1982), Swiss football defender
* Alain Néri (born 1942), member of the National Assembly of France
* Alain Ngalani (born 1975), Cameroonian two-time Muay Thai kickboxing world champion
* Alain Nkong (born 1979), Cameroonian football midfielder

## O

* Alain Junior Ollé Ollé (born 1987), Cameroonian professional footballer

## P

* Alain Paquet (born 1961), Canadian politician, teacher and economist
* Alain Pasquier (born 1942), French art historian specialising in ancient Greek art, museography and conservation
* Alain Passard (born 1956), French chef and owner of the three star restaurant L'Arpège in Paris
* Alain Payet (1947–2007), French director of Nazi exploitation and chic porn movies
* Alain Pellegrini (born 1946), French général de Division
* Alain Perrin (born 1956), French football manager and former footballer
* Alain Peyrefitte (1925–1999), French scholar and politician
* Alain Poher (1909–1996), French centrist politician
* Alain Poiré (1917–2000), French film producer and screenwriter
* Alain Pons (born 1995), Gibraltarian footballer
* Alain Pompidou (born 1942), French scientist and politician
* Alain Portes (born 1961), French handball player
* Alain Portmann (born 1981), Swiss football goalkeeper
* Alain Prost (born 1955), French racing driver; Four Time Formula One World Champion
* Alain Provost, French Landscape Architect

## Q

* Marc-Alain Ouaknin (born 1957), French rabbi and philosopher

## R

* Alain Raguel (born 1976), French football player
* Alain Rakotondramanana (born 1970), Malagasy footballer
* Alain Ramadier (born 1958), French politician
* Alain Rayes (born 1971), Canadian politician
* Alain Razahasoa (born 1966), Malagasy long-distance runner
* Alain Rémond (born 1946), French humor columnist
* Alain Resnais (1922–2014), French New Wave film director
* Alain Rey (1928–2020), French linguist, lexicographer and radio personality
* Alain Rey (born 1982), Swiss ski mountaineer
* Alain Richard (born 1945), French politician
* Alain Richard (born 1985), Swiss ski mountaineer
* Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922–2008), French writer and filmmaker
* Alain Robert (born 1962), French rock and urban climber
* Alain Robidoux (born 1960), Canadian snooker player
* Alain Roca (born 1976), retired volleyball player from Cuba
* Alain Rochat (born 1983), Swiss footballer
* Alain Roche (footballer), former French football defender
* Alain Rohr (born 1971), Swiss athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles
* Alain Rolland (born 1966), former Irish rugby union footballer and current international referee
* Alain Romans (1905–1988), French jazz composer
* Alain Rousset (born 1951), the Socialist president of the Aquitaine region of France

## S

* Alain Sailhac, Executive Vice President and Dean Emeritus at the French Culinary Institute in New York City
* Alain Saint-Ogan (1895–1974), French comics author and artist
* Alain Sarde (born 1952), French film producer and actor
* Alain Sars (born 1961), retired French professional football referee
* Alain Savary (1918–1988), French Socialist politician
* Alain Schmitt (born 1983), French judoka
* Alain Schultz (born 1983), Swiss association footballer
* Alain Senderens, leading French chef credited as one of the founders of Nouvelle Cuisine
* Alain Sergile, Haitian swimmer who lived in Roswell, Georgia
* Alain Silver, US film and music producer, and reviewer, historian and writer on film topics, especially film noir and horror films
* Alain Simard (businessman), President and CEO of L'Équipe Spectra since its inception in 1977
* Alain Soral (born 1958), French sociologist, essayist, and film maker, as well as being the author of several polemical essays
* Alain Souchon (born 1944), French singer, songwriter and actor
* Alain Suguenot (born 1951), member of the National Assembly of France
* Alain Suied (1951–2008), French poet and translator
* Alain Supiot (born 1949), French legal scholar
* Alain Sutter (born 1968), Swiss football player
* Alain Sylvestre (born 1979), professional Canadian kickboxer
* Alain Succar (born 1990), professional F&B consultancy

## T

* Alain Tabourian, Lebanese politician of Armenian origin
* Alain Tanner (1929–2022), Swiss film director
* Alain Taravella (born 1948), French billionaire
* Alain Tardif (born 1946), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
* Alain Touraine (1925–2023), French sociologist born in Hermanville-sur-Mer
* Alain Touwaide (born 1953), Belgian historian of medicine and sciences currently researching at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C.
* Alain Traoré (born 1988), Burkinabé football (soccer) midfielder
* Alain Trudel (born 1966), Canadian musician, composer and conductor
* Alain Turnier, Haitian historian

## V

* Alain Vanzo (1928–2002), French opera singer and composer
* Alain Vasselle (born 1947), member of the Senate of France representing the Oise department
* Alain Vasseur (born 1948), French professional road bicycle racer
* Alain Viala (1947–2021), professor of French Literature at the University of Oxford and the University of Paris III
* Alain Vidalies (born 1951), member of the National Assembly of France
* Alain Vigneault (born 1961), the head coach of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL
* Alain Vivien (born 1938), French Socialist Party (PS) politician

## W

* Alain Weill (born 1946), French art critic, expert in graphic design and advertising
* Alain Wertheimer (1949), French businessman who owns a controlling interest in the House of Chanel with his brother Gerard
* Alain Whyte (pronounced Alan) (born 1967), English guitarist, singer, and songwriter
* Alain Wicki (born 1962), Swiss skeleton racer
* Alain Williams (born 1954), British sprint canoeist

## Y

* Alain Bédouma Yoda (born 1951), Burkinabé politician and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation
* Alain Yzermans (born 1967), Belgian politician

## Z

* Alain Zoubga (born 1953), medical doctor and politician in Burkina Faso

## Other

* Alain, bishop of Auxerre (died 1185), Cistercian abbot and bishop of Auxerre from 1152 to 1167
* Alain I of Albret (1440–1522), powerful French aristocrat
* Alain-Fournier (1886–1914), the pseudonym of Henri Alban-Fournier, French author and soldier

## Fictional characters

* Alain, recurring character in the Pokémon anime series
* Alain, a recurring character in tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ghost
* Alain van Versch, a fictional character played by Matthias Schoenaerts in Rust and Bone