Bignon Explained

Bignon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Armand-Jérôme Bignon (1711–1772), French lawyer, royal librarian and conseiller d'État
• Jean-Paul Bignon, (1662–1743), French ecclesiastic, statesman, writer, preacher, and librarian to Louis XIV of France
• Jérôme Bignon (1589–1656), French lawyer born in Paris
• Jérôme Bignon (politician) (born 1949), member of the National Assembly of France
• Louis Bignon (1816–1906), famous French chef whose Café Riche became the most fashionable in Paris
• Louis Pierre Édouard, Baron Bignon (1771–1841), French diplomat and historian
• Michel Bignon (1891–1926), French equestrian
• Roger Bignon (born 1935), French field hockey player
• Víctor Bignon (1925–2007), Chilean boxer

See also

• Le Bignon, commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France
• Le Bignon-du-Maine, commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France
• Le Bignon-Mirabeau, commune in the Centre region of France
• Chevry-sous-le-Bignon, commune in the Loiret department in north-central France
• Bignon Commission (1693–1718), group established to examine the feasibility of compiling a description of arts and industrial processes in France
• Bignon Commission (French Revolution) (1793–1794), French military tribunal that terrorized Nantes during the French Revolution
• Bignona
• Bignonia
• Brignon