Blanchett Explained

Blanchett should not be confused with Blanchet.

Blanchett or Blanchette is a given name or surname of French origin.

People with this surname include:

• Andrulla Blanchette (born 1966), a female bodybuilder
• Cate Blanchett (born 1969), Australian actor
• Christopher Blanchett (born 1982), English broadcast journalist
• Danny Blanchett (born 1987), footballer
• Ian Neale Blanchett (born 1975), Australian born English cricketer
• Louis Blanchette (1739–93), explorer and founder of Saint Charles, Missouri
• Oliva Blanchette (1929–2021), American philosopher
• Peter Blanchette (born 1960) American musician, inventor of the archguitar.
• Patricia Blanchette, American philosopher

People with this given name include:

• Blanchette Brunoy (1915-2005), actress
• Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller (1909–92), wife of John D. Rockefeller III
• The heroine of Eugène Brieux's 1892 play Blanchette.

Wine grapes

Several French wine grapes have Blanchette as a synonym. These include:

• Chasselas, another name for the wine grape Blanchette
• Canari noir, another name for the wine grape Blanchette rouge
• Mondeuse blanche, a wine grape which is also known as Blanchette
• Verdesse, another wine grape which is also known as Blanchette

Other uses

Blanchette Cemetery, Beaumont, Texas is the resting-place of Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), Baptist minister and bluesman