Despréaux Explained

Despréaux (pronounced as /fr/) is a French surname. People with that name include:

• Claude-Jean-François Despréaux (1740s–1794), French violinist and revolutionary
• Jean-Étienne Despréaux (1748–1820), French ballet master
• Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711), French poet and critic

See also

• The Tale of Despereaux