Joffre (disambiguation) explained

Joseph Joffre was a marshal of France and Commander-in-Chief of French forces during World War I.

Joffre may also refer to:

Places

• Joffre Gorge, Karijini National Park, Western Australia
• Joffre, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet
  • Joffre Cogeneration Plant, a natural gas power station in the hamlet
• Mount Joffre, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
• Joffre Peak, British Columbia, Canada
• Joffre, Pennsylvania, United States, a census-designated place

People

Given name

• Joffre Daigle (1925–1968), Canadian politician
• Joffre Desilets (1915–1994), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Joffre Guerrón (born 1985), Ecuadorian footballer
• Joffre Pachito (born 1981), Ecuadorian footballer
• Joffre Soares (1918–1996), Brazilian actor
• Joffre Stewart (1925–2019), American poet, anarchist and pacifist
• Joffre T. Whisenton (fl. 1980s), American academic administrator, first African-American student to earn a PhD from the University of Alabama
• Joffre Oscar Zubía (born 1946), Uruguayan retired footballer

Surname

• Jean Joffre (1872–1944), French actor
• Noris Joffre (born 1966), Puerto Rican actress

Other uses

• Joffre (shipwreck), a schooner that caught fire and sank in 1947
• Joffre-class aircraft carrier, a French Navy planned class of two
  • French aircraft carrier Joffre, laid down in 1938, but never launched
• Avenue Joffre, Shanghai, China
• Joffre cake, a cake named after the marshal

See also

• Joffre's bat
• Marechal Joffre (grape), a wine grape variety named after the marshal
• Lower, Middle, and Upper Joffre Lakes, in Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
• Joffreville, Madagascar
• Joffrey (disambiguation)