Malherbe (surname) explained

Malherbe is a surname of French origin. It is common in South Africa due to the immigration of Huguenots in the late 17th century.^{[1] [2]}

Notable people with the surname include:

de Malherbe family from Normandy, France

• François de Malherbe (1555-1628), French poet, reformer of French language
• (1600-1627), duellist, son of the poet François de Malherbe
• (1712-1771), archbishop of Tours
• (1911-1983), author in political and economic sciences

de Malherbe family from Maine, France

• (1826-1891), French politician, senator
• (1894-1966), recognised "Righteous Among the Nations"
• (born 1958), French painter
• Apolline de Malherbe (born 1980), television journalist

Malherbe family from South Africa

• Daniël Francois Malherbe (1881-1969), South-African Afrikaans-language novelist, poet, dramatist and scholar
• Arnaud Malherbe (born 1972), South-African athlete, 400 meters runner
• Frans Malherbe (born 1991), South-African international rugby union player
• Stephanie Malherbe (born 1996), South-African international football player

Malherbe families from Belgium

• (1950-2015), Belgian philosopher and writer
• André Malherbe (1956–2022), Belgian Grand Prix motocross racer
• Anne Malherbe Gosselin (born 1968), Belgian spouse of Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017

Others

• Alfred Malherbe (1804–1865), French magistrate and naturalist
• Annet Malherbe (born 1957), Dutch actress
• (born 1972), French script writer and director
• Charles Théodore Malherbe (1853-1911), French violinist, musicologist, music editor and composer
• (born 1973), French writer and play director
• Didier Malherbe (born 1943), French rock and jazz saxophonist
• (1870-1963), French composer
• Guy Malherbe (born 1946), French politician, mayor and member of the National Assembly
• Henri de Malherbe (fl. 1910–1932), French international rugby union player (list of selections) and chairman of SC Mazamet
• Henry Malherbe (1886–1958), journalist and French writer, winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1917
• Hermeline Malherbe (born 1969), French politician, senator
• (c. 1740–1780), French writer
• (1750-1842), French revolutionary and theater director
• (1758-1841), French politician and magistrate
• (born 1930), French civil engineer and encyclopedist
• (born 1941), French philosopher
• Óscar Malherbe de León (born 1964), Mexican drug lord
• Pierre-Olivier Malherbe (ca. 1569 - ca. 1616), French explorer
• Suzanne Malherbe (1892–1972), French illustrator and photographer

See also

• Malherbe (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Book: Donaldson, Bruce C. . https://books.google.com/books?id=ftzioRvJzTUC&pg=PA22 . A Grammar of Afrikaans . Pronunciation . . 9783110134261 . 22–23 . 1993 . 3 July 2017 . Google Books.
2. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=cNQ5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA274 . The London Quarterly Review . 44 . William Shaw and South Africa . Watkinson . William Lonsdale . Davison . William Theophilus . J.A. Sharp . 274 . 1875 . 7 July 2017 . Google Books.