Merle (surname) explained

Merle is the surname of:

• Carole Merle (born 1964), French former alpine skier
• Foulques du Merle (died 1314), Marshal of France
• Frank Merle (mathematician) (born 1962), French mathematician
• Georges Merle (1851–1886), French painter
• Guy du Merle (1908 - 1993), French aeronautical engineer, test pilot and writer
• Hugues Merle (1823–1881), French painter; father of Georges Merle
• Leo Merle (born 1998), American Paralympic athlete
• Matthieu Merle (c. 1548  - after 1587), Huguenot captain in the Wars of Religion
• Olivier Merle (born 1965), French former rugby union footballer
• Pierre Hugues Victoire Merle (1766 - 1830), French general of the Napoleonic Wars
• Robert Merle (1908–2004), French novelist