Renard (surname) explained
Renard is a French-language surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Henriette Rénard (d. 1721 or 1722), a mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony
- Marie-Jeanne Renard du Bos (1701 – 1730-1750), French engraver
- Alexandre Renard (1906–1983), French Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon
- Alexandre Renard (tennis), French tennis player, see 2010 Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc – Doubles
- Alfred Renard (1895–1988), Belgian aeronautical engineer
- Alphonse François Renard (1842–1903), Belgian geologist
- André Renard (1911–1962), Belgian leader of an important tendency in Walloon trade unionism
- André Renard (cyclist), see List of cyclists in the 1919 Tour de France
- Andre Renard (sailor), see Soling World Championships
- Augusta Öhrström-Renard (1856–1921), Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer
- Bertrand Renard (born 1955), French television presenter and author
- Charles Renard (1847–1905), French military engineer who proposed preferred numbers
- Christine Renard (1929–1979), French writer of science fiction and fantasy
- Colette Renard (1924–2010), French singer and actress
- Claire Renard (born 1944), French composer and multimedia artist
- Damien Renard (born 1980), French orienteering competitor
- Emile Renard (1850–1930), French artist and teacher at Académie Colarossi
- Gabrielle Renard (1878–1959), nanny to the family of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and a frequent model for him, and also recognized as the mentor to filmmaker Jean Renoir
- Gary Renard (born 1951), the author of The Disappearance of the Universe
- Gaston Renard (1868–1937), Belgian Olympic fencer
- Gregory Renard (born 1995), better known as DJ Yung Vamp, Belgian DJ and record producer
- Guy Rénard (born 1934), Belgian former sports shooter
- Hervé Renard (born 1968), French football player and manager
- Ian Renard, 19th Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, from February 2005 to January 2009
- Jean-Claude Renard (1922–2002), French poet
- Jeffery Renard Allen (born 1962), American poet, essayist, short story writer, and novelist
- Jules Renard (1864–1910), French author
- Lucien Renard, Belgian cyclist
- Marie Renard (1864–1939), Austrian operatic mezzo-soprano, later soprano
- Maurice Renard (1875–1939), French author
- Mercedes Renard, American actress
- Michel Renard (1924–1988), politician from Martinique who served in the French National Assembly from 1986–1988
- Olivier Renard (born 1979), Belgian football goalkeeper
- Raymond Renard (1925–2020), Belgian writer and linguist
- Roberto Silva Renard (1855–1920), Chilean military and political figure
- Rosita Renard (1894–1949), Chilean classical pianist
- Sandrine Renard, newscaster on Naked News
- Simon Renard (1513–1573), Spanish ambassador in France and England
- Veronique Renard (born 1965), Dutch author and Tibet activist also known as Pantau
- Wendie Renard (born 1990), French football player
- Emil Kio (1894–1965), Russian magician, born Emil Hirschfeld-Renard
