Blanchard


Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word blanchart which meant "whitish, bordering upon white". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 42.3% of all known bearers of the surname Blanchard were residents of France, 36.3% of the United States, 8.7% of Canada, 3.5% of England, 1.7% of Haiti, 1.2% of Vietnam and 1.1% of Australia.
In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following regions:
  • 1. Saint-Barthélemy
  • 2. Pays de la Loire
  • 3. Centre-Val de Loire
  • 4. French Guiana
  • 5. Brittany
  • 6. Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  • 7. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
In Canada, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following provinces:
Wikipedia articles about people with the surname Blanchard:
  • Al Blanchard, ice hockey right winger
  • Alain Blanchard, commander of the crossbowmen of Rouen during the Hundred Years' War
  • Alana Blanchard, American professional surfer
  • Albert Gallatin Blanchard, American Civil War general in the Confederate Army
  • Allen Blanchard, Australian federal politician
  • Amy Ella Blanchard, American writer of juvenile fiction
  • Angela Blanchard, American policy advisor and CEO
  • Antoine Blanchard, French painter
  • Arthur Bailly-Blanchard, American diplomat
  • Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer and presenter
  • Blanche Blanchard, American landscape artist from New Orleans
  • Brian Blanchard, attorney, judge in Wisconsin
  • C. Lemoine Blanchard, served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1959 until 1963
  • Cary Blanchard, former American football placekicker in the National Football League
  • Charles A. Blanchard, the second president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois
  • Charles A. Blanchard , United States lawyer who served as general counsel of the army
  • Charles V. Blanchard, American politician who served as a Massachusetts state representative and a Massachusetts state senator
  • Claude Blanchard, Québécois pop singer and actor
  • Dick Blanchard, linebacker in the National Football League
  • Doc Blanchard, American college football player and Heisman Trophy winner
  • Edgar Blanchard, American guitarist and bandleader
  • Edmond Blanchard, Canadian jurist and politician
  • Edmund Blanchard, lawyer and prominent businessman in Centre County, Pennsylvania
  • Édouard-Théophile Blanchard, nineteenth-century French painter
  • Edward Litt Laman Blanchard, English writer best known for his contributions to the Drury Lane pantomime
  • Elizabeth Blanchard , American educator who was the seventh president of Mount Holyoke College
  • Elizabeth Blanchard, Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives 2002–2010
  • Elmer Blanchard, lawyer and political figure on Prince Edward Island
  • Émile Blanchard, French zoologist
  • Erin Blanchard, American gymnast
  • Esprit Antoine Blanchard, French baroque composer, a contemporary of Jean-Philippe Rameau
  • Étienne Blanchard, Canadian politician
  • Eugénie Blanchard the world's oldest person at the time of her death on November 4, 2010
  • Françoise Blanchard, French actress
  • Francis Blanchard AC, the second longest-serving Director–General of the International Labour Organization
  • Frank N. Blanchard, American herpetologist, and professor of zoology at the University of Michigan
  • Gabriel Blanchard, known as Blanchard Le Neveu, the only son of Jacques Blanchard, born in Paris in 1630
  • George S. Blanchard, United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief
  • George Washington Blanchard, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935
  • Georges Maurice Jean Blanchard, French general in World War II
  • Gerald Blanchard, Canadian jewel thief and criminal mastermind
  • Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, American murderer
  • Harry Blanchard, Formula One driver from Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Hiram Blanchard, Nova Scotia politician
  • Jérôme Blanchard, French pair skater
  • J. Merrill Blanchard, American college football and men's basketball head coach
  • Jack Blanchard, one-half of singing duo, with Misty Morgan
  • Jacques Blanchard, French baroque painter
  • James Blanchard, American politician and former governor of Michigan
  • James Blanchard , farmer and political figure in Ontario
  • James Blanchard, Associate Professor of Community Health Science at the University of Manitoba
  • James W. Blanchard, American submarine commander during the Pacific War
  • Jay Blanchard, served one term as a state senator in Arizona, representing District 30 for the Democrats
  • Jean-Baptiste Blanchard, French painter
  • Jean-Baptiste Blanchard, French Jesuit and educator, one of the contemporary opponents of Rosseau
  • Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor and pioneer balloonist
  • Jeremiah Blanchard, farmer and political figure in Prince Edward Island
  • Jocelyn Blanchard, French footballer
  • John Blanchard, Canadian television director and producer
  • John Blanchard, British designer and creative director
  • John Blanchard , Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  • Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player
  • Jonathan Blanchard , pastor, educator, social reformer, abolitionist and the first president of Wheaton College
  • Jonathan Blanchard , American politician
  • Joseph Blanchard, New Hampshire soldier and politician
  • Jotham Blanchard, lawyer, newspaper editor and political figure in Nova Scotia
  • Jules Blanchard, French sculptor
  • Justin Blanchard, American actor
  • Ken Blanchard American management expert known for The One Minute Manager
  • Leo Blanchard, former professional Canadian football offensive lineman
  • Leonardo Blanchard, Italian footballer
  • Lory Blanchard, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
  • Louis Raynaud, dit Blanchard, farmer and political figure in Lower Canada
  • Lowell Blanchard, American radio presenter and performer
  • Lynda Blanchard, American ambassador to Slovenia
  • María Blanchard, Spanish painter
  • Marc Blanchard, American professor of Comparative Literature and Critical Theory at the University of California, Davis
  • Mari Blanchard, American actress
  • Miriam Blanchard, Dominican politician
  • Maxime Blanchard, French football defender
  • Newton C. Blanchard, United States Senator and Governor of Louisiana
  • Nicolas Blanchard, Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • Okie Blanchard , head football coach in 1940 at the University of Wyoming
  • Olivier Blanchard, French economist
  • Paul Harwood Blanchard, American glider pilot and author
  • Pharamond Blanchard, French historical subject and landscape painter
  • Philippe Blanchard, French actor-singer known as Philippe Katerine
  • Porter Blanchard, American silversmith
  • Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
  • Raoul Blanchard, French geographer
  • Raphaël Blanchard, French zoologist
  • Ray Blanchard, Canadian sexologist famous for Blanchard's transsexualism typology
  • Red Blanchard, American comedian and country musician
  • Red Blanchard , American radio show personality in California markets
  • Richard E. Blanchard Sr., writer of the gospel song Fill My Cup Lord
  • Ron Blanchard, Australian film and television actor
  • Rowan Blanchard, American actress
  • Samuel Laman Blanchard, British author and journalist
  • Smoke Blanchard, American mountaineer, climber, trekking leader, guide, world traveler, writer, Buddhist, and a truck driver
  • Sophie Blanchard, French aeronaut and the first woman professional balloonist
  • Stanislas Blanchard, Canadian politician and gentleman
  • Steve Blanchard, stage actor best known for his musical theatre roles
  • Susan Blanchard , American actress known for her role on All My Children
  • Susan Blanchard , known for her marriages to Henry Fonda, Michael Wager, and Richard Widmark
  • Tammy Blanchard, American actress
  • Tamsin Blanchard, British fashion journalist and author
  • Terence Blanchard, American trumpeter, pianist and composer
  • Théotime Blanchard, teacher, farmer, merchant and politician in New Brunswick, Canada
  • Thomas Blanchard , American inventor who pioneered interchangeable parts
  • Tim Blanchard, Australian championship-winning motor racing driver
  • Tom Blanchard, former American football punter
  • Tully Blanchard, American professional wrestler
  • Valentine Blanchard, Victorian photographer
  • Vaughn Blanchard, American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
  • William Blanchard , English comedian
  • William H. Blanchard, United States Air Force officer
  • William Isaac Blanchard, stenographer

    Given name

Wikipedia articles about people with the given name Blanchard:
  • Alva Blanchard Adams, Democratic politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate
  • Azariel Blanchard Miller, an American farmer, rancher, and developer
  • Blanchard Montgomery, a retired American football linebacker
  • Blanchard Ryan, an American actress
  • Carla Blanchard Dartez, a Democratic former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 51
  • Carolyn Blanchard Allen, American politician
  • Clark Blanchard Millikan, a distinguished professor of aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology
  • Fleming Blanchard McCurdy, PC, a Canadian politician
  • Forrester Blanchard Washington, the first of four children born to John Washington and Lucy Wily Washington in 1887
  • Graves Blanchard Erskine, United States Marine Corps officer in World War II
  • Kempster Blanchard Miller, an American engineer, author, and businessman
  • Lafayette Blanchard Gleason, the Secretary of the Republican State Committee from 1906 to 1937
  • Louise Blanchard Bethune, the first American woman known to have worked as a professional architect
  • Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr., United States federal judge
  • Serge Blanchard Oba, a Congolese politician
  • Thomas Blanchard Stowell, a distinguished American educator
  • Victor Blanchard Scheffer, a prominent American mammalogist and the author of eleven books relating to naturalism
  • William Blanchard Jerrold, an English journalist and author