Blanchett
Blanchett or Blanchette is a given name or surname of French origin.
People with this surname include:
- Andrulla Blanchette, a female bodybuilder
- Cate Blanchett, Australian actor
- Christopher Blanchett, English broadcast journalist
- Danny Blanchett, footballer
- Ian Neale Blanchett, Australian born English cricketer
- Jude Blanchette, American foreign policy analyst and China specialist
- Louis Blanchette, explorer and founder of Saint Charles, Missouri
- Oliva Blanchette, American philosopher
- American musician, inventor of the archguitar.
- Patricia Blanchette, American philosopher
- Blanchette Brunoy, actress
- Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller, wife of John D. Rockefeller III
- The heroine of Eugène Brieux's 1892 play Blanchette.
Wine grapes
Several French wine grapes have Blanchette as a synonym. These include:- Chasselas, another name for the wine grape Blanchette
- Canari noir, another name for the wine grape Blanchette rouge
- Mondeuse blanche, a wine grape which is also known as Blanchette
- Verdesse, another wine grape which is also known as Blanchette
Other uses
- Blanchette Cemetery, Beaumont, Texas is the resting-place of Blind Willie Johnson, Baptist minister and bluesman