Ambroise (name)

Ambroise (French: [ɑ̃.bʁwaz]) is a given name and surname. People with the name include:

Ambroise of Normandy

• Ambroise (fl. c. 1190), a Norman poet and chronicler of the Third Crusade.

Given name

• Ambroise, Lord of Monaco, ruled 1419–1427
• Ambroise Abdo (1820–1876), Syrian Melkite Greek Catholic bishop
• Ambroise Begue (born 1995), French footballer
• Ambroise Boimbo (died 1989), Congolese citizen who snatched the sword of King Baudouin I of Belgium in 1960
• Ambroise Chevreux (1728–1792), French Benedictine
• Ambroise Croizat (1901–1951), French syndicalist and communist politician
• Ambroise Dubois (1542/3–1614/5), Flemish-born French painter
• Ambroise Dupont (born 1937), French politician
• Ambroise Félicitet (born 1993), Martiniquais footballer
• Ambroise Garin (1875–1969), Italian-born French bicycle racer
• Ambroise Gboho (born 1994), Ivorian footballer
• Ambroise Guellec (born 1941), French politician
• Ambroise Janvier (1613–1682), French Benedictine and theologian
• Ambroise de Loré (1396–1446), French military commander, baron of Ivry in Normandy, and companion of Joan of Arc
• Ambroise Michel (born 1982), French actor, director, and writer
• Ambroise Ngoya (born 1964), Congolese footballer
• Ambroise Noumazalaye (1933–2007), Congolese politician; Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville 1966–1968
• Ambroise Ouédraogo (born 1948), Burkinabé Roman Catholic bishop in Niger
• Ambroise Oyongo (born 1991), Cameroonian footballer
• Ambroise Paré (c. 1510–1590), French barber surgeon
• Ambroise Rendu (educator) (1778–1860), French educator and translator
• Ambroise Rendu (politician) (1874–1973), French politician
• Ambroise D. Richard (1850–1917), Canadian lawyer and political figure
• Ambroise Roux (1921–1999), French businessman and political advisor
• Ambroise Sarr (born 1950), Senegalese wrestler
• Ambroise Tardieu (1788–1841), French cartographer and engraver
• Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896), French composer
• Ambroise Uwiragiye (born 1980), Rwandan long distance runner
• Ambroise Verschaffelt (1825–1886), Belgian horticulturist
• Ambroise Vollard (1866–1939), French art dealer
• Ambroise Wonkam, Cameroonian physician
• Ambroise Yxemerry (1917–2013), French Polynesian editor and journalist

Surname

• Gary Ambroise (born 1985), French footballer
• Jackson Ambroise (born 1952), Haitian painter
• Magloire Ambroise (1774–1807), hero of the Haitian Independence
• Yvon Ambroise (born 1942), Indian Roman Catholic bishop emeritus of Tuticorin

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Ambroise
• All pages with titles containing Ambroise
• Saint-Ambroise (disambiguation)
• Ambrose (disambiguation)
• Ambrosia (disambiguation)
• Ambrosius (disambiguation)