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
- 1. New Brunswick
- 2. Prince Edward Island
- 3. Newfoundland and Labrador
- 4. Quebec
- 5. Yukon
Surname
- 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
- Antoine Blanchard, French painter
- Arthur Bailly-Blanchard, American diplomat
- Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer and presenter
- 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
- 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 , 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
- María Blanchard, Spanish painter
- Marc Blanchard, American professor of Comparative Literature and Critical Theory at the University of California, Davis
- Mari Blanchard, American actress
- Maxime Blanchard, French footballer 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
- Porter Blanchard, American silversmith
- Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
- Raoul Blanchard, French geographer
- Raphaël Blanchard, French zoologist
- Ray Blanchard, Canadian sexologist
- 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 jazz trumpeter
- 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
- 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