Faure

Faure is an Occitan family name meaning blacksmith, from Latin faber. It is pronounced in French (unlike Fauré which is pronounced ).

Politicians

 * Dominique Faure (born 1959), French politician
 * Edgar Faure (1908–1988), French politician
 * Félix Faure (1841–1899), French politician and President of France from 1895 until his death
 * Fernand Faure (1853–1929), French economist and politician
 * Jacques Faure (ambassador), French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group
 * Louis-Joseph Faure (1760-1837) French jurist and politician
 * Olivier Faure (born 1968), French politician
 * Martine Faure (born 1948), French politician
 * Maurice Faure (1922–2014), French Resistance leader and politician, and the last surviving signatory of the Treaty of Rome
 * Sébastien Faure (1858–1942), French anarchist
 * Faure Gnassingbé, president of Togo

Writers, artists, and musicians

 * Élie Faure (1873–1937), French art historian and essayist
 * Gabriel Faure (1877–1962), French poet, novelist and essayist
 * Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), French composer, organist, pianist and teacher
 * Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914), French baritone and composer
 * Lucie Faure (1908–1977), French writer
 * Renée Faure (1918–2005), French actress

Others

 * Abraham Faure (1795–1875), South African clergyman
 * Camille Alphonse Faure, French chemical engineer
 * Gunter Faure, American geochemist
 * Jacques Faure (French Army officer) (1904–1988), French Army general and skier
 * Jacques-Paul Faure (1869–1924), head of the French military mission to Japan (1918–1919)
 * Keith Faure, Australian career criminal
 * Luigi Faure (1901–1974), Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper
 * Sébastien Faure (footballer), French footballer