Malherbe (surname)

Malherbe is a surname of French origin. It is common in South Africa due to the immigration of Huguenots in the late 17th century.

Notable people with the surname include:

de Malherbe family from Normandy, France

 * François de Malherbe (1555-1628), French poet, reformer of French language
 * Marc-Antoine de Malherbe (1600-1627), duellist, son of the poet François de Malherbe
 * Jean-Baptiste-Antoine de Malherbe (1712-1771), archbishop of Tours
 * Jean de Malherbe (1911-1983), author in political and economic sciences

de Malherbe family from Maine, France

 * Raymond de Malherbe (1826-1891), French politician, senator
 * Maria-Dolorès de Malherbe (1894-1966), recognised "Righteous Among the Nations"
 * Guy de Malherbe (born 1958), French painter
 * Apolline de Malherbe (born 1980), television journalist

Malherbe family from South Africa

 * Daniël Francois Malherbe (1881-1969), South-African Afrikaans-language novelist, poet, dramatist and scholar
 * Arnaud Malherbe (born 1972), South-African athlete, 400 meters runner
 * Frans Malherbe (born 1991), South-African international rugby union player
 * Stephanie Malherbe (born 1996), South-African international football player

Malherbe families from Belgium

 * Jean-François Malherbe (1950-2015), Belgian philosopher and writer
 * André Malherbe (1956–2022), Belgian Grand Prix motocross racer
 * Anne Malherbe Gosselin (born 1968), Belgian spouse of Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017

Others

 * Alfred Malherbe (1804–1865), French magistrate and naturalist
 * Annet Malherbe (born 1957), Dutch actress
 * Arnaud Malherbe (director) (born 1972), French script writer and director
 * Charles Théodore Malherbe (1853-1911), French violinist, musicologist, music editor and composer
 * Delphine de Malherbe (born 1973), French writer and play director
 * Didier Malherbe (born 1943), French rock and jazz saxophonist
 * Edmond Malherbe (1870-1963), French composer
 * Guy Malherbe (born 1946), French politician, mayor and member of the National Assembly
 * Henri de Malherbe (fl. 1910–1932), French international rugby union player (list of selections) and chairman of SC Mazamet
 * Henry Malherbe (1886–1958), journalist and French writer, winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1917
 * Hermeline Malherbe (born 1969), French politician, senator
 * Jean Fontaine-Malherbe (c. 1740–1780), French writer
 * Jean-François Boursault-Malherbe (1750-1842), French revolutionary and theater director
 * Joseph Anne Robert Malherbe (1758-1841), French politician and magistrate
 * Michel Malherbe (encyclopaedist) (born 1930), French civil engineer and encyclopedist
 * Michel Malherbe (philosopher) (born 1941), French philosopher
 * Óscar Malherbe de León (born 1964), Mexican drug lord
 * Pierre-Olivier Malherbe (ca. 1569 - ca. 1616), French explorer
 * Suzanne Malherbe (1892–1972), French illustrator and photographer