Merle (surname)

Merle is the surname of:


 * Carole Merle (born 1964), French former alpine skier
 * Foulques du Merle (died 1314), Marshal of France
 * Frank Merle (mathematician) (born 1962), French mathematician
 * Georges Merle (1851–1886), French painter
 * Guy du Merle (1908–1993), French aeronautical engineer, test pilot and writer
 * Hugues Merle (1823–1881), French painter; father of Georges Merle
 * Matthieu Merle (c. 1548 – after 1587), Huguenot captain in the Wars of Religion
 * Olivier Merle (born 1965), French former rugby union footballer
 * Pierre Hugues Victoire Merle (1766–1830), French general of the Napoleonic Wars
 * Robert Merle (1908–2004), French novelist