Octave (given name)

Octave is a given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Octave Boudouard (1872–1923), French chemist
 * Octave Chanute (1832–1910), French-born American railway engineer and aviation pioneer
 * Octave Crouzon (1874–1938), French neurologist
 * Octave Dayen (1906–1987), French cyclist
 * Octave Dua (1882–1952), Belgian operatic tenor
 * Octave Duboscq (1868–1943), French zoologist, mycologist and parasitologist
 * Octave Féré (1815–1875), French writer
 * Octave Fortin (1842–1927), Canadian clergyman
 * Octave Garnier (1889–1912), French anarchist and founding member of the infamous Bonnot Gang
 * Octave Gengou (1875–1957), Belgian bacteriologist
 * Octave Gréard (1828–1904), French educator
 * Octave Lapize (1887–1917), French cyclist
 * Octave Lebesgue (1857–1933), French journalist and writer
 * Octave Levenspiel (1926–2017), American professor of chemical engineering
 * Octave Lignier (1855–1916), French botanist
 * Octave Mannoni (1899–1989), French psychoanalyst and author
 * Octave Maus (1856–1919), Belgian art critic, writer, and lawyer
 * Octave Merlier (1897–1996), French linguist of Greek
 * Octave Mirbeau (1848–1917), French journalist
 * Octave Penguilly L'Haridon (1811–1872), French painter
 * Octave Pirmez (1832–1883), Belgian author born in Châtelineau
 * Octave Pradels (1842–1930), French poet, novelist, vaudevilliste and lyricist
 * Octave Tassaert (1800–1874), French painter
 * Octave Terrillon (1844–1895), French physician and surgeon
 * Octave Uzanne (1851–1931), French bibliophile, writer, publisher, and journalist