Saint-Yves (surname)

Saint-Yves (sometimes Saintyve, Saintyves) is a French surname, borne by a family of intellectuals living in Paris between the 17th and 20th centuries, notably. Others ancient spellings: Sanct, Sancte, Sante, Saint, Sant, Sants, Sancti, Sanctius, Santis, Santi.


 * Saint-Yves (the elder) or Pierre de Saint-Yves (1660–1730), painter, member of the Royal Academy (Académie royale de Peinture et de Sculpture)
 * Saint-Yves (1808–1871), pen name of the French playwright Édouard Déaddé
 * Charles Saint-Yves (1667–1731), ophthalmologist and brother of the painter
 * Charles (Léoffroy) de Saint-Yves (1717–1804), art critic and collector
 * Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre (1842–1909), writer and son of Guillaume-Alexandre Saint-Yves
 * Pierre Saintyves, pen name of Émile Nourry (1870-1935), French folklorist