Talk:List of Huguenots/Archive 1

Alphabetized Listing
When sorted by last names, should not the "de", "du", "des", etc be ignored, thus listing 'du Toit' under T, rather than under D. Maybe I'll just fix it myself... --Mr Minchin 17:55, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Family names
Although I can understand the senselessness of listing current decendants of Hugeunots, I would love to see names of those who emigrated from France listed according to the place they emigrated. I believe my family came fron the Palatinate german group but I'm not sure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Newbyky9 (talk • contribs) 08:56, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Funny Stuff
I love how someone put Peter Griffin on here from a throwaway Family Guy joke. I came on this page to check if someone had thought of it. Well done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.87.251.72 (talk) 06:46, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Brunel
I am surprised he is not here. Wasn't he the son of a Huguenot? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.163.18 (talk) 12:37, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Edit list and restrict names added
It seems absolutely ridiculous to create a list with any individual who can claim Huguenot ancestry. What possible benefit is derived from having a list that includes Warren Buffet, Jon Pertwee, Al Gore, Charlize Theron, Eddie Izzard, and Winston Churchill, to name just a few, with Jean Calvin himself? Literally tens of millions of people can find a Huguenot ancestor somewhere in their family tree. (Wikipedia once had a similarly ridiculous "List of French Catholics" that was deleted.)

This list might have some value if the people named on it were restricted to those who were Huguenots themselves, and possibly their first generation progeny. Otherwise, it should be deleted from Wikipedia. Comments please! Charvex (talk) 00:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed. --Fl e x (talk/contribs) 15:36, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I also have to agree. But with the Wikipedia policy that anything published can be treated as fact, it seems it is now their reality. Wikipedia is becoming more and more unreliable, perpetuating and inventing myth. The dream of Wikipedia seems to be slowly being undermined by silly contributions and incompetent supervision by, undoubtedly intelligent people who clearly don't know their subject. 86.16.68.132 (talk) 09:55, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Maybe to change the heading into "List of descendants of huguenots"?--109.252.100.73 (talk) 03:42, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Jean Andre
In the list of entrepreneurs and businesspeople there is "Jean André (1734-1794), banker", but the link goes to "Jean André (1662-1753), French artist".--109.252.211.147 (talk) 03:22, 6 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know; much appreciated. There is no disambig page for different Jean Andrés, so I have just unlinked him for now.1.128.107.9 (talk) 01:01, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Addition of non-notable people
A significant number of people have been added using a source which mentions the person briefly and only once. Example are Huguenot librarians mentioned in World Library and Information Congress: 69th IFLA General Conference and Council. I don't believe that this is sufficient to meet wp:Notability (people). A number of people have no mention of religion on their article page. Robert Duvall's article mentions was raised in the Christian Science religion and has stated that, while it is his belief, he does not attend church. This suggests his Hauguenot ancestry is not notable. A number of citations just give a google link to a book. No page number is listed. This makes wp:verification tedious at best.

The inclusion of ...people with French Huguenot ancestry include: seems over-inclusive. The French Hauguenots date from the 16th century and their numbers were reported in 1578 to consist of around 10% of the French population. Given that, it seems likely that the vast majority of the European population probably has Hauguenot ancestry. This Guardian article suggests that most Europeans probably have nobility ancestor. Adakiko (talk) 09:24, 20 May 2022 (UTC)