# Blanchard

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This article is about the name. For other uses, see [Blanchard (disambiguation)](/source/Blanchard_(disambiguation)).

**Blanchard** is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word *blanchart* which meant "whitish, bordering upon white". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse.[1]

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 42.3% of all known bearers of the surname *Blanchard* were residents of [France](/source/France) (frequency 1:1,117), 36.3% of the [United States](/source/United_States) (1:7,073), 8.7% of [Canada](/source/Canada) (1:3,021), 3.5% of [England](/source/England) (1:11,189), 1.7% of [Haiti](/source/Haiti) (1:4,397), 1.2% of [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam) (1:56,908) and 1.1% of [Australia](/source/Australia) (1:15,892).

In [France](/source/France), the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,117) in the following regions:

- 1. [Saint-Barthélemy](/source/Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy) (1:18)
- 2. [Pays de la Loire](/source/Pays_de_la_Loire) (1:424)
- 3. [Centre-Val de Loire](/source/Centre-Val_de_Loire) (1:574)
- 4. [French Guiana](/source/French_Guiana) (1:677)
- 5. [Brittany](/source/Brittany_(administrative_region)) (1:690)
- 6. [Nouvelle-Aquitaine](/source/Nouvelle-Aquitaine) (1:700)
- 7. [Bourgogne-Franche-Comté](/source/Bourgogne-Franche-Comt%C3%A9) (1:1,098)

In [Canada](/source/Canada), the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,021) in the following provinces:[2]

- 1. [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick) (1:511)
- 2. [Prince Edward Island](/source/Prince_Edward_Island) (1:544)
- 3. [Newfoundland and Labrador](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador) (1:1,106)
- 4. [Quebec](/source/Quebec) (1:1,693)
- 5. [Yukon](/source/Yukon) (1:1,726)

## Surname

Wikipedia articles about people with the surname Blanchard:

- [Al Blanchard](/source/Al_Blanchard) (born 1952), ice hockey right winger
- [Alain Blanchard](/source/Alain_Blanchard) (died 1419), commander of the crossbowmen of Rouen during the Hundred Years' War
- [Alana Blanchard](/source/Alana_Blanchard) (born 1990), American professional surfer
- [Albert Gallatin Blanchard](/source/Albert_Gallatin_Blanchard) (1810–1891), American Civil War general in the Confederate Army
- [Allen Blanchard](/source/Allen_Blanchard) (1929–2008), Australian federal politician
- [Amy Ella Blanchard](/source/Amy_Ella_Blanchard) (1854–1926), American writer of juvenile fiction
- [Angela Blanchard](/source/Angela_Blanchard), American policy advisor and CEO
- [Antoine Blanchard](/source/Antoine_Blanchard) (1910–1988), French painter
- [Arthur Bailly-Blanchard](/source/Arthur_Bailly-Blanchard) (1855–1925), American diplomat
- [Barry Blanchard](/source/Barry_Blanchard) (born 1959), Canadian mountaineer and presenter
- [Blanche Blanchard](/source/Blanche_Blanchard) (1866–1959), American landscape artist from New Orleans
- [Brian Blanchard](/source/Brian_Blanchard) (born 1958), attorney, judge in Wisconsin
- [C. Lemoine Blanchard](/source/C._Lemoine_Blanchard) (1910–1986), served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1959 until 1963
- [Cary Blanchard](/source/Cary_Blanchard) (1968–2016), former American football placekicker in the National Football League
- [Charles A. Blanchard](/source/Charles_A._Blanchard_(academic_administrator)) (1848–1925), the second president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois
- [Charles A. Blanchard (lawyer)](/source/Charles_A._Blanchard_(lawyer)) (born 1959), United States lawyer who served as general counsel of the army
- [Charles V. Blanchard](/source/Charles_V._Blanchard) (1866–1939), American politician who served as a Massachusetts state representative and a Massachusetts state senator
- [Claude Blanchard](/source/Claude_Blanchard) (1932–2006), Québécois pop singer and actor
- [Dick Blanchard](/source/Dick_Blanchard) (born 1949), linebacker in the National Football League
- [Doc Blanchard](/source/Doc_Blanchard) (1924–2009), American college football player and Heisman Trophy winner
- [Edgar Blanchard](/source/Edgar_Blanchard) (1924–1972), American guitarist and bandleader
- [Edmond Blanchard](/source/Edmond_Blanchard) (1954–2014), Canadian jurist and politician
- [Edmund Blanchard](/source/Edmund_Blanchard) (1824–1886), lawyer and prominent businessman in Centre County, Pennsylvania
- [Édouard-Théophile Blanchard](/source/%C3%89douard-Th%C3%A9ophile_Blanchard) (1844–1879), nineteenth-century French painter
- [Edward Litt Laman Blanchard](/source/Edward_Litt_Laman_Blanchard) (1820–1889), English writer best known for his contributions to the Drury Lane pantomime
- [Elizabeth Blanchard (educator)](/source/Elizabeth_Blanchard_(educator)) (1834–1891), American educator who was the seventh president of Mount Holyoke College
- [Elizabeth Blanchard (New Hampshire politician)](/source/Elizabeth_Blanchard_(New_Hampshire_politician)), Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives 2002–2010
- [Elmer Blanchard](/source/Elmer_Blanchard) (1927–1970), lawyer and political figure on Prince Edward Island
- [Émile Blanchard](/source/%C3%89mile_Blanchard) (1819–1900), French zoologist
- [Erin Blanchard](/source/Erin_Blanchard) (born 1989), American gymnast
- [Esprit Antoine Blanchard](/source/Esprit_Antoine_Blanchard) (1696–1770), French baroque composer, a contemporary of Jean-Philippe Rameau
- [Ethan G. Blanchard](/source/Ethan_G._Blanchard) (born 2002), United States Air Force Officer
- [Étienne Blanchard](/source/%C3%89tienne_Blanchard) (1843–1918), Canadian politician
- [Eugénie Blanchard](/source/Eug%C3%A9nie_Blanchard) (1896–2010) the world's oldest person at the time of her death on November 4, 2010
- [Françoise Blanchard](/source/Fran%C3%A7oise_Blanchard) (1954–2013), French actress
- [Francis Blanchard](/source/Francis_Blanchard) AC (1916–2009), the second longest-serving Director–General of the International Labour Organization
- [Frank N. Blanchard](/source/Frank_N._Blanchard) (1888–1937), American herpetologist, and professor of zoology at the University of Michigan
- [Gabriel Blanchard](/source/Gabriel_Blanchard) (1630–1704), known as Blanchard Le Neveu, the only son of Jacques Blanchard, born in Paris in 1630
- [George S. Blanchard](/source/George_S._Blanchard) (1920–2006), United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief
- [George Washington Blanchard](/source/George_Washington_Blanchard) (1884–1964), member of the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935
- [Georges Maurice Jean Blanchard](/source/Georges_Maurice_Jean_Blanchard) (1877–1954), French general in World War II
- [Gerald Blanchard](/source/Gerald_Blanchard) (born 1972), Canadian jewel thief and criminal mastermind
- [Gypsy-Rose Blanchard](/source/Gypsy-Rose_Blanchard) (born 1991), American murderer
- [Harry Blanchard](/source/Harry_Blanchard) (1929–1960), Formula One driver from Buenos Aires, Argentina
- [Hiram Blanchard](/source/Hiram_Blanchard) (1820–1874), Nova Scotia politician
- [Jérôme Blanchard](/source/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Blanchard) (born 1981), French pair skater
- [J. Merrill Blanchard](/source/J._Merrill_Blanchard) (1881–1914), American college football and men's basketball head coach
- [Jack Blanchard](/source/Jack_Blanchard_%26_Misty_Morgan) (born 1942), one-half of singing duo, with Misty Morgan
- [Jacques Blanchard](/source/Jacques_Blanchard) (1600–1638), French baroque painter
- [James Blanchard](/source/James_Blanchard) (born 1942), American politician and former governor of Michigan
- [James Blanchard (Canadian politician)](/source/James_Blanchard_(Canadian_politician)) (1876–1952), farmer and political figure in Ontario
- [James Blanchard (scientist)](/source/James_Blanchard_(scientist)), Associate Professor of Community Health Science at the University of Manitoba
- [James W. Blanchard](/source/James_W._Blanchard) (1903–1987), American submarine commander during the Pacific War
- [Jay Blanchard](/source/Jay_Blanchard) (born 1946), served one term as a state senator in Arizona, representing District 30 for the Democrats
- [Jean-Baptiste Blanchard](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Blanchard_(painter)) (after 1595–1665), French painter
- [Jean-Baptiste Blanchard](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Blanchard) (1731–1797), French Jesuit and educator, one of the contemporary opponents of Rosseau
- [Jean-Pierre Blanchard](/source/Jean-Pierre_Blanchard) (1753–1809), French inventor and pioneer balloonist
- [Jeremiah Blanchard](/source/Jeremiah_Blanchard) (1859–1939), farmer and political figure in Prince Edward Island
- [Jocelyn Blanchard](/source/Jocelyn_Blanchard) (born 1972), French footballer
- [John Blanchard](/source/John_Blanchard), Canadian television director and producer
- [John Blanchard](/source/John_Blanchard), British designer and creative director
- [John Blanchard (politician)](/source/John_Blanchard_(politician)) (1787–1849), Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- [Johnny Blanchard](/source/Johnny_Blanchard) (1933–2009), American baseball player
- [Jonathan Blanchard (abolitionist)](/source/Jonathan_Blanchard_(abolitionist)) (1811–1892), pastor, educator, social reformer, abolitionist and the first president of Wheaton College
- [Jonathan Blanchard (statesman)](/source/Jonathan_Blanchard_(statesman)) (1738–1788), American politician
- [Joseph Blanchard](/source/Joseph_Blanchard) (1704–1758), New Hampshire soldier and politician
- [Jotham Blanchard](/source/Jotham_Blanchard) (1800–1839), lawyer, newspaper editor and political figure in Nova Scotia
- [Jules Blanchard](/source/Jules_Blanchard) (1832–1916), French sculptor
- [Justin Blanchard](/source/Justin_Blanchard), American actor
- [Ken Blanchard](/source/Ken_Blanchard) (born 1939) American management expert known for *[The One Minute Manager](/source/The_One_Minute_Manager)*
- [Leo Blanchard](/source/Leo_Blanchard) (born 1955), former professional Canadian football offensive lineman
- [Leonardo Blanchard](/source/Leonardo_Blanchard) (born 1988), Italian footballer
- [Lory Blanchard](/source/Lory_Blanchard) (1924–2013), New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
- [Louis Raynaud, dit Blanchard](/source/Louis_Raynaud,_dit_Blanchard) (1789–1868), farmer and political figure in Lower Canada
- [Lowell Blanchard](/source/Lowell_Blanchard) (1910–1968), American radio presenter and performer
- [Lynda Blanchard](/source/Lynda_Blanchard) (born 1959), American ambassador to Slovenia
- [María Blanchard](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Blanchard) (1881–1932), Spanish painter
- [Marc Blanchard](/source/Marc_Blanchard) (died 2009), American professor of Comparative Literature and Critical Theory at the University of California, Davis
- [Mari Blanchard](/source/Mari_Blanchard) (1927–1970), American actress
- [Miriam Blanchard](/source/Miriam_Blanchard), Dominican politician
- [Maxime Blanchard](/source/Maxime_Blanchard) (born 1986), French football defender
- [Newton C. Blanchard](/source/Newton_C._Blanchard) (1849–1922), United States Senator and Governor of Louisiana
- [Nicolas Blanchard](/source/Nicolas_Blanchard) (born 1987), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- [Okie Blanchard](/source/Okie_Blanchard) (Claire H. Blanchard) (died 1989), head football coach in 1940 at the University of Wyoming
- [Olivier Blanchard](/source/Olivier_Blanchard) (born 1948), French economist
- [Paul Harwood Blanchard](/source/Paul_Blanchard) (1923–2011), American glider pilot and author
- [Pharamond Blanchard](/source/Pharamond_Blanchard) (1805–1873), French historical subject and landscape painter
- Philippe Blanchard (born 1968), French actor-singer known as [Philippe Katerine](/source/Philippe_Katerine)
- [Porter Blanchard](/source/Porter_Blanchard) (1886–1973), American silversmith
- [Rachel Blanchard](/source/Rachel_Blanchard) (born 1976), Canadian actress
- [Raoul Blanchard](/source/Raoul_Blanchard) (1877–1965), French geographer
- [Raphaël Blanchard](/source/Rapha%C3%ABl_Blanchard) (1857–1919), French zoologist
- [Ray Blanchard](/source/Ray_Blanchard) (born 1945), Canadian sexologist famous for [Blanchard's transsexualism typology](/source/Blanchard's_transsexualism_typology)
- [Red Blanchard](/source/Red_Blanchard) (1914–1980), American comedian and country musician
- [Red Blanchard (radio personality)](/source/Red_Blanchard_(radio_personality)) (1920–2011), American radio show personality in California markets
- [Richard E. Blanchard Sr.](/source/Richard_E._Blanchard_Sr.) (1925–2004), writer of the gospel song *Fill My Cup Lord*
- [Ron Blanchard](/source/Ron_Blanchard), Australian film and television actor
- [Rowan Blanchard](/source/Rowan_Blanchard) (born 2001), American actress
- [Samuel Laman Blanchard](/source/Samuel_Laman_Blanchard) (1804–1845), British author and journalist
- [Smoke Blanchard](/source/Smoke_Blanchard) (1915–1989), American mountaineer, climber, trekking leader, guide, world traveler, writer, Buddhist, and a truck driver
- [Sophie Blanchard](/source/Sophie_Blanchard) (1778–1819), French aeronaut and the first woman professional balloonist
- [Stanislas Blanchard](/source/Stanislas_Blanchard) (1871–1949), Canadian politician and gentleman
- [Steve Blanchard](/source/Steve_Blanchard) (December 4, 1958), stage actor best known for his musical theatre roles
- [Susan Blanchard (actress)](/source/Susan_Blanchard_(actress)) (born 1948), American actress known for her role on *All My Children*
- [Susan Blanchard (socialite)](/source/Susan_Blanchard_(socialite)) (born 1928), known for her marriages to Henry Fonda, Michael Wager, and Richard Widmark
- [Tammy Blanchard](/source/Tammy_Blanchard) (born 1976), American actress
- [Tamsin Blanchard](/source/Tamsin_Blanchard), British fashion journalist and author
- [Terence Blanchard](/source/Terence_Blanchard) (born 1962), American trumpeter, pianist and composer
- [Théotime Blanchard](/source/Th%C3%A9otime_Blanchard) (1844–1911), teacher, farmer, merchant and politician in New Brunswick, Canada
- [Thomas Blanchard (inventor)](/source/Thomas_Blanchard_(inventor)) (1788–1864), American inventor who pioneered [interchangeable parts](/source/Interchangeable_parts)
- [Tim Blanchard](/source/Tim_Blanchard) (born 1987), Australian championship-winning motor racing driver
- [Tom Blanchard](/source/Tom_Blanchard) (born 1948), former American football punter
- [Tully Blanchard](/source/Tully_Blanchard) (born 1954), American professional wrestler
- [Valentine Blanchard](/source/Valentine_Blanchard) (1831–1901), Victorian photographer
- [Vaughn Blanchard](/source/Vaughn_Blanchard) (1889–1969), American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
- [William Blanchard (comedian)](/source/William_Blanchard_(comedian)) (1769–1835), English comedian
- [William H. Blanchard](/source/William_H._Blanchard) (1916–1966), United States Air Force officer
- [William Isaac Blanchard](/source/William_Isaac_Blanchard) (died 1790), stenographer

## Given name

Wikipedia articles about people with the given name Blanchard:

- [Alva Blanchard Adams](/source/Alva_B._Adams) (1875–1941), Democratic politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate
- [Azariel Blanchard Miller](/source/Azariel_Blanchard_Miller) (1878–1941), an American farmer, rancher, and developer
- [Blanchard Montgomery](/source/Blanchard_Montgomery) (born 1961), a retired American football linebacker
- [Blanchard Ryan](/source/Blanchard_Ryan) (born 1967), an American actress
- [Carla Blanchard Dartez](/source/Carla_Blanchard_Dartez) (born 1965), a Democratic former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 51
- [Carolyn Blanchard Allen](/source/Carolyn_Blanchard_Allen) (1921–2018), American politician
- [Clark Blanchard Millikan](/source/Clark_Blanchard_Millikan) (1903–1966), a distinguished professor of aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
- [Fleming Blanchard McCurdy](/source/Fleming_Blanchard_McCurdy), PC (1875–1952), a Canadian politician
- [Forrester Blanchard Washington](/source/Forrester_Blanchard_Washington) (1887–1963), the first of four children born to John Washington and Lucy Wily Washington in 1887
- [Graves Blanchard Erskine](/source/Graves_B._Erskine) (1897–1973), United States Marine Corps officer in World War II
- [Kempster Blanchard Miller](/source/Kempster_Blanchard_Miller) (1870–1933), an American engineer, author, and businessman
- [Lafayette Blanchard Gleason](/source/Lafayette_Blanchard_Gleason) (1863–1937), the Secretary of the Republican State Committee from 1906 to 1937
- [Louise Blanchard Bethune](/source/Louise_Blanchard_Bethune) (1856–1913), the first American woman known to have worked as a professional architect
- [Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr.](/source/Maurice_Blanchard_Cohill_Jr.) (1929–2022), United States federal judge
- [Serge Blanchard Oba](/source/Serge_Blanchard_Oba), a Congolese politician
- [Thomas Blanchard Stowell](/source/Thomas_Blanchard_Stowell) (1846–1927), a distinguished American educator
- [Victor Blanchard Scheffer](/source/Victor_Blanchard_Scheffer) (1906–2011), a prominent American mammalogist and the author of eleven books relating to naturalism
- [William Blanchard Jerrold](/source/William_Blanchard_Jerrold) (1826–1884), an English journalist and author

## See also

- [Blanshard (disambiguation)](/source/Blanshard_(disambiguation))
- [Governor Blanchard (disambiguation)](/source/Governor_Blanchard_(disambiguation))
- [Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard](/source/Murder_of_Dee_Dee_Blanchard)

## References

1. ["blanchard"](http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/19848?redirectedFrom=Blanchard). *Oxford English Dictionary Online*. Oxford University Press. June 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.

1. [Blanchard surname distribution](http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/blanchard#surnames)

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