{{other uses}} '''Joubert''' is a French surname. It is a regional variant form of Jaubert, originating in the centre west and centre south of France.<ref>Albert Dauzat (Foreword by Marie-Thérèse Morlet), ''Noms et prénoms de France'', éditions Larousse 1980. p. 346b.</ref> This surname is common in South Africa and Namibia, particularly among the descendants of Huguenot settlers.
It may refer to:
==Persons== ===Military=== * Barthelemy Catherine Joubert (1769–1799), French general during the French Revolutionary Wars * Christiaan Johannes Joubert (1834–1911), South African soldier, politician and vice president of the South African Republic * David Joubert, South African general, nephew of Petrus Jacobus "Piet" Joubert * Léopold Louis Joubert (1842–1927), French soldier and lay missionary in the Belgian Congo * Piet Joubert (1831–1900), South African commandant-general (equivalent to major general) and vice president of the South African Republic * Philip Joubert de la Ferté, British air marshal
===Music=== * John Joubert (composer) (1927–2019), British composer * The Joubert Singers, choir, notable for "Stand on the Word" * Phyliss McKoy-Joubert, composer, most notably for "Stand on the Word" * Gwynneth Joubert, South African singer-songwriter, known by her stage name as Gwynneth Ashley-Robin, most notably for Little Jimmy and Little Soldier Blue
===Sports=== * André Joubert (born 1964), South African rugby union player * Antoine Joubert (born 1965), American basketball player and coach * Brian Joubert (born 1984), French figure skater * Craig Joubert (born 1977), South African rugby union referee * Danie Joubert (1909–1997), South African sprinter * Ernst Joubert (born 1980), South African rugby union player * Marius Joubert (born 1979), South African rugby union player
===Others=== * Elsa Joubert (1922–2020), South African writer in Afrikaans * Gideon Joubert (1923–2010), South African author and journalist * Jacqueline Joubert (1921–2005), French television presenter * John Joubert (serial killer) (1963–1996), American serial killer * Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), French moralist and essayist * Laurent Joubert (1529–1582), French physician * Marie Joubert, Canadian neurologist who first identified Joubert syndrome * Pierre Joubert (illustrator) (1910–2002), French illustrator * Pierre Joubert (viticulturalist), (1664–1732)
==Fictional characters== * Joubert, in Sydney Pollack's film ''Three Days of the Condor'' (1975), played by Max von Sydow * Marguerite (Minou) Reydon-Joubert (née Joubert), hero of both Kate Mosse' historical novels in 'The Burning Chambers' series, 'The Burning Chambers' and 'The City of Tears'
== References == {{reflist}}
==See also== * General Joubert (disambiguation)
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