'''Octave''' ({{IPA|fr|ɔktav|French pron}}) is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Octave de Gaulle, French industrial designer * 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
==See also== *Octave (disambiguation)#People
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