# Vallier

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**Vallier** is a [topographic surname](/source/Topographic_surname) of French and Old English origin, referring to someone who lives in a valley. Variants include **Vallière**, **[Vallières](/source/Valli%C3%A8res_(disambiguation))**, **de Vallière**, and **LaVallière**.[1]

Notable people with the surname **Vallier** include:

- [John Vallier](/source/John_Vallier) (1920–1991), English classical pianist and composer
- [Joseph Vallier](/source/Joseph_Vallier) (1869–1935), French lawyer and politician
- [Lenny Vallier](/source/Lenny_Vallier) (born 1999), French footballer

Notable people with the surname **Vallière** include:

- [Jean Vallière](/source/Jean_Valli%C3%A8re) (died 1523), Augustinian friar
- [Florent-Jean de Vallière](/source/Florent-Jean_de_Valli%C3%A8re) (1667–1759), founded the [Vallière system](/source/Valli%C3%A8re_system) of artillery
- [Louis-Florent de Vallière](/source/Louis-Florent_de_Valli%C3%A8re) (1719–1775), Governor General of the French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti)

## See also

- [Vale (disambiguation)](/source/Vale_(disambiguation))

## References

1. *Dictionary of American Family Names*. Oxford University Press. 2003. p. 529. ISBN 9780195081374.

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