Claude (given name)

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| name = Claude

| image = Claude Monet 1899 Nadar crop.jpg

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| caption = Claude Monet, a founder of French Impressionist painting

| pronunciation=/klod/

| gender = usually male

| meaning = Latin: "strong willed"

| region = France

| origin = French, via Latin

| related names = Claudius, Claudia, Claudie, Marie-Claude, Claudio, Claudette

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Claude is a French given name originating from the Latin name Claudius meaning "strong willed". In French, it is used for both men and women. In English, it is mostly used for men; it is an uncommon given name for women or a family name.

Men

Claude, Duke of Aumale (1526–1573)
Claude, Duke of Guise (1496–1550)
Claude de la Colombière (1641–1682), Christian saint
Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne (1618–1679), Spanish general and prince
Claude Matthieu, Count Gardane (1766–1818), French general and diplomat
Claude of Besançon (c. 607–696 or 699), Christian saint, priest, monk, abbot and bishop
"Claude", traditional name in English for Claude Lorrain ({{circa|1600}}{{snd}}1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher
Claude (singer) (born 2003), Congolese-born Dutch singer
Claude Abadie (1920–2020), French clarinetist
Claude Abbes (1927–2008), French association football player
Claude Abravanel (1924–2012), Swiss pianist and composer
Claude Abromont, French musicologist, essayist and writer
Claude Adam (born 1958), Luxembourgish politician
Claude Adelen (born 1944), French poet and literary critic
Claude Ake (1939–1996), Nigerian political scientist
Claude Akins (1926–1994), American actor
Claude Allègre (born 1937), French politician and geochemist
Claude Henry Allen, American lawyer and politician
Claude Allen (born 1960), American attorney
Claude Alphandéry (1922–2024), French resistance member, banker and economist
Claude Alvares, Indian environmentalist
Claude Alward Ridley (1896–1942), British aviator and military officer
Claude Améganvi, Togolese politician and Trotskyist
Claude Anelka (born 1968), French football manager
Claude Antoine, comte Prieur-Duvernois (1763–1832), French engineer and politician
Claude Antoine de Valdec de Lessart (1741–1792), French politician
Claude Arabo (1937–2013), French fencer
Claude Arnaiz (1931–2009), French boxer
Claude Arnaud (born 1955), French writer, essayist and biographer
Claude Arnold (1924–2016), American gridiron football player
Claude Arnulphy (1697–1786), French painter
Claude Arpels, American film producer
Claude Arpi, French writer, historian and Tibetologist
Claude Arribas (born 1951), French footballer
Claude Aru (born 1997), Ni-Vanuatuan footballer
Claude Ashton (1901–1942), English footballer and cricketer
Claude Askolovitch (born 1962), French journalist and author
Claude Aubery, French physician and philosopher
Claude Aubry (1914–1984), Canadian library administrator and writer
Claude Auchinleck (1884–1981), British Field Marshal
Claude Auclair (1943–1990), French cartoonist
Claude Audran III (1658–1734), French painter
Claude Auger (1951–2006), Canadian surgeon general
Claude Autant-Lara (1901–2000), French film director
Claude Aveline (1901–1992), French writer
Claude Azéma (1943–2021), French priest
Claude Babé, Gabonese footballer
Claude Bachand (born 1951), Canadian politician
Claude Bachand (MNA) (born 1956), Canadian politician
Claude Bakadal (born 1976), French footballer
Claude Baker (born 1948), American composer
Claude I. Bakewell (1912–1987), American politician
Claude Balbastre (1724–1799), French composer
Claude Ballif (1924–2004), French composer
Claude Ballot-Léna (1936–1999), French racing driver
Claude Balon (1671–1744), French dancer and choreographer
Claude Barker (1897–1961), Australian politician
Claude Barma (1918–1992), French director
Claude Barmier (born 1933), French cyclist
Claude Barnard (1890–1957), Australian politician
Claude Barnes, American civil-rights campaigner and professor
Claude Albert Barnett (1889–1967), American journalist
Claude Barrabé (born 1966), French footballer
Claude Barras (born 1973), Swiss director
Claude Barrat (1658–1711), Canadian notary and court clerk
Claude Barrès (1925–1959), French officer
Claude Barrett (1907–1976), English footballer
Claude Barthélemy (1945–2020), Haitian footballer
Claude Barthélemy (musician) (born 1956), French jazz guitarist
Claude Bartlett (1897–1972), British trade union leader
Claude Bartolone (born 1951), Tunisian-born French politician
Claude Barzotti (1953–2023), Belgian singer
Claude Basire (1764–1794), French revolutionary politician
Claude Batchelor (born 1929), American soldier convicted of collaboration
Claude Bateman-Champain (1875–1956), English cricketer
Claude Baudoux (1898–1984), Belgian field hockey player
Claude Bautista, Filipino politician
Claude Baux (born 1945), French retired slalom canoeist
Claude Bazin de Bezons (1617–1684), French lawyer and politician
Claude Beales (1887–1963), Australian rules footballer
Claude Beauchamp (1939–2020), Canadian journalist
Claude Beausoleil (1948–2020), Canadian poet and writer
Claude Bébéar (born 1935), French businessman
Claude Béchard (1969–2010), Canadian politician
Claude Beck (1894–1971), American cardiac surgeon and professor of cardiovascular surgery
Claude Belot (born 1936), French politician
Claude Bénard (born 1926), French high jumper
Claude Bennett (1936–2020), Canadian politician
Claude Berge (1926–2002), French mathematician
Claude Bergeaud (born 1960), French basketball coach
Claude Berger (1679–1712), French doctor and chemist
Claude Lucien Bergery (1787–1863), French economist
Claude Bernard (1813–1878), French physiologist
Claude Berrou (born 1951), French professor in electrical engineering
Claude Berry (1880–1974), American baseball player
Claude Bertin (1653–1705), French artist
Claude Berton (1903–1993), American racing driver
Claude Bertrand (disambiguation), several people
Claude Bice (1879–1953), American football coach
Claude Billard (1550–1618), French writer, poet and playwright
Claude Binyon (1905–1978), American film director
Claude Birkett Ferenbaugh (1899–1975), United States Army General
Claude Birraux (born 1946), French politician
Claude Bissell (1916–2000), Canadian historian
Claude Biwer (born 1936), French politician
Claude Bizibuye Nyamugabo, Congolese politician
Claude Black, several people
Claude Blagden (1874–1952), Anglican bishop
Claude le Blanc (1669–1728), French Royal official
Claude Blanchard (1932–2006), Canadian actor and singer
Claude Blanchard (ice hockey) (1945–2019), French ice hockey player
Claude C. Bloch (1878–1967), United States Navy admiral
Claude Bloch (1923–1971), French theoretical nuclear physicist
Claude Bloodgood (1937–2001), American chess player
Claude Bodin (born 1952), French politician
Claude Boileau (born 1933), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Victor de Boissieu (1784–1868), French painter
Claude Boissol (1920–2016), French film director and screenwriter
Claude Boivin (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Bolling (1930–2020), French jazz pianist and composer
Claude M. Bolton Jr. (1945–2015), United States Air Force general
Claude Bonin-Pissarro (1921–2021), French painter and graphic designer
Claude Bosi, Michelin-starred chef
Claude Bouchard (born 1939), Canadian researcher
Claude Boucher (disambiguation), several people
Claude Bouchiat (1932–2021), French physicist
Claude Bouhier de Lantenay (1681–1755), French clergyman
Claude Bourdet (1909–1996), French politician and writer
Claude Bourgelat (1712–1779), French veterinary surgeon
Claude Bourquard (born 1937), French fencer
Claude Bourque (1915–1982), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Bourrigault (1932–2021), French footballer
Claude Bouton, Lord of Corbaron
Claude Bouxin (1907–1997), French art director
Claude G. Bowers (1878–1958), American journalist and politician
Claude Bowes-Lyon, several people
Claude Bracey (1909–1940), American sprinter
Claude Brami (born 1948), French writer
Claude Brasseur (1936–2020), French actor
Claude A. Bray Jr. (1931–2020), American politician
Claude Bréart de Boisanger (1899–1999), French diplomat
Claude Breeze (born 1938), Canadian painter
Claude Bremond (1929–2021), French semiologist
Claude Brinegar (1926–2009), American government official
Claude Brixhe (1933–2021), French linguist
Claude Brossette (1671–1743), French lawyer and writer
Claude Brown (1937–2002), American writer
Claude Brumachon (born 1959), French choreographer
Claude Buchon (born 1949), French cyclist
Claude Buckenham (1876–1937), English cricketer and footballer
Claude Buckle (1905–1973), mid-20th-century English painter
Claude Buckle (Royal Navy officer, born 1803) (1803–1894), English naval officer
Claude Buckle (Royal Navy officer, born 1839) (1839–1930), Royal navy officer
Claude Buffet (1933–1972), French criminal
Claude Buffier (1661–1737), French philosopher, historian and teacher
Claude Burdin (1788–1873), French engineer
Claude Buridant (born 1938), French linguist
Claude A. Buss (1903–1998), American historian
Claude Cadart (1927–2019), French Sinologist
Claude E. Cady (1878–1953), American politician
Claude Cahen (1909–1991), French Marxist orientalist and historian
Claude Cahun (1894–1954), French artist
Claude Callegari (1962–2021), English football supporter
Claude Ewen Cameron (1894–1982), Australian Army officer
Claude Campos, Brazilian footballer
Claude Canaway (1911–1989), Australian rules footballer
Claude R. Canizares, American physicist
Claude Cardin (born 1941), Canadian former ice hockey left winger
Claude Carignan (born 1964), Canadian politician
Claude Cariguel, French writer
Claude Carliez (1925–2015), French stunt performer
Claude Carlin (born 1961), French cyclist
Claude Carmona (born 1964), French gymnast
Claude E. Carpenter (1904–1976), American set decorator
Claude Carter (1881–1952), South African cricketer
Claude Castonguay (1929–2020), Canadian politician
Claude Céberet du Boullay (1647–1702), French diplomat
Claude Cerval (1921–1972), French actor
Claude Chabauty (1910–1990), French mathematician
Claude Chabrol (1930–2010), French film director
Claude Chagnon (born 1948), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Chalhoub (born 1974), Lebanese musical artist
Claude Humbert Piarron de Chamousset (1717–1773), French physician
Claude Champagne (1891–1965), French Canadian composer, teacher, pianist and violinist
Claude Champion de Crespigny (1873–1910), British soldier and polo player
Claude Champy, French ceramicist
Claude Chappe (1763–1805), French inventor
Claude Chappuys (1500–1575), French poet
Claude Charles (1661–1747), French painter
Claude Charron (born 1946), Canadian politician
Claude Chartre (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Chauchetière (1645–1709), French Jesuit missionary and painter
Claude Eugène Chauchouart de Lavicomté, French navy officer of the war of American independence
Claude Chazottes (born 1949), French footballer
Claude Chevalley (1909–1984), French mathematician
Claude Chevalley (basketball), Swiss basketball player
Claude Cheysson (1920–2012), French politician
Claude Cholat, French painter
Claude Choules (1901–2011), British WWI veteran and last combat veteran from any nation
Claude Clark (1915–2001), African American painter
Claude Clegg, American historian
Claude Clegg (athlete) (1913–1991), New Zealand javelin thrower
Claude Clerselier (1614–1684), French lawyer, editor and translator
Claude Closky (born 1963), French artist
Claude Clough (1884–1922), Australian rules footballer
Claude Cloutier (born 1957), Canadian film animator
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (born 1933), French physicist
Claude Coleman Jr. (born 1974), American drummer
Claude Colette (1929–1990), French cyclist
Claude Colleer Abbott (1889–1971), English poet
Claude Colombo (born 1960), French professional football referee
Claude Combes (1935–2021), French biologist and parasitologist
Claude Constantino (1938–2019), Senegalese basketball player
Claude Corbett (1885–1944), Australian sports journalist
Claude Corbineau (1772–1807), French general
Claude Corbitt (1915–1978), American baseball player
Claude Corbo (born 1945), political scientist
Claude Corea (1894–1962), Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations from 1958 to 1961
Claude Cormier (1960–2023), Canadian landscape architect and urban designer
Claude Cornish (1888–1975), Australian rules footballer
Claude Couinaud (1922–2008), French surgeon and anatomist
Claude Courchay (1933–2024), French novelist
Claude Courtépée (1721–1781), French priest, teacher and historian
Claude Cousineau (born 1950), Canadian politician and teacher
Claude Covassi (1970–2013), Swiss criminal and spy
Claude Crabb (1940–2021), American football player
Claude Craigie (1886–?), Scottish footballer
Claude J. Crenshaw, American World War II flying ace
Claude Crépeau, Canadian computer scientist
Claude Crétier (born 1977), French alpine skier
Claude Criquielion (1957–2015), Belgian cyclist
Claude Crocker (1924–2002), American baseball player
Claude Croté (1938–2013), Belgian footballer
Claude Crowl (1892–1915), Australian rules footballer with St Kilda
Claude Cummings (1917–1965), Australian rules footballer
Claude Cummings Jr., American labor union leader
Claude Curtin (1920–1994), Australian rules footballer
Claude Cuy y Mola (born 1957), French sports shooter
Claude Cymerman (born 1947), French classical pianist
Claude Cyr (1939–1971), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Dablon (1618–1697), Jesuit missionary in Canada
Claude Dalenberg (1927–2008), zen priest
Claude Dallaire (born 1960), Canadian weightlifter
Claude Dallas (born 1950), self-styled "Mountain Man" and convicted murderer of two U.S. game wardens
Claude Dallemagne (1754–1813), French general
Claude Damas Ozimo (born 1939), Gabonese politician
Claude Dambreville, Haitian writer and painter
Claude Dambury (born 1971), French Guianan footballer
Claude Dampier (1878–1955), British actor
Claude d'Anna (born 1945), French film director
Claude Darbos (1936–2016), French rugby union player
Claude Dasse (born 1964), French bobsledder
Claude Dauphin (disambiguation), several people
Claude Dausque (1566–1644), French Jesuit
Claude Davenport (1898–1976), American baseball player
Claude Davey (1908–2001), Wales international rugby union player
Claude Davidson (1896–1956), American baseball player
Claude Davis (born 1979), Jamaican footballer
Claude Davis (American football) (born 1989), American football player
Claude Debru (born 1944), French philosopher
Claude DeBruhl, American politician
Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French composer
Claude Dagens (born 1940), French prelate
Claude Dehombreux (1939–2010), Belgian rower
Claude Dejoux (1732–1816), French sculptor
Claude Delacroix, Belgian musician and radio presenter
Claude Alphonse Delangle (1797–1869), French magistrate, politician and lawyer
Claude Delangle (born 1957), French classical saxophonist
Claude Delbeke, Belgian civil engineer and philatelist
Claude Delisle (1644–1720), French cartographer
Claude Dellacherie, French mathematician
Claude Delvincourt (1888–1954), French composer
Claude Demassieux (born 1946), French politician
Claude Demetrius (1916–1988), African-American songwriter
Claude Dempsey, New Zealand rugby league footballer
Claude Denman (1896–1958), Australian rules footballer
Claude Deppa (born 1958), South African jazz trumpeter
Claude Desailly (1922–2009), French screenwriter
Claude Desbons (1938–2001), French politician
Claude Deschiens, French slave trader and privateer
Claude André Deseine (1740–1823), French sculptor
Claude Desouches (1911–2001), French sailor
Claude Desusclade (1919–2015), French swimmer
Claude P. Dettloff (1899–1978), American photographer
Claude Dielna (born 1987), French professional footballer
Claude Dilain (1948–2015), French politician
Claude Disney-Roebuck (1876–1947), English cricketer, British Army officer and actor
Claude Dolbert (1902–1967), French film producer
Claude Ernest Dolman (1906–1994), Canadian academic and microbiologist
Claude Domeizel (born 1940), French politician
Claude Joseph Dorat (1734–1780), French writer
Claude Dornier (1884–1969), German aircraft designer
Claude Doumet-Serhal, Lebanese archaeologist
Claude Dourthe (born 1948), French rugby union player
Claude Drouin (born 1956), Canadian politician
Claude Du Bosc (1682–1746), French-born English engraver
Claude Dubaële (born 1940), French footballer and coach
Claude Dubar (1945–2015), French sociologist
Claude Dubois (born 1947), Canadian musical artist
Claude Dubois (politician) (born 1931), Canadian politician
Claude Marie Dubuis (1817–1895), French-born prelate
Claude Dufau (1946–2021), French rugby player and manager
Claude Duflos (1665–1727), French engraver
Claude Dufourmentel (1915–2012), French plastic surgeon
Claude Dugardin (born 1938), French field hockey player
Claude Dunbar (1909–1971), British Army general
Claude Duplain (born 1954), Canadian politician
Claude Dupuy, several people
Claude Durand (1938–2015), French publisher, translator and writer
Claude Duval, (1643–1670), French-born gentleman highwayman in post-Restoration Britain
Claude Eatherly (1918–1978), United States Army Air Forces officer
Claude Ecken, French science fiction writer
Claude Wilbur Edgerton (1880–1965), American mycologist
Claude Edorh (born 1972), German hurdler
Claude Elliott (disambiguation), several people
Claude Ely (1922–1978), American musical artist
Claude Engle (1938–2023), American electrical engineer
Claude English (born 1946), American basketball player and coach
Claude Érignac (1937–1998), French politician
Claude Esteban (1935–2006), French poet
Claude Estier (1925–2016), French politician and journalist
Claude Evans (1933–1982), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Évin (born 1949), French politician and lawyer
Claude Evrard (1933–2020), French actor
Claude Ewing Rusk (1871–1931), American mountaineer and lawyer
Claude Ezoua (born 1956), French-born Ivorian rugby union footballer and coach
Claude Fabre (born 1951), French physicist
Claude Fagedet (1928–2017), French photographer
Claude Falkiner, player of English billiards
Claude Faraggi (1942–1991), French novelist
Claude Faraldo (1936–2008), French actor, director and screenwriter
Claude Farrer (1864–1890), English tennis player
Claude Farrère (1876–1957), French navy officer and writer
Claude Fauchet (disambiguation), several people
Claude Charles Fauriel (1772–1844), French historian, philologist and critic
Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585–1650), Savoyard grammarian and man of letters
Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866–1946), American architect
Claude Feemster Clayton (1909–1969), American judge
Claude Feidt (1936–2020), French bishop
Claude Feige (born 1958), French curler
Claude Fell (1892–1972), Australian rules footballer
Claude Felstead (1889–1964), Australian amateur golfer
Claude Fenner (1916–1978), First Inspector-General of Police of Malaysia
Claude Eric Fergusson McKay (1878–1972), Australian journalist and publicist of Scottish descent
Claude Ferragne (born 1952), Canadian high jumper
Claude Ferrier (1879–1935), Scottish architect
Claude Fichaux (born 1969), French footballer
Claude Fiocca (1931–2001), American politician
Claude S. Fischer (born 1948), American sociologist
Claude Fischler, French social scientist
Claude Flagel (1932–2020), French musician
Claude Flahault (1923–2015), French sailor
Claude Fleck (1889–1962), Australian politician
Claude Flemming (1884–1952), Australian actor, writer, producer and director
Claude Fleury (1640–1723), French priest, jurist and ecclesiastical historian
Claude Flight (1881–1955), British artist
Claude Floquet (1884–1963), South African cricketer
Claude Fonnereau (1677–1740), French Huguenot refugee
Claude Forget (born 1936), Canadian economist and politician
Claude Fournier (disambiguation), several people
Claude Foussier (1925–2010), French sports shooter
Claude François (1939–1978), French musician
Claude François de Malet (1754–1812), French aristocrat and soldier
Claude Fredericks (1923–2013), American poet and playwright
Claude Fuess (1885–1963), American educator, administrator and biographer
Claude Fuller, several people
Claude Gagnon (born 1949), Canadian film director
Claude Gaillard (born 1944), French politician
Claude Ferdinand Gaillard (1834–1887), French engraver and painter
Claude Gallimard (1914–1991), French publisher
Claude Galopin, French automotive engineer
Claude Garache (1929–2023), French artist
Claude Garamond (1499–1561), French publisher and type designer
Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac (1581–1638), French mathematician
Claude Gatignol (born 1938), French politician
Claude Gauthier (disambiguation), several people
Claude Gay (1800–1873), French botanist, naturalist and illustrator
Claude Ursule Gency (1766–1845), French general
Claude Genest, Canadian journalist and actor
Claude Geoffroy (disambiguation)
Claude Germany, French musician
Claude Gibb (1898–1959), South Australian engineer
Claude "Hoot" Gibson (born 1939), American football player and coach
Claude Gilbert (1932–2024), American football coach
Claude Casimir Gillet (1806–1896), French botanist
Claude Gillingwater (1870–1939), American actor
Claude Gillot (1673–1722), French painter
Claude Gingras (1931–2018), Canadian journalist and music critic
Claude Giraud (1936–2020), French actor
Claude Giroux (born 1988), French-Canadian professional ice hockey player and captain of the Philadelphia Flyers
Claude Giroux (wrestler) (born 1956), Canadian professional wrestler
Claude de Givray (born 1933), French film director
Claude Gnapka (born 1983), French footballer
Claude Goasguen (1945–2020), French politician
Claude Godard d'Aucour (1716–1795), French writer
Claude Godard d'Aucourt de Saint-Just (1768–1826), French librettist
Claude Godart (born 1980), Luxembourgish hurdler
Claude Goldie (1876–1956), English rower
Claude Gonçalves (born 1994), Portuguese footballer
Claude Gordon (1916–1996), American musical artist
Claude Gordy, American politician
Claude Goretta (1929–2019), Swiss TV producer and film director
Claude Goudimel, French composer, music editor and publisher
Claude Gouffier (1501–1570), French nobleman and book collector
Claude Charles Goureau (1790–1879), French soldier and entomologist
Claude Gouzzie (1873–1907), American baseball player
Claude Grahame-White (1879–1959), English aviator
Claude Grange (1883–1971), French sculptor
Claude Gravelle (born 1949), Canadian politician
Claude Gravereaux (1913–1943), French field hockey player
Claude Gray (1932–2023), American country music singer-songwriter
Claude Greder (1934–2005), French water polo player
Claude Green (1906–1986), South African cricketer
Claude Gregory (born 1958), American basketball player
Claude Grégory (1921–2010), French literary critic and editor
Claude Grier (1904–1967), American baseball player
Claude Gros de Boze (1680–1753), French numismatist
Claude Gruffat (born 1957), French politician and entrepreneur
Claude Guay, Canadian politician
Claude Guéant (born 1945), French civil servant
Claude Guichard (1928–2021), French politician
Claude Guigue (1832–1889), French archivist
Claude Guiguet (born 1947), French modern pentathlete
Claude Guilhot (1928–1990), French jazz vibraphonist and drummer
Claude Guillaumin (1842–1927), French painter and caricaturist
Claude Guillermet de Bérigard (1578–1663), French philosopher
Claude Guillon (1952–2023), French writer and philosopher
Claude Guimond (born 1963), Canadian politician
Claude Guimond de La Touche (1723–1760), French playwright and poet
Claude Guyot (born 1947), French cyclist
Claude Hagège (born 1936), French linguist
Claude Haldi (1942–2017), Swiss racing driver
Claude Hall (1932–2017), American journalist and writer
Claude Hardy (1604–1678), French linguist, mathematician and lawyer
Claude Harmon (1916–1989), American professional golfer
Claude Harriott (born 1981), American gridiron football player
Claude Harris Jr. (1940–1994), American politician
Claude L. Harrison (1886–1986), Canadian politician
Claude Harvey (born 1948), American football player
Claude Hauet (1925–1995), French field hockey player
Claude Haut (born 1944), French politician
Claude Hay, Australian musician
Claude Hay (Conservative politician) (1862–1920), British politician
Claude Hayes (1912–1996), British civil servant
Claude Hayslett, American baseball player
Claude Heater (1927–2020), American opera singer
Claude Hêche (born 1952), Swiss politician
Claude Heim (1912–2002), French long jumper
Claude Helffer (1922–2004), French pianist
Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715–1771), French philosopher
Claude Henderson (born 1972), South African cricketer
Claude Hendrix (1889–1944), American baseball player
Claude Herbulot (1908–2006), French entomologist
C. Nash Herndon (1916–1998), American geneticist
Claude Heymann (1907–1994), French screenwriter and film director
Claude W. Hibbard (1905–1973), American paleontologist
Claude Hickson (1878–1948), New Zealand cricketer
Claude Hillaire-Marcel (born 1944), Canadian geologist
Claude M. Hilton (born 1940), American judge
Claude Hipps (1927–2017), American football player
Claude Holgate (1872–1937), American wrestler
Claude Holman (1904–1973), American lawyer and politician
Claude C. Hopkins (1866–1932), American advertiser and author
Claude Horan (1917–2014), American artist
Claude Houben (1926–2009), Belgian bobsledder
Claude Houde (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Houghton (1889–1961), British novelist
Claude Hubert (1914–1977), French racewalker
Claude Hudelot (1942–2021), French Sinologist
Claude Hudson (1881–1952), American chemist
Claude B. Hudspeth (1877–1941), American cowboy, rancher, lawyer and statesman
Claude Hugot (1929–1978), French chess player
Claude Hulbert (1900–1964), British comic actor
Claude Humphrey (1944–2021), American football player and coach
Claude Hunt, several people
Claude B. Hutchison (1885–1980), American politician
Claude Iff (born 1946), Swiss footballer
Claude Imbert (born 1933), French philosopher and logician
Claude Issorat (born 1966), French Paralympic athlete
Claude Itoungue Bongogne (born 2001), Cameroonian sprinter
Claude Itzykson (1938–1995), French theoretical physicist
Claude Jaeger (1917–2004), French film producer and film actor
Claude James (1878–1961), Australian politician
Claude Jameson (1886–1943), American soccer player
Claude Jamet (1929–2021), French footballer
Claude Janiak (born 1948), Swiss politician
Claude Jarman Jr. (1934–2025), American actor
Claude Jasmin (1930–2021), Canadian journalist
Claude J. Jasper, American politician
Claude Jaupart (born 1953), French geophysicist
Claude Javeau (1940–2021), Belgian sociologist and professor
Claude Jean-Prost (1936–2018), French ski jumper
Claude Jeancolas (1949–2016), French writer, art historian and journalist
Claude Jeannerot (born 1945), French politician
Claude Jeantet (1902–1982), French journalist and politician
Claude Jennings (1884–1950), Australian cricketer
Claude Jephcott (1890–1950), English professional footballer
Claude Jeter (1914–2009), American singer
Claude Jodoin (1913–1975), Canadian trade unionist and politician
Claude Hermann Walter Johns (1857–1920), British assyriologist
Claude Joseph Johnson (1913–1990), American gospel singer and preacher
Claude M. Johnson (1852–1919), American politician
Claude Johnson (1864–1926), British businessman and managing director of Rolls-Royce Ltd.
Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707–1777), French novelist
Claude Jones (1901–1962), American jazz musician
Claude Jonnard (1897–1959), American baseball player
Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan (1814–1897), French botanist and taxonomist
Claude Joseph, Haitian politician and foreign minister
Claude Julien, several people
Claude Jutra (1930–1986), Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter
Claude Kahn (1935–2023), French pianist
Claude Kalisa (born 1977), Rwandan footballer
Claude Kelly, American singer and songwriter
Claude Kévers-Pascalis, Belgian writer, historian and engineer
Claude Kietzman (1918–1989), South African rower
Claude Kinder, several people
Claude King (1923–2013), American country music singer-songwriter
Claude King (actor) (1875–1941), English-American actor
Claude Kirby (1868–1935), English football executive
Claude Kirchner (1916–1993), American entertainer and announcer
Claude R. Kirk Jr. (1926–2011), 36th governor of Florida
Claude Kitchin (1869–1923), American politician
Claude Kohler (1931–2019), American sailor
Claude Kory Kondiano (1942–2022), Guinean politician
Claude Koutob (born 1995), Togolese footballer
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682), French Jesuit priest and saint
Claude La Haye, Canadian production sound mixer
Claude LaBrosse (born 1934), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Lacaze (born 1940), French international rugby union and rugby league footballer
Claude Lachance (born 1945), Canadian politician
Claude Lacroix (1944–2021), French screenwriter and comic book author
Claude LaForge (1936–2015), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Lafortune (1936–2020), Canadian paper artist
Claude Lagarde (1895–1983), French sports shooter
Claude Lajoie (1928–2015), Canadian politician
Claude R. Lakey (1910–1990), American jazz musician
Claude Lambert (born 1969), Canadian boxer
Claude Lambie (1868–1921), Scottish footballer
Claude Lamirault (1918–1945), French military officer
Claude Lamour (born 1969), French cyclist
Claude Lamoureux (1650–1699), French sculptor
Claude Lamy, Canadian swimmer
Claude Lancaster (1899–1977), British soldier, politician and businessman
Claude Landini (1926–2021), Swiss basketball player
Claude Landry (born 1955), Canadian politician
Claude Langlois, French scientific instrument maker
Claude Lanthier (1933–2015), Canadian politician
Claude Lanzmann (1925–2018), French journalist and film director
Claude Lapointe (born 1968), Canadian former ice hockey player
Claude A. Larkin (1891–1969), American Marine general
Claude Larochelle (1931–2002), Canadian hockey journalist
Claude Larose, several people
Claude Lastennet (born 1971), French serial killer
Claude Laurgeau (born 1942), French engineer
Claude Laverdure (author) (1947–2020), Belgian comics artist
Claude Lavoie Richer (1929–2014), Canadian cross-country skier
Claude Laydu (1927–2011), Swiss actor
Claude Le Baube (1919–2007), French painter
Claude Le Ber (1931–2016), French cyclist
Claude Le Coz (1740–1815), French catholic bishop
Claude Le Jeune (1530–1600), Franco-Flemish composer
Claude Le Pen (1948–2020), French economist
Claude Le Péron (1948–2020), French musician
Claude Le Roy (born 1948), French association football player and manager
Claude Lebey (1923–2017), French food critic and publisher
Claude LeBrun (born 1956), American mathematician
Claude Lechatellier (born 1946), French cyclist
Claude Lecomte (1817–1871), French general
Claude Lecourbe (1759–1815), French general
Claude Lecouteux (born 1943), French philologist
Claude L'Écuyer (born 1947), Canadian politician
Claude Ledoux (composer) (born 1960), Belgian composer
Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736–1806), French neoclassical architect
Claude Lefebvre, several people
Claude Joachim Lefèvre, French racehorse owner
Claude Lefort (1924–2010), French philosopher
Claude Legault (born 1963), Canadian actor and TV writer
Claude Juste Alexandre Legrand (1762–1815), French general
Claude Legrand (skier) (born 1941), French cross-country skier
Claude Legris (born 1956), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Lelouch (born 1937), French filmmaker and writer
Claude Lemaréchal, French applied mathematician
Claude Lemieux (born 1965), retired ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
Claude Lemoine (born 1932), French chess player
Claude Lenners (born 1956), Luxembourgish composer
Claude Lepelley (1934–2015), French historian
Claude Leroy (field hockey) (1935–2004), French field hockey player
Claude Leteurtre (born 1940), French politician
Claude Léveillée, French musical artist
Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French anthropologist
Claude Lewis (1908–1993), English cricketer
Claude Liauzu (1940–2007), French historian
Claude Lightfoot (1910–1991), American politician
C. H. Lindsley (1894–1969), American architect
Claude List, rugby league player
Claude Littner (born 1949), British businessman
Claude Lobo (1943–2011), automotive designer
Claude Loiselle (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Lorius (1932–2023), French glaciologist
Claude Lorrain (died 1682), French painter, droughts-man and etcher
Claude Louis Berthollet (1748–1822), French chemist
Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain (1707–1778), French general
Claude Lowitz (born 1962), French football player and manager
Claude Lowther (1870–1929), British politician
Claude Loyola Allgen (1920–1990), Swedish composer
Claude Lucas (born 1943), French writer
Claude Luse (1879–1932), American lawyer and United States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin
Claude Luter (1923–2006), musical artist
Claude Lutz (1942–2022), French retired slalom canoeist
Claude Maxwell MacDonald (1852–1915), British army officer and diplomat
Claude Mackay (1894–1915), Indian-born English cricketer
Claude Maddox (1897–1958), Chicago mobster
Claude Magnay (1819–1870), English clergyman and cricketer
Claude Magni (born 1950), French cyclist
Claude Maka Kum (born 1985), footballer
Claude Makélélé (born 1973), French football manager and former player
Claude Mallet, British diplomat
Claude de Malleville (1597–1647), French poet
Claude Mandil (born 1942), French businessman
Claude Mandy (1908–1978), South African cricketer
Claude Mantoulan (1936–1983), former French dual-code international rugby footballer
Claude Marcel, French diplomat, language teacher and applied linguist
Claude Marcil (born 1963), Canadian fencer
Claude Mariétan (born 1953), Swiss footballer
Claude Marin (1931–2001), French cartoonist
Claude Marin de la Perrière (1705–1752), Canadian fur trader
Claude Marquet (1869–1920), Australian political cartoonist
Claude Martin (1735–1800), French soldier
Claude Martin (rower) (1930–2017), French rower
Claude Massey (1889–1968), Australian public servant and diplomat
Claude Massop (1949–1979), gang leader
Claude Matthews (1845–1898), American politician
Claude Matthews (Australian politician) (1899–1954), Australian politician
Claude Mattio (born 1936), French cyclist
Claude Mattocks (born 1980), footballer
Claude Maurer (born 1975), Swiss sailor
Claude Mauriac (1914–1996), French author and journalist
Claude C. McColloch (1888–1959), American politician and judge
Claude McFayden (died 1947), Australian rugby league footballer and administrator
Claude McKay (1889–1948), Jamaican writer and poet
Claude McKenzie, Canadian singer-songwriter
Claude C. McRaven (1918–2007), American football player
Claude Meillassoux (1925–2005), French neo-Marxist economic anthropologist and Africanist
Claude Meisch (born 1971), Luxembourgish politician
Claude Mélançon (1895–1973), French Canadian naturalist, journalist and author
Claude Melki (1939–1994), French actor
Claude Mellan (1598–1688), French engraver and painter
Claude Melnot Wilson (1898–1918), Canadian World War I flying ace
Claude Ménard, several people
Claude Mercier-Ythier (1931–2020), French harpsichord manufacturer
Claude Ignace François Michaud (1751–1835), French soldier
Claude Michel (1738–1814), French sculptor
Claude Michel (footballer) (born 1971), French footballer
Claude Michel (politician) (born 1938), French politician
Claude Michelet (1938–2022), French writer
Claude Michely (1959–2023), Luxembourgish cyclist
Claude Michy (born 1949), French sports executive
Claude Migeon (1923–2018), French pediatric endocrinologist
Claude Miller (baseball), American baseball player
Claude Miller (bishop) (1944–2023), Canadian Anglican bishop
Claude Mithon de Genouilly (1725–1803), French navy officer of the war of American Independence
Claude Mobitang (born 1987), Cameroonian footballer
Claude Moët (1683–1760), French winemaker and wine merchant
Claude Moisy (1927–2020), French journalist
Claude Mollet (1564–1649), French gardener and astrologer
Claude Monet (1840–1926), French painter
Claude Mongeau, Canadian railroad executive
Claude Moniquet (born 1958), French journalist
Claude Montal (1800–1865), French piano tuner and piano maker
Claude Montana (1947–2024), French fashion designer
Claude Montefiore (1858–1938), British Jewish religious leader and scholar
Claude Monteux (1920–2013), American flutist and conductor
Claude Montmarquette (1942–2021), Canadian economist
Claude Moore (1875–1928), British army officer
Claude Moraes (born 1965), British labor politician and campaigner
Claude Moreau (born 1958), French cyclist
Claude Morin, several people
Claude Morinière (born 1960), French long jumper
Claude F. Morris (1869–1957), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
Claude Mouriéras (born 1953), French film director
Claude Mourthé (1932–2024), French writer and film director
Claude Mulcahy, South African cricketer and South African Army officer
Claude Mulot (1942–1986), French screenwriter and film director
Claude Mutafian (born 1942), French writer, historian and mathematician
Claude Myburgh (1911–1987), English cricketer and British Army officer
Claude Mydorge (1585–1647), French mathematician
Claude Mylon (1618–1660), French mathematician
Claude H. Nash, American biochemist
Claude Netter (1924–2007), French Olympic champion foil fencer
Claude Neveu (1931–2007), French slalom canoeist
Claude Newberry (1888–1916), South African cricketer
Claude Newman, British ballet dancer
Claude Nicholson, several people
Claude Nicolas (born 1941), French middle-distance runner
Claude Nicolet (1930–2010), French historian
Claude Nicollier (born 1944), first Swiss astronaut
Claude Nicot (1925–2003), French actor
Claude Nicouleau (born 1961), French speed skater
Claude Niépce (1763–1828), French inventor
Claude Nobs (1936–2013), Swiss businessman
Claude Noël (born 1955), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Noel (boxer) (1948–2023), Trinidad and Tobago boxer
Claude Noisette de Crauzat (born 1938), French musicologist and organ specialist
Claude Nougaro (1929–2004), French jazz singer
Claude Nowell (1944–2008), American entrepreneur and religious teacher
Claude Obsomer, Belgian Egyptologist
Claude Oestges, Belgian engineer
Claude Olievenstein (1933–2008), French psychiatrist
Claude Ollier (1922–2014), French writer
Claude Olney (1931–1995), college professor and author
Claude Onesta (born 1957), French handball player
Claude Osteen (born 1939), American baseball player
Claude Ouimet (1961–2019), Canadian actor
Claude Overton (1927–1996), American basketball player
Claude Pache (born 1943), French rower
Claude Pacot, French architect
Claude Paillat (1924–2001), French historian, journalist and writer
Claude V. Palisca (1921–2001), 20th century authority on early music, professor of music at Yale
Claude Panier (1912–1990), French politician
Claude Papesch (died 1987), New Zealand musical artist
Claude Papi (1949–1983), French footballer
Claude Paradin (1510–1573), French writer, collector, historian and genealogist
Claude Parent (1923–2016), French architect
Claude Parfaict (1705–1777), French theatre historian
Claude Paris (1808–1866), French composer
Claude Parisot (c. 1704–1784), French organ builder
Claude V. Parsons (1895–1941), American politician
Claude Pascal (1921–2017), French composer
Claude Passeau (1909–2003), American baseball player
Claude Patrick (born 1980), Canadian mixed martial arts fighter
Claude Patry (born 1953), Canadian politician
Claude E. Payne (born 1932), American episcopal bishop
Claude Payton (1882–1955), American actor
Claude Pélieu (1934–2002), French poet, translator and artist
Claude J. Pelletier, French editor and game designer
Claude Pelly (1902–1972), Royal Air Force commander
Claude Pelon (born 1992), American football player
Claude Péloquin (1942–2018), Canadian poet, writer, singer, songwriter, screenwriter and director
Claude Penz (1924–2006), French alpine skier
Claude Pepper (1900–1989), American politician
Claude Perraudin (1948–2001), French musician
Claude Perrault (1613–1688), French architect
Claude Perrot (born 1951), French alpine skier
Claude Peter (1947–2022), French basketball player
Claude Petit, French politician
Claude Philippe (1910–1978), British-born French-American restaurateur
Claude Phillip (born 1942), Trinidadian cricketer
Claude Phillips (1846–1924), English writer
Claude Picard (born 1938), French sprint canoer
Claude Picasso (1947–2023), French filmmaker, designer and artist
Claude Pickens, American missionary and photographer
Claude de Picques (1515–?), French bookbinder
Claude Piel (1921–1982), French aircraft designer
Claude Piéplu (1923–2006), French actor
Claude Pierrat (born 1963), French cross-country skier
Claude Pilon, Canadian football player and wrestler
Claude Pinard (born 1949), Canadian politician
Claude Piquemal (born 1939), French sprinter
Claude Piron (1931–2008), linguist and psychologist
Claude Pivi, Guinean politician
Claude Platt (1904–1966), Australian sports shooter
Claude Plessier (born 1946), French painter
Claude Poirier (born 1938), Canadian journalist
Claude Pollard (1874–1942), American lawyer
Claude Ponsard (1927–1990), French economist
Claude Poole, American baseball player
Claude R. Porter (1872–1946), American politician
Claude Portolan, French rugby union player
Claude Pouillet (1790–1868), French physicist
Claude Poullart des Places (1679–1709), French catholic priest
Claude Pouteau (1725–1775), French surgeon and inventor
Claude Pronovost (1935–2022), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Prosdocimi (1927–2016), French footballer and coach
Claude Prouvoyeur (1927–2018), French politician
Claude Provencher (1949–2022), Canadian architect
Claude Provost (1933–1984), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Pruneau (born 1960), Canadian-American nuclear physicist
Claude Puel (born 1961), French association football player and manager
Claude Quenneville (born 1949), Canadian sports commentator in Quebec
Claude Quétel, French historian
Claude Quittet (born 1941), French footballer
Claude Raffestin (born 1936), Swiss geographer
Claude Raffy (born 1945), French swimmer
Claude Rains (1889–1967), British-born American actor
Claude Rajon (1866–1932), French politician
Claude Ramey (1754–1838), French sculptor
Claude Ramsey (1943–2018), American farmer and politician
Claude Rapin (born 19??), archaeologist specialising in Central Asian studies
Claude Ravinet (born 1943), Belgian field hockey player
Claude Raymond (born 1937), Canadian baseball player
Claude Reeds (1890–1974), American football player and coach
Claude Reid, Canadian politician
Claude Reignier Conder (1848–1910), British military officer and explorer
Claude Renoir (1913–1993), French cinematographer
Claude Ribbe (born 1954), French writer, activist and filmmaker
Claude Rich (1929–2017), French actor
Claude Richardson (1900–1969), Canadian politician
Claude Riche (1762–1797), French naturalist
Claude Richmond (born 1935), Canadian politician
Claude Rifat (1952–2002), French biologist
Claude Rigby (1882–1960), Irish cricketer and radiologist
Claude Rijmenans (born 1948), Belgian ambassador
Claude Riley (born 1960), American basketball player
Claude Rilly (born 1959), French linguist and archaeologist
Claude Ritchey (1873–1951), American baseball player
Claude Rivière (born 1932), French anthropologist
Claude Robert (1928–2007), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude C. Robinson (1881–1976), Canadian ice hockey and sports executive
Claude E. Robinson (1900–1961), American advertising researcher
Claude Rock (1863–1950), Australian schoolmaster and cricketer
Claude Rogers, several people
Claude Rohla (1951–2011), Luxembourgish archer
Claude G. Ross, American diplomat
Claude Ross (1893–1917), Australian track and field athlete
Claude Rossi (born 1937), Monegasque sailor
Claude Rossman (1881–1928), American baseball player
Claude Rothgeb (1880–1944), American athlete and coach
Claude Rouer (1929–2021), French road cyclist
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836), French writer and composer
Claude Rousseau (born 1953), Canadian archer
Claude Roussel, Canadian sculptor
Claude Roussel (athlete) (1941–1992), French bobsledder
Claude Roux (born 1945), French lichenologist and esperantist
Claude Rowe (1904–1973), Australian rules footballer
Claude Roy, several people
Claude Rubie (1888–1939), English cricketer and soldier
Claude Ruel (1938–2015), Canadian ice hockey coach
Claude Ruey (born 1949), Swiss politician
Claude Ruggieri (1777–1841), French pyrotechnician
Claude Russell-Brown (1873–1939), Canadian tennis player
Claude Rutault (1941–2022), French painter
Claude Ryan (1925–2004), Canadian journalist and politician
Claude Rye, British speedway rider
Claude Ryf (born 1957), Swiss footballer and manager
Claude Sabbah (born 1954), French mathematician
Claude Sadio (born 1943), Senegalese basketball player
Claude Sahut (1883–1932), French architect
Claude Salhani (1952–2022), Lebanese-American photographer, photojournalist and author
Claude Sallier (1685–1761), French librarian
Claude Saluden (1937–1996), French boxer
Claude Samuel (1931–2020), French music critic
Claude Sandoz (born 1946), Swiss visual artist
Claude Santelli (1923–2001), French film director
Claude Saunders (1912–2007), Canadian rower
Claude Saunier (1943–2022), French politician
Claude Saurel (1948–2025), French rugby union player and coach
Claude Sautet (1924–2000), French film director and screenwriter
Claude Sauvage (1936–2011), French cyclist
Claude Savoie, several people
Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer (1898–1982), French archaeologist
Claude Schnitzler, French organist and conductor
Claude Schwob, American nuclear chemist
Claude Scudamore Jarvis (1879–1953), British colonial Governor and journalist
Claude Stephane Seanla (born 1988), Ivorian footballer
Claude Seignolle (1917–2018), French author
Claude Serre (1938–1998), French cartoonist
Claude Shannon (1916–2001), American information theorist, mathematician, and electrical engineer
Claude Sheppard (1916–2001), Canadian politician and magistrate
Claude Allin Shepperson (1867–1921), British artist, illustrator and joke cartoonist
Claude Sicard (1677–1726), French Jesuit priest and Egyptologist
Claude Silberzahn (1935–2020), French civil servant
Claude Henry da Silva (1891–1980), Singaporean lawyer
Claude A. Simard (1943–2014), Canadian painter
Claude Simon (1913–2005), French novelist
Claude Simons, several people
Claude Simpol (1666–1711), French painter
Claude Sintes (born 1953), French archaeologist and curator
Claude Sionnest (1749–1820), French naturalist
Claude Sirvent (born 1971), French international rugby league footballer
Claude Sitton (1925–2015), American journalist
Claude Smeal (1918–1993), Australian long-distance runner
Claude Smith, several people
Claude Soulé (1911–1969), French field hockey player
Claude Spanghero (born 1948), French rugby player
Claude V. Spratley (1882–1976), American judge
Claude St. Sauveur (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore (1853–1901), English painter
Claude Stanlake (1882–1960), Australian rules footballer
Claude Steele (born 1946), American social psychologist and professor
Claude Steiner (1935–2017), American psychotherapist and psychologist
Claude Stin (1922–2007), Russian-French artist
Claude Stone Jr. (1926–2014), American politician
Claude U. Stone (1879–1957), American politician
Claude van der Straaten (1905–1962), Ceylonese cricketer
Claude Strebelle (1917–2010), Belgian architect
Claude Sullivan (1924–1967), American sportscaster
Claude J. Summers, American literary scholar
Claude Surprenant (born 1963), Canadian politician
Claude A. Swanson (1862–1939), American lawyer and politician
Claude Taittinger (1927–2022), French businessman
Claude Taugher (1897–1963), recipient of the naval cross
Claude Taylor, several people
Claude Teisseire (born 1931), former French international rugby league footballer
Claude Terrasse (1867–1923), French composer
Claude Terrell (born 1982), American football player
Claude Terry (born 1950), American basketball player
Claude Tessier (1943–2010), Canadian politician
Claude Testot-Ferry (1773–1856), French cavalry veteran
Claude Thomas, several people
Claude Thomassin (1865–1942), French bow maker
Claude R. Thomson (1933–2010), Canadian lawyer
Claude Thorburn (born 1987), Namibian cricket umpire
Claude Thornhill (1908–1965), American pianist, composer and arranger
Claude E. Thornhill (1893–1956), American football player and coach
Claude Tillier (1801–1844), French novelist and pamphleteer
Claude Tircuy de Corcelle (1768–1843), French politician
Claude Charles du Tisné, French soldier and Illinois country explorer
Claude Tissendier (born 1952), French jazz reedist and bandleader
Claude Titre (1930–1985), French actor
Claude Tollet (born 1949), French cyclist
Claude Toovey (1896–1978), Australian rules footballer
Claude Toukéné-Guébogo (born 1975), Cameroonian sprinter
Claude Tousignant (born 1932), Canadian artist
Claude Tozer (1890–1920), Australian cricketer
Claude Trahan (1939–1975), Canadian ski jumper
Claude Treglown (1893–1980), English cricketer
Claude Tresmontant (1925–1997), French philosopher, Hellenist and theologian
Claude Troisgros (born 1956), French chef
Claude Trudel (born 1942), Canadian politician
Claude Frédéric t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly (1648–1723), Dutch general
Claude Tudor, United States Air Force general
Claude Turmes (born 1960), Luxembourgish politician
Claude Vaillancourt (born 1944), Canadian politician
Claude H. Van Tyne (1869–1930), American historian
Claude Vandersleyen (1927–2021), Belgian Egyptologist
Claude Vasconi (1940–2009), French architect
Claude Vellefaux (1505–?), French architect
Claude Ventura (born 1938), French film director
Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), French painter
Claude Verret (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Verspaille (born 1964), Belgian footballer and manager
Claude Viallat (born 1936), French contemporary painter
Claude Videgla (born 1990), Togolese footballer
Claude Viens (born 1949), Canadian handball player
Claude Vigée (1921–2020), French poet and academic
Claude Vignon (1593–1670), French painter
Claude Vilgrain (born 1963), Haitian-born Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Alvin Villee Jr. (1917–2003), American biologist
Claude Vincendeau (born 1954), French cyclist
Claude Virden (born 1947), American basketball player
Claude Virgin (1928–2006), British fashion photographer
Claude de Visdelou (1656–1737), French missionary
Claude Vivier (1948–1983), Canadian composer
Claude Volter (1933–2002), Belgian comedian and theatre director
Claude VonStroke (born 1971), American musical artist
Claude Wagner (1925–1979), Canadian politician
Claude Warner (1882–1965), Welsh cricketer
Claude Nelson Warren (1932–2021), American archaeologist
Claude A. Watson (1885–1978), American politician
Claude Weaver (1867–1954), American politician
Claude Weaver III (1923–1944), American-Canadian World War II flying ace
Claude Weisz (1939–2019), French film director
Claude Welch (disambiguation), several people
Claude Weston (1879–1946), New Zealand lawyer, soldier and politician
Claude Wharton (1914–2003), Australian politician
Claude Whatham (1927–2008), English film and TV director
Claude White, several people
Claude Whittindale (1881–1907), English rugby union player
Claude R. Wickard (1893–1967), American politician
Claude Wilborn (1912–1992), American baseball player
Claude Wild, Swiss diplomat
Claude Wilkinson (born 1959), American poet and artist
Claude A. Williams, U. S. Army general
Claude Willoughby (1898–1973), American baseball player
Claude Wilson (1858–1881), English footballer and cricketer
Claude Wilson (ice hockey) (1893–1976), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Windal (born 1939), French field hockey player
Claude Wiseler (born 1960), President of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg
Claude Wroten (born 1983), American gridiron football player
Claude Zdanow, American musical artist
Claude Zidi (born 1934), French film director and screenwriter
Claude Zilberberg (1938–2018), French semiotician

Women

Claude de Bectoz (1490–1547), writer, intellectual, abbess and correspondent of Francis I of France
Claude of France (1499–1524), queen consort of King Francis I of France and Duchess of Brittany
Claude of France (1547–1575), second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici
Claude de Vin des Œillets (1637–1687), a mistress of King Louis XIV of France
Claude Albright (1873–1923), American opera singer
Claude Arrieu (1903–1990), French composer
Claude Batho (1935–1981), French photographer
Claude Baumann, Swiss chess player
Claude Bergeret (born 1954), French table tennis player
Claude Borelli (1934–1960), French actress
Claude Cahun (1894–1954), French surrealist photographer, sculptor and writer
Claude Chirac (born 1962), daughter of Jacques Chirac
Claude Darciaux (born 1942), French politician
Claude DeBellefeuille (born 1963), Canadian politician
Claude Dulong (1922–2017), French woman historian
Claude Farell (1914–2008), Austrian actress
Claude Gauvard (born 1942), French medievalist historian and academic
Claude Génia (1913–1979), French actress
Claude Gensac (1927–2016), French actress
Claude Greff (born 1954), French politician
Claude Haffner, French-Congolese filmmaker
Claude Jade (1948–2006), French actress
Claude Klee (1931–2017), French biochemist
Claude Kogan (1919–1959), French mountain climber
Claude B. Levenson (1938–2010), French journalist and writer
Claude Lombard (1945–2021), Belgian singer
Claude Mandonnaud (born 1950), French swimmer
Claude May (1913–2009), French actress
Claude Mérelle (1888–1976), French actress
Claude or Claudia Moatti (born 1954), French historian specialising in Roman Studies
Claude Mossé (1924–2022), French historian
Claude Nollier (1919–2009), French actress
Claude Perchat (1952–2022), French graphic designer and illustrator
Claude Perron (born 1966), French actress
Claude Pompidou (1912–2007), widow of President Georges Pompidou
Claude Porter White (1907–1975), American author and composer
Claude Pujade-Renaud (born 1932), French writer
Claude Raguet Hirst (1855–1942), American painter
Claude Saint-Cyr (1911–2002), French milliner
Claude Sarraute (1927–2023), French writer and journalist
Claude Scott-Mitchell, Australian actress
Claude Sylvain (1930–2005), French actress and singer
Claude Winter (1931–2011), French stage and film actress

Fictional characters

Claude (chatbot), a large language model developed by Anthropic AI
Claude, from the anime series Beyblade G-Revolution
Claude, from the Bleach franchise
Claude, eponymous dog from the Claude series of books by Alex T. Smith
Claude, protagonist of the video game Grand Theft Auto III
Claude, young numbat in the 2007 Australian film Gumnutz: A Juicy Tale
Claude, from the television series Heroes
Claude, uncle of Hugo Cabret in the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Claude, French character in the children's television series The Raggy Dolls
Claude, from the children's animated series Timothy Goes to School
Claude, a rabbit villager in the video game series Animal Crossing
Claude of Valois, from the television series Reign
Claude Hooper Bukowski, protagonist of the musical Hair
Claude Cat, from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series from Warner Bros.
Claude Faustus, demonic butler from the Black Butler franchise
Claude Fitzwilliam, title character in the 1967 American romantic comedy film Fitzwilly
Claude Frollo, villain of the Victor Hugo novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and its Disney adaptation
Claude, a crab and one of the Peggle Masters from Peggle
Claude von Riegan, one of the three main lords from the video games Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Claude Scruggs, a minor character in the Pixar animated film Cars
Claude Speed, protagonist of the video game Grand Theft Auto 2
Claude Sterling, villain from the manga adaptation of the "Vampire Kisses" book series
Claude Wallace, protagonist of the video game Valkyria Chronicles 4
Claude Wheeler, main character of Willa Cather's One of Ours
Claude Banks, main character of Life (1999 film) portrayed by Martin Lawrence
Claude Remy Auburn, a character in Auburn's Chronicle.