Violette
Violette is a female given name and a surname which may refer to:
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Given name
- Violette Cordery (1900-1983), British racing driver
- Violette Huck (born 1988), French tennis player
- Violette Lecoq (1912–2003), French nurse, illustrator and resistance member during World War II
- Violette Leduc (1907-1972), French author
- Violette Morris (1893-1944), French multi-sport athlete, and spy and collaborator for the Germans during World War II
- Violetta Napierska (sometimes Violette), actress in German silent films
- Violette Szabo (1921-1945), British Second World War agent in German-occupied France
- Violette Trépanier (born 1945), politician in Quebec, Canada
- Violette Verdy (1933–2016), French ballerina and director of dance companies
Surname
- Banks Violette (born 1973), American artist
- Cyndy Violette (born 1959), American poker player
- Lorne J. Violette (1884-?), Canadian politician
- Tom Violette (born 1960), American curler
Characters
- Violette Leduc, protagonist of the 2013 biographical drama film Violette
- Title character of Violette Nozière, a 1978 French crime film
Other uses
- Le roman de la violette (the romance of the violet), a medieval poem by Gerbert de Montreuil
See also
- Violetta (given name), a female given name
- Violeta (given name), a female given name
- Violet (given name), a female given name
- Viola (given name), a female given name
- Viorica, a female given name
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