Geoffroy (surname)

Geoffroy (surname)

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Geoffroy is a surname, and may refer to:

* Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694), French harpsichordist and organist
* Étienne François Geoffroy (1672–1731), French apothecary and chemist
* Claude Joseph Geoffroy (1685–1752), French apothecary, chemist and botanist; younger brother of Étienne François Geoffroy
* Claude François Geoffroy (1729–1753), French chemist, discoverer of bismuth
* Étienne Louis Geoffroy (1725–1810), French entomologist
* Julien Louis Geoffroy (1743–1814), French literary critic
* Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844), French naturalist
* Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805–1861), French zoologist, son of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire


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