Blanchett
Blanchett or Blanchette is a given name or surname of French origin.
People with this surname include:
- Andrulla Blanchette (born 1966), a female bodybuilder
- Cate Blanchett (born 1969), Australian actress
- Danny Blanchett (born 1987), footballer
- Louis Blanchette (1739-93), explorer and founder of Saint Charles, Missouri
- Oliva Blanchette (born 1929), American philosopher
People with this given name include:
- Blanchette Brunoy (1915-2005), actress
- Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller (1909-92), wife of John D. Rockefeller III
- The heroine of Eugène Brieux's 1892 play Blanchette.
Wine grapes
Several French wine grapes have Blanchette as a synonym. These include:
- Blanchette (grape), another name for the wine grape Chasselas
- Blanchette rouge, another name for the wine grape Canari noir
- Mondeuse blanche, a wine grape which is also known as Blanchette
- Verdesse, another wine grape which is also known as Blanchette
Other uses
Blanchette Cemetery, Beaumont, Texas is the resting-place of Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), Baptist minister and bluesman
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