Joubert
Joubert is a French surname. It is a regional variant form of Jaubert, originating in the centre west and centre south of France.[1] This surname is common to South Africa and Namibia, particularly among the descendants of Huguenot settlers.
It may refer to:
- Joubert's Pass, mountain pass in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
- Joubert syndrome, a genetic disorder
- Joubert, a manuscript, now lost, that contained a version of the Chronicle of Montpellier
Persons
Medicine
- Marie Joubert, Canadian neurologist who first identified Joubert syndrome
Military
- Barthelemy Catherine Joubert, French general
- David Joubert, South African general, nephew of Petrus Jacobus Joubert
- Léopold Louis Joubert (1842 – 1927), French soldier and lay missionary in the Belgian Congo.
- Petrus Jacobus Joubert (1831 or 1834 – 1900), South African general
- Philip Joubert de la Ferté, British Air Marshal
- Juan Miko Joubert SSgt in the United States Air Force
Music
- John Joubert (composer), British composer
- The Joubert Singers, choir, notable for "Stand on the Word"
- Phyliss McKoy-Joubert, composer, most notably for "Stand on the Word"
- Gwynneth Joubert, South African singer-songwriter, known by her stage name as Gwynneth Ashley-Robin, most notably for Little Jimmy and Little Soldier Blue
Sports
- André Joubert, South African rugby union player
- Brian Joubert, French figure skater
- Craig Joubert, South African rugby union referee
- Ernst Joubert, South African rugby union player
- Marius Joubert, South African rugby union player
- Danie Joubert, South African sprinter
Others
- Elsa Joubert (1922–2020), South African writer in Afrikaans
- Gideon Joubert, South African author and journalist
- Jacqueline Joubert, French television presenter
- John Joubert, American serial killer
- Joseph Joubert, French man of letters
- Laurent Joubert (1529-1582), French physician
- Pierre Joubert (illustrator), French illustrator
- Fritz Joubert Duquesne (1877–1956), South African Boer soldier, hunter, journalist, stockbroker, saboteur, spy, and adventurer
- Joubert, film character, played by Max von Sydow, in Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor (1975), who fulfills the role of a marksman, employed under private contract as an executive action operative by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Notes and references
- Albert Dauzat (Foreword by Marie-Thérèse Morlet), Noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse 1980. p. 346b.
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