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Violette is a female given name and a surname which may refer to:

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
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