Vauquelin
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Vauquelin is a Norman-French surname, former first name (Walchelin, Walkelin). It may refer to one of the following :
- People
- Vauquelin de Ferrière, the French name of Walkelin(e) de Ferrers (died 1040), a Norman baron of Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire
- Vauquelin de Winchester, the French name of Walkelin (died 1098), the first Norman bishop of Winchester
- Jean Vauquelin (1728-1772), a French naval officer
- Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye (1536-1608), a French poet
- Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1829), a French pharmacist and chemist
- Moise Vauquelin (17th century), a French buccaneer
- Roger Vauquelin des Yveteaux, the president of the 1940s French fascist youth organization Jeunesse Populaire Française
- Other
- Vauquelin class destroyer of French Navy
- Vauquelin Square in Montreal
- Other Spellings
- Jean Wauquelin (died 1452), French writer and translator
- Michel Gauquelin (1928 - 1991), a French psychologist and statistician
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