Provost (name)
Provost is a surname of French origin, deriving from a civil or military official responsible for maintaining order. It moved to England with its conquering by William of Normandy in 1066.[1] It is still found in civil affairs as a provost, a mayor or other public official; the military in posts such as a provost general; and academia, in the form of a provost, the senior academic administrator.
Those with the surname include:
- Alain Provost, French landscape architect
- Andrew J. Provost (1834–1925), American lawyer and politician from New York
- Claude Provost (1933–1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- David Provost (fl. 1700), Mayor of New York City (1699–1700)
- Denise Provost (born 1951), American politician from Maine
- Emily Mower Provost, American computer scientist
- Étienne Provost (1785–1850), French Canadian fur trader active in the American Southwest
- Felicia Provost, American model
- Foster Provost, American computer scientist and professor
- François Provost (1638–1702), French soldier
- George Provost (before 1943–2002), Canadian businessman and politician in Winnipeg
- Glen Provost (born 1949), American Roman Catholic Bishop
- Guy Provost (1925–2004), French Canadian actor
- Jan Provost or Jan Provoost, (c.1462–1529), Flemish painter
- Jon Provost (born 1950), American actor and author
- Lyn Provost, New Zealand public servant
- Mariève Provost (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
- Martin Provost, French film director, writer and actor
- Peggy Provost (born 1977), French footballer
- Ruth Provost (born 1949) American politician from Boston
- Stéphane Provost (1967–2005), French Canadian ice hockey official
- Ted Provost (born 1948), American football player
- William Provost or Guilliame Provoost, (fl.1556–1607), Protestant in Antwerp
See also
References
This page lists people with the surname Provost.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.