Alain (given name)

For other uses, see Alain (surname).

Alain (French: [alɛ̃]) is widely used as a personal name and is the French form of Alan but also exists in English-speaking countries:

A

• Alain Absire (born 1950), French writer
• Alain Acard (1951–2023), French sprint canoeist
• Alain Alivon (born 1965), French military and drill instructor
• Alain Altamirano (born 1980), Mexican Neuroscientist
• Alain Altinoglu (born 1975), French-Armenian conductor
• Alain Ambrosino (born 1951), French rally driver
• Alain Amougou (born 1973), Cameroonian footballer
• Alain Anderton, British author of business studies and economics textbooks
• Alain Anen (born 1950), Luxembourgian fencer
• Alain Andji (born 1974), French pole vaulter
• Alain André, Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec
• Alain Anziani (born 1951), member of the Senate of France, representing the Gironde department
• Alain Aoun (born 1971), Lebanese politician and nephew of President Michel Aoun
• Alain Arroyo (born 1982), Spanish footballer and manager
• Alain Aspect (born 1947), French physicist
• Alain Akouala Atipault (born 1959), Congolese politician
• Alain Attalah (born 1964), Egyptian basketball player
• Alain Auderset (born 1968), Swiss Christian author of comic books
• Alain Ayissi (born 1962), Cameroonian cyclist
• Alain Ayroles (born 1968), French author, playwright, screenwriter, and translator

B

• Alain Baclet (born 1986), French footballer
• Alain Badiou (born 1937), French philosopher
• Alain Bailey (born 1987), Jamaican long jumper
• Alain Bancquart (1934–2022), French composer
• Alain Baraton (born 1957), French gardener
• Alain Baroja (born 1989), Venezuelan football goalkeeper
• Alain Barrau (1947–2021), French politician
• Alain Barrière (1935–2019), French singer
• Alain Barudoni (born 1940), Swiss fencer
• Alain Bashung (1947–2009), French singer, songwriter and actor
• Alain Bauer, (born 1962), French criminologist
• Alain Baumann (born 1966), Swiss footballer
• Alain Baxter (born 1973), Scottish professional skier
• Alain Beaulé (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player
• Alain Bédé (born 1970), Ivorian footballer
• Alain Behi (born 1978), French-Ivorian football player
• Alain Bejjani (born 1973), Lebanese businessman
• Alain Bélanger, Canadian professional hockey player
• Alain J. P. Belda, Chairman of the Board of Alcoa since January 2001
• Alain Bellemare (born 1962), Canadian businessman
• Alain Bellouis (born 1947), French cyclist
• Jacques-Alain Bénisti (born 1952), member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Benoit (born 1948), French physicist
• Alain Bensoussan (born 1940), French mathematician
• Alain Berbérian (1953–2017), French-Armenian film director and writer
• Alain Bergala (born 1943), French film critic, essayist, screenwriter, and director
• Alain Berger (born 1990), Swiss ice hockey player
• Alain Berger, Swiss orienteering competitor
• Alain Bergeron (born 1950), Canadian science fiction author and political scientist
• Alain Berliner (born 1963), Belgian director best known for the 1997 film Ma vie en rose
• Alain Bernard (born 1983), French swimmer from Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône
• Alain Bernaud (1932–2020), French composer
• Alain Bernheim (1922–2009), French-American film producer and literary agent
• Alain Bernheim (1931–2022), French musician and Masonic researcher
• Alain Berset (born 1972), President of the Swiss Council of States
• Alain Billiet (born 1951), the alleged designer of the euro sign (€)
• Alain Blanchard (died 1419), commander of the crossbowmen of Touent during the Hundred Years' War
• Alain Blondel (born 1962), retired French decathlete
• Alain Bocquet (born 1946), member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Boghossian (born 1970), retired Armenian-French football player
• Alain Boire (born 1971), Canadian politician
• Yve-Alain Bois (born 1952), historian and critic of modern art
• Alain Bombard (1924–2005), French biologist, physician and politician
• Alain Bondue (born 1959), France cyclist
• Alain Boublil, librettist who worked with the composer Claude-Michel Schönberg
• Alain Bouchard, Canadian businessman
• Jean-Alain Boumsong (born 1979), Cameroonian professional football defender
• Alain Bravo, French electrical engineer and entrepreneur
• Alain Brunet, French scholar

C

• Alain Cacheux (1947–2020), member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Calmat (born 1940), French former competitive figure skater, surgeon, and politician
• Alain Cantareil (born 1983), French footballer
• Alain Caron (1938–1986), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Alain Caron (born 1955), Canadian jazz musician and bass player
• Alain F. Carpentier (born 1933), French heart surgeon
• Alain Casanova (born 1961), football former goalkeeper and manager
• Alain Cavalier (born 1931), French film director
• Alain Caveglia (born 1968), French football retired striker
• Alain Cayzac (born 1941), French advertising agent
• Alain Chabat (born 1958), French Jewish actor and director
• Alain Chamfort (born 1949), French singer of Breton origin
• Alain Chapel (1937–1990), French Michelin 3 starred chef
• Alain Chartier (1392–1430), French poet and political writer
• Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière (1748–1822), seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada
• Alain Chatillon (born 1943), member of the Senate of France
• Alain Chevrier (born 1961), retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• Alain Claeys (born 1948), member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Clark (born 1979), Dutch musician and producer
• Alain Colmerauer (1941–2017), French computer scientist
• Alain Connes (born 1947), French mathematician
• Alain Corbin, French historian, specialist of the 19th century in France
• Alain Corneau (1943–2010), French movie director and writer
• Alain Côté (born 1957), professional ice hockey player for the Quebec Nordiques
• Alain Côté (born 1967), former professional ice hockey player and Roller Hockey player
• Alain Couriol (born 1958), former French football striker
• Alain Courtois (born 1951), Belgian politician
• Alain Cousin (born 1947), member of the National Assembly of France
• Marie-Alain Couturier (1897–1954), French Dominican friar, designer of stained glass windows
• Alain Cuny (1908–1994), French actor

D

• Alain Daigle (born 1954), former professional ice hockey forward
• Alain Daniélou (1907–1994), French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist, and convert to Shaivite Hinduism
• Alain de Benoist (born 1943), French academic, philosopher, founder of the Nouvelle Droite
• Alain de Boissieu (1914–2006), French general, son-in-law of general Charles de Gaulle
• Alain de Botton, (born 1969), British writer and television producer
• Alain de Cadenet (1945–2022), on-air personality for the SPEED Channel and ESPN
• Alain de Changy (1922–1994), Belgian racing driver
• Alain de Coëtivy (1407–1474), prelate from a Breton noble family
• Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon (1646–1730), Marshal of France during the reign of Louis XIV and Louis XV
• Alain Huetz de Lemps, French geographer and botanist
• Alain de Lille (1128–1202), French theologian and poet
• Alain de Mijolla (1933–2019), French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
• Alain de Royer-Dupré (born 1944), French racehorse trainer
• Alain de Solminihac (1593–1659), French Catholic religious reformer and bishop of Cahors
• Alain-Philippe Malagnac d'Argens de Villèle (1951–2000), the adopted son of French writer Roger Peyrefitte
• Alain Decaux (1925–2016), French historian
• Alain Defossé (1957–2017), French novelist and translator
• Alain Delon (born 1935), César Award-winning French actor
• Alain Demurger, modern French historian, specialist of the history of the Knights Templar and the Crusades
• Alain Deneef, Belgian businessman
• Alain Desrosières, French statistician at the INSEE and a sociologist and historian of science at the EHESS
• Alain Destexhe, Belgian liberal politician
• Alain Desvergnes (1931–2020), French photographer
• Alain Digbeu (born 1975), French professional basketball player
• Étienne Alain Djissikadié (born 1977), Gabonese footballer
• Pierre-Alain Donnier, Swiss journalist, died while reporting from Tchad in 1988
• Alain Dorval (1946–2024), French voice actor born in Algiers
• Alain Dostie (born 1943), Canadian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter
• Alain Dubuc, Canadian journalist and an economist
• Alain Ducasse (born 1956), Monégasque chef
• Alain Dufaut (born 1944), member of the Senate of France, representing the Vaucluse department
• Alain Duhamel (born 1940), French journalist and political commentator

E

• Alain Ehrenberg (born 1950), French sociologist
• Alain Michel Ekoue, Cameroonian football player
• Alain Elkann (born 1950), Italian novelist and journalist of Jewish descent
• Alain Enthoven (born 1930), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1965
• Alain Escoffier (1949–1977), French anti-communist activist and martyr
• Alain Etchegoyen (1951–2007), French philosopher and novelist
• Alain Eyobo (born 1961), retired Cameroonian professional football forward
• Alain Erlande-Brandenburg (1937–2020), French art historian and archivist

F

• Jean-Alain Fanchone (born 1988), French footballer
• Alain Fauconnier (born 1945), French politician and a member of the Senate of France
• Alain Ferry (born 1952), member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Ferté (born 1955), French professional racing driver
• Alain Figaret, French luxury shirt brand launched in 1968 by Alain Figaret
• Alain Finkielkraut (born 1949), French essayist, and son of a Jewish Polish artisan
• Alain Fouché (born 1942), French politician and a member of the Senate of France
• Alain Fournier (1943–2000), computer graphics researcher
• Alain Frachon (born 1950), French journalist
• Pierre-Alain Frau, (born 1980), French football forward

G

• Alain Bernat Gallego (born 1971), Andorran politician
• Alain Garant (born 1952), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Alain Gaspoz (born 1970), Beninese football player who, is playing for FC Bagnes
• Alain Geiger (born 1960), retired Swiss international football defender and current manager
• Alain Gerbault (1893–1941), French aviator, tennis champion and sailor
• Alain Gest (born 1950), French politician
• Alain Gheerbrant (1920–2013), French writer, editor, poet and explorer
• Alain Giletti (born 1939), French figure skater
• Alain Giresse (born 1952), French professional football (soccer) midfielder
• Alain Glavieux (died 2004), French professor in electrical engineering
• Alain Goma (born 1972), former football player
• Alain Goraguer (1931–2023), French jazz pianist, sideman of Boris Vian and Serge Gainsbourg, arranger and composer
• Alain Gouaméné (born 1966), former football goalkeeper from Côte d'Ivoire
• Alain Gournac (born 1943), French politician and a member of the Senate of France
• Alain Grandbois, CC (1900–1975), Quebecer poet born in Saint-Casimir, Quebec
• Alain Guionnet (born 1954), French revisionist and a left-wing activist

H

• Alain Haché (born 1970), experimental physicist and associate professor at the University of Moncton, Canada
• Alain Hamer (born 1965), Luxembourgian football referee
• Alain Héroux (born 1964), former professional ice hockey left winger
• Alain Hertoghe (born 1959), Belgian journalist who worked for the French Catholic newspaper La Croix
• Alain Houpert (born 1957), French politician and a member of the Senate of France
• Alain Hutchinson (born 1949), Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament

J

• Alain Jacquet (1939–2008), French artist representative of the American Pop Art movement
• Alain Jessua (1932–2017), French film director and screenwriter
• Alain Johannes (born 1962), guitarist and member of the band Eleven
• Alain Johns, fictional gunslinger in Stephen King's Dark Tower series of novels
• Alain Joly, French businessman
• Georges-Alain Jones (born 1975), French singer
• Alain Joyandet (born 1954), French politician
• Alain Juppé (born 1945), French right-wing politician, Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997

K

• Alain Kashama (born 1979), professional Canadian football player
• Alain Muana Kizamba, goalkeeper from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Alain Koffi (born 1983), French professional basketball player
• Alain Koudou (born 1984), Ivorian football striker
• Alain Krivine (1941–2022), leader of the Trotskyist movement in France

L

• Alain Lamassoure (born 1944), French politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Alain Lambert (born 1946), French politician
• Alain Le Boulluec, contemporary French patristics scholar
• Alain Le Bussy (1947–2010), prolific Belgian author of science fiction
• Alain Le Vern (born 1948), French Socialist Senator, president of the Haute-Normandie region
• Alain Lebas (born 1953), French sprint canoeist
• Alain Paul Lebeaupin (1945–2021), French Archbishop
• Alain Lefèvre (born 1962), Québécois pianist and composer
• Alain Lemercier (born 1957), retired male race walker from France
• Alain Lemieux (born 1962), retired ice hockey player
• Alain Lequeux (1947–2006), French jockey
• Alain-René Lesage (1668–1747), French novelist and playwright
• Alain Lestié (born 1944), French painter and writer
• Alain A. Lewis (born 1947), American mathematician
• Alain Lipietz (born 1947), French engineer, economist, politician, member of the French Green Party
• Alain Liri (born 1979), Côte d'Ivoire footballer
• Alain Locke (1885–1954), American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts
• Alain Lombard (born 1940), French conductor

M

• Alain Mabanckou (born 1966), author and journalist
• Alain Maca, retired American soccer defender, President of the JFK International Air Terminal
• Alain Madelin (born 1946), French politician and former minister
• Alain Mafart, French military officer
• Alain Mamou-Mani, French film producer and writer
• Alain Manesson Mallet (1630–1706), French cartographer and engineer
• Alain Marc (born 1957), member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Marion (1938–1998), French flautist
• Alain Marleix (born 1946), Secretary of State for Veterans in the government of François Fillon from 2007 to 2008
• Alain Marty (born 1946), member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Masudi (born 1978), Congolese football player
• Alain Maury, French astronomer
• Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o (born 1957), Cameroonian political figure
• Alain Menu (born 1963), Swiss racing driver
• Alain Merchadier (born 1952), French retired professional football defender
• Alain Mesili, political activist in France during the 1968 disturbances
• Alain Meslet (born 1950), French professional road bicycle racer
• Alain Meunier (born 1942), French cellist
• Alain Mikli (born 1955), French designer of high-end handmade eyeglasses and accessories
• Jacques-Alain Miller, prominent French Lacanian psychoanalyst
• Alain Milon (born 1947), member of the Senate of France
• Alain Mimoun (1921–2013), French Olympic marathon champion
• Alain Moizan (born 1953), French retired professional football midfielder
• Alain Moka (born 1954), Congolese politician
• Alain Moyne-Bressand (born 1945), member of the National Assembly of France
• Pierre-Alain Muet (born 1945), member of the National Assembly of France

N

• Alain Nasreddine (born 1975), professional ice hockey defenceman
• Alain Ndizeye (born 1986), Burundian football defender
• Alain Ndjoubi Ossami, Gabonese politician and economist
• Alain Nef (born 1982), Swiss football defender
• Alain Néri (born 1942), member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Ngalani (born 1975), Cameroonian two-time Muay Thai kickboxing world champion
• Alain Nkong (born 1979), Cameroonian football midfielder

O

• Alain Junior Ollé Ollé (born 1987), Cameroonian professional footballer

P

• Alain Paquet (born 1961), Canadian politician, teacher and economist
• Alain Pasquier (born 1942), French art historian specialising in ancient Greek art, museography and conservation
• Alain Passard (born 1956), French chef and owner of the three star restaurant L'Arpège in Paris
• Alain Payet (1947–2007), French director of Nazi exploitation and chic porn movies
• Alain Pellegrini (born 1946), French général de Division
• Alain Perrin (born 1956), French football manager and former footballer
• Alain Peyrefitte (1925–1999), French scholar and politician
• Alain Poher (1909–1996), French centrist politician
• Alain Poiré (1917–2000), French film producer and screenwriter
• Alain Pons (born 1995), Gibraltarian footballer
• Alain Pompidou (born 1942), French scientist and politician
• Alain Portes (born 1961), French handball player
• Alain Portmann (born 1981), Swiss football goalkeeper
• Alain Prost (born 1955), French racing driver; Four Time Formula One World Champion
• Alain Provost, French Landscape Architect

Q

• Marc-Alain Ouaknin (born 1957), French rabbi and philosopher

R

• Alain Raguel (born 1976), French football player
• Alain Rakotondramanana (born 1970), Malagasy footballer
• Alain Ramadier (born 1958), French politician
• Alain Rayes (born 1971), Canadian politician
• Alain Razahasoa (born 1966), Malagasy long-distance runner
• Alain Rémond (born 1946), French humor columnist
• Alain Resnais (1922–2014), French New Wave film director
• Alain Rey (1928–2020), French linguist, lexicographer and radio personality
• Alain Rey (born 1982), Swiss ski mountaineer
• Alain Richard (born 1945), French politician
• Alain Richard (born 1985), Swiss ski mountaineer
• Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922–2008), French writer and filmmaker
• Alain Robert (born 1962), French rock and urban climber
• Alain Robidoux (born 1960), Canadian snooker player
• Alain Roca (born 1976), retired volleyball player from Cuba
• Alain Rochat (born 1983), Swiss footballer
• Alain Roche, former French football defender
• Alain Rohr (born 1971), Swiss athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles
• Alain Rolland (born 1966), former Irish rugby union footballer and current international referee
• Alain Romans (1905–1988), French jazz composer
• Alain Rousset (born 1951), the Socialist president of the Aquitaine region of France

S

• Alain Sailhac, Executive Vice President and Dean Emeritus at the French Culinary Institute in New York City
• Alain Saint-Ogan (1895–1974), French comics author and artist
• Alain Sarde (born 1952), French film producer and actor
• Alain Sars (born 1961), retired French professional football referee
• Alain Savary (1918–1988), French Socialist politician
• Alain Schmitt (born 1983), French judoka
• Alain Schultz (born 1983), Swiss association footballer
• Alain Senderens, leading French chef credited as one of the founders of Nouvelle Cuisine
• Alain Sergile, Haitian swimmer who lived in Roswell, Georgia
• Alain Silver, US film and music producer, and reviewer, historian and writer on film topics, especially film noir and horror films
• Alain Simard (businessman), President and CEO of L'Équipe Spectra since its inception in 1977
• Alain Soral (born 1958), French sociologist, essayist, and film maker, as well as being the author of several polemical essays
• Alain Souchon (born 1944), French singer, songwriter and actor
• Alain Suguenot (born 1951), member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Suied (1951–2008), French poet and translator
• Alain Supiot, French legal scholar
• Alain Sutter (born 1968), Swiss football player
• Alain Sylvestre (born 1979), professional Canadian kickboxer
• Alain Succar (born 1990), professional F&B consultancy

T

• Alain Tabourian, Lebanese politician of Armenian origin
• Alain Tanner (1929–2022), Swiss film director
• Alain Taravella (born 1948), French billionaire
• Alain Tardif (born 1946), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Alain Touraine (1925–2023), French sociologist born in Hermanville-sur-Mer
• Alain Touwaide (born 1953), Belgian historian of medicine and sciences currently researching at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C.
• Alain Traoré (born 1988), Burkinabé football (soccer) midfielder
• Alain Trudel (born 1966), Canadian musician, composer and conductor
• Alain Turnier, Haitian historian

V

• Alain Vanzo (1928–2002), French opera singer and composer
• Alain Vasselle (born 1947), member of the Senate of France representing the Oise department
• Alain Vasseur (born 1948), French professional road bicycle racer
• Alain Viala (1947–2021), professor of French Literature at the University of Oxford and the University of Paris III
• Alain Vidalies (born 1951), member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Vigneault (born 1961), the head coach of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL
• Alain Vivien (born 1938), French Socialist Party (PS) politician

W

• Alain Weill (born 1946), French art critic, expert in graphic design and advertising
• Alain Wertheimer (1949), French businessman who owns a controlling interest in the House of Chanel with his brother Gerard
• Alain Whyte (pronounced Alan) (born 1967), English guitarist, singer, and songwriter
• Alain Wicki, Swiss skeleton racer
• Alain Williams (born 1954), British sprint canoeist

Y

• Alain Bédouma Yoda (born 1951), Burkinabé politician and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation

Z

• Alain Zoubga (born 1953), medical doctor and politician in Burkina Faso

Other

• Alain, bishop of Auxerre (died 1185), Cistercian abbot and bishop of Auxerre from 1152 to 1167
• Alain I of Albret (1440–1522), powerful French aristocrat
• Alain-Fournier (1886–1914), the pseudonym of Henri Alban-Fournier, French author and soldier

Fictional characters

• Alain, recurring character in the Pokémon anime series
• Alain, a recurring character in tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ghost
• Alain van Versch, a fictional character played by Matthias Schoenaerts in Rust and Bone

See also

• Alain (surname)