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Boucher (surname)

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Boucher is a surname that evolved during the medieval era in the French region of Champagne. It was an occupational name for someone who worked as a butcher. The name originally derived from the Old French word bochier, which means "butcher". The English word butcher is from Middle English bo(u)cher, itself from Anglo-Norman *bucher.

List of people with surname Boucher

  • Alexandre Boucher (1770–1861), French violinist
  • Alfred Boucher (1850–1934), French sculptor
  • Andrée Boucher (1937–2007), Canadian municipal politician
  • Anouk Leblanc-Boucher (born 1984), Canadian Olympic speed skater
  • Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), American fiction author
  • Arthur Boucher (1870–1948), Wales international rugby union player
  • Billy Boucher (1899–1958), Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • Bob Boucher (1940–2009), British academic
  • Brian Boucher (born 1977), American professional ice hockey player
  • Butterfly Boucher (born 1979), Australian singer-songwriter
  • Candice Boucher (born 1983), South African model
  • Charles Boucher de Boucherville (1822–1915), Canadian provincial politician, third Premier of Quebec
  • Charles Hamilton Boucher (1898–1951), Knighted Major-General in the British Indian Army during World War II
  • Chris Boucher (born 1943), British writer
  • Claire Boucher (born 1988), Canadian artist; better known as Grimes
  • Claude Boucher (diplomat), Canadian diplomat
  • Claude Boucher (politician) (born 1942), former member of the Quebec National Assembly
  • Daniel Boucher (musician) (born 1971), Canadian musician
  • Daniel Boucher (politician), Canadian municipal politician
  • David Boucher (born 1980), French road cyclist
  • Dillon Boucher (born 1975), New Zealand professional basketball player
  • Donovan Boucher (born 1961), Jamaican/Canadian boxer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s
  • Drayton Boucher (1908–1983), Louisiana politician
  • Eric Reed Boucher (born 1958), American punk musician, better known as Jello Biafra
  • Étienne-Alexis Boucher, current member of the Quebec National Assembly, son of Claude Boucher (politician)
  • Frank Boucher (1902–1977), Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • François Boucher (1703–1770), French painter
  • Gaétan Boucher (born 1958), Canadian Olympic speed skater
  • Gene Boucher (1933–1994), American operatic baritone
  • Georges Boucher (1896–1960), Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • Grayson Boucher (born 1984), American professional streetball (basketball variant) entertainer
  • Guy Boucher (born 1971), Canadian professional ice hockey coach
  • H. A. Boucher (1921–2009), American politician
  • Jack Boucher (born 1931), American photographer
  • Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788–1868), French geologist and antiquary
  • James Boucher (1910–1995), Irish cricketer
  • Jean Boucher (artist) (1870–1939), French sculptor
  • Jean Boucher (politician) (born 1926), member of the Canadian house of Commons
  • Jonathan Boucher (1738–1804), English clergyman, teacher and philologist
  • Judy Boucher, Caribbean-English singer
  • Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville (1825–1869), Canadian lawyer and national politician
  • Marcel Boucher (1898–1965), French-American entrepreneur
  • Marin Boucher (c. 1587 – 1671), French colonist of Quebec, Canada; ancestor to most Bouchers in North America, particularly in Quebec
  • Mark Boucher (born 1976), South African cricketer
  • Maurice Boucher (born 1953), Canadian convicted criminal
  • Maurice Le Boucher (1882–1964), French organist, composer, and pedagogue
  • Merle Boucher (born 1946), American state politician
  • Philippe Boucher (born 1973), Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • Pierre Boucher de la Bruère (1837–1917), Canadian lawyer, journalist, author and provincial politician
  • Pierre Boucher (1622–1717), French-Canadian clergyman and governor of New France
  • Richard Boucher (born 1951), American government official
  • Rick Boucher (born 1946), American national politician
  • Robert Boucher (1904–1931), Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • Ron Boucher, Australian rules footballer
  • Sandy Boucher (born 1936), American author, Buddhist and feminist
  • Savannah Smith Boucher (born 1943), American actress
  • Sebastien Boucher (born 1981), Canadian minor league baseball player
  • Sherry Boucher (born 1945), American actress
  • Sylvie Boucher (born 1962), Canadian national politician
  • Tom Boucher (1873–unknown), English footballer

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