List of people with Huguenot ancestry
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Some notable French Huguenots or people with French Huguenot ancestry include:
Architects
Salomon de Brosse (1571–1626), French architect.
Isaac de Caus (1590–1648), architect, garden designer.
Samuel Fortrey (1622–1681), architect, designer of Kew Palace, descendant of de La Forteries.
James Gandon (1742–1823), Anglo-Irish Georgian architect.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764–1820), British-born architect of the United States Capitol.
Le Corbusier (1887–1965), architect, occultist with Huguenot ancestry.
Richard Leplastrier (1939–), Australian architect.
Gabriel Manigault (1758–1809), American architect, descendant of Pierre Manigault from La Rochelle.
Daniel Marot (1661–1752), architect and furniture designer, ancestor of actress Audrey Hepburn.
Gottfried Semper (1803–1879), German architect, art critic.
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