Blanchett

Blanchett or Blanchette is a given name or surname of French origin.

People with this surname include:

Andrulla Blanchette (born 1966), a female bodybuilder
Cate Blanchett (born 1969), Australian actress
Danny Blanchett (born 1987), footballer
Louis Blanchette (1739-93), explorer and founder of Saint Charles, Missouri

People with this given name include:

Blanchette Brunoy (1915-2005), actress
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller (1909-92), wife of John D. Rockefeller III
The heroine of Eugène Brieux's 1892 play Blanchette.

Wine grapes

Several French wine grapes have Blanchette as a synonym. These include:

Blanchette (grape), another name for the wine grape Chasselas
Blanchette rouge, another name for the wine grape Canari noir
Mondeuse blanche, a wine grape which is also known as Blanchette
Verdesse, another wine grape which is also known as Blanchette

Other uses

Blanchette Cemetery, Beaumont, Texas is the resting-place of Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), Baptist minister and bluesman

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