Chrétien is a given name and surname. In the French language, Chrétien is the masculine form of "Christian", as noun, adjective or adverb. Notable people with the name include:

• Chrétien de Troyes, 12th-century French poet
• Chrétien Le Clercq, 17th-century Roman Catholic missionary
• Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes (1759–1845), French merchant-trader, diplomat and scholar
• Chrétien Urhan (1790–1845), French musician and composer

• Gilles-Louis Chrétien (1754–1811) inventor of the physionotrace
• Henri Chrétien, (1879–1956), French astronomer and inventor
• Jean Chrétien (born 1934), 20th prime minister of Canada (serving 1993–2003), and former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (serving 1990–2003) also:
  • Aline Chrétien (1936–2020), his wife
  • Michel Chrétien (born 1936), his brother
  • Raymond Chrétien (born 1942), former Canadian ambassador to the United States, his nephew
• Jean-Guy Chrétien (born 1946), Canadian politician
• Jean-Louis Chrétien, (1952–2019), French philosopher
• Jean-Loup Chrétien (born 1938), French astronaut
• Paul Chrétien, (1862–1948), French general
• Pierre Chrétien (1846–1934), French entomologist
• Todd Chretien (born 1969), contemporary U.S. activist

• All pages with titles containing Chrétien
• The dictionary definition of Chrétien at Wiktionary
• Chrétien (crater), on the Moon

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