title: Villeneuve (surname)
text: # Villeneuve (surname)
  
  Villeneuve is a French surname based on a toponym that means New City or New Town. Variations include: de Villeneuve or Devilleneuve, which means from New City / from New Town. It may refer to:
  
  * Andrew Villeneuve, founder and executive director the Northwest Progressive Institute in the U.S.
  * Anne Villeneuve (illustrator) (born 1966), Canadian writer and illustrator
  * Anne Villeneuve (scientist), American geneticist
  * Annie Villeneuve (born 1983), singer from Quebec, Canada
  * Carel de Villeneuve (1897–1974), Dutch lawyer and public servant in Indonesia
  * Denis Villeneuve (born 1967), film director
  * Francine Villeneuve (born 1964), Canadian horse racing pioneer and thoroughbred jockey
  * Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve (1695–1755), French writer
  * Gilles Villeneuve (1950–1982), former F1 driver
     * Jacques Villeneuve (born 1971), racing driver, son of Gilles
  * Jacques Villeneuve (racing driver, born 1953), racing driver and world champion snowmobile racer, brother of Gilles
  * Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve (1883-1947), Canadian Cardinal, Archbishop of Quebec
  * Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (1756–1794), French writer and politician
  * Julien Vallou de Villeneuve (1795–1866), French photographer
  * Justin de Villeneuve, 1960s British celebrity, boyfriend and manager of the model Twiggy
  * Louis Devilleneuve, French canoeist
  * Noble Villeneuve (born 1938-2018), Canadian politician
  * Pierre Devilleneuve, French canoeist
  * Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (né Pierre-Charles-Silvestre de Villeneuve) (1763–1806), French admiral during the Napoleonic Wars
  * Raymond Villeneuve (born 1943), political activist in Canada
  