title: Vauquelin
text: # Vauquelin
  
  Vauquelin is a Norman-French surname, former first name (Walchelin, Walkelin). It may refer to one of the following :
  
  ## People
  
  * Vauquelin de Ferrière, the French name of Walkelin(e) de Ferrers (died 1040), a Norman baron of Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire
  * Vauquelin de Winchester, the French name of Walkelin (died 1098), the first Norman bishop of Winchester
  * Jean Vauquelin (1728-1772), a French naval officer
  * Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye (1536-1608), a French poet
  * Kévin Vauquelin (born 2001), a French cyclist
  * Nicolas Vauquelin des Yveteaux (1567–1649), a French poet, the son of Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye
  * Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1829), a French pharmacist and chemist
  * Moise Vauquelin (17th century), a French buccaneer
  * Roger Vauquelin des Yveteaux, the president of the 1940s French fascist youth organization Jeunesse Populaire Française
  
  ## Other
  
  * Vauquelin class destroyer of French Navy
  * Vauquelin Square in Montreal
  
  ## Other spellings
  
  * Jean Wauquelin (died 1452), French writer and translator
  * Michel Gauquelin (1928 - 1991), a French psychologist and statistician
  