Prevost (surname)

Prevost (French: Prévost) is a French surname which translates to 'provost'. Notable people with the surname include:

Abbé Prévost (1697–1763), French novelist
André Prévost (composer) (1934–2001), Canadian composer
Augustine Prévost (1723–1786), British general
Charles Prévost (chemist) (1899–1983), French chemist
Codie Prevost (born 1984), Canadian country singer
Constant Prévost (1787–1856), French geologist
Daniel Prévost (born 1939), French actor
Eddie Prévost (born 1942), English percussionist
Eugène Prévost (carpenter) (1898–1965), founder of Prevost Car
Eugène Prévost (cyclist) (1863–1961), French cyclist
Eugène Prévost (musician) (1809–1872), French composer and conductor
Florent Prévost (1794–1870), French naturalist
Françoise Prévost (dancer) (1680–1741), French dancer
Françoise Prévost (actress) (1930–1997), French actress
Gédéon-Mélasippe Prévost (1817–1887), Canadian notary and politician
George Prévost (1767–1816), British general and governor
George Prevost McKay (1840–1924), Canadian business executive and politician
Hippolyte Prévost (1808–1873), inventor of a stenography system; see Théodore-Pierre Bertin
Isaac-Bénédict Prévost (1755–1819), Swiss theologian, plant pathologist and naturalist
James Charles Prevost (1810–1891), British admiral
Jean Prévost (1901–1944), French writer and Resistance fighter
Jean Prévost (politician) (1870–1915), Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician
Jean-Louis Prévost (1838–1927), Swiss neurologist and physiologist
Jean-Louis Prévost (1790–1850), French botanical artist
Joël Prévost (1950–2024), French singer
Leonardo Prevost (born 1971), Cuban sprinter
Louis Prévost de Sansac (1496–1576), a Marshal of France
Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol (1829–1870), French journalist and essayist
Marcel Prévost (1862–1941), French writer
Marie Prevost (1896–1937), Canadian actress
Maurice Prévost (1887–1948), French pioneer aviator
Michael Prevost (born 1953), German-Canadian boxer
Michèle Prévost (born 1955), Canadian civil engineer
Nicholas Le Prevost (born 1947), English actor
Pierre Prévost (physicist) (1751–1839), Swiss philosopher and physicist
Pierre André Prévost de La Prévostière, French politician, governor general of Pondicherry
Robert Prévost (1927–1982), Canadian set designer
Robert Prevost (born 1955), American-Peruvian Catholic prelate of the Order of Saint Augustine; elected Pope Leo XIV in 2025
Victor Prevost (1820–1881), American photographer
Wilfrid Prévost (1832–1898), Canadian lawyer and politician
Yves Prévost (1908–1997), Canadian lawyer and politician
Yvonne Prévost (1878–1942), French tennis player

See also