Vauquelin
# 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
