Plessis

Plessis, Plessy, du Plessis, and de Plessis are related French surnames, and may refer to:

• Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman and cardinal, born Armand-Jean du Plessis, Seigneur de Richelieu
• Phillipe de Plessis, French knight and 13th Grand Master of the Knights Templar
• Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French statesman
• Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu, French bishop
• Jacques de Rougé du Plessis-Bellière, French general
• Suzanne, Marquise du Plessis-Bellière, wife of Jacques and political opponent of Louis XIV
• Marie Duplessis, French courtesan
• Gilbert de Choiseul Duplessis Praslin, French bishop
• Caesar, duc de Choiseul, Marshal of France, born Cæsar Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin
• Philippe de Mornay, French Protestant writer, also known as Mornay Du Plessis
• Joseph-Octave Plessis, Canadian bishop
• Homer Plessy, American litigant, plaintiff in the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision
• Damien Plessis, French footballer
• Guillaume Plessis, French footballer from Réunion
• Jan du Plessis, British-South African businessman
• Bismarck du Plessis and Jannie du Plessis, brothers and South African rugby players
• Koos du Plessis, South African songwriter
• Corne Du Plessis, South African sprinter
• Christian du Plessis, South African baritone
• Francois du Plessis, a South African cricketer
• Tinus du Plessis, Namibian rugby player
• ((Rikard du Plessis))

See also

• Le Plessis (disambiguation), the name of twenty-three communes in France
• Plessy v. Ferguson, a U.S. Supreme Court decision supporting segregation
• Plessey, a historic British corporation
• Plessis 1817 ellipsoid

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