Alain (given name)

A

• Alain Acard, French sprint canoeist
• Alain Anderton, British author of business studies and economics textbooks
• Alain Andji, French pole vaulter
• Alain André, Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec
• Alain Anziani, member of the Senate of France, representing the Gironde department
• Alain Aspect, French physicist
• Alain Akouala Atipault, Congolese politician
• Alain Auderset, Swiss Christian author of comic books

  B

• Alain Badiou, French philosopher
• Alain Bancquart, French composer
• Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter and actor
• Alain Bauer,, French criminologist
• Alain Baxter, Scottish professional skier
• Alain Beaulé, retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Alain Bédé, Ivorian footballer
• Alain Behi, French-Ivorian football player
• Alain Bélanger, Canadian professional hockey player
• Alain J. P. Belda, Chairman of the Board of Alcoa since January 2001
• Jacques-Alain Bénisti, member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Berger, Swiss orienteering competitor
• Alain Bergeron, Canadian science fiction author and political scientist
• Alain Berliner, Belgian director best known for the 1997 film Ma vie en rose
• Alain Bernard, French swimmer from Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône
• Alain Bernat Gallego, Andorran politician
• Alain Bernheim, French musician and Masonic researcher
• Alain Berset, President of the Swiss Council of States
• Alain Billiet, the alleged designer of the euro sign
• Paul Alain Bingan, Cameroonian professional footballer
• Alain Blanchard, commander of the crossbowmen of Touent during the Hundred Years' War
• Alain Blondel, retired French decathlete
• Alain Bocquet, member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Boghossian, retired Armenian-French football player
• Alain Boire, Canadian politician
• Yve-Alain Bois, historian and critic of modern art
• Alain Bombard, French biologist, physician and politician
• Alain Bondue, France cyclist
• Alain Boublil, librettist who worked with the composer Claude-Michel Schönberg
• Alain Bouchard, Canadian businessman
• Jean-Alain Boumsong, Cameroonian professional football defender
• Alain Bravo, French electrical engineer and entrepreneur

  C

• Alain Cacheux, member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Calmat, French former competitive figure skater, surgeon, and politician
• Alain Cantareil, French footballer
• Alain Caron, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Alain Caron, Canadian jazz musician and bass player
• Alain F. Carpentier M.D. Ph.D., French heart surgeon
• Alain Casanova, football former goalkeeper and manager
• Alain Cavalier, French film director
• Alain Caveglia, French football retired striker
• Alain Cayzac, French advertising agent
• Alain Chabat, French Jewish actor and director
• Alain Chamfort, French singer of Breton origin
• Alain Chapel, French Michelin 3 starred chef
• Alain Chartier, French poet and political writer
• Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada
• Alain Chatillon, member of the Senate of France
• Alain Chevrier, retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• Alain Claeys, member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Clark, Dutch musician and producer
• Alain Colmerauer, French computer scientist
• Alain Connes, French mathematician
• Alain Corbin, French historian, specialist of the 19th century in France
• Alain Corneau, French movie director and writer
• Alain Côté, professional ice hockey player for the Quebec Nordiques
• Alain Côté, former professional ice hockey player and Roller Hockey player
• Alain Couriol, former French football striker
• Alain Courtois, Belgian politician
• Alain Cousin, member of the National Assembly of France
• Marie-Alain Couturier, French Dominican friar, designer of stained glass windows
• Alain Cuny, French actor

  D

• Alain Daigle, former professional ice hockey forward
• Alain Daniélou, French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist, and convert to Shaivite Hinduism
• Alain de Benoist, French academic, philosopher, founder of the Nouvelle Droite
• Alain de Boissieu, French general, son-in-law of general Charles de Gaulle
• Alain de Botton,, British writer and television producer
• Alain de Cadenet, on-air personality for the SPEED Channel and ESPN
• Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver
• Alain de Coëtivy, prelate from a Breton noble family
• Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France during the reign of Louis XIV and Louis XV
• Alain Huetz de Lemps, French geographer and botanist
• Alain de Lille, French theologian and poet
• Alain de Mijolla, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
• Alain de Royer-Dupré, French racehorse trainer
• Alain de Solminihac, French Catholic religious reformer and bishop of Cahors
• Alain-Philippe Malagnac d'Argens de Villèle, the adopted son of French writer Roger Peyrefitte
• Alain Decaux, French historian
• Alain Defossé, French novelist and translator
• Alain Delon, César Award-winning French actor
• Alain Demurger, modern French historian, specialist of the history of the Knights Templar and the Crusades
• Alain Deneef, Belgian businessman
• Alain Desrosières, French statistician at the INSEE and a sociologist and historian of science at the EHESS
• Alain Destexhe, Belgian liberal politician
• Alain Digbeu, French professional basketball player
• Étienne Alain Djissikadié, Gabonese footballer
• Pierre-Alain Donnier, Swiss journalist, died while reporting from Tchad in 1988
• Alain Dorval, French voice actor born in Algiers
• Alain Dostie, Canadian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter
• Alain Dubuc, Canadian journalist and an economist
• Alain Ducasse, Monégasque chef
• Alain Dufaut, member of the Senate of France, representing the Vaucluse department
• Alain Duhamel, French journalist and political commentator

  E

• Alain Michel Ekoue, Cameroonian football player
• Alain Elkann, Italian novelist and journalist of Jewish descent
• Alain Enthoven, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1965
• Alain Escoffier, French anti-communist activist and martyr
• Alain Etchegoyen, American philosopher and novelist
• Alain Eyobo, retired Cameroonian professional football forward
• Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, French art historian and archivist

  F

• Jean-Alain Fanchone, French footballer
• Alain Fauconnier, French politician and a member of the Senate of France
• Alain Ferry, member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Ferté, French professional racing driver
• Alain Figaret, French luxury shirt brand launched in 1968 by Alain Figaret
• Alain Finkielkraut, French essayist, and son of a Jewish Polish artisan
• Alain Fouché, French politician and a member of the Senate of France
• Alain Fournier, computer graphics researcher
• Alain Frachon, French journalist
• Pierre-Alain Frau,, French football forward

  G

• Alain Garant, Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Alain Gaspoz, Beninese football player who, is playing for FC Bagnes
• Alain Geiger, retired Swiss international football defender and current manager
• Alain Gerbault, French aviator, tennis champion and sailor
• Alain Gest, French politician
• Alain Gheerbrant, French writer, editor, poet and explorer
• Alain Giletti, French figure skater
• Alain Giresse, French professional football midfielder
• Alain Glavieux, French professor in electrical engineering
• Alain Goma, former football player
• Alain Goraguer, French jazz pianist, sideman of Boris Vian and Serge Gainsbourg, arranger and composer
• Alain Gouaméné, former football goalkeeper from Côte d'Ivoire
• Alain Gournac, French politician and a member of the Senate of France
• Alain Grandbois, CC, Quebecer poet born in Saint-Casimir, Quebec
• Alain Guionnet, French revisionist and a left-wing activist

  H

• Alain Haché, experimental physicist and associate professor at the University of Moncton, Canada
• Alain Hamer, Luxembourgian football referee
• Alain Héroux, former professional ice hockey left winger
• Alain Hertoghe, Belgian journalist who worked for the French Catholic newspaper La Croix
• Alain Houpert, French politician and a member of the Senate of France
• Alain Hutchinson, Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament

  J

• Alain Jacquet, French artist representative of the American Pop Art movement
• Alain Jessua, French film director and screenwriter
• Alain Johannes, guitarist and member of the band Eleven
• Alain Johns, fictional gunslinger in Stephen King's Dark Tower series of novels
• Alain Joly, French businessman
• Georges-Alain Jones, French singer
• Alain Joyandet, French politician
• Alain Juppé, French right-wing politician, Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997

  K

• Alain Kashama, professional Canadian footballer
• Alain Muana Kizamba, goalkeeper from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Alain Koffi, French professional basketball player
• Alain Koudou, Ivorian football striker
• Alain Krivine, leader of the Trotskyist movement in France

  L

• Alain Lamassoure, French politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Alain Lambert, French politician
• Alain Le Boulluec, contemporary French patristics scholar
• Alain Le Bussy, prolific Belgian author of science fiction
• Alain Le Vern, French Socialist Senator, president of the Haute-Normandie region
• Alain Lebas, French sprint canoeist
• Alain Paul Lebeaupin, French Archbishop
• Alain Lefèvre, Québécois pianist and composer
• Alain Lemercier, retired male race walker from France
• Alain Lemieux, retired ice hockey player
• Alain Lequeux, French jockey
• Alain-René Lesage, French novelist and playwright
• Alain Lestié, French painter and writer
• Alain-Marcel Linse, French artist born in Paris
• Alain Lipietz, French engineer, economist, politician, member of the French Green Party
• Alain Liri, Côte d'Ivoire footballer
• Alain Locke, American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts
• Alain Lombard, French conductor

  M

• Alain Mabanckou, author and journalist
• Alain Maca, retired American soccer defender, President of the JFK International Air Terminal
• Alain Madelin, French politician and former minister
• Alain Mafart, French military officer
• Alain Mamou-Mani, French film producer and writer
• Alain Manesson Mallet, French cartographer and engineer
• Alain Marc, member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Marion, French flautist
• Alain Marleix, Secretary of State for Veterans in the government of François Fillon from 2007 to 2008
• Alain Marty, member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Masudi, Congolese football player
• Alain Maury, French astronomer
• Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o, Cameroonian political figure
• Alain Menu, Swiss racing driver
• Alain Merchadier, French retired professional football defender
• Alain Mesili, political activist in France during the 1968 disturbances
• Alain Meslet, French professional road bicycle racer
• Alain Meunier, French cellist
• Alain Mikli, French designer of high-end handmade eyeglasses and accessories
• Jacques-Alain Miller, prominent French Lacanian psychoanalyst
• Alain Milon, member of the Senate of France
• Alain Milord, Extraterrestrial
• Alain Mimoun, French Olympic marathon champion
• Alain Moizan, French retired professional football midfielder
• Alain Moka, Congolese politician
• Alain Moyne-Bressand, member of the National Assembly of France
• Pierre-Alain Muet, member of the National Assembly of France

  N

• Alain Nasreddine, professional ice hockey defenceman
• Alain Ndizeye, Burundian football defender
• Alain Ndjoubi Ossami, Gabonese politician and economist
• Alain Nef, Swiss football defender
• Alain Néri, member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Ngalani, Cameroonian two-time Muay Thai kickboxing world champion
• Alain Nkong, Cameroonian football midfielder

  O

• Alain Junior Ollé Ollé, Cameroonian professional footballer

  P

• Alain Paquet, Canadian politician, teacher and economist
• Alain Pasquier, French art historian specialising in ancient Greek art, museography and conservation
• Alain Passard, French chef and owner of the three star restaurant L'Arpège in Paris
• Alain Payet, French director of Nazi exploitation and chic porn movies
• Alain Pellegrini, French général de Division
• Alain Perrin, French football manager and former footballer
• Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician
• Alain Poher, French centrist politician
• Alain Poiré, French film producer and screenwriter
• Alain Pons, Gibraltarian footballer
• Alain Pompidou, French scientist and politician
• Alain Portes, French handball player
• Alain Portmann, Swiss football goalkeeper
• Alain Prost, French racing driver; Four Time Formula One World Champion
• Alain Provost, French Landscape Architect

  Q

• Marc-Alain Ouaknin, French rabbi and philosopher

  R

• Alain Raguel, French football player
• Alain Rakotondramanana, Malagasy footballer
• Alain Ramadier, French politician
• Alain Rayes, Canadian politician
• Alain Razahasoa, Malagasy long-distance runner
• Alain Rémond, French humor columnist
• Alain Resnais, French New Wave film director
• Alain Rey, French linguist, lexicographer and radio personality
• Alain Rey, Swiss ski mountaineer
• Alain Richard, French politician
• Alain Richard, Swiss ski mountaineer
• Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer and filmmaker
• Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber
• Alain Robidoux, Canadian snooker player
• Alain Roca, retired volleyball player from Cuba
• Alain Rochat, Swiss footballer
• Alain Roche, former French football defender
• Alain Rohr, Swiss athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles
• Alain Rolland, former Irish rugby union footballer and current international referee
• Alain Romans, French jazz composer
• Alain Rousset, the Socialist president of the Aquitaine region of France

  S

• Alain Sailhac, Executive Vice President and Dean Emeritus at the French Culinary Institute in New York City
• Alain Saint-Ogan, French comics author and artist
• Alain Sarde, French film producer and actor
• Alain Sars, retired French professional football referee
• Alain Savary, French Socialist politician
• Alain Schmitt, French judoka
• Alain Schultz, Swiss association footballer
• Alain Senderens, leading French chef credited as one of the founders of Nouvelle Cuisine
• Alain Sergile, Haitian swimmer who lived in Roswell, Georgia
• Alain Silver, US film and music producer, and reviewer, historian and writer on film topics, especially film noir and horror films
• Alain Simard, President and CEO of L'Équipe Spectra since its inception in 1977
• Alain Soral, French sociologist, essayist, and film maker, as well as being the author of several polemical essays
• Alain Souchon, French singer, songwriter and actor
• Alain Suguenot, member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Suied, French poet and translator
• Alain Supiot, French legal scholar
• Alain Sutter, Swiss football player
• Alain Sylvestre, professional Canadian kickboxer

  T

• Alain Tabourian, Lebanese politician of Armenian origin
• Alain Tanner, Swiss film director
• Alain Tardif, Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Alain Touraine, French sociologist born in Hermanville-sur-Mer
• Alain Touwaide, Belgian historian of medicine and sciences currently researching at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C.
• Alain Traoré, Burkinabé football midfielder
• Alain Trudel, Canadian musician, composer and conductor
• Alain Turnier, Haitian historian

  V

• Alain Vanzo, French opera singer and composer
• Alain Vasselle, member of the Senate of France representing the Oise department
• Alain Vasseur, French professional road bicycle racer
• Alain Viala, professor of French Literature at the University of Oxford and the University of Paris III
• Alain Vidalies, member of the National Assembly of France
• Alain Vigneault, the head coach of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL
• Alain Vivien, French Socialist Party politician

  W

• Alain Weill, French art critic, expert in graphic design and advertising
• Alain Wertheimer, French businessman who owns a controlling interest in the House of Chanel with his brother Gerard
• Alain Whyte , English guitarist, singer, and songwriter
• Alain Wicki, Swiss skeleton racer
• Alain Williams, British sprint canoeist

  Y

• Alain Bédouma Yoda, Burkinabé politician and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation

  Z

• Alain Zoubga, medical doctor and politician in Burkina Faso

  Other

• Alain, bishop of Auxerre, Cistercian abbot and bishop of Auxerre from 1152 to 1167
• Alain I of Albret, powerful French aristocrat
• Alain-Fournier, the pseudonym of Henri Alban-Fournier, French author and soldier

  Fictional characters

• Alain, recurring character in the Pokémon anime series
• Alain, a recurring character in tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ghost.