What is "vauquelin"

Vauquelin is a Norman-French surname, former first name ( Walchelin, Walkelin). It may refer to one of the following :

• 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
• 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

• Vauquelin class destroyer of French Navy
• Vauquelin Square in Montreal

• Jean Wauquelin (died 1452), French writer and translator
• Michel Gauquelin (1928 - 1991), a French psychologist and statistician