| ![Show Contents]() Beau History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 France Directly translated, "le beau" means "the beautiful". One source states that the name Beau was given to those that appealed to both the eye and the mind. 1 Early Origins of the Beau familyThe surname Beau was first found in Poitou, where Nicolas Beau, a knight, was the Lord of Sainte-Gemme and Bourgneuf in 1309. Early History of the Beau familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Beau research. Another 51 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1356, 1404 and 1533 are included under the topic Early Beau History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Beau Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Beau, Lebeau, Lebeaux, Le beaux, Lebeault and others. Early Notables of the Beau familyNotable amongst the family at this time was - Beau of Poitou, and Le Beau of Brittany
Beau RankingIn France, the name Beau is the 882nd most popular surname with an estimated 5,815 people with that name. 2
 Beau migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Beau Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Daniel Beau, who landed in New York in 1715 3
- Marie Beau, who arrived in America in 1715 3
- Michel Beau, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 3
- Jacques Beau, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1768 3
Beau Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Anna Barbara Beau, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1805 3
- Georg Wilhelm Beau, who arrived in America in 1862 3
| Beau migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Beau Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century- Elie Beau, who landed in Montreal in 1659
| Beau migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Beau Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Mr. William Beau, English convict who was convicted in Beverley, East Riding, Yorkshire, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Barossa" on 27th August 1841, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Beau (post 1700) | + |
- Major-General Lucas Victor Beau Jr. (1895-1986), American Commanding Officer of San Berardino Air Depot (1942-1943) 5
- Heinie Beau (1911-1987), American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist and clarinetist
- Jean-Michel Beau (1943-2020), French gendarme who served during the Irish of Vincennes affair in 1982
- Eldon Beau Boulter (b. 1942), American Republican politician, U.S. Representative from Texas 13th District, 1985-89; Defeated, 1992; Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988 6
- Eldon Beau Boulter (b. 1942), American politician, Republican congressman from Texas (1985-1989)
- Christopher Beau Landon (b. 1975), American screenwriter
- Beau Benally, American actor, known for Pete & Cleo (2010), More Than Frybread (2011) and Blue Gap Boy'z (2008)
- Beau Allred (b. 1965), American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played three seasons for the Cleveland Indians between 1989 and 1991
- Beau Falloon (b. 1987), Australian rugby league player for the Gold Coast Titans
- Beau Muston (b. 1987), Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn Football Club from 2009 to 2010
- Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 24th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/barossa
- Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 6) Lucas Beau. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Beau/Lucas_Victor_Jr./USA.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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