{{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Joubert is a French surname. It is a regional variant form of Jaubert, originating in the centre west and centre south of France.<ref>Albert Dauzat (Foreword by Marie-Thérèse Morlet), Noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse 1980. p. 346b.</ref> This surname is common in South Africa and Namibia, particularly among the descendants of Huguenot settlers.
It may refer to:
PersonsEdit
MilitaryEdit
- Barthelemy Catherine Joubert (1769–1799), French general during the French Revolutionary Wars
- Christiaan Johannes Joubert (1834–1911), South African soldier, politician and vice president of the South African Republic
- David Joubert, South African general, nephew of Petrus Jacobus "Piet" Joubert
- Léopold Louis Joubert (1842–1927), French soldier and lay missionary in the Belgian Congo
- Piet Joubert (1831–1900), South African commandant-general (equivalent to major general) and vice president of the South African Republic
- Philip Joubert de la Ferté, British air marshal
MusicEdit
- John Joubert (composer) (1927–2019), British composer
- The Joubert Singers, choir, notable for "Stand on the Word"
- Phyliss McKoy-Joubert, composer, most notably for "Stand on the Word"
- Gwynneth Joubert, South African singer-songwriter, known by her stage name as Gwynneth Ashley-Robin, most notably for Little Jimmy and Little Soldier Blue
SportsEdit
- André Joubert (born 1964), South African rugby union player
- Brian Joubert (born 1984), French figure skater
- Craig Joubert (born 1977), South African rugby union referee
- Danie Joubert (1909–1997), South African sprinter
- Ernst Joubert (born 1980), South African rugby union player
- Marius Joubert (born 1979), South African rugby union player
OthersEdit
- Elsa Joubert (1922–2020), South African writer in Afrikaans
- Gideon Joubert (1923–2010), South African author and journalist
- Jacqueline Joubert (1921–2005), French television presenter
- John Joubert (serial killer) (1963–1996), American serial killer
- Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), French moralist and essayist
- Laurent Joubert (1529–1582), French physician
- Marie Joubert, Canadian neurologist who first identified Joubert syndrome
- Pierre Joubert (illustrator) (1910–2002), French illustrator
- Pierre Joubert (viticulturalist), (1664–1732)
Fictional charactersEdit
- Joubert, in Sydney Pollack's film Three Days of the Condor (1975), played by Max von Sydow
- Marguerite (Minou) Reydon-Joubert (née Joubert), hero of both Kate Mosse' historical novels in 'The Burning Chambers' series, 'The Burning Chambers' and 'The City of Tears'