Taillefer (disambiguation)
Taillefer is originally an Old French nickname (from the medieval Latin incisor ferri or sector ferri, meaning "hewer of iron"). It may refer to:
- Taillefer, an eleventh-century Norman juggler and singer.
- the Taillefer Rocks, small Tasmanian granite islands
- the Massif du Taillefer in the Dauphiné Alps
- Le Taillefer, highest peak in the Massif du Taillefer
- The House of Taillefer was the first dynasty of Counts of Angoulême (839–1246)
- Taillefer (Strauss), a cantata for choir, soloists and orchestra written by German composer Richard Strauss in 1903
People with the surname
- Jean Taillefer (1869–1941), French fencer
- Germaine Tailleferre born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse (1892–1983), French composer
See also
- William Taillefer (disambiguation), several medieval rulers had this name
- Telfer (disambiguation), Scottish surname based on Taillefer
- Taliaferro, a Virginian family
- All pages with titles containing Taillefer
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