Frere is a surname shared by several notable people, among them being:
- Bartholomew Frere (1776-1851), English diplomat
- Ellenor Fenn née Frere (1743-1813), English writer
- Henry Frere (1830–1881), English cricketer
- Sir Henry Bartle Frere (1815-1884), British colonial administrator
- James Frere (1920-1994), Chester Herald at the College of Arms in London
- James Hatley Frere (1779–1866), English writer on prophecy
- John Frere (1740–1807), English antiquary
- John Hookham Frere (1769-1846), English diplomat, author and poet
- Mary Frere (1845–1911), English writer
- Professor Sheppard Frere (1916-), British historian and archaeologist
- Sir Toby Frere (1938-), retired Royal Navy vice-admiral
- Walter Frere (1863-1938), monk and bishop
- William Frere (1775–1836), English lawyer and academic
Famous quotes containing the word frere:
“At the time there was a claustral monk named Frere Jean of the Hashes, who was young, gallant, joyful, good natured, dextrous, bold, adventurous, thoughtful, tall, thin, with a capacious mouth, gifted in the nose, a great dispatcher of hours, quite an accomplisher of masses, a quick doer-in of vigils,—to put it in a nutshell, a true monk if ever there’s been one since this monk of a world first monked out a monk; moreover, a cleric to his very teeth in matters of the breviary.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)
“A frere ther was, a wantowne and a merye,
A lymytour, a ful solempne man.
In alle the ordres foure is noon that kan
So muchel of daliaunce and fair langage.
He hadde maad ful many a mariage
Of yonge wommen at his owene cost.
Unto his ordre he was a noble post.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)