People
- Antoine de La Rochefoucauld, 16th-century French knight
- Count Antoine de La Rochefoucauld (1862–1959), 19th century Rosicrucian
- François de La Rochefoucauld (writer) (1613–1680), French author
- François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal) (1558–1645), French cardinal of the Catholic Church
- François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (1747–1827), social reformer
- François de La Rochefoucauld, marquis de Montendre (1672–1739)
- François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1765–1848)
- Frédéric Gaëtan, marquis de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (1779–1863), politician
- Maxime de la Rochefoucauld (born 1959), Canadian musician
- Robert de La Rochefoucauld (1923 - 2012), French count and special operations executive
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