Claude Monet | Claude Debussy | Claude Lorrain | Claude François | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Claude Lévi-Strauss | Claude Royet-Journoud | Claude Chabrol | Jean-Claude Carrière | Claude Vivier | Claude Shannon | Claude Berri | Jean-Claude Colin | Claude Rains | Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | Christo and Jeanne-Claude | Jean-Claude Gérard | Claude Lelouch | Claude Jade | Claude Garamond | Claude Bolling | Claude Auchinleck | Jean-Claude Duvalier | Claude Thornhill | Claude Simon | Claude Nicollier | Claude Mollet | Claude Lecouteux | Claude Joseph Vernet | Claude Dubois |
He was educated at Zürich and at Saumur (where he graduated), studied theology at Orléans under Claude Pajon, at Paris under Jean Claude and at Geneva under Louis Tronchin, and was ordained to the ministry in his native place in 1683.