Jean-Joseph Renaud

French fencer and writer (1873–1953)

Born

16 January 1873, 9th arrondissement of Paris

Died

8 December 1953, Paris

Citizenship

France

Sport

fencing

Occupation

writer, playwright, fencer, journalist, translator

Jean-Joseph Renaud (16 January 1873 – 7 December 1953) was a French épée and foil fencer. He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

He was also a prolific journalist, author and playwright whose books La Défense dans la rue (Self Defence in the Street - 1912) and L'Escrime (Fencing - 1911) are recognised as an important contribution to early 20th century literature on those subjects. He was a proponent of the field of honor, saying: "From every point of view dueling is beneficent." He refereed many duels (including ones involving Clemenceau and Leon Blum) and fought at least 15 himself (being a fencing master, all but 4 were fought with pistols; he was victorious in all of them).

Competitions

Awards and honours

• Maurice-Renard Prize 1922
• Georges-Dupau award 1949

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q3807599 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.