Deleuzes

Deleuzes is a French-language surname. It is the plural form of Deleuze and may be used to refer to multiple individuals who share the name. The origin is likely toponymic, derived from places named Leuze or Leuze-en-Hainaut in Francophone regions, indicating origin from a locality.

The most prominent bearer associated with the name is Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995), a French philosopher whose work spans metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, and political theory. He is known for a philosophy of difference and repetition and for collaborations with Félix Guattari, producing works such as Anti-Oedipus (1972) and A Thousand Plateaus (1980).

Because Deleuze is usually treated as a singular surname, the form Deleuzes is rarely used to refer to a person; it would appear mainly in genealogical or plural contexts to denote more than one individual bearing the name. In academic and cultural writing, references typically use the singular Deleuze when naming the philosopher, while Deleuzes would indicate multiple people sharing the surname or a family designation.

See also: Deleuze (surname).