Sardou

Sardou is a French surname that has been associated with several figures in theatre and music. The best-known bearer is Victorien Sardou (1831–1908), a prominent French playwright whose prolific output helped shape Parisian theatre in the second half of the 19th century. His melodramas were widely produced, and some works, such as La Tosca (1887), achieved international fame and later inspired Puccini’s opera Tosca.

The name is also linked to the French music scene through Fernand Sardou, a singer and actor, and his son Michel Sardou, a major French pop and chanson singer who rose to prominence in the 1970s and maintained a long, successful career. The Sardou surname continues to be encountered in French cultural circles, particularly in connections to theatre and popular music.