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J. Earl McEwenJoseph Earl McEwen (died 2004) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1985. McEwen was born at Sharbot Lake, and educated in Trenton. He was a veterinarian before entering political life, as well as an active freemason. He also ow..
JEALOUS'JEALOUS' is the first single by the J-Rock group Dir en grey released in 1998 on an independent label. Neither of the tracks appear on any other release. Both songs were made into promotional videos (PVs or Music Videos) and were featured on the 妄想統覚劇 (MOSO TOKAKU GEKI) PV Collection on..
JealousyFor the X Japan album, see Jealousy (album). Emotions Attachment Bonding Boyfriend Cohabitation Divorce Friendship Family Girlfriend Jealousy Love Marriage Monogamy Open Marriage Polyamory Polyandry Polygamy Polygynandry Polygyny Sexuality Separation Swinging Widowhood Jealousy is typicall..
Jealousy (album)Jealousy was the third album released by the Japanese band X Japan. It was released on July 1st, 1991 in Japan. The album debuted at #1 on the Oricon charts and included the power ballad Say Anything, the acoustic song Voiceless Screaming and Silent Jealousy, which is considered to be one of the ba..
Jealousy (song)Jazz Album Listing "Fat Bottomed Girls"(Track 2) "Jealousy"(Track 3) "Bicycle Race"(Track 4) Jealousy is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1978 album Jazz. It was written by Freddie Mercury. In 1979, "Jealousy" was released as a single in the United States and other countries. ..
Jealousy is My Middle NameJealousy is My Middle Name (Jiltuneun naui him) is a 2002 South Korean film. It won Best Film honors at the Pusan International Film Festival and the Rotterdam Film Festival and was the directorial debut of Park Chan-ok. It was inspired by the poem of the same name by Ki Hyung-do. ..
Jealous AgainJealous Again is a 12" EP that was the second-ever release by Black Flag and the third-ever release on SST Records. Contents 1 History of the EP2 Song History3 Existing Outtakes4 Reissued Variations5 Track listing6 Musical Personnel7 References and footnotes ..
Jealous Guy"Jealous Guy" Single by John Lennon From the album Imagine Single Released November 1985 (UK) Recorded 1971 Song Length 4:14 Record label Parlophone Producer John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector Chart positions #65 (UK)#80 (US)(1988 release) "Jealous Guy" is a song written and perform..
Jealous of the Moon"Jealous of the Moon" is a song played by the modern bluegrass band Nickel Creek. It was written by Chris Thile, and it was the third song on Nickel Creek's latest album, Why Should the Fire Die?. Jealous of the Moon has Chris Thile on lead vocals and mandolin, and Sean Watkins and Sara Watkins on g..
Jealous One's EnvyJealous One's Envy is the second album by the latin rapper Fat Joe, released in November, 1995 (see 1995 in music). Track listing "Bronx Tale" (Diamond D/Fat Joe/KRS-One/Nestico) - 3:55"Success" (Domingo/Fat Joe/Ohta) - 3:50"Envy" (Fat Joe/Fat Joe/Fat Joe/Fat Joe/Fat Joe) - 4:11*Samples "Sexual H..
Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) is Fat Joe's fourth solo album. It is his most commercially popular album, thus having the hit "What's Luv?" featuring pop singer, Ashanti. Track listing IntroJ.O.S.E.King of N.Y. (feat. Buju Banton)Opposites Attract (What They Like) (feat. Remy)Definition of a ..
JeanJean is a common female given name in English-speaking countries, usually pronounced /dʒi:n/ (IPA). It is the Scottish form of Jane (and is sometimes pronounced that way); both names derive from the Old French Jehanne (equivalent to Johanna/Joanna/Joanne/Joan). In French-speaking countries, Jean ..
Jean, Grand Duke of LuxembourgJeanGrand Duke of Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg HRH Grand Duke Jean*HRH The Grand Duke*HRH The Grand Duchess**HRH The Hereditary Grand Duke**HRH Prince Félix**HRH Prince Louis**HRH Princess Alexandra**HRH Prince Sébastien*HI&RH Princess Marie Astrid*HRH Prin..
Jean, NevadaJean is a small community that is located on I-15 at exit 12, meaning that it is 12 miles north of the Nevada-California state line. Las Vegas is located about 30 miles to the north. Jean's slogan is "Old Vegas isn't gone... It just moved to exit 12." The area is mostly commercial with the Nevada..
Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de ServieresJean Grolier de Servières, viscount d'Aguisy (1479, Lyon - October 22nd 1565, Paris) was a famous bibliophile, whose library was dispersed in 1675. The bindings of the books being ornamented with geometric patterns, have given name to bindings in this style. They bore the inscription, Io. Grolieri ..
Jean-Adam GuilainJean-Adam Guilain (real name Jean Adam Guillaume Freinsberg) (c. 1680 – after 1739) was a German organist and harpsichordist who was mostly active in Paris during the first half of the eighteenth century. Little is known about his life. He was born in Germany, possibly around 1680 (the exact..
Jean-Alain BoumsongJean-Alain Boumsong (born December 14, 1979, in Cameroon) is a professional football defender who currently plays for Newcastle United F.C. and the French national team. He started his career with French team Le Havre before joining AJ Auxerre. He joined Alex McLeish at Rangers in 2004 and signed ..
Jean-Andoche JunotJean-Andoche Junot, Duke of Abrantes (October 23, 1771 – July 29, 1813) was a French general under Napoleon Bonaparte. Contents 1 Early career2 Italian campaign3 Peninsular War4 Later years Early career Junot was born in Bussy-le-Grand, France, and studied in Chatillon...
Jean-André DelucJean-André Deluc (8 February 1727 - 7 November 1817) was a Swiss geologist and meteorologist. He was born at Geneva, descended from a family which had emigrated from Lucca and settled at Geneva in the 15th century. His father, François Deluc, was the author of some publications in refutation of M..
Jean-Antoine AlavoineJean-Antoine Alavoine (1778–1834) was a French architect best known for his column in the Place de la Bastille, Paris (1831–40), the Colonne de juillet to memorialize those fallen in the Revolution of 1830. The column, consciously larger-scaled than the column in the Place Vendôme, has ..
Jean-Antoine ChaptalJean-Antoine Chaptal Jean-Antoine Claude, comte Chaptal de Chanteloup (June 4, 1756 – July 30, 1832) was a French chemist and statesman. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Revolution1.3 Consulate, Empire, and Restoration2 Scientific works3 References ..
Jean-Antoine d'AubermontJean-Antoine d'Aubermont was a Catholic theologian. Theologian of Bois-le-Duc; died 22 November, 1686. He joined the Dominicans in 1633, taught philosophy and theology in several convents of his order, was made doctor of theology at Louvain in 1652, and president of the local Dominican college in 1..
Jean-Antoine de BaïfFrench literature French literary history Medieval 16th century - 17th century 18th century -19th century 20th century - Contemporary French Writers Chronological list - - [[Portal:France|France Portal]] [[Portal:Literature|Literature Portal]]This box: [ view] • &..
Jean-Antoine DuboisJean-Antoine Dubois (1765 - 1848), French Catholic missionary in India, was ordained in the diocese of Viviers in 1792, and sailed for India in the same year under the direction of the Missions étrangères. J.A. Dubois had been baptisized on January 10, 1766 in St.Remèze/Ardèche. He was at fir..
Jean-Antoine HoudonBust of Jefferson by Houdon Jean-Antoine Houdon (March 20, 1741 – July 15, 1828) was a French sculptor. He became famous for his busts and statues of the major thinkers and doers of the time, including those of Denis Diderot (1771), Benjamin Franklin (1778), Thomas Jefferson (1789), Napo..
Jean-Antoine NolletJean-Antoine Nollet (19 November, 1700 – 25 April, 1770) was a French clergyman and physicist. As the head of a monastery, he was also known as Abbé Nollet. He was particularly interested in the new science of electricity, which he explored with the help of Du Fay and Réamur. He joined the R..
Jean-Antoine RoucherJean-Antoine Roucher (February 22, 1745 - July 25, 1794), was a French poet. Roucher was the son of a tailor from Montpellier. His epithalamium on Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette won him the favour of Turgot, and a salt-tax collectorship. His poem, entitled Les Mois, appeared in 1779, was praised i..
Jean-Arnold de ClermontJean-Arnold de Clermont (born October 22, 1941 in Paris) is a priest of the French Reformed Church. He has been president of the French Protestant Federation since July 1, 1999. External links [Official home page] ..
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Marcelin, Baron de MarbotJean-Baptiste-Antoine-Marcelin, Baron de Marbot (August 18, 1782 – November 16, 1854), French soldier, son of General Jean Antoine de Marbot (1754-1800), who died in the defence of Genoa under Masséna, was born at La Riviere (Correze). He joined the republican army as a volunteer in 1799. At..
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine FerlandJean-Baptiste-Antoine Ferland (born 25 December 1805 Montreal - died 11 January 1865 Quebec) was a French Canadian historian. He studied at the college of Nicolet and was ordained 1828. He ministered to country parishes until 1841, when he was made director of studies in the college of Nicolet. He b..
Jean-Baptiste-Éric DorionJean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion (September 17 1826 – November 1 1866) was a journalist and political figure in Canada East. He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Lower Canada in 1826, the son of Pierre-Antoine Dorion. In 1842, he found work as a clerk in a store at Trois-Rivières. He was edit..
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph DuchesneJean-Baptiste-Joseph Duchesne (Gisors, 1770-Paris, 1856) was a French painter and miniaturist. He become know after the exposition of 1804 and was a royal painter during Restauration. His works are quite realistic. ..
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph GobelJean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel (September 1, 1727 – April 12, 1794) was a French Roman Catholic cleric and politician of the Revolution. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Clerical career1.2 Politics2 References Biography Clerical career Gobel was born in Thann (Alsace), and studied..
Jean-Baptiste-Louis GressetFrench literature French literary history Medieval 16th century - 17th century 18th century -19th century 20th century - Contemporary French Writers Chronological list - - [[Portal:France|France Portal]] [[Portal:Literature|Literature Portal]]This box: [ view] • ..
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon ChardinJean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (November 2, 1699 – December 6, 1779) is considered by some to be the greatest of the 18th-century French Rococo painters. He favored simple still lifes and unsentimental domestic interiors. He is known for his beautifully textured still lifes as well as his se..
Jean-Baptiste AbessoloJean-Baptiste Nguema Abessolo, also seen as J.-B. Abessolo-Nguema, (b. 15 February 1932) is an educator and writer of Gabon. Born at Oyem, he was educated there and at Libreville, then studied educational administration at École des Cadres Superieures in Brazzaville and the École Normale Supérie..
Jean-Baptiste AccolayJean-Baptiste Accolay was a French violin teacher, violinist, conductor, and composer of the romantic period who lived from April 17, 1833 (Brussels, Belgium) to August 19, 1900 (Bruegge, Belgium). His best known composition is a student concerto with only one movement in A minor. It was written in ..
Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le BlondJean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond (1679-10 March 1719) was a French architect and garden designer who became the chief architect of Saint Petersburg in 1716. Contents 1 Career in France2 Career in Russia3 Principal works of architecture4 Notes5 References6 Further r..
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse KarrJean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (November 24, 1808 - September 29, 1890), French critic, journalist and novelist. He was born in Paris, and after being educated at the Collège Bourbon, became a teacher there. Some of his novels, including his first, Sous les Tilleuls (1832), were autobiographical rom..
Jean-Baptiste AndreaJean-Baptiste Andrea grew up in Cannes, France. He started making short films, and later moved to Paris. He graduated from college with a degree in Economics and Political science, but funded most of his projects by translating books. In Paris, he met Fabrice Canepa, and the two of them began writin..
Jean-Baptiste André GodinJean-Baptiste André Godin (1817-1888) was a French industrialist and social experimentor born on the 26th of January 1817 at Esquéhéries (Aisne). The son of an artisan, he entered an iron-works at an early age, and at seventeen made a tour of France as journeyman. Returning to Esquéhéries in..
Jean-Baptiste ArbanJean-Baptiste Arban Joseph Jean Baptist Laurent Arban (28 February 1825 - 9 April 1889) was a cornetist, conductor, pedagogue and the first famed virtuoso of the cornet à piston or valved cornet. He was influenced by Niccolò Paganini's virtuosic technique on the violin and in an (arguably s..
Jean-Baptiste AudebertJean Baptiste Audebert (1759 - 1800) was a French artist and naturalist. Audebert was born at Rochefort. He studied painting and drawing at Paris, and gained considerable reputation as a miniature-painter. Employed in preparing plates for the Histoire des colportes of Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, he ..
Jean-Baptiste BagazaJean-Baptiste Bagaza (b. 1946) was chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council in Burundi until November 10, 1976, and president of Burundi from November 2, 1976 to September 3, 1987. Since 1994, he has led the Party for National Recovery (PARENA). |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Jean-Baptiste BaronianJean-Baptiste Baronian, Alexandre Lous (Joseph Lous Baronian) (Antwerp, 29 April 1942) is a Belgian writer in French. His parents come from Armenia. His a critic, essayist and writes children's book and novels. ..
Jean-Baptiste BerthelinJean-Baptiste Berthelin, also known informally as Cochonfucius, is a French cognitive science researcher. He is connected to the Human-Machine Communication Department of the Laboratoire d'Informatique pour la Mécanique et les Sciences de l'Ingénieur (LIMSI). He was one of the team responsible f..
Jean-Baptiste BessièresJean-Baptiste Bessières Jean Baptiste Bessières, duke of Istria (August 6, 1768 – May 1, 1813), was a French marshal. Bessieres was born near Cahors. He served for a short time in the "Constitutional Guard" of Louis XVI and as a non-commissioned officer took part in the war against S..
Jean-Baptiste BiotJean-Baptiste Biot Jean-Baptiste Biot (April 21 1774, Paris – February 3 1862, Paris) was a French physicist and mathematician who in the early 1800s studied the relationship between electrical current and magnetism (see Biot-Savart law), as well as the polarisation of light passing thro..
Jean-Baptiste BoissièreJean-Baptiste-Prudence Boissière (1806-1885) was a French lexicographer born in Valognes, Manche, France. He was the editor of the Dictionnaire analogique de la langue française (Analogical dictionary of French), published by Larousse in 1862. It was, in effect, the first thesaurus of the French..
Jean-Baptiste BrevalJean-Baptiste Breval (November 6, 1753-March 18, 1823) was a French cellist and composer. Life Breval was born in Paris, and he went on to study with Jean-Baptiste Cupis. Kicking off his career by performing one of his sonatas at a Concert Spirituel in 1778, he became a member of their orchestra fr..
Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de GuébriantJean-Baptiste Budes, comte de Guébriant (1602 - November 17, 1643), marshal of France, was born at Plessis-Budes, near St Brieuc, of an old Bretons family. He served first in the Netherlands, and in the Thirty Years' War he commanded from 1638 to 1639 the French contingent in the army of his frien..
Jean-Baptiste Camille CorotJean-Baptiste Camille Corot (portrait by Nadar) Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (July 26, 1796 – February 22, 1875) was a French landscape painter. Contents 1 The art of Corot2 Biography3 Selected artwork4 External links5 References The art of Corot Corot worked..
Jean-Baptiste CapronnierJean-Baptiste Capronnier (1814-1891), Belgian stained-glass painter, was born in Brussels in 1814, and died there in 1891. He had much to do with the modern revival of glass-painting, and first made his reputation by his study of the old methods of workmanship, and his clever restorations of old exa..
Jean-Baptiste Cardinal Phạm Minh MẫnThis is a Vietnamese name; the person's family name is Pham, but should be properly referred to as Man. Jean-Baptiste Cardinal Phạm Minh Mẫn (born December 31, 1934) is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Ca Mau, Vietnam, Mẫn ..
Jean-Baptiste CarpeauxLa Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827, Valenciennes –October 12, 1875, Courbevoie) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he th..
Jean-Baptiste CarrierJean-Baptiste Carrier Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756 – November 16, 1794) was a French Revolutionary. Biography Carrier was born at Yolet, a village near Aurillac in Upper Auvergne. In 1790 he was a country attorney (counsellor for the bailliage of Aurillac) and in 1792 became deputy to ..
Jean-Baptiste CharcotJean-Baptiste Charcot (July 15, 1867 – September 16, 1936), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893). Jean-Baptiste Charcot was appointed leader of the French Antarctic Expedition with ..
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de LozierJean Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (January 14, 1705 - 1786) was a French sailor, explorer, and governor of the Mascarene Islands. He was orphaned at the age of seven and after having been educated in Paris, he was sent to Saint Malo to study navigation. He became a lieutenant of the French Eas..
Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène GuillaumeJean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume (July 4, 1822 - 1905), French sculptor, was born at Montbard. He studied under Cavelier, Millet, and Barrias, at the École des Beaux-Arts, which he entered in 1841, and where he gained the prix de Rome in 1845 with "Theseus finding on a rock his Father's Swor..
Jean-Baptiste CléryJean-Baptiste Cléry (1759-1809), was the personal valet to King Louis XVI. Contents 0.1 Before the Revolution0.2 During the Revolution0.3 Après la Révolution1 References2 External links Before the Revolution First serving as secretary of the Princess of Guéménée, h..
Jean-Baptiste ColbertJean-Baptiste Colbert. Jean-Baptiste Colbert (August 29, 1619 – September 6, 1683) served as the French minister of finance from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. He achieved a reputation for his work of improving the state of French manufacturing and bringing the economy b..
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de SeignelayJean-Baptiste Antoine Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay (born 1 November, 1651; died 3 November, 1690) was a French politician. He was the eldest son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, nephew of Charles Colbert de Croissy and cousin of Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy. In 1679 Seignelay married Catherine Thé..
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de TorcyJean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy (September 14, 1665, Paris – September 2, 1746, Paris), generally called Colbert de Torcy, was a French diplomat, who negotiated some of the most important treaties towards the end of Louis XIV's reign, notably the treaty (1700) that occasioned the War o..
Jean-Baptiste DebretJean-Baptiste Debret (1768-1848) was a French painter, who produced many valuable lithographs depicting the peoples of Brazil. Debret studied at the French Academy of Fine Arts and was a disciple of the great Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). His debut was at the Salon des Beaux Arts of 1798, where..
Jean-Baptiste DescampsJean-Baptiste Descamps (born 1714 in Dunkirk; died 1791) was a French writer and painter of village scenes. Descamps lived principally at Paris, till an accidental circumstance fixed him at Rouen, in 1740. On his way to England, he here formed an acquaintance with M. de Cideville, the friend of Vol..
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'ArgensJean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (June 24, 1704, Aix-en-Provence - January 11, 1771, Toulon) was a French philosopher and writer. By addressing his polemical writings to a general readership he helped to spread the ideas of the Enlightenment more widely. He wrote about philosophy, history..
Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-PalayeJean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye, or Lacurne, (1697-1781) was a French scholar born at Auxerre on the 6th of June 1697. His father, Edme, had been gentleman of the bed-chamber to the Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis XIV. Sainte-Palaye had a twin brother to whom he was greatly attached, r..
Jean-Baptiste de la SalleSt. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (John Baptist de La Salle) (April 30, 1651 in Reims – April 7, 1719 in Saint-Yon, Rouen on Good Friday) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of international educational movement who spent over forty years of his life dedicated to education for..
Jean-Baptiste de Vivien de ChâteaubrunFrench literature French literary history Medieval 16th century - 17th century 18th century -19th century 20th century - Contemporary French Writers Chronological list - - [[Portal:France|France Portal]] [[Portal:Literature|Literature Portal]]This box: [ view] • &..
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de RochambeauJean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (July 1, 1725 – May 10, 1807) was a French aristocrat, soldier, and a Marshal of France. Contents 1 Military life2 American Revolution3 Return to France4 L..
Jean-Baptiste DrouetJean-Baptiste Drouet is a personal name: Jean-Baptiste Drouet (French revolutionary) (1763–1824), a French politician of the 1789 RevolutionJean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765–1844), a marshal of France and a soldier in Napoleon's Army ..
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'ErlonJean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d'Erlon (July 29, 1765-January 25, 1844) was a marshal of France and a soldier in Napoleon's Army. D'Erlon notably commanded the I Corps of the Armée du Nord at the battle of Waterloo. D'Erlon was born in Reims, and in 1792 served as a corporal in the pre-revolutiona..
Jean-Baptiste Drouet (French revolutionary)Jean-Baptiste Drouet (January 8, 1763—April 11, 1824), was a French politician of the 1789 Revolution, chiefly noted for the part he played in the arrest of King Louis XVI during the Flight to Varennes. Early life, Varennes, and in the Convention Born at Sainte-Menehould, he served for seven ..
Jean-Baptiste DubosJean-Baptiste Dubos (December, 1670 – March 23, 1742) was a French author. He was born at Beauvais. After studying theology, he gave it up in favour of public law and politics. He was employed by M. de Torcy, minister of foreign affairs, and by the regent and Cardinal Dubois in several secret..
Jean-Baptiste DumasJean Baptiste André Dumas Jean Baptiste André Dumas (July 14, 1800 - April 10, 1884), French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights (relative atomic masses) by measuring vapor densities. Dumas was born at Alais (Ga..
Jean-Baptiste du HamelJean-Baptiste du Hamel (11 June 1624–6 August 1706) was a notable French natural philosopher of the later seventeenth century, and secretary of the Academie Royale des Sciences. Among Du Hamel's prolific publications were the following: De Meteoris et fossilibus (Paris, 1660)De consensu Veter..
Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, baron de ClootsBaron de Cloots engraved by Levachez Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, baron de Cloots (1755 - March 24, 1794), better known as Anacharsis Cloots was a French politician, and a noteworthy figure in the French Revolution. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Convention2 Wo..
Jean-Baptiste Édouard BornetJean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet was a French botanist, born September 2, 1828 at Guérigny and dead at December 18, 1911 in Paris. Member of the French Académie des sciences, he wrote the Notes algologiques (1847-1880) and the Études phycologiques (1878). He established the nature of lichens and w..
Jean-Baptiste Élie de BeaumontÉlie de Beaumont Jean-Baptiste Armand Louis Léonce Élie de Beaumont (September 25, 1798 – September 21, 1874) was a French geologist. Biography Élie de Beaumont was born at Canon, in Calvados. He was educated at the Lycee Henri IV where he took the first prize in mathematics and p..
Jean-Baptiste ÉlissaldeJean-Baptiste Elissalde (b. November 23 1977 in La Rochelle) is a French rugby union footballer. He plays both scrum-half and fly-half. He played in Stade Rochelais until 2002 then decided to go to Stade Toulousain, where he has had a hard time becoming a team member, competed by Frédéric Michalak..
Jean-Baptiste Eugène EstienneJean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne (7 November 1860 - 2 April 1936) was a general of artillery and a specialist in military engineering, one of the founders of modern French artillery and French military aviation; and the creator of the French tank weapon. He was born at Condé-en-Barrois in the Meuse ..
Jean-Baptiste FaribaultJean-Baptiste Faribault (19 October 1775 – 20 August 1860) was a trader with the Indians and early settler in Minnesota. His father Barthélemy Faribault, a lawyer of Paris, France, settled in Canada towards the middle of the 18th century and served as military secretary to the French army i..
Jean-Baptiste GailJean-Baptiste Gail (July 4, 1755–February 5, 1829), was a French Hellenist scholar. He was born in Paris. In 1791 he was appointed deputy, and in 1792 titular professor at the College de France. During the French Revolution, he maintained his professional duties, taking no part in politics, ..
Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de VilloisonJean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse (or Dannse) de Villoison (March 5, 1750 (or 1753) – April 25, 1805) was a classical scholar born at Corbeil-sur-Seine, France. He belonged to a noble family (De Ansso) of Spanish origin, and took his surname from a village in the neighbourhood. In 1773 he publi..
Jean-Baptiste GateteJean-Baptiste Gatete (born 1953) is a Rwandan politician, accused of complicity in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Gatete was born in the commune of Murambi in the prefecture of Byumba, Rwanda. He was educated as an agricultural engineer, and served as mayor (bourgmestre) of Murambi from 1987 to 1993...
Jean-Baptiste GreuzeJean-Baptiste Greuze (21 August 1725 – 4 March 1805) was a French painter. Biography Born at Tournus, in Burgundy, he is generally said to have formed his own talent; this is, however, true only in the most limited sense, for at an early age his inclinations, though thwarted by his father, ..
Jean-Baptiste GuèvremontJean-Baptiste Guévremont (Guèvremont in some sources) (September 4 1826 - December 5 1896) was a farmer, political figure in Canada East and a member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1896. He was born at Isle-Dupas in Lower Canada in 1826. He became a farmer near Sorel in 1851. He was elected..
Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de VillèleJean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph Marie Anne Seraphin, comte de Villèle (April 14, 1773 - March 13, 1854), was a French statesman. He was born at Toulouse and brought up to go into the navy. He joined the "Bayonnaise" at Brest in July 1788. He served in the West and East Indies. Arrested in the Isle..
Jean-Baptiste GuimetJean-Baptiste Guimet (July 10, 1795 - April 8, 1871), French industrial chemist, was born at Voiron. He studied at the École Polytechnique in Paris, and in 1817 entered the Administration des Poudres et Salpetres. In 1828 he was awarded the prize offered by the Société d'Encouragement pour l'Ind..
Jean-Baptiste Henri LacordairePortrait of Henri Dominique Lacordaire, by Théodore Chassériau (c. 1840). Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire or Father Henri-Dominique Lacordaire (March 12, 1802 - November 21, 1861), was a French ecclesiastic and orator. He was born at Recey-sur-Ource, Côte d'Or, the second of four children. ..
Jean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond CapefigueJean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond Capefigue (1801 - December, 1872), was a French historian and biographer. He was born in Marseille, France. At the age of twenty he went to Paris to study law, but soon switched to journalism. He became editor of the Quotidienne, and was afterwards connected, either a..
Jean-Baptiste HuetJean-Baptiste Marie Huet (Paris, 15 October 1745–Paris, 27 January 1811) was a French painter, engraver and designer associated with pastoral and genre scenes of animals in the Rococo manner, influenced by François Boucher. Born into a family of artists— his uncle was Christophe Huet, ..
Jean-Baptiste IsabeyIsabey with his daughter, 1795, by François Gérard Miniature of Christine Boyer by Isabey Jean-Baptiste Isabey (April 11, 1767 - April 18, 1855), French painter, was born at Nancy. At nineteen, after some lessons from Dumont, miniature painter to Marie Antoinette, he became a pupil o..
Jean-Baptiste Jacques AugustinJean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin was a French miniature painter. He was born in Saint-Dié in 1759 and died in Paris in 1832. Contents 1 Biography2 Famous people painted by Augustin3 Bibliography4 See also Biography He first had some lessons from Jean-Baptiste Claudot and Je..
Jean-Baptiste Janssens-->Jean-Baptiste Janssens, S.J. (December 22, 1889—October 5, 1964) was the twenty-seventh Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was born in Mechelen, Belgium. Contents 1 Early Life - Schooling2 Ascension To Father General3 Generalate4 Final Years Early Life - Scho..
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Émile MontégutJean-Baptiste Joseph Émile Montégut (June 14, 1825 - December 11, 1895), was a French critic. He was born at Limoges. He began to write for the Revue des deux mondes in 1847, contributing between 1851 and 1857 a series of articles on the English and American novel, and in 1857 he became chief li..
Jean-Baptiste JourdanJean-Baptiste Jourdan Jean-Baptiste, comte Jourdan (April 29, 1762 – November 23, 1833), was a marshal of France. He was born at Limoges, France, and apprenticed to a silk merchant of Lyon. In 1776 he enlisted in a French regiment to serve in the American War of Independence, and after ..
Jean-Baptiste KellyJean-Baptiste Kelly (5 October, 1783 – 24 February 1854) was a Québécois Roman Catholic vicar-general active in Lower Canada. Contents 1 Early Life And Education2 Priesthood2.1 Madawaska2.2 Saint-Denis2.3 William Henry/Saint-Pierre2.4 European Travel2.5&n..
Jean-Baptiste KrumpholzJean-Baptiste Krumpholz (1742 - 1790) was a French composer and harpist. He learned music from his father while growing up in Paris; in 1773 he played a successful harp concerto in the Burgtheater in Vienna. After serving three years in Count Esterrházy's court orchestra (1773 - 1776) during which ..
Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'IsleJean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle (August 26, 1736–July 3, 1790) formulated the Law of Constancy of Interfacial Angles in his Traitise on Crystallography (1772), which built on observations by the geologist Nicolaus Steno. He died in Paris, France on July 3, 1790. See also ..
Jean-Baptiste LabatJean-Baptiste Labat (sometimes called, simply, Père Labat) (1663-1738), French clergyman, botanist, writer, explorer, ethnographer, soldier, engineer, and landowner. Born in Paris, he entered the order of the Dominicans at the age of twenty. He was ordained at the completion of his philosophic..
Jean-Baptiste LagimodièreJean-Baptiste Lagimodière (25 December 1778 – 7 September 1855) was a French Canadian trapper employed in the fur trade by the Hudson's Bay Company in Rupert's Land. Lagimodière is noted both as the Grandfather of Métis leader Louis Riel, and as the husband of Marie-Anne Gaboury, the fir..
Jean-Baptiste LamarckJean-Baptiste Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (August 1, 1744 – December 28, 1829) was a French naturalist and an early proponent of the idea that evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with natural laws. Lamarck is however remembered today ma..
Jean-Baptiste LauzonJean-Baptiste Lauzon (March 15, 1858—?) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on three occasions: from 1897 to 1899, from 1907 to 1910, and from 1914 to 1915. Lauzon was a member of the Conservative Party. Lauzon was born on March 15, 1858, in P..
Jean-Baptiste LemoyneFor the governor of New France, see Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1704 - 1778) was a French sculptor. He was the pupil of his father, Jean-Louis Lemoyne, and of Robert Le Lorrain. He was a great figure in his day, around whose modest and kindly personality there waged..
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville"Bienville" redirects here. For , see . Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767) was a colonizer and governor of Louisiana. He was a younger brother of explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. He is also known as Sieur de Bienville. Contents 1 Early years2&n..
Jean-Baptiste Le PrinceJean-Baptiste Le Prince (1734 - 1781) was an important French etcher and painter. Le Prince first studied painting techniques in his native Metz. He then travelled to Paris around 1750 and became a leading student of the great painter, Francois Boucher (1703-1770). Le Prince's early paintings in bo..
Jean-Baptiste LoeilletJean-Baptiste Loeillet (1680–June 19, 1730) was a Belgian flutist, oboist, and harpsichordist who worked in London and died there. Little can be found regarding Loeillet, but according to the New Penguin Dictionary of Music, he wrote music for flute, recorder and other instruments and helped to p..
Jean-Baptiste Louis CrevierJean-Baptiste Louis Crévier (1693 - 1765) was a French author. He was born at Paris, where his father was a printer. He studied under Rollin and held the professorship of rhetoric in the college of Beauvais for twenty years. He completed Rollin's Histoire romaine by the addition of six volumes (17..
Jean-Baptiste Louis GrosJean-Baptiste Louis Gros (1793–1870) was one of the first daguerrotypists. Baron and French chargé d'affaires in Bogotá (1838–1842), Athens (1850) and Ambassador to London (1852–1863) - during which period he also travelled to China and Japan in 1857 and 1858 — he produced many famous dagu..
Jean-Baptiste Louvet de CouvraiJean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai (June 12, 1760 - August 25, 1797), was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, politician, and diplomat. Contents 1 Life1.1 Early life and literary works1.2 Early activism1.3 Deputy and Girondist1.4 Thermidor and Directory2 Louvet'..
Jean-Baptiste LullyJean-Baptiste Lully, originally Giovanni Battista Lulli (November 28, 1632 – March 22, 1687), was an Italian-born French composer, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He took French citizenship in 1661. Jean-Baptiste Lully. Contents 1 Life2&n..
Jean-Baptiste MarchandColonel Marchand Major Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863 – 1934) was a French emissary in Africa. He was sent in 1890 to explore the sources of the Niger and other districts, and was afterwards appointed to push on to the White Nile, where he arrived in 1898, hoisting the French flag by the wa..
Jean-Baptiste MasseJean Baptiste Masse (c.1700 - c.1757) was a French composer and violoncello player. He was an Ordinaire de la Chambre du Roi and a member of the King's Bande of Twenty-Four Violins and of the orchestra of the Comédie Française. Little is known of his life other than the publication dates of his..
Jean-Baptiste MaunierBiography Jean-Baptiste Maunier was born December 22, 1990 and lives with his parents Thierry and Muriel and his younger brother Benjamin in Lyon, France. Jean-Baptiste enjoys playing tennis, football (soccer), and skateboarding. He has recently started to play the drumset and in a recent concert wi..
Jean-Baptiste MoensJean-Baptiste Moens (May 27, 1833 – April 28, 1908) was a Belgian philatelist and one of the first stamp dealers in the world. Born in Tournai, as a boy Moens began stamp collecting from his family's mail and packets and at age nineteen went into the business of buying and selling new and second-..
Jean-Baptiste MondinoJean-Baptiste Mondino (born 1949) is an award-winning French fashion photographer and music video director. External links [Official website] ..
Jean-Baptiste MorinJean-Baptiste Morin (February 23, 1583—November 6, 1656) was a French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. Born in Villefranche, Yonne, in the Beaujolais, he began studying philosophy at Aix at the age of 16. He studied medicine at Avignon in 1611 and received his medical degree two years ..
Jean-Baptiste Nompère de ChampagnyJean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny, duke of Cadore (1756 - 1834) was a French admiral and politician. He was born in Roanne. Entering the French royal navy in 1774, he fought through the war in America and resigned in 1787. Elected député by the noblesse of Forex to the States General in 1789,..
Jean-Baptiste OuédraogoJean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (born June 30, 1942) - President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983. He is a medical doctor and currently operates a medical facility (Notre-Dame de la Paix) on the outskirts of Ouagadougou. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Jean-Baptiste PaterJean-Baptiste Pater (December 29, 1695-July 25, 1736) was a French rococo painter. Born in Valenciennes, Pater was the son of sculptor Antoine Pater and studied under him before becoming a student of Antoine Watteau. He was accepted into the Académie in 1728. His most prominent customer was Fre..
Jean-Baptiste Paulin GuérinJean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin (March 25, 1783 - January 19, 1855), French painter, was born at Toulon, of poor parents. He learnt, as a lad, his father's trade of a locksmith, whilst at the same time he followed the classes of the free school of art. Having sold some copies to a local amateur, Guér..
Jean-Baptiste PerréeJean-Baptiste Perrée (1761-1800) was a French contre-amiral. He was born in Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme in Picardy. His military career started in May 1794, in September 1795 as a captain de vaisseau was taken at the Nile. After liberation, he was promoted contre-amiral in command of Alexandria station..
Jean-Baptiste Philibert VaillantJean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant (December 6, 1790 - June 4, 1872), born in Dijon, was a Marshal of France. Vaillant entered the French army in 1809 in the corps of engineers. He served in the Russian campaign of 1812 and the next year became a prisoner of war after the Battle of Kulm. During the H..
Jean-Baptiste PigalleStatue of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle on the Hôtel de Ville of Paris Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (January 26, 1714 – August 28, 1785) was a French sculptor. He was born in Paris, the seventh child of a carpenter. Although he failed to obtain the Grand Prix, after a severe struggle he entered the A..
Jean-Baptiste Pointe du SableJean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable (c. 1745 - August 28, 1818) was the first non-native settler in the area which is now Chicago, Illinois. He was long ignored by historians, partly because he was a Haitian and not white, and partly because the early histories were written by the friends and descendants ..
Jean-Baptiste Prosper JolloisJean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois (1776 – 1842) was a French engineer who together with Édouard de Villiers du Terrage journeyed with Napoleon to Egypt, and prepared the Description de l'Egypte. ..
Jean-Baptiste RegnaultEducation of Achilles. 1780/1790. Jean-Baptiste Regnault (October 9, 1754 - November 12, 1829) was a French painter. He was born in Paris. He began life at sea in a merchant vessel, but at the age of fifteen his talent attracted attention, and he was sent to Italy by M. de Monval under the car..
Jean-Baptiste RichéJean-Baptiste Riché (1780 - February 28, 1847) was a career officer and general in the Haïtian Army. He was made President of Haïti on March 1, 1846. Born a slave in 1780 to unknown parents, Riché joined the Haïtian Revolutionaries probably some time in 1801. After Haïti gained independence a..
Jean-Baptiste Robert LindetJean-Baptiste Robert Lindet Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet (May 2, 1746—February 17, 1825) was a French politician of the Revolutionary period. His brother, Robert Thomas Lindet, became a constitutional bishop and member of the National Convention. Contents 1 Early career2 Comm..
Jean-Baptiste Romuald FisetJean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset (7 February 1843 – 5 January, 1917) was a Canadian physician and parliamentarian. Born in St-Cuthbert, Canada East, Fiset was five times elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament representing the Quebec electoral district of Rimouski in the Canadian House of C..
Jean-Baptiste RousseauFrench literature French literary history Medieval 16th century - 17th century 18th century -19th century 20th century - Contemporary French Writers Chronological list - - [[Portal:France|France Portal]] [[Portal:Literature|Literature Portal]]This box: [ view] • &..
Jean-Baptiste SanterreJean-Baptiste Santerre (1650 - November 21, 1717), French painter, was born at Magny, near Pontoise, and was a pupil of Bon Boullogne. Biography He began life as a portrait-painter, and enjoyed for half a century a great reputation as a painter of the nude. He died at Paris on the 21st of N..
Jean-Baptiste SayJean-Baptiste Say (January 5, 1767 – November 15, 1832) was a French economist and businessman. He had classically liberal views and argued in favour of competition, free trade and lifting restraints on business. Jean-Baptiste Say. Contents 1 Biography2 Say's Law3 See ..
Jean-Baptiste SchwilguéJean-Baptiste Schwilgué (born in Strasbourg in 1776, died in the same place in 1856) was the author of the third astronomical clock in Strasbourg, built between 1838 and 1843 (not 1842, as it is written on the clock itself). References Alfred Ungerer, Théodore Ungerer: L'horloge astronomique de ..
Jean-Baptiste SingeléeJean-Baptiste Singelée (1812-1875) was a Belgian classical composer of the romantic period. He may have died in 1875 or 1876; some sources disagree. According to the New Century Saxophone Quartet, Jean-Baptiste Singelée (1812-1876) was born in Brussels and studied at the Royal School of Music in..
Jean-Baptiste SipidoJean-Baptiste Victor Sipido (20 December 1884 – 20 August 1959Alexandre Notebaert in Biographie nationale, vol. 42 (1981), p. 662.) was a Belgian socialist who became known when he, then a young tinsmith's apprentice, attempted to assassinate the Prince of Wales at the Brussel-Nord railway sta..
Jean-Baptiste StoufJean-Baptiste Stouf (Paris 1742–Charenton-le-Pont 1826), a pupil of Guillaume II Coustou, son of the great French baroque sculptor Guillaume Coustou, was a French sculptor known especially for his commemorative portrait busts and expressive emotional content. His Bust of Belisarius at the J. P..
Jean-Baptiste TavernierJean-Baptiste Tavernier. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605 – 1689), French traveller and pioneer of trade with India, was born in 1605 at Paris, where his father Gabriel and uncle Melchior, Protestants from Antwerp, pursued the profession of geographers and engravers. The conversations he ..
Jean-Baptiste ThibaultJean-Baptiste Thibault Jean-Baptiste Thibault (14 December, 1810 – 4 April, 1879) was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary noted for his role in negotiating on behalf of the Government of Canada during the Red River Rebellion of 1869 – 1870. External links [Biography at th..
Jean-Baptiste van LooJean-Baptiste van Loo (14 January 1684 – 19 December 1745) was a French subject and portrait painter. He was born at Aix-en-Provence, and was instructed in art by his father Louis-Abraham van Loo. Having at an early age executed several pictures for the decoration of the church and public b..
Jean-Baptiste van MourJean-Baptiste van Mour or Vanmour (January 9, 1671—January 22, 1737) was a Flemish-French painter, remembered for his detailed portrayal of life in the Ottoman Empire during the Tulip Era and the rule of Sultan Ahmed III. Biography A native of Valenciennes, he went to Istanbul with the Fre..
Jean-Baptiste VenturaJean-Baptiste Ventura (ca. 1792 - ?) was a soldier, mercenary and adventurer who ended up in the Punjab. Of Italian origin from Modena, Ventura served with Napoleon's imperial army where he reached the rank of colonel of infantry. After Waterloo he travelled east, ending in Lahore with Jean-Franç..
Jean-Baptist DavidJean-Baptist David (January 25 1801 – March 24 1866) was a kanunnik and professor Dutch and history at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. David was born in the Belgian city of Lier. As a professor he worked together with Jan Frans Willems and was president of the first and second Taelcongres..
Jean-Bédel BokassaEmperor Bokassa I also known as Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa and Jean-Bédel Bokassa, [IPA: ʒɑ̃ bedɛl bɔkasa] (February 22, 1921–November 3, 1996) was the military ruler from January 1, 1966 of the Central African Republic and from December 4, 1976, sole emperor of the Central Afr..
Jean-Benoît DunckelJean-Benoît Dunckel, born on 7 September 1969 in Versailles, France, is a musician best known for being in the electronica duo Air. Working under the name "Darkel", Dunckel will release his debut solo album, Darkel, in September 2006. See also AirNicolas Godin External links [nndb profile�..
Jean-Bernard Gauthier de MurnanJean-Bernard Gauthier de Murnan (1748 - September 27, 1796) was a French officer for the Continental Army and a French General during the French Revolution. When he was young, he had to leave France to serve as a cavalry officer and then military engineer in the Russian army. When he returned to Fr..
Jean-Bernard KlusJean-Bernard Klus was a fictional mathematician and philosopher created by as a hoax by Australian philosopher David Solomon. In his books he provides a biography and history of this fictional character as follows: Jean-Bernard Klus (1879-1961?) mathematician and philosopher. Klus was born in Par..
Jean-Bernard RaimondJean-Bernard Raimond (born February 6, 1926 in Paris) is a conservative French politician who served as Foreign Minister in the government of Jacques Chirac from 1986 to 1988, as French ambassador to a number of states from the 1970s to the 1990s, and as a deputy in the French National Assembly from..
Jean-Bertrand Aristideissued a report that the senatorial election was unfair and that the methodology for counting votes was flawed. Aristide supporters have claimed that the OAS report was engineered by the U.S. solely based on hostility to the president's policies. They also have questioned why the organization wai..
Jean-Bouin Stadium, AngersJean-Bouin Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Angers, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Angers SCO. The stadium holds 17,000 people. ..
Jean-Charles ChapaisJean-Charles Chapais as Receiver-General, in 1870 Jean-Charles Chapais, PC (2 December 1811 – 17 July 1885) was a Canadian Conservative politician, and considered a Father of Canadian Confederation for his participation in the Quebec Conference to determine the form of Canada's governm..
Jean-Charles ChenuJean-Charles Chenu (August 30th 1808, Metz - November 12th 1879, Paris) was a French physician and naturalist. Chenu is the author of an Encyclopaedia of Natural History. This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. ..
Jean-Charles de BordaJean-Charles de Borda Jean-Charles Chevalier de Borda (May 4, 1733 – February 19, 1799), was a French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor. Born in the city of Dax, in 1756 Borda wrote Mémoire sur le mouvement des projectiles, a product of his work as a military eng..
Jean-Charles de CastelbajacJean-Charles de Castelbajac (born 28 November 1949 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French fashion designer and also has the title of marquis. External link [Fashionencyclopedia.com entry] ..
Jean-Charles de la FailleJean-Charles de la Faille (March 1, 1597-November 4, 1652) was a Belgian Jesuit mathematician. He was born in Antwerp, Belgium where he attended the Jesuit school. In 1613, he became a member of the Jesuit order and then went to a Jesuit college in Mechelen for two years. Afterwards, he came ba..
Jean-Charles HouzeauJean-Charles Houzeau de Lehaie (1820-1888) was a Belgian astronomer and journalist. He was born in Havre, Belgium (a small city near Mons). From 1842, he worked as a voluntary assistant at the Brussels observatory and began writing papers. He travelled a lot during his career (to Paris, the Unit..
Jean-Christian MichelJean-Christian Michel is a composer of music inspired by classical music of Johann Sebastian Bach and jazz. He plays the clarinet, piano and church organ. Jean-Christian Michel has received 3 diamond discs, 7 platinum discs and 10 golden discs. He is a "Full Member" of the SACEM (association of com..
Jean-Christophe BoullionJean-Christophe Boullion (born December 27 1969 in Saint-Brieuc, near Côtes d'Armor, France) is a former Formula One driver who raced for the Sauber team. He started karting in 1982 and moved to cars in 1988 after attending a racing school outside Paris. He started racing in Formula Ford 1600 in 19..
Jean-Christophe d'IsignyJean-Christophe d'Isigny by various accounts is among the earliest ancestors of Walt Disney to have a similar name. Jean-Christophe was a Norman peasant from Isigny-sur-Mer who fought with William during the Norman Conquest, and he is credited with being the founder of the village of Norton Disney i..
Jean-Christophe GrangéJean-Christophe Grangé (born Paris, July 15, 1961) is a French mystery writer, journalist, and screenwriter. He was a journalist before setting up his own press agency L & G. Books Flight of the Storks (1999)Blood Red Rivers (1999)The Stone Council (2001)The Empire of the Wolves (2004)The Black Li..
Jean-Christophe GuinchardJean-Christophe Guinchard (born November 1, 1967) is an athlete from Switzerland. He competes in triathlon. Guinchard competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took twenty-fourth place with a total time of 1:50:50.76. ..
Jean-Christophe LafailleJean-Christophe Lafaille (born March 31, 1965 in Gap, France – missing presumed dead on January 27, 2006 on Makalu) is a French climber who made numerous difficult ascents including a few first ascents. He has climbed 11 eight-thousanders: 2004 - Shishapangma - solo2003 - Broad Peak2003 - Nanga P..
Jean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric BonaparteJean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Bonaparte was born on the 11 July 1986 in St. Raphaël and is the son of Prince Charles Napoléon and Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. His Grandfather Prince Louis Napoléon stipulated in his will following his death in 1997 that he wished Jean-Chr..
Jean-Christophe MitterrandJean-Christophe Mitterrand (born December 19, 1946 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is the son of François Mitterrand, a former French president. He was an advisor to his father on African affairs, and earned the nickname Papamadit (which translates as "Papa told me") in Africa. In the 1990s he, along wit..
Jean-Christophe NovelliJean-Christophe Novelli (born 22 February 1961) is a French chef who works in England. Biography Born in Arras, northern France, in 1961, in a family who has ultimately Italian roots, Jean-Christophe Novelli worked in a bakery before becoming (at the age of 20) a personal chef to the Rothschild fa..
Jean-Christophe RufinJean-Christophe Rufin (born June 28, 1952) is a French physician and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger and one of the founders of Médecins Sans Frontières. Contents 1 Early life2 Human rights activism3 Report on racism and anti-Semitism4 Selected bibliog..
Jean-Christophe SimondJean-Christophe Simond (born 1960) was a French figure skater. He won eight French national championships. Competitive highlights 1975 European Championships - 16th1976 French Championships - 1stEuropean Championships - 13thOlympics - 15th1977 French Championships - 1stWorld Championships - 15th197..
Jean-Christophe YoccozJean-Christophe Yoccoz (born May 29, 1957) is a French mathematician. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1994, for his work on dynamical systems. External links John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson. [] at the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Fields Medalists 2002: La..
Jean-Claude BajeuxJean-Claude Bajeux is a teacher and director of the Ecumenical Center for Human Rights in Port-au-Prince, Haïti and also one of the leaders of the political party the National Congress of Democratic Movements, also known as Konakom. He and his family left Haïti in October 1993 after their house wa..
Jean-Claude BrialyBrialy, Jean-Claude (b. March 30, 1933 in Aumale, now Sour el Ghozlane, Algeria) is a French socialite, actor and director who starred in French movies. He was one of the main actors of the French Nouvelle Vague, starting with Le Beau Serge. He is an alumnus of Prytanée National Militaire. Extern..
Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte--> Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte (born June 26, 1936) is a Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Montréal. His full title is "Cardinal of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Canadian Martyrs." Born in Montréal, Turcotte attended Collège André-Grasset from 1947 to 1955, and then..
Jean-Claude CarrièreJean-Claude Carrière (born September 19, 1931 in Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France) is a screenwriter and actor. He was a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel. He is president of La Fémis. Some notable screenplays he has written or co-written include: Belle de Jour, The Discreet Charm of..
Jean-Claude ColliardJean-Claude Colliard is a member of the Constitutional Council of France since 1998. Current members of the Constitutional Council of France ..
Jean-Claude D'AmoursJean-Claude J.C. D'Amours (born December 19, 1972 in Edmundston, New Brunswick) is a Canadian politician and current Member of Parliament for Madawaska—Restigouche. D'Amours served as a city councillor in Edmundston from 1998 to 2004. D'Amours is a former account executive, development manager..
Jean-Claude DecauxJean-Claude Decaux (born in 1938) is a French billionaire who earned his fortune in advertising. He is the chair of the advertising firm JCDecaux, which is now run by his sons, Jean-François and Jean-Charles. See also List of billionaires External links [Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest ..
Jean-Claude DunyachJean-Claude Dunyach (born 1957) is a French science fiction writer. Contents 1 Overview2 Bibliography2.1 In English3 External link Overview Dunyach has a Ph.D. in applied mathematics and supercomputing. He works for Airbus in Toulouse in southwestern France. Dunyach has bee..
Jean-Claude DuvalierJean-Claude Duvalier (nicknamed Bébé Doc or Baby Doc) (born July 3, 1951) succeeded his father, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier as the dictator of Haiti from his father's death in 1971 until his overthrow by a popular uprising in 1986. He married Michèle Bennet. Contents 1 Early life2 ..
Jean-Claude FlabelJean-Claude Flabel is the author of the aerospace engineering textbook Practical Stress Analysis for Design Engineers; a handbook on practical stress analysis which is widely used within the aerospace industry. Jean-Claude Flabel graduated from the University of California at Northridge in 1970 w..
Jean-Claude ForestJean-Claude Forest (11 September 1930, Le Perreux-sur-Marne, France - 29 December 1998, Paris, France) was a writer and illustrator of comics and the creator of character Barbarella. Biography Jean-Claude Forest graduated from the Paris School of Design in the early 1950s and immediately began wor..
Jean-Claude FruteauJean-Claude Fruteau (born 6 June 1947 in Saint-Benoît, Réunion) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for France's "outre mer". He is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee..
Jean-Claude GermainJean-Claude Germain (born in Montreal, 18 June 1939) is a playwright, author, journalist and historian. He contributed to the Petit Journal, to Victor-Lévy Beaulieu's Dimensions magazine and to Maclean's Magazine, and has been the senior editor to Le Québec littéraire. He writes a monthly column..
Jean-Claude IrvoasJean-Claude Irvoas (1949-2005) was a French employee of a street furniture firm. On October 27, 2005, the day the 2005 Paris suburb riots started, he died when being beaten by a group of youths in Épinay, after he tried to get back his camera the youths just robbed. Irvoas had been photographing a ..
Jean-Claude IzzoJean-Claude Izzo (June 20, 1945 - January 1, 2000) was a French poet, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist who achieved sudden fame in the mid-1990s with the publication of his three detective novels, Total Kheops, Chourmo, and Solea. All three novels are set in the author's native city of Marseil..
Jean-Claude JunckerJean-Claude Juncker (born December 9, 1954) is a Luxembourgian politican, the leader of the Christian Social People's Party. He is the incumbent Prime Minister of Luxembourg, having succeeded Jacques Santer on January 20, 1995. He has served two six-month terms as President of the European Council ..
Jean-Claude KillyJean-Claude Killy (born August 30, 1943) is a French alpine skier and a triple Olympic champion. Born in Saint-Cloud, but brought up in Val d'Isère, Killy moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 1969. Killy won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with 3 gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble..
Jean-Claude LatombeThis article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. Jean-Claude Latombe is a Kumagai Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford Universit..
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Jean-Claude LorquetJean-Claude Lorquet (born September 19, 1935 in Liège, Belgium) is a professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Liège. He is member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science and author of over 100 scientific papers. Important contributions Theory of mass spectra.Stu..
Jean-Claude MalevalJean-Claude Maleval is a French lacanian psychoanalyst and professor of psychopathology at the University of Rennes 2. He is the author of three books: Folies hystériques et psychoses dissociatives (Hysterical Delusions and Dissociative psychosis) (1991), La Logique du Délire (The Logic of Delusi..
Jean-Claude MarcourtJean-Claude Marcourt (October 16, 1956) is the Minister of Economics and Employment of the Belgian region of Wallonia since 2004. He is member of the (PS). ..
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