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Jean Baptiste Senaillé Jean Baptiste Senaillé (1687-1730), was a French born Baroque composer and violin virtuoso. Senaillé studied under Tomaso Antonio Vitali and imported Italian musical techniques and pieces into the French court.
Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval Lieutenant General Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (15 September, 1715 – 9 May, 1789) was a French artillery officer and engineer who introduced various technical improvements to French cannon, providing them with an advantage during the early years of the Napoleonic wars.
Jean Baptiste, baron Franceschi Jean Baptiste, baron Franceschi (December 5 1766, Bastia - March 19 1813, Danzig), French general entered the French service in 1793. He took part in the operations in Corsica in the following year, and received a wound at the siege of San Fiorenzo.
Jean Bérain the Elder Jean Bérain the Elder (Saint-Mihiel, Meuse, 1640—January 24, 1711, Paris) was a draughtsman and designer, painter and engraver of ornament, the artistic force in the Royal office of the Menus-Plaisirs where all the designs for court spectacle, from fêtes to funerals, originated, and many designs for furnishings not covered by the Bâtiments du RoiKimball notes that Bérain never received a single payment for work done for the Bâtiments du Roi during the whole of Mansart's surintendance. (Kimball p 62)..
Jean Becquerel Jean Becquerel (February 5, 1878 - July 4, 1953) was a French physicist, and son of Antoine-Henri Becquerel. He worked on the optical and magnetic properties of crystals, discovering the rotation of the plane of polarisation by a magnetic field.
Jean Belmain Jean Belmain was a zealous Calvinist who taught French to the young King Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I. Large and austere, he was well rewarded for his services, and may well have had a major role in forming Edward's Protestant views.
Jean Berko Gleason Jean Berko Gleason is a Boston University psycholinguist best known for having created the Wug Test. The test, which was designed to investigate the manner in which children acquire grammatical understanding, was created in 1958.
Jean Blaquière Jean Blaquière, a Pentecostal pastor, was a candidate for the Christian Heritage Party of Canada in the Canadian federal election of 1993, and won the party leadership in March 1994 at a Vancouver convention, in a race with two other contenders.
Jean Bodin Jean Bodin (1530–1596) was a French jurist and political philosopher, member of the Parlement (not to be confused with the English Parliament) of Paris and professor of Law in Toulouse. He is considered by many to be the father of political science because of his theory of sovereignty.
Jean Boese Elsie Jean McGivney "Jeannie" Boese (pronounced BOW-ZEE, January 19, 1925 -- April 7, 2004) was Louisiana's poet laureate from 1972-1980, and from 1996 until her death. She was the Republican national committeewoman from Louisiana from 1968-1974.
Jean Borella Jean Borella (born in Nancy, France, 1930) is a Christian philosopher and theologian. He was a former student of the French Orientalist and philosopher Georges Vallin and a professor of philosophy in Nancy, France.
Jean Borotra Jean Robert Borotra (born on August 13, 1898 in Domaine du Pouy, near Biarritz – died on June 17, 1994 in Arbonne) was a champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Known as "the Bounding Basque", he won five Grand Slam singles titles in the French, Australian, and British championships, failing to win only in the American championships.
Jean Bosco Mwenda Jean Bosco Mwenda, also known as Mwenda wa Bayeke (1930-1990) was a pioneer of Congolese fingerstyle acoustic guitar music. He was also popular in other African countries, particularly East Africa, and in the late 1950s and early 1960s was briefly based in Nairobi, where he had a regular radio show and became a profound influence on a generation of Kenyan guitarists.
Jean Boudin Jean Boudin (1530-1596) was a French poet and writer most famous for his 1576 treatise Six livres de la RĂ©publique, which denounced royal absolutism, instead defining the mutual responsibilities of both king and his people.
Jean Brillant Jean Brillant, VC, MC (15 March 1890 – 10 August 1918) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Jean Brodie Miss Jean Brodie is a fictional character in the Muriel Spark novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; and in the play and film of the same name - both by Jay Presson Allen - which were based on the novel, but radically depart from it in the interest of theatre and poetic licence.
Jean Broke-Smith Jean Broke-Smith is an etiquette and grooming expert. She was the principal of the Lucie Clayton school of grooming and modeling for thirty years, during which time she supervised a curriculum that included etiquette and deportment.
Jean Bruller Jean Bruller (February 26, 1902 - June 10, 1991) was a French writer and illustrator who co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit with Pierre de Lescure. During the World War II occupation of northern France he joined the resistance and his texts were published under the pseudonym Vercors.
Jean Buridan Jean Buridan (in Latin, Joannes Buridanus; 1300 – 1358) was a French priest who sowed the seeds of the Copernican revolution in Europe. Although he was one of the most famous and influential philosophers of the later Middle Ages, he is today among the least well known.
Jean Calas Jean Calas (1698 - 1762) was a merchant living in Toulouse, France, famous for having been the victim of a biased trial due to his being a Protestant. In France, he is a symbol of Christian religious intolerance, along with Jean-François de la Barre and Pierre-Paul Sirven.
Jean Cannon Jean Cannon (born 5 October 1941 in Long Island, New York, died 17 November 2005 in Pembroke Pines, Florida) was an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1961 issue.
Jean Carlos Gamarra Born Jean Carlos Gamarra Morales on March 23, 1977 in Miraflores; a district of Lima, Peru. He is a direct descendant of Peruvian President AgustĂn Gamarra, however his achievements are not political like his paternal ancestor's.
Jean Carnahan Jean Carpenter Carnahan (born December 20 1933) is an American politician and writer who served in the United States Senate from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she was appointed to the Senate to fill the seat of her posthumously elected husband.
Jean Carson Jean Carson (born February 28, 1925, Charleston, West Virginia, died November 2, 2005, Palm Springs, California) was an American actress best known for her work on the classic 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show.
Jean Casarez Jean Casarez is a Court TV correspondent of live daytime trial coverage, reporting on courtroom trials across the country. Casarez has covered such cases as the Coral Eugene Watts trial, the Kobe Bryant rape case, and Scott Peterson sentencing hearings.
Jean Case Jean Case is the CEO of the Case Foundation, which she and her husband, AOL co-founder Steve Case, created in 1997. In June 2006 she was appointed by President Bush to chair the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.
Jean Casselman Wadds Jean Casselman Wadds (born September 16, 1920 in Newton Robinson, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Grenville—Dundas from 1958 to 1968. She sat as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Jean Castaneda Jean Castaneda (born March 20, 1957 in Saint-Etienne, Loire) is a former football goalkeeper from France, who earned nine international caps for the French national team during the early 1980s. A player of AS Saint-Etienne (1977-1989), he was a member of the French team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
Jean Cayrol Jean Cayrol (6 June 1911 - 10 February 2005) was a French poet, publisher, and member of the Académie Goncourt. He is perhaps best known for writing the emotionless narration in Alain Resnais's 1955 documentary film, Night and Fog.
Jean Ces Jean Ces was an French bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the welterweight category, losing against Salvatore Tripoli in the semi-final.
Jean Civiale Jean Civiale (1792-1867) was a French surgeon and urologist, who invented in 1823 a surgical instrument (the lithotrite) and performed transurethral lithotripsy, the first known minimally invasive surgery, to crush stones inside the bladder without having to open the abdomen (lithotomy). To remove a calculus, Civiale inserted his instrument through the urethra and bored holes in the stone.
Jean Claude Jacob Jean Claude Jacob was a serf from the Jura Mountains, supposedly 120 years old, who was brought from his native place to figure as "dean of the human race" in Paris at the great federation festival of June 1790.
Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712-1759) was a French economist and intendant of commerce, one of the creators of the laissez faire, laissez passer economic philosophy. Together with François Quesnay he headed the Physiocratic School.
Jean Claude Saint-Venant Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (23 August 1797 - 6 January 1886) was a mechanician who contributed to early stress analysis and also developed the one-dimensional unsteady open channel flow shallow water equations or Saint-Venant equations that are a fundamental set of equations used in modern hydraulic engineering.
Jean Clemens Jean Clemens (July 26, 1880–December 24, 1909) was the youngest of the three daughters of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain. She had epilepsy from age fifteen, which her father attributed to a childhood head injury.
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. He was born at Maisons-Lafitte, France, a small town near Paris.
Jean Conan Doyle Air Commandant Dame Jean Lena Annette "Billy" Conan Doyle, Lady Bromet DBE, AE, WRAF, ADC most commonly known as Dame Jean Conan Doyle (December 21, 1912 - November 18, 1997) was the daughter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. She served for thirty years in the WRAF, where she worked in intelligence during World War II and by the time of her retirement she had attained the rank of Air Commandant, the highest rank in the Women's Royal Air Force.
Jean Coralli Jean Coralli (1779-1854), born Jean Coralli Peracini, was a French dancer and choreographer and later held the esteemed post of First Balletmaster of the Paris Opera Ballet. He is best known for the creation of the Romantic ballet Giselle which he choreographed in tandem with another French dancer, Jules Perrot.
Jean Curthoys Jean Curthoys (born 1947) is an Australian feminist philosopher. She was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, the daughter of Geoffrey and Barbara Curthoys, leading members of the Communist Party of Australia.
Jean Cuvelier Jean Cuvelier (1882–1962) was a Belgian Redemptorist missionary and bishop of Matadi in Belgian Congo from the late 19th century until his death in 1962. Cuvelier was notable for his interest in the history of the Kingdom of Kongo, which he saw as a route to evangelization in his time.
Jean d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours Jean d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours (1467–1500) was the son of Jacques d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours and Louise of Anjou. His father's possessions were confiscated on his execution in 1477, but Jean was restored to Nemours and the family's other lands in 1484.
Jean d'Arras Jean d'Arras was a 15th century North French tale-teller (trouvere) of whom all we know is that he collaborated with Antoine du Val and Fouquart de Cambrai in putting together a collection of stories entitled Les Vangiles de Quenouille ("The spinners' Tales"). The frame story is that these are the narratives told a group of ladies at their spinning, who relate the current theories on a great variety of subjects.
Jean d'Eaubonne French art director Jean d'Eaubonne (March 8, 1903 – July 1971) worked with some of his country's most distinguished directors, especially for Jean Cocteau on such productions as "Le Sang d'un Poete" (1930). D'Eaubonne was formally trained to be a painter and a sculptor.
Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise Jean Pierre Clément Marie d'Orléans, Duc de Guise (September 4,1874 - August 25,1940) was the son of Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840-1910), grandson of Prince Ferdinand-Philippe and great-grandson of Louis Philippe I, King of the French.
Jean d'Osta Jean d'Osta (real name Jean Van Osta), (Brussels - Belgium, 1909-1993) was a Belgian writer, journalist, humorist, and great lover of Brussels. He has written many books about Brussels and its local dialect called Brusselois.
Jean de Brunhoff Jean de Brunhoff (December 9, 1899 – October 16, 1937) was a French writer and illustrator known for co-creating Babar, which first appeared in 1931. The stories were originally told to their son by his wife Cecile de Brunhoff.
Jean de Dunois Count Jean de Dunois (Jean d'Orléans also known as the Bastard of Orléans) (November 23, 1402 – November 24, 1468) was the son of Louis d'Orléans (Duc d'Orléans 1372-1407) and Mariette d'Enghien. The term "Bastard of Orléans" was the preferred name for most of his career.
Jean de Gassion Jean, Count of Gassion (1609 Pau - 1647 Lens) was a redoutable Gascon military commander for France, prominent at the battle of Rocroi (1643), who reached the rank of Marshal of France at the age of thirty-four. He served Louis XIII and Louis XIV and died of wounds at the siege of Lens.
Jean de Gisors Jean de Gisors (1133 - 1220) was a Norman lord of the fortress of Gisors in Normandy, where meetings were traditionally convened between English and French kings. It was here, in 1188, a squabble occurred that involved the cutting of an elm.
Jean de l'Ours Jean de l'Ours (Jean of the Bear) is an old French legend that originated from a village located in the Pyrenees Mountains. The story was traditionally told by word of mouth and passed down from generation to generation.
Jean de la Cassière Jean l'Evesque de la Cassière (1502 – 21 December 1581) was Grand Master of the Knights of Malta from 1572 to 1581. Heo commissioned the building of the Conventual Church of the Order (St John's Co-Cathedral) in Valletta, Malta, and is buried in the Crypt of St.
Jean de La Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine (July 8, 1621 – April 13, 1695) was the most famous French fabulist and probably the most widely read French poet of the 17th century. According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Hugo.
Jean de Reszke Jean de Reszke, born Jan Mieczyslaw, (14 January 1850 - 3 April 1925) was a Polish operatic tenor born in Warsaw. His parents were Poles; his father was a state official and his mother a capable amateur singer, their house being a recognized musical centre.
Jean de Segonzac Jean de Segonzac (sometimes credited as Jean DeSegonzac) is a director, writer and cinematographer with a long career in documentaries, and television programs. Most of his work has been in gritty, cinéma vérité-style law enforcement TV dramas.
Jean de Wouters Jean de Wouters (full name: Jean Guy Marie Josef de Wouters d'Oplinter) is a Belgian inventor and aeronautical engineer. In 1957, he created the Calypso-Phot for Jacques-Yves Cousteau under their La Spirotechnique company name.
Jean du Bellay Jean du Bellay (c. 1493 - February 16, 1560), French cardinal and diplomat, younger brother of Guillaume du Bellay, and bishop of Bayonne in 1526, member of the privy council in 1530, and bishop of Paris in 1532.
Jean Danjou Jean Danjou (15 April 1828 - 30 April 1863) was a highly decorated captain in the French Foreign Legion. He commanded the 62 legionnaires and three officers who fought the legendary Battle of CamarĂłn during the French intervention in Mexico.
Jean Darling Jean Darling (born Dorothy Jean LeVake on August 23, 1922) is a former American child actress who was regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1929. She is also the last surviving cast member of the silent era version.
Jean Delemontez Jean Délémontez (born 1918 in Lyon) was a French aircraft designer. He was best known for his work with his father-in-law, Eduard Joly, on the Jodel range of light aircraft and his collaboration with Pierre Robin on the Avions Robin aircraft range.
Jean Delville Jean Delville (January 19 1867 – 1953) was a Belgian symbolist painter, writer, and occultist. He founded the Salon d’Art Idealiste, which is considered the Belgian equivalent to the Parisian Rose & Cross Salon and the Pre-Raphaelite movement in London.
Jean DeLarge Jean DeLarge (Liège, 1906 - 1977) was an Belgian welterweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He won the gold medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the welterweight category, defeating Hector Mendez in the final.
Jean Desses Jean Desses (August 6, 1904 – August 2, 1970), was a world leading fashion designer in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. His designs reflected the influences of his travels, specializing in creating draped evening gowns in chiffon and mousseline, based on early Greek and Egyptian robes.
Jean Dieudonné Jean-Alexandre-Eugène Dieudonné (July 1 1906 - November 29 1992) was a French mathematician, known for research in abstract algebra and functional analysis, for close involvement with the Nicolas Bourbaki pseudonymous group and the Éléments de géométrie algébrique project of Alexander Grothendieck, and as a historian of mathematics, particularly in the fields of functional analysis and algebraic topology. His work on the classical groups (the book La Géométrie des groupes classiques was published in 1955), and on formal groups, introducing what now are called Dieudonné modules, had a major effect on those fields.
Jean Dominique Jean Léopold Dominique (July 30, 1930 – April 3, 2000) was a noted Haïtian journalist who spoke out against successive dictatorships. He was one of the first people in Haïti to broadcast in Kréyòl, the language spoken by most of the populace.
Jean Donneau de Visé Jean Donneau de Visé (1638 - 1710) was a French journalist, royal historian ("historiographe du roi"), playwright and publicist. He was founder of the literary, arts and society gazette "le Mercure galant" (founded in 1672) and was associated with the "Moderns" in the "Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns".
Jean Donovan Jean Donovan (April 10, 1953 - December 2, 1980) was an American lay missionary who was murdered with three nuns in El Salvador by a government death squad while volunteering to do charity work during the civil war there.
Jean Drapeau Jean Drapeau CC , GOQ (February 18, 1916 – August 12, 1999) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986. During his tenure as mayor he was responsible for the construction of the Montreal Metro system and the Place des Arts concert hall, for conceiving Expo '67, for securing the 1976 Summer Olympics, and for helping to bring Major League Baseball to Montreal with the creation of the Montreal Expos.
Jean Drèze Jean Drèze is an Indian Economist of Belgian origin. His co-authors include Nobel laureate in economics Amartya Sen, with whom he has written on famine, and Nicholas Stern, with whom he has written on policy reform when market prices are distorted.
Jean Dumont Jean Dumont Baron de Carlscroon (1660-1726, Vienna) was a French publicist. He followed the profession of arms; but, not obtaining promotion so rapidly as he expected, he quitted the service and travelled through different parts of Europe.
Jean Duvieusart Jean Duvieusart (1900-1977) was a Belgian catholic politician and minister of finance (1947-1950, 1952-1954). After two months prime minister of Belgium (1950) he retreated at the abdication of king Leopold III.
Jean Edward Smith Jean Edward Smith (born October 13, 1932) is professor at Marshall University and biographer. Currently he is the John Marshall Professor of Political Science at Marshall University and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto after having served as professor of political economy there for thirty-five years.
Jean Epstein Jean Epstein (25 March 1897, Warsaw - 3 April 1953, Paris) was a film director and early film theoretician. Famous film director Luis Bunuel worked as an assistant director to Epstein on Mauprat (1926) and Fall of the House of Usher (1928).
Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau or Jean-Armand Dieskau, Baron de Dieskau (1701 – 1767) was a French general and commander in America for a part of the French and Indian War. He was defeated and captured at Battle of Lake George in 1755 by Sir William Johnson, and was finally released in 1763.
Jean Eudes Saint Jean Eudes (November 14, 1601 - August 19, 1680) was a French missionary and founder of the Eudists and of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity; author of the liturgical worship of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Jean Farmer-Butterfield Jean Farmer-Butterfield is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-fourth House district, including constituents in Edgecombe and Wilson counties. From Wilson, North Carolina, Farmer-Butterfield is currently (2003-2004 session) serving in her first term in the state House.
Jean Fernel Jean François Fernel (in Latin, Fernelius) (Montdidier 1497–Fontainebleau 1558) was a French physician who introduced the term "physiology" to describe the study of the body's function. He was the first person to describe the spinal canal.
Jean Françaix Jean René Désiré Françaix (May 23, 1912, Le Mans – September 25 1997, Paris) was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style. (According to the composer's son, Jacques Francaix, who is the site master of the composer's website, the composer's name is pronounced "France-EH, to rhyme with "paix," NOT "France-AIX to rhyme with SEX, as some pronouncing guides would have it.
Jean François Billeter Jean François Billeter (1939- ; chinese name : 畢來德 Bì Láidé) is a swiss sinologue and emerit professor of the University of Geneva where he created the sinology department in 1987. After directing it for twelve years, he retired in 1999 to spend more time writing.
Jean François Carteaux Jean Baptiste François Carteaux (January 31, 1751 - April 12, 1813) was a mediocre French painter who became a General in the French Revolutionary Army. He is notable chiefly for being the young Napoleon Bonaparte's incompetent commander at the siege of Toulon in 1793.
Jean François de Troy Jean François de Troy (1679-1752) was a French roccoco painter and tapestry designer born on January 27 1679 in Paris. He was one of a family of painters, being was the son of the portrait painter François de Troy (1645-1730) under whom he first studied, and at whose expense he went to Italy 1699-1706, staying in Rome, but also visiting many north Italian cities.
Jean François Hamtramck Jean François Hamtramck (or John Francis Hamtramck) was a French-Canadian from Quebec who joined the American Army and became a decorated officer. Hamtramck joined the Continental Army and served in the American Revolutionary War.
Jean Francois Hobler Jean Francois Hobler was born in Morges, Vaud, Switzerland in February 1727. Having migrated from Switzerland to London in the early to mid 1700s, John Francis Hobler (as he was commonly known) married Charlotte Elizabeth Claudon, circa 1753.
Jean Fréchet Professor Jean Fréchet is the Henry Rapoport Chair of Organic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley. In addition he is the head of Materials Synthesis, Materials Science Division,of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Director of the Organic and Macromolecular Facility for the Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Jean Frederic Ostervald Jean-Frédéric Ostervald (25 November 1663-April 14, 1747), Swiss Protestant pastor, was born at Neuchâtel in 1663 in a patrician family, a son of the Reformed pastor Johann Rudolf Ostervald. 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.
Jean Friesen Jean Friesen (born July 30, 1943) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She served in the Manitoba legislature for thirteen years, and was a member of New Democratic Premier Gary Doer's cabinet from 1999 to 2003.
Jean Fritz Jean Fritz, born November 16, 1915, is an American children's author and biographer. She was born to American missionaries in Hankow, China, where she lived for the next thirteen years, where, to ease the loneliness of being an only child, kept a journal.
Jean Gagné Jean Gagné, was a professional wrestler and manager, better known as Frenchy Martin. He was best known for managing Dino Bravo in Bravo's time after his break up with the tag partners Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine.
Jean Gaston Darboux Jean Gaston Darboux (August 14, 1842, Nîmes – February 23, 1917, Paris) was a French mathematician. He made several important contributions to geometry and mathematical analysis (see Linear PDEs for example).
Jean Genet Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 – April 15, 1986), was a prominent, sometimes infamous, French writer and later political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal; later in life, Genet wrote novels, plays, poems, and essays, including Querelle, The Thief's Journal, Our Lady of the Flowers, The Balcony, The Blacks and The Maids.
Jean Germain Drouais Jean Germain Drouais (November 25, 1763 - July 15, 1788), French historical painter, was born at Paris. His father, Francois Hubert Drouais, and his grandfather, Hubert Drouais, were well-known portrait painters; and it was from his father that he received his first artistic instruction.
Jean Gerson Jean Charlier de Gerson (December 13, 1363Berry, Grove – July 12, 1429), French scholar, educator, reformer, and poet, chancellor of the university of Paris, a guiding light of the conciliar movement and one of the most prominent theologians at the Council of Constance, was born at the village of Gerson, in the bishopric of Reims in Champagne.
Jean Godden Jean Godden is a member of the Seattle City Council, first elected in 2003 at the age of 71. As of October 2006 she is chair of the Energy & Technology Committee, vice chair of the Finance & Budget Committee and the Public Safety, Government Relations & Arts Committee, and a member of the Transportation Committee.
Jean Gol Jean Gol (Hammersmith, 8 February, 1942 - Liege, 18 September, 1995) was a Belgian politician for the liberal party Parti Réformateur Libéral (PRL) and a freemason. He was a minister, on several occasions, in the Belgian government.
Jean Gottmann Jean Gottman (October 10, 1915 – February 28, 1994) was a French geographer who was most widely known for coining the term megalopolis to describe the condition of the Boston-Washington corridor. His main contributions to human geography were in the sub-fields of urban, political, economic, historical and regional geography.
Jean Grémillon Jean Grémillon (October 3, 1901 – November 25, 1959) was a French film director. After directing a number of documentaries during the 1920s, many now lost, he had his first substantial success with the dramatic feature Maldone in 1928.
Jean Grolier de Servières Jean 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.
Jean Guichard Jean Guichard is a French photographer known for his images of lighthouses. One series of seven pictures, titled "La Jument", is world-famous; it depicts the French lighthouse "La Jument" in a tempest; a wave is about to engulf the lighthouse as its keeper, Théodore Malgorne, thinking Guichard's was the rescue helicopter, looks out the open door.
Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville (his name, with the Revolution included a particle: Audinet de Serville) was a French entomologist, born on November 11, 1775 in Paris. He died on March 27 , 1858 in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre
Jean Guiton Jean Guiton (1585–1654) was born in La Rochelle where he followed the occupation of ship-owner. He became mayor of La Rochelle and, during the siege of the city, he organized an energetic resistance to the troops of king Louis XIII.
Jean Hamburger Jean Hamburger (1909-1992) was a distinguished French physician, surgeon and essayist. He is particularly known for his contribution to nephrology, and for having performed the first renal transplantation in France in 1952.
Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval Lieutenant General Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (15 September, 1715 – 9 May, 1789) was a French artillery officer and engineer who introduced various technical improvements to French cannon, providing them with an advantage during the early years of the Napoleonic wars.
Jean Baptiste, baron Franceschi Jean Baptiste, baron Franceschi (December 5 1766, Bastia - March 19 1813, Danzig), French general entered the French service in 1793. He took part in the operations in Corsica in the following year, and received a wound at the siege of San Fiorenzo.
Jean Bérain the Elder Jean Bérain the Elder (Saint-Mihiel, Meuse, 1640—January 24, 1711, Paris) was a draughtsman and designer, painter and engraver of ornament, the artistic force in the Royal office of the Menus-Plaisirs where all the designs for court spectacle, from fêtes to funerals, originated, and many designs for furnishings not covered by the Bâtiments du RoiKimball notes that Bérain never received a single payment for work done for the Bâtiments du Roi during the whole of Mansart's surintendance. (Kimball p 62)..
Jean Becquerel Jean Becquerel (February 5, 1878 - July 4, 1953) was a French physicist, and son of Antoine-Henri Becquerel. He worked on the optical and magnetic properties of crystals, discovering the rotation of the plane of polarisation by a magnetic field.
Jean Belmain Jean Belmain was a zealous Calvinist who taught French to the young King Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I. Large and austere, he was well rewarded for his services, and may well have had a major role in forming Edward's Protestant views.
Jean Berko Gleason Jean Berko Gleason is a Boston University psycholinguist best known for having created the Wug Test. The test, which was designed to investigate the manner in which children acquire grammatical understanding, was created in 1958.
Jean Blaquière Jean Blaquière, a Pentecostal pastor, was a candidate for the Christian Heritage Party of Canada in the Canadian federal election of 1993, and won the party leadership in March 1994 at a Vancouver convention, in a race with two other contenders.
Jean Bodin Jean Bodin (1530–1596) was a French jurist and political philosopher, member of the Parlement (not to be confused with the English Parliament) of Paris and professor of Law in Toulouse. He is considered by many to be the father of political science because of his theory of sovereignty.
Jean Boese Elsie Jean McGivney "Jeannie" Boese (pronounced BOW-ZEE, January 19, 1925 -- April 7, 2004) was Louisiana's poet laureate from 1972-1980, and from 1996 until her death. She was the Republican national committeewoman from Louisiana from 1968-1974.
Jean Borella Jean Borella (born in Nancy, France, 1930) is a Christian philosopher and theologian. He was a former student of the French Orientalist and philosopher Georges Vallin and a professor of philosophy in Nancy, France.
Jean Borotra Jean Robert Borotra (born on August 13, 1898 in Domaine du Pouy, near Biarritz – died on June 17, 1994 in Arbonne) was a champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Known as "the Bounding Basque", he won five Grand Slam singles titles in the French, Australian, and British championships, failing to win only in the American championships.
Jean Bosco Mwenda Jean Bosco Mwenda, also known as Mwenda wa Bayeke (1930-1990) was a pioneer of Congolese fingerstyle acoustic guitar music. He was also popular in other African countries, particularly East Africa, and in the late 1950s and early 1960s was briefly based in Nairobi, where he had a regular radio show and became a profound influence on a generation of Kenyan guitarists.
Jean Boudin Jean Boudin (1530-1596) was a French poet and writer most famous for his 1576 treatise Six livres de la RĂ©publique, which denounced royal absolutism, instead defining the mutual responsibilities of both king and his people.
Jean Brillant Jean Brillant, VC, MC (15 March 1890 – 10 August 1918) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Jean Brodie Miss Jean Brodie is a fictional character in the Muriel Spark novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; and in the play and film of the same name - both by Jay Presson Allen - which were based on the novel, but radically depart from it in the interest of theatre and poetic licence.
Jean Broke-Smith Jean Broke-Smith is an etiquette and grooming expert. She was the principal of the Lucie Clayton school of grooming and modeling for thirty years, during which time she supervised a curriculum that included etiquette and deportment.
Jean Bruller Jean Bruller (February 26, 1902 - June 10, 1991) was a French writer and illustrator who co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit with Pierre de Lescure. During the World War II occupation of northern France he joined the resistance and his texts were published under the pseudonym Vercors.
Jean Buridan Jean Buridan (in Latin, Joannes Buridanus; 1300 – 1358) was a French priest who sowed the seeds of the Copernican revolution in Europe. Although he was one of the most famous and influential philosophers of the later Middle Ages, he is today among the least well known.
Jean Calas Jean Calas (1698 - 1762) was a merchant living in Toulouse, France, famous for having been the victim of a biased trial due to his being a Protestant. In France, he is a symbol of Christian religious intolerance, along with Jean-François de la Barre and Pierre-Paul Sirven.
Jean Cannon Jean Cannon (born 5 October 1941 in Long Island, New York, died 17 November 2005 in Pembroke Pines, Florida) was an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1961 issue.
Jean Carlos Gamarra Born Jean Carlos Gamarra Morales on March 23, 1977 in Miraflores; a district of Lima, Peru. He is a direct descendant of Peruvian President AgustĂn Gamarra, however his achievements are not political like his paternal ancestor's.
Jean Carnahan Jean Carpenter Carnahan (born December 20 1933) is an American politician and writer who served in the United States Senate from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she was appointed to the Senate to fill the seat of her posthumously elected husband.
Jean Carson Jean Carson (born February 28, 1925, Charleston, West Virginia, died November 2, 2005, Palm Springs, California) was an American actress best known for her work on the classic 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show.
Jean Casarez Jean Casarez is a Court TV correspondent of live daytime trial coverage, reporting on courtroom trials across the country. Casarez has covered such cases as the Coral Eugene Watts trial, the Kobe Bryant rape case, and Scott Peterson sentencing hearings.
Jean Case Jean Case is the CEO of the Case Foundation, which she and her husband, AOL co-founder Steve Case, created in 1997. In June 2006 she was appointed by President Bush to chair the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.
Jean Casselman Wadds Jean Casselman Wadds (born September 16, 1920 in Newton Robinson, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Grenville—Dundas from 1958 to 1968. She sat as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Jean Castaneda Jean Castaneda (born March 20, 1957 in Saint-Etienne, Loire) is a former football goalkeeper from France, who earned nine international caps for the French national team during the early 1980s. A player of AS Saint-Etienne (1977-1989), he was a member of the French team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
Jean Cayrol Jean Cayrol (6 June 1911 - 10 February 2005) was a French poet, publisher, and member of the Académie Goncourt. He is perhaps best known for writing the emotionless narration in Alain Resnais's 1955 documentary film, Night and Fog.
Jean Ces Jean Ces was an French bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the welterweight category, losing against Salvatore Tripoli in the semi-final.
Jean Civiale Jean Civiale (1792-1867) was a French surgeon and urologist, who invented in 1823 a surgical instrument (the lithotrite) and performed transurethral lithotripsy, the first known minimally invasive surgery, to crush stones inside the bladder without having to open the abdomen (lithotomy). To remove a calculus, Civiale inserted his instrument through the urethra and bored holes in the stone.
Jean Claude Jacob Jean Claude Jacob was a serf from the Jura Mountains, supposedly 120 years old, who was brought from his native place to figure as "dean of the human race" in Paris at the great federation festival of June 1790.
Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712-1759) was a French economist and intendant of commerce, one of the creators of the laissez faire, laissez passer economic philosophy. Together with François Quesnay he headed the Physiocratic School.
Jean Claude Saint-Venant Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (23 August 1797 - 6 January 1886) was a mechanician who contributed to early stress analysis and also developed the one-dimensional unsteady open channel flow shallow water equations or Saint-Venant equations that are a fundamental set of equations used in modern hydraulic engineering.
Jean Clemens Jean Clemens (July 26, 1880–December 24, 1909) was the youngest of the three daughters of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain. She had epilepsy from age fifteen, which her father attributed to a childhood head injury.
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. He was born at Maisons-Lafitte, France, a small town near Paris.
Jean Conan Doyle Air Commandant Dame Jean Lena Annette "Billy" Conan Doyle, Lady Bromet DBE, AE, WRAF, ADC most commonly known as Dame Jean Conan Doyle (December 21, 1912 - November 18, 1997) was the daughter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. She served for thirty years in the WRAF, where she worked in intelligence during World War II and by the time of her retirement she had attained the rank of Air Commandant, the highest rank in the Women's Royal Air Force.
Jean Coralli Jean Coralli (1779-1854), born Jean Coralli Peracini, was a French dancer and choreographer and later held the esteemed post of First Balletmaster of the Paris Opera Ballet. He is best known for the creation of the Romantic ballet Giselle which he choreographed in tandem with another French dancer, Jules Perrot.
Jean Curthoys Jean Curthoys (born 1947) is an Australian feminist philosopher. She was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, the daughter of Geoffrey and Barbara Curthoys, leading members of the Communist Party of Australia.
Jean Cuvelier Jean Cuvelier (1882–1962) was a Belgian Redemptorist missionary and bishop of Matadi in Belgian Congo from the late 19th century until his death in 1962. Cuvelier was notable for his interest in the history of the Kingdom of Kongo, which he saw as a route to evangelization in his time.
Jean d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours Jean d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours (1467–1500) was the son of Jacques d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours and Louise of Anjou. His father's possessions were confiscated on his execution in 1477, but Jean was restored to Nemours and the family's other lands in 1484.
Jean d'Arras Jean d'Arras was a 15th century North French tale-teller (trouvere) of whom all we know is that he collaborated with Antoine du Val and Fouquart de Cambrai in putting together a collection of stories entitled Les Vangiles de Quenouille ("The spinners' Tales"). The frame story is that these are the narratives told a group of ladies at their spinning, who relate the current theories on a great variety of subjects.
Jean d'Eaubonne French art director Jean d'Eaubonne (March 8, 1903 – July 1971) worked with some of his country's most distinguished directors, especially for Jean Cocteau on such productions as "Le Sang d'un Poete" (1930). D'Eaubonne was formally trained to be a painter and a sculptor.
Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise Jean Pierre Clément Marie d'Orléans, Duc de Guise (September 4,1874 - August 25,1940) was the son of Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840-1910), grandson of Prince Ferdinand-Philippe and great-grandson of Louis Philippe I, King of the French.
Jean d'Osta Jean d'Osta (real name Jean Van Osta), (Brussels - Belgium, 1909-1993) was a Belgian writer, journalist, humorist, and great lover of Brussels. He has written many books about Brussels and its local dialect called Brusselois.
Jean de Brunhoff Jean de Brunhoff (December 9, 1899 – October 16, 1937) was a French writer and illustrator known for co-creating Babar, which first appeared in 1931. The stories were originally told to their son by his wife Cecile de Brunhoff.
Jean de Dunois Count Jean de Dunois (Jean d'Orléans also known as the Bastard of Orléans) (November 23, 1402 – November 24, 1468) was the son of Louis d'Orléans (Duc d'Orléans 1372-1407) and Mariette d'Enghien. The term "Bastard of Orléans" was the preferred name for most of his career.
Jean de Gassion Jean, Count of Gassion (1609 Pau - 1647 Lens) was a redoutable Gascon military commander for France, prominent at the battle of Rocroi (1643), who reached the rank of Marshal of France at the age of thirty-four. He served Louis XIII and Louis XIV and died of wounds at the siege of Lens.
Jean de Gisors Jean de Gisors (1133 - 1220) was a Norman lord of the fortress of Gisors in Normandy, where meetings were traditionally convened between English and French kings. It was here, in 1188, a squabble occurred that involved the cutting of an elm.
Jean de l'Ours Jean de l'Ours (Jean of the Bear) is an old French legend that originated from a village located in the Pyrenees Mountains. The story was traditionally told by word of mouth and passed down from generation to generation.
Jean de la Cassière Jean l'Evesque de la Cassière (1502 – 21 December 1581) was Grand Master of the Knights of Malta from 1572 to 1581. Heo commissioned the building of the Conventual Church of the Order (St John's Co-Cathedral) in Valletta, Malta, and is buried in the Crypt of St.
Jean de La Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine (July 8, 1621 – April 13, 1695) was the most famous French fabulist and probably the most widely read French poet of the 17th century. According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Hugo.
Jean de Reszke Jean de Reszke, born Jan Mieczyslaw, (14 January 1850 - 3 April 1925) was a Polish operatic tenor born in Warsaw. His parents were Poles; his father was a state official and his mother a capable amateur singer, their house being a recognized musical centre.
Jean de Segonzac Jean de Segonzac (sometimes credited as Jean DeSegonzac) is a director, writer and cinematographer with a long career in documentaries, and television programs. Most of his work has been in gritty, cinéma vérité-style law enforcement TV dramas.
Jean de Wouters Jean de Wouters (full name: Jean Guy Marie Josef de Wouters d'Oplinter) is a Belgian inventor and aeronautical engineer. In 1957, he created the Calypso-Phot for Jacques-Yves Cousteau under their La Spirotechnique company name.
Jean du Bellay Jean du Bellay (c. 1493 - February 16, 1560), French cardinal and diplomat, younger brother of Guillaume du Bellay, and bishop of Bayonne in 1526, member of the privy council in 1530, and bishop of Paris in 1532.
Jean Danjou Jean Danjou (15 April 1828 - 30 April 1863) was a highly decorated captain in the French Foreign Legion. He commanded the 62 legionnaires and three officers who fought the legendary Battle of CamarĂłn during the French intervention in Mexico.
Jean Darling Jean Darling (born Dorothy Jean LeVake on August 23, 1922) is a former American child actress who was regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1929. She is also the last surviving cast member of the silent era version.
Jean Delemontez Jean Délémontez (born 1918 in Lyon) was a French aircraft designer. He was best known for his work with his father-in-law, Eduard Joly, on the Jodel range of light aircraft and his collaboration with Pierre Robin on the Avions Robin aircraft range.
Jean Delville Jean Delville (January 19 1867 – 1953) was a Belgian symbolist painter, writer, and occultist. He founded the Salon d’Art Idealiste, which is considered the Belgian equivalent to the Parisian Rose & Cross Salon and the Pre-Raphaelite movement in London.
Jean DeLarge Jean DeLarge (Liège, 1906 - 1977) was an Belgian welterweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He won the gold medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the welterweight category, defeating Hector Mendez in the final.
Jean Desses Jean Desses (August 6, 1904 – August 2, 1970), was a world leading fashion designer in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. His designs reflected the influences of his travels, specializing in creating draped evening gowns in chiffon and mousseline, based on early Greek and Egyptian robes.
Jean Dieudonné Jean-Alexandre-Eugène Dieudonné (July 1 1906 - November 29 1992) was a French mathematician, known for research in abstract algebra and functional analysis, for close involvement with the Nicolas Bourbaki pseudonymous group and the Éléments de géométrie algébrique project of Alexander Grothendieck, and as a historian of mathematics, particularly in the fields of functional analysis and algebraic topology. His work on the classical groups (the book La Géométrie des groupes classiques was published in 1955), and on formal groups, introducing what now are called Dieudonné modules, had a major effect on those fields.
Jean Dominique Jean Léopold Dominique (July 30, 1930 – April 3, 2000) was a noted Haïtian journalist who spoke out against successive dictatorships. He was one of the first people in Haïti to broadcast in Kréyòl, the language spoken by most of the populace.
Jean Donneau de Visé Jean Donneau de Visé (1638 - 1710) was a French journalist, royal historian ("historiographe du roi"), playwright and publicist. He was founder of the literary, arts and society gazette "le Mercure galant" (founded in 1672) and was associated with the "Moderns" in the "Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns".
Jean Donovan Jean Donovan (April 10, 1953 - December 2, 1980) was an American lay missionary who was murdered with three nuns in El Salvador by a government death squad while volunteering to do charity work during the civil war there.
Jean Drapeau Jean Drapeau CC , GOQ (February 18, 1916 – August 12, 1999) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986. During his tenure as mayor he was responsible for the construction of the Montreal Metro system and the Place des Arts concert hall, for conceiving Expo '67, for securing the 1976 Summer Olympics, and for helping to bring Major League Baseball to Montreal with the creation of the Montreal Expos.
Jean Drèze Jean Drèze is an Indian Economist of Belgian origin. His co-authors include Nobel laureate in economics Amartya Sen, with whom he has written on famine, and Nicholas Stern, with whom he has written on policy reform when market prices are distorted.
Jean Dumont Jean Dumont Baron de Carlscroon (1660-1726, Vienna) was a French publicist. He followed the profession of arms; but, not obtaining promotion so rapidly as he expected, he quitted the service and travelled through different parts of Europe.
Jean Duvieusart Jean Duvieusart (1900-1977) was a Belgian catholic politician and minister of finance (1947-1950, 1952-1954). After two months prime minister of Belgium (1950) he retreated at the abdication of king Leopold III.
Jean Edward Smith Jean Edward Smith (born October 13, 1932) is professor at Marshall University and biographer. Currently he is the John Marshall Professor of Political Science at Marshall University and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto after having served as professor of political economy there for thirty-five years.
Jean Epstein Jean Epstein (25 March 1897, Warsaw - 3 April 1953, Paris) was a film director and early film theoretician. Famous film director Luis Bunuel worked as an assistant director to Epstein on Mauprat (1926) and Fall of the House of Usher (1928).
Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau or Jean-Armand Dieskau, Baron de Dieskau (1701 – 1767) was a French general and commander in America for a part of the French and Indian War. He was defeated and captured at Battle of Lake George in 1755 by Sir William Johnson, and was finally released in 1763.
Jean Eudes Saint Jean Eudes (November 14, 1601 - August 19, 1680) was a French missionary and founder of the Eudists and of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity; author of the liturgical worship of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Jean Farmer-Butterfield Jean Farmer-Butterfield is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-fourth House district, including constituents in Edgecombe and Wilson counties. From Wilson, North Carolina, Farmer-Butterfield is currently (2003-2004 session) serving in her first term in the state House.
Jean Fernel Jean François Fernel (in Latin, Fernelius) (Montdidier 1497–Fontainebleau 1558) was a French physician who introduced the term "physiology" to describe the study of the body's function. He was the first person to describe the spinal canal.
Jean Françaix Jean René Désiré Françaix (May 23, 1912, Le Mans – September 25 1997, Paris) was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style. (According to the composer's son, Jacques Francaix, who is the site master of the composer's website, the composer's name is pronounced "France-EH, to rhyme with "paix," NOT "France-AIX to rhyme with SEX, as some pronouncing guides would have it.
Jean François Billeter Jean François Billeter (1939- ; chinese name : 畢來德 Bì Láidé) is a swiss sinologue and emerit professor of the University of Geneva where he created the sinology department in 1987. After directing it for twelve years, he retired in 1999 to spend more time writing.
Jean François Carteaux Jean Baptiste François Carteaux (January 31, 1751 - April 12, 1813) was a mediocre French painter who became a General in the French Revolutionary Army. He is notable chiefly for being the young Napoleon Bonaparte's incompetent commander at the siege of Toulon in 1793.
Jean François de Troy Jean François de Troy (1679-1752) was a French roccoco painter and tapestry designer born on January 27 1679 in Paris. He was one of a family of painters, being was the son of the portrait painter François de Troy (1645-1730) under whom he first studied, and at whose expense he went to Italy 1699-1706, staying in Rome, but also visiting many north Italian cities.
Jean François Hamtramck Jean François Hamtramck (or John Francis Hamtramck) was a French-Canadian from Quebec who joined the American Army and became a decorated officer. Hamtramck joined the Continental Army and served in the American Revolutionary War.
Jean Francois Hobler Jean Francois Hobler was born in Morges, Vaud, Switzerland in February 1727. Having migrated from Switzerland to London in the early to mid 1700s, John Francis Hobler (as he was commonly known) married Charlotte Elizabeth Claudon, circa 1753.
Jean Fréchet Professor Jean Fréchet is the Henry Rapoport Chair of Organic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley. In addition he is the head of Materials Synthesis, Materials Science Division,of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Director of the Organic and Macromolecular Facility for the Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Jean Frederic Ostervald Jean-Frédéric Ostervald (25 November 1663-April 14, 1747), Swiss Protestant pastor, was born at Neuchâtel in 1663 in a patrician family, a son of the Reformed pastor Johann Rudolf Ostervald. 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.
Jean Friesen Jean Friesen (born July 30, 1943) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She served in the Manitoba legislature for thirteen years, and was a member of New Democratic Premier Gary Doer's cabinet from 1999 to 2003.
Jean Fritz Jean Fritz, born November 16, 1915, is an American children's author and biographer. She was born to American missionaries in Hankow, China, where she lived for the next thirteen years, where, to ease the loneliness of being an only child, kept a journal.
Jean Gagné Jean Gagné, was a professional wrestler and manager, better known as Frenchy Martin. He was best known for managing Dino Bravo in Bravo's time after his break up with the tag partners Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine.
Jean Gaston Darboux Jean Gaston Darboux (August 14, 1842, Nîmes – February 23, 1917, Paris) was a French mathematician. He made several important contributions to geometry and mathematical analysis (see Linear PDEs for example).
Jean Genet Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 – April 15, 1986), was a prominent, sometimes infamous, French writer and later political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal; later in life, Genet wrote novels, plays, poems, and essays, including Querelle, The Thief's Journal, Our Lady of the Flowers, The Balcony, The Blacks and The Maids.
Jean Germain Drouais Jean Germain Drouais (November 25, 1763 - July 15, 1788), French historical painter, was born at Paris. His father, Francois Hubert Drouais, and his grandfather, Hubert Drouais, were well-known portrait painters; and it was from his father that he received his first artistic instruction.
Jean Gerson Jean Charlier de Gerson (December 13, 1363Berry, Grove – July 12, 1429), French scholar, educator, reformer, and poet, chancellor of the university of Paris, a guiding light of the conciliar movement and one of the most prominent theologians at the Council of Constance, was born at the village of Gerson, in the bishopric of Reims in Champagne.
Jean Godden Jean Godden is a member of the Seattle City Council, first elected in 2003 at the age of 71. As of October 2006 she is chair of the Energy & Technology Committee, vice chair of the Finance & Budget Committee and the Public Safety, Government Relations & Arts Committee, and a member of the Transportation Committee.
Jean Gol Jean Gol (Hammersmith, 8 February, 1942 - Liege, 18 September, 1995) was a Belgian politician for the liberal party Parti Réformateur Libéral (PRL) and a freemason. He was a minister, on several occasions, in the Belgian government.
Jean Gottmann Jean Gottman (October 10, 1915 – February 28, 1994) was a French geographer who was most widely known for coining the term megalopolis to describe the condition of the Boston-Washington corridor. His main contributions to human geography were in the sub-fields of urban, political, economic, historical and regional geography.
Jean Grémillon Jean Grémillon (October 3, 1901 – November 25, 1959) was a French film director. After directing a number of documentaries during the 1920s, many now lost, he had his first substantial success with the dramatic feature Maldone in 1928.
Jean Grolier de Servières Jean 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.
Jean Guichard Jean Guichard is a French photographer known for his images of lighthouses. One series of seven pictures, titled "La Jument", is world-famous; it depicts the French lighthouse "La Jument" in a tempest; a wave is about to engulf the lighthouse as its keeper, Théodore Malgorne, thinking Guichard's was the rescue helicopter, looks out the open door.
Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville (his name, with the Revolution included a particle: Audinet de Serville) was a French entomologist, born on November 11, 1775 in Paris. He died on March 27 , 1858 in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre
Jean Guiton Jean Guiton (1585–1654) was born in La Rochelle where he followed the occupation of ship-owner. He became mayor of La Rochelle and, during the siege of the city, he organized an energetic resistance to the troops of king Louis XIII.
Jean Hamburger Jean Hamburger (1909-1992) was a distinguished French physician, surgeon and essayist. He is particularly known for his contribution to nephrology, and for having performed the first renal transplantation in France in 1952.
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