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Jean-François Hubert Jean-François Hubert, (23 February 1739 – 17 October 1797), bishop of Quebec, trained at the Sulpician seminary in Montreal. He was taken under the protection of Bishop Dubreil and served for a time as the bishop's secretary.
Jean-François Lamour Jean-François Lamour (born February 2, 1956) is a former French fencer and current French politician and cabinet minister. A top fencer, he was a gold medallist at the 1984 Olympics and 1988 Olympics and a bronze medal winner at the 1992 Olympics in the men's individual sabre.
Jean-François Larios Jean-François Larios (born August 27, 1956 in Sidi-Bel-Abbès, Algeria) is a former football midfielder from France, who earned seventeen international caps (five goals) for the French national team during the late 1970s, early 1980s. A player of AS Saint-Étienne (1978-1982), he was a member of the French team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
Jean-François Leduc Jean-François Leduc is a film director born on November 11 1972 in Montreal Quebec Canada. He has worked on various Canadian films but is mostly known for producing and directing Die Alive in 2001, a low-budget feature which obtained a Guinness World Record as "Least Expensive Feature Film".
Jean-François Lisée Jean-François Lisée (born in 1958, in Thetford Mines, Quebec) is a Quebecois political analyst, journalist, author, intellectual and well-known sovereigntist thinker. He has been special advisor to Parti Québécois Premiers of Quebec Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard.
Jean-François Porchez Jean-François Porchez (born in 1964) is the president of ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale), the leading organisation of type designers. By 1994, he had created the new typeface for Le Monde newspapers.
Jean-François Racine Jean-François Racine (born April 27, 1982 in Roxton Falls, Quebec) is an ice hockey goaltender currently playing in the AHL for the Toronto Marlies, the AHL-affiliated of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was selected 90th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the third round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Jean-François Revel Jean-François Revel (Marseille, France, January 19, 1924 – April 30, 2006 in Kremlin-Bicêtre) was a French politician, journalist, author, prolific philosopher and member of the Académie française since June 1998. He was born Jean-François Ricard, but later adopted his pseudonym Revel as his legal surname.
Jean-Francois Hodoul Jean-Francois Hodoul (1766-1835) was a corsair who worked in the employ of the French government. In the 1790s he was primarily a captain transporting slaves from Africa to the Indian Ocean colonies of Ile Bourbon (RĂ©union) and Ile de France (Mauritius).
Jean-Francois Labbe Jean-Francois Labbe, nicknamed Ti-Mine, (born June 15, 1972 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Sinupret Ice Tigers in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey-Liga. He was never drafted in the National Hockey League.
Jean-Gaston Tremblay Jean Grégoire de La Trinité, alias Jean-Gaston Tremblay, from Canada proclaimed himself Pope Gregory XVII in 1968; however, it must be noted that Tremblay usually styles himself Pope John-Gregory XVII. He is the self styled successor of an ultra-modernist, reformist French antipope, Michel Collin, founder of the Renovated Church of Christ and the Order of the Magnificat of the Mother of God, who went under the name Clement (or: Clemens) XV since 1950.
Jean-Georges Jean-Georges is an upscale French restaurant at 1 Central Park West on the Lobby Level of the Trump Tower, Manhattan named after its chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Jean-Georges remains one of the few restaurants in the city awarded four stars by the New York Times.
Jean-Georges Noverre Jean-Georges Noverre (April 29, 1727–November 19, 1810) was a French dancer and ballet master, and is considered to be the creator of ballet d'action a precursor of the narrative ballets of the 19th century. His birthday is now observed as International Dance Day.
Jean-Honoré Fragonard Jean-Honoré Fragonard (April 5, 1732 – August 22, 1806) was a French painter whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific artists active in the last decades of the ancien régime, Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings (not counting drawing and etchings), of which only five are dated.
Jean-Charles Gille Dr. Jean-Charles Gille-Maisani, ( May 22 1924 (Trèves) - January 29 1995 (Québec)) was born in 1924 in Trèves (Germany) where his father, originally from Lorraine, was a superior officer in the French garnison.
Jean-Christophe Bonaparte Jean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Napoléon, the great-great-great-great-grandnephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, was born on the 11th July 1986 in Saint-Raphaël, Var 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-Christophe to be his successor but the issue has since been resolved with Jean-Christophe's father being confirmed as head of the Imperial Family].
Jean-Christophe d'Isigny Jean-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 in Lincolnshire.
Jean-Christophe Mitterrand Jean-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.
Jean-Jacques Aillagon Jean-Jacques Aillagon (born October 2, 1946, Metz) is a French politician, a close confident to Jacques Chirac and member of the RPR - Rally for the Republic political party. From 1972-1976 he was a high school teacher in the Corrèze region of France.
Jean-Jacques Blais Jean-Jacques Blais, PC (born 1940 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nipissing in the Canadian House of Commons from 1972 to 1984. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines Jean-Jacques Dessalines (September 20, 1758–October 17, 1806) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the dictatorial 1801 constution. He was autocratic in his rule and crowned himself Emperor of Haiti in 1805.
Jean-Jacques Dussumier Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883} was a French voyager and merchant from Bordeaux. He is known as a collector of zoological species from South Eastern Asia and regions around the Indian Ocean between 1818 and 1837.
Jean-Jacques Laffont Jean-Jacques Laffont (1947-2004) was a French economist specialized in public economics and information theory. Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse I and foundator of the Industrial Economics Institute (Institut D'Economie Industrielle, IDEI) that is become one of the best European research centres in economics, Jean-Jacques Laffont is the author of 17 books and more than 200 articles.
Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec (1944 – November 7, 2005) was a retired Renault employee who was the only fatality of the 2005 civil unrest in France. He died in a coma while in hospital on November 7 after fracturing his skull, when he hit the ground after being struck by a hooded youth on November 4, whilst he was attending to a burning trash can outside his apartment building in Stains.
Jean-Jacques Nattiez Jean-Jacques Nattiez (born December 30 1945, Amiens, France) is a musical semiologist or semiotician and professor of Musicology at the Université de Montréal. He studied semiology with Georges Mounin and Jean Molino and music semiology (doctoral) with Nicolas Ruwet.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism. Rousseau also made important contributions to music both as a theorist and as a composer.
Jean-Jacques Subrenat Jean-Jacques Subrenat (1940–) is a French diplomat who served as the ambassador to the WEU in Brussels (1995-1998), to Estonia (1998-2002), and to Finland (2002-2005). He represented France at the Board of Governors meeting of ASEF, May 2005.
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, also known as Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, (December 25 1711, Narbonne - October 8 1772, Paris) was a French violinist and a composer. He was a young contemporary of the esteemed composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764).
Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy (August 25, 1677 at Dijon - May 11, 1753 at Sens) was a French ecclesiastic and thelogian, first bishop of Soissons, then a member of l'Académie française, and finally archbishop of Sens.
Jean-Joseph Mouret Jean-Joseph Mouret (April 11, 1682, Avignon - December 22, 1738, Charenton-le-Pont) was a French composer whose dramatic works made him one of the leading exponents of Baroque music in his country. Even though most of his works are no longer performed, Mouret's name survives today thanks to the popularity of the Fanfare-Rondeau from his first Suite de Symphonies, which has been adopted as the signature tune of the PBS program Masterpiece Theatre.
Jean-Louis Barrault Jean-Louis Barrault (September 8, 1910 – January 22 1994 in Le Vésinet) was a French actor, director and mime artist - training that served him well when he portrayed the 19th-century mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau (Baptiste Debureau) in Marcel Carné's 1945 film Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise).
Jean-Louis Bourlanges Jean-Louis Bourlanges (born July 13, 1946 in Neuilly) is a French Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the Union for French Democracy ticket and sits with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group.
Jean-Louis Costes Jean-Louis Costes is a noise musician. He was once the husband of Lisa Crystal Carver, and he helped write the backing noise-opera music of the Suckdog Circus, and was also a performer in Suckdog, along with Carver, Dame Darcy, Coz the Shroom and others.
Jean-Louis Cottigny Jean-Louis Cottigny (born 12 September 1950 in Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France. He is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Jean-Louis de la Corne de Chaptes He did found one of the most important families in New France and his four sons all did well. One son, Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne was both a successful soldier and fur trader while another son, Luc de la Corne became one of the wealthiest men in New France.
Jean-Louis Debré Jean-Louis Debré (born September 30, 1944 in Toulouse) is a conservative French politician. The son of former prime minister Michel Debré, he was member of the Neo-Gaullist party Rally for the Republic (RPR) then of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
Jean-Louis Gergorin Jean-Louis Gergorin is a former executive vice-president of EADS, the European arms consortium, and allegedly a close friend of Dominique de Villepin. He is suspected of being the leak (referred to in French as le corbeau, or the crow) in the Clearstream affair, together with Imad Lahoud.
Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Cardinal Lefebvre de Cheverus (also known as John Cheverus) (January 28, 1768–July 19, 1836), French ecclesiastic who was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts.
Jean-Louis Lemoyne Jean-Louis Lemoyne (1665-1755) was a French sculptor whose works were commissioned by Louis XIV and Louis XV. His sculptures are featured in major art museums, including the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection, and the National Gallery of Art.
Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour (born 12 October 1907 in Paris, died 29 September 1989, Paris) was a lawyer and French nationalist politician. He was a candidate in the 1965 french presidential election when his campaign manager was Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (21 February 1815 – 21 January 1891) was a leading French Classicist painter and sculptor famous for his depictions of Napoleon, his armies and military themes. He documented sieges and manoeuvres and was the teacher of Édouard Detaille.
Jean-Luc Bennahmias Jean-Luc Bennahmias (born 2 December 1954 in Paris) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France. He is a member of the French Green Party, part of the European Greens, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Jean-Luc Brassard Jean-Luc Brassard (born August 24, 1972 in Valleyfield, Quebec) is a French-Canadian freestyle skier, winning the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in the sport's debut as a medal event. Brassard has been credited as popularizing the wearing of bright knee pads to show off absorption and leg position for mogul skiers to best show judges how smoothly the athlete is taking the turns.
Jean-Luc Ettori Jean-Luc Ettori (born July 29, 1955 in Marseille, Bouches-du-RhĂ´nes) is a retired football goalkeeper from France, who spent his entire career with AS Monaco. He earned nine caps for the France national football team in the early 1980s.
Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with The George Duke Trio is a Jazz album released in 1969 (see 1969 in music) by Jean-Luc Ponty on World Pacific Jazz in the US, and is considered to be one of the earliest fusion jazz albums. This was the third album of note for George Duke.
Jean-Luc Thérier Jean-Luc Thérier (born Hodeng-au-Bosc , October 7, 1945) is a French former rally driver. He was the highest scoring driver in the inaugural World Rally Championship in 1973 and the only one to win three events.
Jean-Marc Ayrault Jean-Marc Ayrault (born 25 January 1950) in Maulévrier, in the departement of Maine-et-Loire, is a French politician and a member of the French Socialist Party. He is currently Mayor of Nantes (since 1989) and President of Socialist Party Group in French National Assembly (since 1997).
Jean-Marc Bosman Jean-Marc Bosman (born October 30, 1964) is a former Belgian footballer, whose judicial challenge of the football transfer rules led to the Bosman ruling. This landmark judgement completely changed the way footballers are employed, allowing professional players in the European Union to move freely to another club at the end of their term of contract with their present team.
Jean-Marc Carisse Jean-Marc Carisse is a Canadian photographer. He has covered the political scene on Parliament Hill for over 25 years in both the Prime Minister's Office (a PMO record for an official photographer)and the National Liberal Caucus.
Jean-Marc Ferreri Jean-Marc Ferreri (born 26 December, 1962 in Charlieu) is a former French footballer, who earned 37 caps and scored 3 goals for the France national football team. He played in the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship, where France won the title, and the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where France finished third.
Jean-Marc Fournier Jean-Marc Fournier (born October 7, 1959 in Châteauguay) is a lawyer and the Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports for Quebec, Canada. He holds a law degree from the University of Montreal and is a Member of the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP).
Jean-Marc Lalonde [Lalonde (born 1935]) is a [[politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell for the Ontario Liberal Party.
Jean-Marc Lederman Jean-Marc Lederman is a Belgian keyboard player and producer. He has worked with numerous bands including Fad Gadget, The The, Gene Loves Jezebel, The Weathermen, Streets, and Front 242, and with other artists including Julianne Regan and Alain Bashung.
Jean-Marc Lofficier Jean-Marc Lofficier (born June 22, 1954) is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comic books and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife Randy Lofficier.
Jean-Marcel Jeanneney Jean-Marcel Jeanneney, born November 13 1910 in Paris, was a minister in various French governments in the 1950s and 60s, as well as France's first ambassador to Algeria in the immediate aftermath of the Algerian war of independence. He has been a professor of economics and is the founder of the Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Economiques.
Jean-Marie Andre Jean-Marie Andre (31 March, 1944, Charleroi, Belgium-) is a Belgian scientist and professor of Theoretical and Chemical Physics at the Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (Namur, Belgium). He made important contributions to polymer chemistryIAQMS-biography.
Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara is a Cameroonian politician. He is currently the foreign minister (since September 2006) and was formerly the Minister of State (2002-2006) and Minister of Higher Education (1997-2002).
Jean-Marie Beaupuy Jean-Marie Beaupuy (born 28 November 1943) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the east of France. He is a member of the Union for French Democracy, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development.
Jean-Marie Beurel Jean-Marie Beurel was born on 5 February 1813 at Plouguenast, northern Bretagne, France. He was assigned to the Mission of Siam by the Missions Étrangères de Paris and arrived in Singapore on 27 October 1839 at the age of 26.
Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger Jean-Marie Lustiger (French pronunciation: ) (born September 17, 1926), French clergyman, was archbishop of Paris from January 1981 to February 2005, and has been a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church since February 1983.
Jean-Marie Cavada Jean-Marie Cavada (born 24 February 1940 in Épinal, Vosges) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. He is a member of the Union for French Democracy, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and chairs the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
Jean-Marie Chopin Jean-Marie Chopin a French explorer of the Caucasus, who visited Sevanavank in 1830 and reported about a regime without meat, wine, youth or women. Another explorer visited it in 1850 and reported that manuscripts were still being copied manually.
Jean-Marie Le Pen Jean-Marie Le Pen (born June 20, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer France) is a French far-right nationalist politician, founder and president of the National Front party, and a perennial candidate for the French presidency.
Jean-Marie Leblanc Jean-Marie Leblanc (born July 27, 1944, Nueil-sur-Argent, France) is a retired professional road bicycle racer and was general director of the Tour de France from 1989 to 2005 when he was succeeded by Christian Prudhomme.
Jean-Marie Lehn Jean-Marie Lehn (born September 30, 1939) is a French chemist. He received the Nobel Prize together with Donald Cram and Charles Pedersen in 1987 for his work in Chemistry, particularly his synthesis of the cryptands.
Jean-Marie Roland, vicomte de la Platière Vicomte Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (February 18, 1734 – November 10, 1793) was a French statesman and Girondist during the French Revolution. He served as a minister of the interior in King Louis XVI's Girondist cabinet of spring 1792.
Jean-Marie Souriau Jean-Marie Souriau is a mathematician, known for works in symplectic geometry, in which he is one of the pioneers. He has published several works, a treatise on relativity [Sou64b] and a treatise on mechanics: [Sou70].
Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center The Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano with the concept of celebrating the vernacular Kanak culture of New Caledonia. The centre is composed of 10 units, all of different sizes and different functions, but with the consistent form of vertically positioned shell-like structures which resemble the traditional huts of a Caledonian Village.
Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat (IPA: ) (December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988) was an American artist born in Brooklyn, New York City. He gained fame, first as a graffiti artist in New York City, and then as a highly successful Neo-expressionist artist in the international art scene of the 1980s.
Jean-Michel Bayle Jean-Michel Bayle ( born April 1, 1969 in Manosque, France) is a French motorcycle racer from who achieved great success in motocross racing before turning to road racing and competing at the highest international level.
Jean-Michel Byron Jean-Michel Byron (born Byron DuPlessis) was the South African born lead vocalist for Los Angeles rock legends Toto for their Past to Present project. Disliked by many Toto traditionalists for his bizarre stage antics and fey manner, Byron was downgraded to backing vocalist during the 'Past to Present Tour' and eventually dismissed from the band.
Jean-Michel Gaillard Jean-Michel Gaillard (born May 16, 1946, Pont-Sant-Esprit in Gard, France; died July 19, 2005, Paris) was a high-ranking French official. He was, most notably, director general of Antenne 2 (now France 2), from 1989 to 1991.
Jean-Michel Charlier Jean-Michel Charlier (October 30, 1924 - July 10, 1989) was a Belgian scriptwriter best known as a writer of realistic European comic books and graphic novels. He was a co-founder of the famed European comics-magazine Pilote.
Jean-Michel Poulot Jean-Michel Poulot is a well-known French chef based in Dublin, Ireland in his own Poulot's restaurant, which last year won The Dubliner Magazine award for Best New Restaurant. The restaurant has been the subject of positive reviews in newspapers such as The Irish Times and the Irish Independent.
Jean-Michel Saive Jean-Michel Saive (born November 17, 1969 in Liège, Belgium) is a Belgian professional table tennis player. Born in a table tennis playing family, Saive was predestined to become a very good table tennis player and began playing as a small boy.
Jean-Nicolas Corvisart Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (February 15, 1755–September 18, 1821) was an important figure in the history of French medicine. Born in the French village of Dricourt in 1755, Corvisart gained early notoriety for his translation of Leopold von Auenbrugg's Inventum Novum from Latin into French.
Jean-Noël Jeanneney Jean-Noël Jeanneney is a French historian and politician, born on 2 April 1942 in Grenoble. He is the son of Jean-Marcel Jeanneney and the grandson of Jules Jeanneney, both important figures in French politics.
Jean-paul Vivini Jean-paul Vivini is a musician born in 1951 in Bordeaux(France). He began to study the piano and the music theory at the age of 7, he went on with the study of the guitar, first rock music then the classical authors with Marc Franceries and Elisabeth Presti.
Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick is a British guitarist, bandleader, composer and in-demand record producer. Since 1979, he has led the British band Incognito, releasing twelve studio albums, three albums of remixes and two further albums by bands largely made up of the members of Incognito.
Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes (born May 23, 1952 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a former football goalkeeper from France, who earned eleven international caps for the French national team during the 1970s. A player of FC Nantes (1969-1987), he was a member of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
Jean-Paul Civeyrac Jean-Paul Civeyrac (born December 24, 1964) is a French director whose films are usually characterized by a great attention to the music and the Actor’s bodies. He has recently adapted a French novel by Anne Wiazemsky, Hymnes à l’amour, with the title All the fine promises (2003).
Jean-Paul Gauzès Jean-Paul Gauzès (born October 1, 1947 in Toulouse) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the North-West of France. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, part of the European People's Party.
Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat (May 24, 1743 – July 13, 1793), was a Swiss-born French scientist and physician who made much of his career in the United Kingdom, but is best known as an activist in the French Revolution. A fiery journalist, an advocate of such violent measures as the September 1792 massacres of jailed "enemies of the Revolution," and a member of the radical Jacobin faction (though never a member of the Jacobin Club as such) during the French Revolution, he helped launch the Reign of Terror and compiled "death lists.
Jean-Paul Mendy Jean-Paul Mendy (born December 14, 1973) is a professional boxer from France, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division (– 75 kg) at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Germany's Sven Ottke on points (4-11).
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé Jean-Paul Ngoupandé (born December 6, 1948) is a former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic. Born in Dékoa, Kemo-Gribingui, he was appointed by President Ange-Félix Patassé on 6 June 1996 and resigned on 30 January 1997.
Jean-Paul Pierrat Jean-Paul Pierrat is a former French cross country skier who competed in the late 1970's and early 1980's. He won the bronze medal in the 50 km event at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, becoming the first person from France to win a medal at the championships.
Jean-Paul Rigollot Dr Jean-Paul Rigollot (1810-1873) was a nineteenth century French doctor and antiquarian famous for his role in the identification of evidence of some of Europe's earliest inhabitants and his invention of the mustard plaster.
Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 – April 15, 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (pronounced: ), was a French existentialist philosopher, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist and critic.
Jean-Paul Van Bendegem Jean Paul Van Bendegem (born 28 March 1953 in Ghent) is a prominent professor at the VUB in Brussels. He is also dean of the faculty of arts and philosophy, and head of the CLWF (Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science) at said university.
Jean-Philippe Brulé Jean-Philippe Brulé (born May 13, 1981) is a field hockey player from Belgium, who was a member of the national squad that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Belgium finished in 8th place at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Madrid, in March 2004, after losing on penalty strokes against South Africa.
Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux Jean-Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718–1751) was an astronomer from Lausanne in Switzerland. In 1746 he presented a list of nebulae, eight of which were his own new discoveries, to the Académie Française des Sciences.
Jean-Philippe Guillemin Jean-Philippe Guillemin, also known as "Hyperion" or "JP" (born June 06, 1972) is a French computer programmer best known as the creator and main contributor to the Zenwalk GNULinux Operating System.
Jean-Philippe Maitre Jean-Philippe Maitre (18 June 1949 – 1 February 2006) was a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss National Council (1983-2005). He was elected President of the National Council for the year 2005, but resigned for 1 March 2005 due to a brain tumor.
Jean-Philippe Pastor Jean-Philippe Pastor (1963–) is a Paris-based philosopher who specializes in hypertextual thought, working in numerical areas such as 3G mobile applications and wireless e-book development. He is the author of numerous scientific articles at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Jean-Philippe Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (September 25, 1683 - September 12, 1764) was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera, and was attacked by those who preferred Lully's style.
Jean-Philippe Wispelaere Jean-Philippe Wispelaere is a former intelligence analyst for the Australian Defence Intelligence Organisation. He was convicted of attempting to sell United States military secrets to a foreign country in 1999.
Jean-Pierre Élissalde Jean-Pierre Élissalde (born December 31, 1953 in La Rochelle) was a French rugby union player at scrum half and in 2005 was appointed the first foreign head coach of the Japan national rugby union team. He was sacked by the JRFU in September 2006 after he found another job in France with Aviron Bayonnais and refused to give it up when asked to do so by the JRFU who wanted him to concentrate 100% on the Japan job.
Jean-Pierre Blackburn Jean-Pierre Blackburn PC, MP (born July 6, 1948 in Jonquière, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. Blackburn is the current Conservative Party of Canada member of the Canadian House of Commons from the riding of Jonquière—Alma.
Jean-Pierre Clément Jean Pierre Clément (1809–1870) was a French political economist and historian, born at Draguignan. He was in the Ministry of Finance and a member of the Institute and wrote, with the aid of original documents, works on French financial administration, particularly in the epoch of Colbert, including:
Jean-Pierre de Montalivet Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet (1766 - 1823) was a French statesman and Peer of France. He was the father of Camille Bachasson, 3rd Count of Montalivet, Minister of the Interior under Louis-Philippe.
Jean-François Lamour Jean-François Lamour (born February 2, 1956) is a former French fencer and current French politician and cabinet minister. A top fencer, he was a gold medallist at the 1984 Olympics and 1988 Olympics and a bronze medal winner at the 1992 Olympics in the men's individual sabre.
Jean-François Larios Jean-François Larios (born August 27, 1956 in Sidi-Bel-Abbès, Algeria) is a former football midfielder from France, who earned seventeen international caps (five goals) for the French national team during the late 1970s, early 1980s. A player of AS Saint-Étienne (1978-1982), he was a member of the French team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
Jean-François Leduc Jean-François Leduc is a film director born on November 11 1972 in Montreal Quebec Canada. He has worked on various Canadian films but is mostly known for producing and directing Die Alive in 2001, a low-budget feature which obtained a Guinness World Record as "Least Expensive Feature Film".
Jean-François Lisée Jean-François Lisée (born in 1958, in Thetford Mines, Quebec) is a Quebecois political analyst, journalist, author, intellectual and well-known sovereigntist thinker. He has been special advisor to Parti Québécois Premiers of Quebec Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard.
Jean-François Porchez Jean-François Porchez (born in 1964) is the president of ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale), the leading organisation of type designers. By 1994, he had created the new typeface for Le Monde newspapers.
Jean-François Racine Jean-François Racine (born April 27, 1982 in Roxton Falls, Quebec) is an ice hockey goaltender currently playing in the AHL for the Toronto Marlies, the AHL-affiliated of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was selected 90th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the third round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Jean-François Revel Jean-François Revel (Marseille, France, January 19, 1924 – April 30, 2006 in Kremlin-Bicêtre) was a French politician, journalist, author, prolific philosopher and member of the Académie française since June 1998. He was born Jean-François Ricard, but later adopted his pseudonym Revel as his legal surname.
Jean-Francois Hodoul Jean-Francois Hodoul (1766-1835) was a corsair who worked in the employ of the French government. In the 1790s he was primarily a captain transporting slaves from Africa to the Indian Ocean colonies of Ile Bourbon (RĂ©union) and Ile de France (Mauritius).
Jean-Francois Labbe Jean-Francois Labbe, nicknamed Ti-Mine, (born June 15, 1972 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Sinupret Ice Tigers in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey-Liga. He was never drafted in the National Hockey League.
Jean-Gaston Tremblay Jean Grégoire de La Trinité, alias Jean-Gaston Tremblay, from Canada proclaimed himself Pope Gregory XVII in 1968; however, it must be noted that Tremblay usually styles himself Pope John-Gregory XVII. He is the self styled successor of an ultra-modernist, reformist French antipope, Michel Collin, founder of the Renovated Church of Christ and the Order of the Magnificat of the Mother of God, who went under the name Clement (or: Clemens) XV since 1950.
Jean-Georges Jean-Georges is an upscale French restaurant at 1 Central Park West on the Lobby Level of the Trump Tower, Manhattan named after its chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Jean-Georges remains one of the few restaurants in the city awarded four stars by the New York Times.
Jean-Georges Noverre Jean-Georges Noverre (April 29, 1727–November 19, 1810) was a French dancer and ballet master, and is considered to be the creator of ballet d'action a precursor of the narrative ballets of the 19th century. His birthday is now observed as International Dance Day.
Jean-Honoré Fragonard Jean-Honoré Fragonard (April 5, 1732 – August 22, 1806) was a French painter whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific artists active in the last decades of the ancien régime, Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings (not counting drawing and etchings), of which only five are dated.
Jean-Charles Gille Dr. Jean-Charles Gille-Maisani, ( May 22 1924 (Trèves) - January 29 1995 (Québec)) was born in 1924 in Trèves (Germany) where his father, originally from Lorraine, was a superior officer in the French garnison.
Jean-Christophe Bonaparte Jean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Napoléon, the great-great-great-great-grandnephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, was born on the 11th July 1986 in Saint-Raphaël, Var 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-Christophe to be his successor but the issue has since been resolved with Jean-Christophe's father being confirmed as head of the Imperial Family].
Jean-Christophe d'Isigny Jean-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 in Lincolnshire.
Jean-Christophe Mitterrand Jean-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.
Jean-Jacques Aillagon Jean-Jacques Aillagon (born October 2, 1946, Metz) is a French politician, a close confident to Jacques Chirac and member of the RPR - Rally for the Republic political party. From 1972-1976 he was a high school teacher in the Corrèze region of France.
Jean-Jacques Blais Jean-Jacques Blais, PC (born 1940 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nipissing in the Canadian House of Commons from 1972 to 1984. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines Jean-Jacques Dessalines (September 20, 1758–October 17, 1806) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the dictatorial 1801 constution. He was autocratic in his rule and crowned himself Emperor of Haiti in 1805.
Jean-Jacques Dussumier Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883} was a French voyager and merchant from Bordeaux. He is known as a collector of zoological species from South Eastern Asia and regions around the Indian Ocean between 1818 and 1837.
Jean-Jacques Laffont Jean-Jacques Laffont (1947-2004) was a French economist specialized in public economics and information theory. Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse I and foundator of the Industrial Economics Institute (Institut D'Economie Industrielle, IDEI) that is become one of the best European research centres in economics, Jean-Jacques Laffont is the author of 17 books and more than 200 articles.
Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec (1944 – November 7, 2005) was a retired Renault employee who was the only fatality of the 2005 civil unrest in France. He died in a coma while in hospital on November 7 after fracturing his skull, when he hit the ground after being struck by a hooded youth on November 4, whilst he was attending to a burning trash can outside his apartment building in Stains.
Jean-Jacques Nattiez Jean-Jacques Nattiez (born December 30 1945, Amiens, France) is a musical semiologist or semiotician and professor of Musicology at the Université de Montréal. He studied semiology with Georges Mounin and Jean Molino and music semiology (doctoral) with Nicolas Ruwet.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism. Rousseau also made important contributions to music both as a theorist and as a composer.
Jean-Jacques Subrenat Jean-Jacques Subrenat (1940–) is a French diplomat who served as the ambassador to the WEU in Brussels (1995-1998), to Estonia (1998-2002), and to Finland (2002-2005). He represented France at the Board of Governors meeting of ASEF, May 2005.
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, also known as Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, (December 25 1711, Narbonne - October 8 1772, Paris) was a French violinist and a composer. He was a young contemporary of the esteemed composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764).
Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy (August 25, 1677 at Dijon - May 11, 1753 at Sens) was a French ecclesiastic and thelogian, first bishop of Soissons, then a member of l'Académie française, and finally archbishop of Sens.
Jean-Joseph Mouret Jean-Joseph Mouret (April 11, 1682, Avignon - December 22, 1738, Charenton-le-Pont) was a French composer whose dramatic works made him one of the leading exponents of Baroque music in his country. Even though most of his works are no longer performed, Mouret's name survives today thanks to the popularity of the Fanfare-Rondeau from his first Suite de Symphonies, which has been adopted as the signature tune of the PBS program Masterpiece Theatre.
Jean-Louis Barrault Jean-Louis Barrault (September 8, 1910 – January 22 1994 in Le Vésinet) was a French actor, director and mime artist - training that served him well when he portrayed the 19th-century mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau (Baptiste Debureau) in Marcel Carné's 1945 film Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise).
Jean-Louis Bourlanges Jean-Louis Bourlanges (born July 13, 1946 in Neuilly) is a French Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the Union for French Democracy ticket and sits with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group.
Jean-Louis Costes Jean-Louis Costes is a noise musician. He was once the husband of Lisa Crystal Carver, and he helped write the backing noise-opera music of the Suckdog Circus, and was also a performer in Suckdog, along with Carver, Dame Darcy, Coz the Shroom and others.
Jean-Louis Cottigny Jean-Louis Cottigny (born 12 September 1950 in Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France. He is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Jean-Louis de la Corne de Chaptes He did found one of the most important families in New France and his four sons all did well. One son, Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne was both a successful soldier and fur trader while another son, Luc de la Corne became one of the wealthiest men in New France.
Jean-Louis Debré Jean-Louis Debré (born September 30, 1944 in Toulouse) is a conservative French politician. The son of former prime minister Michel Debré, he was member of the Neo-Gaullist party Rally for the Republic (RPR) then of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
Jean-Louis Gergorin Jean-Louis Gergorin is a former executive vice-president of EADS, the European arms consortium, and allegedly a close friend of Dominique de Villepin. He is suspected of being the leak (referred to in French as le corbeau, or the crow) in the Clearstream affair, together with Imad Lahoud.
Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Cardinal Lefebvre de Cheverus (also known as John Cheverus) (January 28, 1768–July 19, 1836), French ecclesiastic who was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts.
Jean-Louis Lemoyne Jean-Louis Lemoyne (1665-1755) was a French sculptor whose works were commissioned by Louis XIV and Louis XV. His sculptures are featured in major art museums, including the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection, and the National Gallery of Art.
Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour (born 12 October 1907 in Paris, died 29 September 1989, Paris) was a lawyer and French nationalist politician. He was a candidate in the 1965 french presidential election when his campaign manager was Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (21 February 1815 – 21 January 1891) was a leading French Classicist painter and sculptor famous for his depictions of Napoleon, his armies and military themes. He documented sieges and manoeuvres and was the teacher of Édouard Detaille.
Jean-Luc Bennahmias Jean-Luc Bennahmias (born 2 December 1954 in Paris) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France. He is a member of the French Green Party, part of the European Greens, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Jean-Luc Brassard Jean-Luc Brassard (born August 24, 1972 in Valleyfield, Quebec) is a French-Canadian freestyle skier, winning the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in the sport's debut as a medal event. Brassard has been credited as popularizing the wearing of bright knee pads to show off absorption and leg position for mogul skiers to best show judges how smoothly the athlete is taking the turns.
Jean-Luc Ettori Jean-Luc Ettori (born July 29, 1955 in Marseille, Bouches-du-RhĂ´nes) is a retired football goalkeeper from France, who spent his entire career with AS Monaco. He earned nine caps for the France national football team in the early 1980s.
Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with The George Duke Trio is a Jazz album released in 1969 (see 1969 in music) by Jean-Luc Ponty on World Pacific Jazz in the US, and is considered to be one of the earliest fusion jazz albums. This was the third album of note for George Duke.
Jean-Luc Thérier Jean-Luc Thérier (born Hodeng-au-Bosc , October 7, 1945) is a French former rally driver. He was the highest scoring driver in the inaugural World Rally Championship in 1973 and the only one to win three events.
Jean-Marc Ayrault Jean-Marc Ayrault (born 25 January 1950) in Maulévrier, in the departement of Maine-et-Loire, is a French politician and a member of the French Socialist Party. He is currently Mayor of Nantes (since 1989) and President of Socialist Party Group in French National Assembly (since 1997).
Jean-Marc Bosman Jean-Marc Bosman (born October 30, 1964) is a former Belgian footballer, whose judicial challenge of the football transfer rules led to the Bosman ruling. This landmark judgement completely changed the way footballers are employed, allowing professional players in the European Union to move freely to another club at the end of their term of contract with their present team.
Jean-Marc Carisse Jean-Marc Carisse is a Canadian photographer. He has covered the political scene on Parliament Hill for over 25 years in both the Prime Minister's Office (a PMO record for an official photographer)and the National Liberal Caucus.
Jean-Marc Ferreri Jean-Marc Ferreri (born 26 December, 1962 in Charlieu) is a former French footballer, who earned 37 caps and scored 3 goals for the France national football team. He played in the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship, where France won the title, and the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where France finished third.
Jean-Marc Fournier Jean-Marc Fournier (born October 7, 1959 in Châteauguay) is a lawyer and the Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports for Quebec, Canada. He holds a law degree from the University of Montreal and is a Member of the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP).
Jean-Marc Lalonde [Lalonde (born 1935]) is a [[politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell for the Ontario Liberal Party.
Jean-Marc Lederman Jean-Marc Lederman is a Belgian keyboard player and producer. He has worked with numerous bands including Fad Gadget, The The, Gene Loves Jezebel, The Weathermen, Streets, and Front 242, and with other artists including Julianne Regan and Alain Bashung.
Jean-Marc Lofficier Jean-Marc Lofficier (born June 22, 1954) is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comic books and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife Randy Lofficier.
Jean-Marcel Jeanneney Jean-Marcel Jeanneney, born November 13 1910 in Paris, was a minister in various French governments in the 1950s and 60s, as well as France's first ambassador to Algeria in the immediate aftermath of the Algerian war of independence. He has been a professor of economics and is the founder of the Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Economiques.
Jean-Marie Andre Jean-Marie Andre (31 March, 1944, Charleroi, Belgium-) is a Belgian scientist and professor of Theoretical and Chemical Physics at the Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (Namur, Belgium). He made important contributions to polymer chemistryIAQMS-biography.
Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara is a Cameroonian politician. He is currently the foreign minister (since September 2006) and was formerly the Minister of State (2002-2006) and Minister of Higher Education (1997-2002).
Jean-Marie Beaupuy Jean-Marie Beaupuy (born 28 November 1943) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the east of France. He is a member of the Union for French Democracy, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development.
Jean-Marie Beurel Jean-Marie Beurel was born on 5 February 1813 at Plouguenast, northern Bretagne, France. He was assigned to the Mission of Siam by the Missions Étrangères de Paris and arrived in Singapore on 27 October 1839 at the age of 26.
Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger Jean-Marie Lustiger (French pronunciation: ) (born September 17, 1926), French clergyman, was archbishop of Paris from January 1981 to February 2005, and has been a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church since February 1983.
Jean-Marie Cavada Jean-Marie Cavada (born 24 February 1940 in Épinal, Vosges) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. He is a member of the Union for French Democracy, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and chairs the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
Jean-Marie Chopin Jean-Marie Chopin a French explorer of the Caucasus, who visited Sevanavank in 1830 and reported about a regime without meat, wine, youth or women. Another explorer visited it in 1850 and reported that manuscripts were still being copied manually.
Jean-Marie Le Pen Jean-Marie Le Pen (born June 20, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer France) is a French far-right nationalist politician, founder and president of the National Front party, and a perennial candidate for the French presidency.
Jean-Marie Leblanc Jean-Marie Leblanc (born July 27, 1944, Nueil-sur-Argent, France) is a retired professional road bicycle racer and was general director of the Tour de France from 1989 to 2005 when he was succeeded by Christian Prudhomme.
Jean-Marie Lehn Jean-Marie Lehn (born September 30, 1939) is a French chemist. He received the Nobel Prize together with Donald Cram and Charles Pedersen in 1987 for his work in Chemistry, particularly his synthesis of the cryptands.
Jean-Marie Roland, vicomte de la Platière Vicomte Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (February 18, 1734 – November 10, 1793) was a French statesman and Girondist during the French Revolution. He served as a minister of the interior in King Louis XVI's Girondist cabinet of spring 1792.
Jean-Marie Souriau Jean-Marie Souriau is a mathematician, known for works in symplectic geometry, in which he is one of the pioneers. He has published several works, a treatise on relativity [Sou64b] and a treatise on mechanics: [Sou70].
Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center The Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano with the concept of celebrating the vernacular Kanak culture of New Caledonia. The centre is composed of 10 units, all of different sizes and different functions, but with the consistent form of vertically positioned shell-like structures which resemble the traditional huts of a Caledonian Village.
Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat (IPA: ) (December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988) was an American artist born in Brooklyn, New York City. He gained fame, first as a graffiti artist in New York City, and then as a highly successful Neo-expressionist artist in the international art scene of the 1980s.
Jean-Michel Bayle Jean-Michel Bayle ( born April 1, 1969 in Manosque, France) is a French motorcycle racer from who achieved great success in motocross racing before turning to road racing and competing at the highest international level.
Jean-Michel Byron Jean-Michel Byron (born Byron DuPlessis) was the South African born lead vocalist for Los Angeles rock legends Toto for their Past to Present project. Disliked by many Toto traditionalists for his bizarre stage antics and fey manner, Byron was downgraded to backing vocalist during the 'Past to Present Tour' and eventually dismissed from the band.
Jean-Michel Gaillard Jean-Michel Gaillard (born May 16, 1946, Pont-Sant-Esprit in Gard, France; died July 19, 2005, Paris) was a high-ranking French official. He was, most notably, director general of Antenne 2 (now France 2), from 1989 to 1991.
Jean-Michel Charlier Jean-Michel Charlier (October 30, 1924 - July 10, 1989) was a Belgian scriptwriter best known as a writer of realistic European comic books and graphic novels. He was a co-founder of the famed European comics-magazine Pilote.
Jean-Michel Poulot Jean-Michel Poulot is a well-known French chef based in Dublin, Ireland in his own Poulot's restaurant, which last year won The Dubliner Magazine award for Best New Restaurant. The restaurant has been the subject of positive reviews in newspapers such as The Irish Times and the Irish Independent.
Jean-Michel Saive Jean-Michel Saive (born November 17, 1969 in Liège, Belgium) is a Belgian professional table tennis player. Born in a table tennis playing family, Saive was predestined to become a very good table tennis player and began playing as a small boy.
Jean-Nicolas Corvisart Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (February 15, 1755–September 18, 1821) was an important figure in the history of French medicine. Born in the French village of Dricourt in 1755, Corvisart gained early notoriety for his translation of Leopold von Auenbrugg's Inventum Novum from Latin into French.
Jean-Noël Jeanneney Jean-Noël Jeanneney is a French historian and politician, born on 2 April 1942 in Grenoble. He is the son of Jean-Marcel Jeanneney and the grandson of Jules Jeanneney, both important figures in French politics.
Jean-paul Vivini Jean-paul Vivini is a musician born in 1951 in Bordeaux(France). He began to study the piano and the music theory at the age of 7, he went on with the study of the guitar, first rock music then the classical authors with Marc Franceries and Elisabeth Presti.
Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick is a British guitarist, bandleader, composer and in-demand record producer. Since 1979, he has led the British band Incognito, releasing twelve studio albums, three albums of remixes and two further albums by bands largely made up of the members of Incognito.
Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes (born May 23, 1952 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a former football goalkeeper from France, who earned eleven international caps for the French national team during the 1970s. A player of FC Nantes (1969-1987), he was a member of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
Jean-Paul Civeyrac Jean-Paul Civeyrac (born December 24, 1964) is a French director whose films are usually characterized by a great attention to the music and the Actor’s bodies. He has recently adapted a French novel by Anne Wiazemsky, Hymnes à l’amour, with the title All the fine promises (2003).
Jean-Paul Gauzès Jean-Paul Gauzès (born October 1, 1947 in Toulouse) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the North-West of France. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, part of the European People's Party.
Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat (May 24, 1743 – July 13, 1793), was a Swiss-born French scientist and physician who made much of his career in the United Kingdom, but is best known as an activist in the French Revolution. A fiery journalist, an advocate of such violent measures as the September 1792 massacres of jailed "enemies of the Revolution," and a member of the radical Jacobin faction (though never a member of the Jacobin Club as such) during the French Revolution, he helped launch the Reign of Terror and compiled "death lists.
Jean-Paul Mendy Jean-Paul Mendy (born December 14, 1973) is a professional boxer from France, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division (– 75 kg) at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Germany's Sven Ottke on points (4-11).
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé Jean-Paul Ngoupandé (born December 6, 1948) is a former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic. Born in Dékoa, Kemo-Gribingui, he was appointed by President Ange-Félix Patassé on 6 June 1996 and resigned on 30 January 1997.
Jean-Paul Pierrat Jean-Paul Pierrat is a former French cross country skier who competed in the late 1970's and early 1980's. He won the bronze medal in the 50 km event at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, becoming the first person from France to win a medal at the championships.
Jean-Paul Rigollot Dr Jean-Paul Rigollot (1810-1873) was a nineteenth century French doctor and antiquarian famous for his role in the identification of evidence of some of Europe's earliest inhabitants and his invention of the mustard plaster.
Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 – April 15, 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (pronounced: ), was a French existentialist philosopher, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist and critic.
Jean-Paul Van Bendegem Jean Paul Van Bendegem (born 28 March 1953 in Ghent) is a prominent professor at the VUB in Brussels. He is also dean of the faculty of arts and philosophy, and head of the CLWF (Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science) at said university.
Jean-Philippe Brulé Jean-Philippe Brulé (born May 13, 1981) is a field hockey player from Belgium, who was a member of the national squad that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Belgium finished in 8th place at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Madrid, in March 2004, after losing on penalty strokes against South Africa.
Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux Jean-Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718–1751) was an astronomer from Lausanne in Switzerland. In 1746 he presented a list of nebulae, eight of which were his own new discoveries, to the Académie Française des Sciences.
Jean-Philippe Guillemin Jean-Philippe Guillemin, also known as "Hyperion" or "JP" (born June 06, 1972) is a French computer programmer best known as the creator and main contributor to the Zenwalk GNULinux Operating System.
Jean-Philippe Maitre Jean-Philippe Maitre (18 June 1949 – 1 February 2006) was a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss National Council (1983-2005). He was elected President of the National Council for the year 2005, but resigned for 1 March 2005 due to a brain tumor.
Jean-Philippe Pastor Jean-Philippe Pastor (1963–) is a Paris-based philosopher who specializes in hypertextual thought, working in numerical areas such as 3G mobile applications and wireless e-book development. He is the author of numerous scientific articles at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Jean-Philippe Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (September 25, 1683 - September 12, 1764) was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera, and was attacked by those who preferred Lully's style.
Jean-Philippe Wispelaere Jean-Philippe Wispelaere is a former intelligence analyst for the Australian Defence Intelligence Organisation. He was convicted of attempting to sell United States military secrets to a foreign country in 1999.
Jean-Pierre Élissalde Jean-Pierre Élissalde (born December 31, 1953 in La Rochelle) was a French rugby union player at scrum half and in 2005 was appointed the first foreign head coach of the Japan national rugby union team. He was sacked by the JRFU in September 2006 after he found another job in France with Aviron Bayonnais and refused to give it up when asked to do so by the JRFU who wanted him to concentrate 100% on the Japan job.
Jean-Pierre Blackburn Jean-Pierre Blackburn PC, MP (born July 6, 1948 in Jonquière, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. Blackburn is the current Conservative Party of Canada member of the Canadian House of Commons from the riding of Jonquière—Alma.
Jean-Pierre Clément Jean Pierre Clément (1809–1870) was a French political economist and historian, born at Draguignan. He was in the Ministry of Finance and a member of the Institute and wrote, with the aid of original documents, works on French financial administration, particularly in the epoch of Colbert, including:
Jean-Pierre de Montalivet Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet (1766 - 1823) was a French statesman and Peer of France. He was the father of Camille Bachasson, 3rd Count of Montalivet, Minister of the Interior under Louis-Philippe.
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