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Barbeau is a surname of French origin. The name refers to: * Adrienne Barbeau (b. 1945), American stage, film, and television actress *André Barbeau (1931–1986), French-Canadian neurologist and researcher into Parkinson's disease * Anton Barbeau (contemporary), American singer and songwriter *Clayton Barbeau (1930-2019), American author, public speaker and therapist *Jap Barbeau (1882–1969), American professional baseball player *Manon Barbeau (contemporary), Canadian film director and screenwriter *Marcel Barbeau (1925–2016), Canadian artist * Marius Barbeau (1883–1969), Canadian ethnographer and folklorist * Raymond Barbeau (1930–1992), French-Canadian essayist, literary critic, and naturopath *Victor Barbeau Victor Barbeau, (18 August 1894 – 19 July 1994) was a Quebec writer and academic. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Barbeau was educated at Collège Sainte-Marie, Université Laval, and University of Paris. From 1925 to 1963, he was a professor at HEC ... (1896–1994) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French People
The French people (french: Français) are an ethnic group and nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France. The French people, especially the native speakers of langues d'oïl from northern and central France, are primarily the descendants of Gauls (including the Belgae) and Romans (or Gallo-Romans, western European Celtic and Italic peoples), as well as Germanic peoples such as the Franks, the Visigoths, the Suebi and the Burgundians who settled in Gaul from east of the Rhine after the fall of the Roman Empire, as well as various later waves of lower-level irregular migration that have continued to the present day. The Norse also settled in Normandy in the 10th century and contributed significantly to the ancestry of the Normans. Furthermore, regional ethnic minorities also exist within France that have distinct lineages, languages and cultures such as Bretons in Brittany, Occi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress, singer and the author of three books. Barbeau came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical '' Grease'', and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay (played by Bea Arthur) on the sitcom '' Maude'' (1972–1978). In 1980, she began appearing in horror and science fiction films, including ''The Fog'' (1980), ''Escape from New York'' (1981), ''Creepshow'' (1982), and ''Swamp Thing'' (1982). During the 1990s, she became known for providing the voice of Catwoman on '' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995), and subsequent Batman cartoon series. In the 2000s, she appeared on the HBO series ''Carnivàle'' as Ruthie the snake dancer. Early life Barbeau was born on June 11, 1945, in Sacramento, California,Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine the daughter of Armene (née Nalbandian) and Joseph Barbeau, who was a public relations executive for Mobil Oil. Her mother wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Barbeau
André Barbeau, (27 May 1931 – 9 March 1986) was a French Canadian neurologist. He was known for his research into Parkinson's disease and Friedreich's ataxia and taurine research. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Collège Stanislas and his medical degree from the Université de Montréal. He was the director of the neurobiology department at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (Montreal Clinical Research Institute), affiliated with the Université de Montréal. In 1980, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1985, he was awarded the Quebec government's Prix Marie-Victorin. In 1986, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...'s McLaughlin Medal. He died in 1986 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Barbeau
Anton Barbeau is an American psychedelic singer-songwriter and producer from Sacramento, California. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, piano, bass guitar, drums, synthesizers, and Mellotron. Barbeau is known for combining surreal lyrics with pop melodies and has been described as being in the songwriting tradition of Robyn Hitchcock, Syd Barrett, XTC, and The Beatles. He has shared stages with artists like Hitchcock, Julian Cope, The Bevis Frond, Weezer, Mono (Japanese band), Mono, and a reformed Bay City Rollers. His first CD, ''The Horse's Tongue'', a collection of songs that had appeared on a number of self-released cassettes. ''The Horse's Tongue'' won Sacramento's SAMMIE Award for Album of the Year in 1994. Since then he has released more than twenty albums, a number of singles and EPs, several anthologies, and collaborations with other artists. In the early 2000s, Barbeau began working extensively in the UK. His album ''King of Missouri'' was recorded in Brom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jap Barbeau
William Joseph "Jap" Barbeau (June 10, 1882 – September 10, 1969) was an American professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball for four seasons, primarily as a third baseman with the Cleveland Naps, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals. Listed at and , he batted and threw right-handed. Career Barbeau started his professional baseball career in the minor leagues in 1905, playing for the Columbus Senators of the American Association. In August, his contract was purchased by the major league Cleveland Naps and he spent the rest of 1905 and 1906 with them. However, he had a .194 batting average in 1906 and was released. Barbeau returned to the American Association, playing for the Toledo Mud Hens in 1907 and 1908. In 1909, Barbeau was the starting third baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and was then traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in August. After a slow start in 1910, he was sent back to American Association, where he played for the Kansas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manon Barbeau
Manon Barbeau (born 1949) is a Québécois filmmaker, director, writer, and co-founder of Wapikoni Mobile, an organisation that helps First Nations youth learn the art of filmmaking. She has been Wapikoni Mobile’s general director since 2004. Personal life Barbeau was born in Montreal, Quebec, on May 8, 1949. Her father is painter and sculptor Marcel Barbeau and her mother, Suzanne Meloche, is a poet and painter. She and her partner, cinematographer Philippe Lavalette, have a daughter, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, who is an actor and film director. While doing research in the archives of the Université de Montréal for her documentary, ''Les Enfants de Refus global'', Barbeau found correspondence detailing her mother’s love affair with Paul-Émile Borduas, the dissolution of her parents’ romantic relationship, as well as evidence that they had abandoned her at the age of three. Career Barbeau graduated in cinema and communications from the Université du Québec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Barbeau
Marcel Barbeau, (February 18, 1925 – January 2, 2016) was a Canadian painter, sculptor, graphic and performance artist who used different forms of abstraction and art techniques and technology to express himself. Career Born in Montreal, he studied with Paul-Émile Borduas at the Ecole du Meuble in Montreal, and later shared a studio with classmate Jean-Paul Riopelle. At the Ecole Barbeau associated with other students of Borduas. Together, they formed a group which became known as the Automatistes. Barbeau, like the others, was specially interested in psychoanalysis and the use of the unconscious and this interest influenced his work from 1946 to 1957. With them, he signed the Refus Global in 1948A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada because he and the other signatories wanted to be free of formal structures - a movement whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Barbeau
Charles Marius Barbeau, (March 5, 1883 – February 27, 1969), also known as C. Marius Barbeau, or more commonly simply Marius Barbeau, was a Canadian ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthropology. A Rhodes Scholar, he is best known for an early championing of Québecois folk culture, and for his exhaustive cataloguing of the social organization, narrative and musical traditions, and plastic arts of the Tsimshianic-speaking peoples in British Columbia (Tsimshian, Gitxsan, and Nisga'a), and other Northwest Coast peoples. He developed unconventional theories about the peopling of the Americas. Life and career Youth and education Frédéric Charles Joseph Marius Barbeau was born March 5, 1883, in Sainte-Marie, Quebec. In 1897, he began studies for the priesthood. He did his classical studies at Collège de Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. In 1903 he changed his studies to a law degree at Université Laval, which he received in 1907. He wen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Barbeau
Raymond Barbeau (June 27, 1930 – March 5, 1992) was a teacher, essayist, literary critic, political figure and naturopath. He was one of the early militants of the contemporary independence movement of Quebec. Barbeau was born in Montreal in 1930 and earned in 1955 a doctorate from the Université de Paris (La Sorbonne). In 1957, he founded the Alliance laurentienne, one of the first 20th century organizations in favour of an independent Quebec republic, and founded its official organ called '' Laurentie''. He created the movement ''Les fils du Québec'' (French for "The Sons of Quebec") in 1970. He died in Montreal in 1992. Bibliography *''J'ai choisi l'indépendance'' (1961) *''Le Québec est-il une colonie ?'' (1962) *''La libération économique du Québec'' (1963) *''Le Québec bientôt unilingue?'' (1965) *''Oui au référendum. Procès de la Confédération'' (1977) *''Le Québec souverain, un pays normal'' (1978) See also *Quebec sovereignty movement *Quebec n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Barbeau
Victor Barbeau, (18 August 1894 – 19 July 1994) was a Quebec writer and academic. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Barbeau was educated at Collège Sainte-Marie, Université Laval, and University of Paris. From 1925 to 1963, he was a professor at HEC Montréal. He was a founding member of the Académie canadienne française (today Académie des lettres du Québec) and was its president from 1944 to 1947. In 1970, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1987, he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec. After his death in 1994, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (french: Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) is a rural cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was founded in 1854. The entrance and the grounds run a ... in Montreal. References * 1894 births 1994 deaths Grand Officers of the National Order of Quebec Officers of the Order o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
