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Beauvais (surname)
Beauvais is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Armand Beauvais (1783–1843), American politician *Bernadette Beauvais (born 1949), French politician *Denis Beauvais (born 1962), Canadian artist * Garcelle Beauvais (born 1966), Haitian actress and model * Laurent Beauvais (born 1952), French politician * René Beauvais (1795–1837), Canadian carpenter and woodcarver *Robert Beauvais (1911–1982), French writer and journalist *Tammy Beauvais, Indigenous Canadian fashion designer *William Beauvais William Eugene Beauvais (born October 9, 1956) is a Canadian classical guitarist and composer who has performed in the United States, Europe, and across Canada. Early life Beauvais completed a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance at the Universi ... (born 1956), Canadian classical guitarist and composer {{surname French-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand Beauvais
Arnaud Julie Beauvais (September 6, 1783 – November 18, 1843), also known as Armand Beauvais, or Arnaud Jules Beauvais, was the seventh Governor of Louisiana, as well as member and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and member and President of the Louisiana State Senate. His governorship oversaw little change, aside from the transition of the capital of Louisiana being moved from New Orleans to Donaldsonville. He worked as a merchant and plantation owner, as well. Biography Early life Arnaud Beauvais was born on September 6, 1783, in Pointe Coupee Parish to slaveholding, wealthy, parents Pierre Charles St. James Beauvais and Marie Franáoise Richer. He was the youngest of eight siblings and received limited education in the form of private tutoring. By 1806, he purchased a plantation from his widowed mother and a slave. His plantation included eleven arpents (2,112 feet) of frontage land on the Mississippi river. In 1810, he married Louise Delphine Labatut. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernadette Beauvais
Bernadette Beauvais (born 18 June 1949) is a French politician who was Member of Parliament for Seine-et-Marne's 6th constituency for a month in 2021. A month after replacing Jean-François Parigi Jean-François Parigi (born 25 January 1960) is a French politician for The Republicans who served as the member of the National Assembly for Seine-et-Marne's 6th constituency from 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clock ..., she resigned from Parliament, opting to serve as Mayor of Étrépilly instead. References Living people 1949 births Members of Parliament for Seine-et-Marne 21st-century French women politicians The Republicans (France) politicians Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Women mayors of places in France [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Beauvais
Denis ("Den") Beauvais (born 1962) is a Canadian artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. He was born and raised in Ottawa.Saxberg, Lynn (April 4, 1990). "Dragons and demons make Aylmer artist famous", ''Ottawa Citizen'', p. E3. Career Den Beauvais spent one year studying in the art program at the High School of Commerce, but is otherwise self-taught. Beauvais has done cover art on books, magazines, and game boxes. He won the Eagle Award in 1989 for Favourite Comic Book Cover for ''Aliens'', and was nominated for the Chesley Award for Best Paper Back/Hard Cover Artist in 1992 and 1994. He has also done work for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game, including doing 13 covers for ''Dragon'' beginning in 1983. His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' covers include ''Temple of the Frog'', and '' Van Richten's Guide to Vampires''. He also licensed work to Dark Horse Comics, and worked on the ''Predator'' comics. Although Beauvais spent much of the 2000s in the US, he now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garcelle Beauvais
Garcelle Beauvais (, formerly Beauvais-Nilon; born November 26, 1966) is a Haitian-American actress and television personality. She is best known for her starring roles in the sitcom ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' and the crime drama series ''NYPD Blue''. She also appeared in the films ''Coming to America'' (1988) and its sequel (2021), ''White House Down'' (2013), and '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017). In 2020, Beauvais became a main cast member of the reality television series ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills''. She also co-hosted the daytime talk show ''The Real'' alongside Adrienne Bailon, Loni Love, and Jeannie Mai from 2020 to 2022 for its final two seasons. Early life Beauvais was born in Saint-Marc, Haiti, to Marie-Claire Beauvais, a nurse, and Axel Jean Pierre, a lawyer. After her parents divorced when she was just three years old, she moved with her mother to the United States at age seven along with her six elder siblings, and settled in Peabody, Massachusetts where sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Beauvais
Laurent Beauvais (born 24 June 1952) is a French politician and the former President of the Regional Council of Lower Normandy. He is a member of the Socialist Party. Born in Nogent-le-Rotrou, Eure-et-Loir, he grew up in Évreux then Mortrée near Argentan ( Orne). He joined the Socialist Party at age 21 and he was elected to the Mortrée municipal council in 1977. He worked in the cabinets of various Socialist Research Ministers, and was a member of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He did not run for re-election in Mortrée in 1989, choosing to run on the list of François Doubin ( MRG) in Argentan. Following Doubin's election, he became deputy mayor. Elected opposition regional councillor in 1998, elected to lead the '' Communauté de communes'' of Argentan in 2001, he finally became vice-president of the Lower Normandy Regional Council; responsible for Education, Higher Education and Research under Socialist President Philippe Duron. Follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Beauvais
René Beauvais (commonly known as René Saint-James) (October 8, 1795 – September 4, 1837) was a carpenter and master woodcarver from Lower Canada. Little is known about Beauvais's apprenticeship but it was most likely with Louis Quévillon or possibly one of his associates. We do know that he became a master woodcarver by 1812 and did extensive work in the church at Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville Blainville is a suburb of Montreal located on the North Shore in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Blainville forms part of the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality within the Laurentides region of Quebec. The town sits at the foot of ... which included some carpentry, woodcarving, and gilding as well as the structure housing the altar, rood-loft, cornice, and vaulting of this building. By 1815, Beauvais was in partnership with Quévillon and two other partners working on many important projects. Because of the collaborative nature of the craft at the time, it is dif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Beauvais
Robert Beauvais (6 March 1911 – 23 February 1982) was a French writer and journalist. He was married twice, to Gisèle Parry and Ginette Garcin. From his first marriage he had a daughter, Élisabeth Beauvais, a musician known as Clothilde. Among his friends were Guy des Cars, Jacques Rueff, Maurice Boitel, and Françoise Sagan. Some of his works were later adapted by Jean Yanne. Beauvais is buried in the village of Audresselles Audresselles (; nl, Oderzele; pcd, Auderselle) is a commune south of Cape Gris Nez in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The commune covers about of cultivated lands, two beaches, and seashore cliffs. In the 12th century it was k .... Works Theatre *Peau neuve *Les Derniers Outrages Humorous works *Histoire de France et de s'amuser (illustrations de Jacques Chaval) (1964) *Quand les Chinois (1966) *L'Hexagonal tel qu'on le parle (1970) *Pigeon vote (1971) *Le Français kiskose (1975) *Nous serons tous des Protestants (1976) *Le De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tammy Beauvais
Tammy Beauvais is an Indigenous fashion designer from Kahnawake Mohawk Territory in Quebec, Canada. She left Kahnawake in 1990 following the Oka Crisis. In 1999 Beauvais launched Tammy Beauvais Designs a North American Indigenous Fashion company which produces contemporary, authentically Indigenous made clothing that honors Indigenous spirituality and traditions. Career Beauvais has been designing since she was 13 years of age. Her company, Tammy Beauvais Designs, was founded in 1999 and designs contemporary and traditional indigenous clothing for both celebrations and everyday use. Their products include clothing and accessories such as wedding apparels, Pow-wow-opoly board game, apparel and sunglasses. Her work resides in the collections of the McCord Museum, Heard Museum and the Budeskunsthalle Museum. A beaded cape created by Beauvais was gifted to Michelle Obama by the Canadian government. The cape gifted to Obama includes three glass beads, which were heirlooms belong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beauvais
William Eugene Beauvais (born October 9, 1956) is a Canadian classical guitarist and composer who has performed in the United States, Europe, and across Canada. Early life Beauvais completed a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance at the University of Toronto. Shortly after graduation he won first prize both at the Canadian Music Competition and in the Carrefour Mondial de Guitare in Martinque. Career Beauvais is best known for his work as a teacher at York University, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Queen's University and the University of Windsor, and for his recordings, most notably, his 1991 recording of The Bulgarian Dances on the usica Viva 1071 In over three decades, Beauvais has accumulated many diverse performing and recording credits. The artists he has worked with include: Brian Katz, The Evergreen Club, Arraymusic, New Music Concerts, Alan Hetherington, The Canadian Chamber Ensemble and Les Amis Concerts. He has also worked with choreographers Terrill Maguir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
