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Barras (surname)
Barras is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Barras (1914–1986), Australian cricketer * Charlotte Barras (born 1982), English rugby union player * Claude Barras (born 1973), Swiss director * Gérard Barras (born 1937), Swiss athlete * Jacques-Melchior Saint-Laurent, Comte de Barras (1719–1793), French naval officer * Martin Barras (born 1962), French-Canadian cycling coach * Paul Barras (1755–1829), French politician * Romain Barras (born 1980), French decathlete * Sébastien Barras (1653–1703), French painter and engraver * Sid Barras (born 1948), English cyclist * Taylor Barras (born 1957), American politician * Tom Barras Tom Barras may refer to: * Tom Barras (cyclist), English road racing cyclist * Tom Barras (rower) Thomas Elliott Barras (born 7 January 1994) is a British rower. He won a bronze medal in the single scull at the 2017 World Championships and a ... (born 1978), English cyclist * Tony Barras (born 1971), English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Barras
Alexander Barras (26 January 1914 – 15 August 1986) was an Australian cricketer. He played six first-class matches for Western Australia between 1938/39 and 1947/48. He also played for Fitzroy Cricket Club.Percy Taylor,"Stars Come -And Go: Cricket Team Changes" The Argus, Melbourne, 19 January 1945, p 13. See also * List of Western Australia first-class cricketers A total of 455 players have appeared for Western Australia in men's first-class cricket matches since the team's first-class debut during the 1892–93 Australian cricket season. As of the end of the 2012–13 season, Western Australia as a team ... References"Good Hand By Barras" The Argus, Melbourne, 13 March 1939, p 13"Four State Cricketers In R.A.A.F." Sunday Times, Perth, 12 January 1941, p 14"Alex Barras (RAAF) Reported Missing" The Herald, Melbourne, 5 August 1942, p 8"Alex Barras Safe" The Herald, Melbourne, 27 August 1942, p 16"Alex Barras (R.A.A.F.) May Play Cricket Here" The Herald, Melbourne, 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Barras
Charlotte Barras (born 26 January 1982) is an English rugby union player. She represented at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup, she scored the only try in their loss to in the final. She is a PE teacher at Saint Helen and Saint Katherine. Barras was a member of the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2009 Rugby Sevens World Cup was the fifth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected Dubai in the United Arab Emirates as the host venue for the tournament ahead of bids from four other countries. The f ... squad. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Barras, Charlotte 1982 births Living people England women's international rugby union players English female rugby union players Female rugby sevens players England international women's rugby sevens players English rugby sevens players Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union wings English schoolteachers Saracens Women rugby players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Barras
Claude Barras (born 1973) is a Swiss director, producer, and writer. Barras was born in Sierre, Switzerland. He studied illustration and computer graphics at Emile Cohl School in Lyon and 3D infographics at ECAL. He then received a degree in anthropology and digital images from Lumiere University. He works as a freelance illustrator in Geneva. After his studies, Barras and his friend Cédric Louis co-founded Hélium Films. Under this production company, they’ve co-produced and sometimes co-directed multiple animated short films. Many of their films, like ''Land of the Heads'' (2008), have received awards and critical acclaim at numerous festivals. Throughout his career, Barras directed several short films, including ''The Genie in a Ravioli Can'' (2006). Barras' first full-length animated feature, ''My Life as a Courgette'' (2016), was presented at the Director's Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Barras
Gérard Barras (12 January 1937 – 10 July 1979) was a Swiss athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1937 births 1979 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Swiss male pole vaulters Olympic athletes for Switzerland Universiade silver medalists for Switzerland Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade People from Brig-Glis Sportspeople from Valais {{Switzerland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques-Melchior Saint-Laurent, Comte De Barras
Jacques-Melchior Saint-Laurent, Comte de Barras (1719–1793) was a French Navy officer of the eighteenth century. He notably served in Yorktown Campaign of the War of American Independence. Biography From 25 November 1761 to 11 April 1762, with the rank of Lieutenant, he captained the frigate ''Oiseau'' for a mission in the Eastern Mediterranean. In early 1781 Barras' French squadron was based at Newport, Rhode Island. His orders from France were to mount an expedition against Newfoundland. Barras was persuaded by the Comte de Rochambeau to instead go southwards and rendezvous with Admiral De Grasse, who had brought his French fleet from the West Indies. The series of events led to the surrender of a British Army at Yorktown. The following year Barras served under De Grasse in the West Indies. Barras led a French expedition to capture Montserrat in February 1782. Later Barras participated in the Battle of the Saintes in the Caribbean Sea where Admiral Rodney A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Barras
Martin Barras (born 23 February 1962 in Quebec) is a French-Canadian cycling coach who has coached British and Australian Olympic teams. Barras was employed as a track cycling coach at the Western Australian Institute of Sport from 1995 to 1998 where he coached Ryan Bayley. In 1999, he was appointed coach with Great Britain's sprint cycling program and his athletes - won gold (Jason Queally) and silver medals (team sprint) at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 2001, he was appointed Australian Institute of Sport / Cycling Australia track sprint coach. He had a very successful 2004 Athens Olympics with Ryan Bayley winning two gold medals, Anna Meares one gold medal and one bronze medal and Shane Kelly winning a bronze medal. After the being track sprint coach at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where the Australian team won only one track medal, he transferred to Australia Institute of Sport / Cycling Australia women's road cycling program. He was women's road coach at the 2012 London Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Barras
Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras (, 30 June 1755 – 29 January 1829), commonly known as Paul Barras, was a French politician of the French Revolution, and the main executive leader of the Directory regime of 1795–1799. Early life Descended from a noble family of Provence, he was born at Fox-Amphoux, in today's Var ''département''.Richardson, p. 30. At the age of sixteen, he entered the regiment of Languedoc as a "gentleman cadet". In 1776, he embarked for French India. Shipwrecked on his voyage, he still managed to reach Pondicherry in time to contribute to the defence of that city during the Second Anglo-Mysore War. Besieged by British forces, the city surrendered on 18 October 1778; after the French garrison was released, Barras returned to France.He left on a cartel named ''Sartine''. This was not the ''Sartine'' that the British Royal Navy had captured at Pondicherry and taken into service. He took part in a second expedition to the region in 1782/83, se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Barras
Romain Barras (born 1 August 1980 in Calais, Pas-de-Calais) is a French decathlete. At the Universiade he finished fifth in 2001 and first in 2003, the latter in a personal-best score of 8,196 points. He represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics and came in thirteenth place overall in the decathlon. He became the regional champion at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. He improved his personal best to 8,298 points for third place at the 2007 TNT - Fortuna Meeting. He finished fifth in the decathlon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was twelfth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Barras set a personal best of 8,313 points to win at the 2010 European Cup Combined Events in Tallinn, Estonia. On 29 July 2010, Barras won the decathlon gold medal at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona with a score of 8,453. He took part in the 2010 Décastar Décastar (stylised ''DECASTAR'') is an annual athletics competition that takes place in Talence, in the department of the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Barras
Sébastien Barras (1653–1703) was a French painter and engraver. Life Barras was born at Aix-en-Provence, in 1653. He was a pupil of Boyer d'Aguilles, and studied for some time in Rome. The first edition of the Boyer d'Aguilles Collection, published in 1709, contained 27 mezzotints by Barras, which were replaced by plates engraved by Jacobus Coelemans in the second edition. He also engraved a portrait of Lazarus Maharkysus, a physician of Antwerp, after Anthony van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh c .... He died at Aix in 1703. References Sources * 1653 births 1703 deaths Artists from Aix-en-Provence 17th-century French engravers 17th-century French painters French male painters 18th-century French painters 18th-century French male artists [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Barras
Taylor Francis Barras (born January 1957) is an American accountant and banker who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 48th district, based in Iberia Parish. On January 11, 2016, as he began his third term in the chamber, Barras was elected House speaker by his colleagues, who in what was considered a political upset on the second ballot rejected Representative Walt Leger, III, of New Orleans, the choice of incoming Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. Early life and education A New Iberia native, Barras is the third of four children of Mazel Borel Barras (1924-deceased) and Elton Joseph Barras (1923–2007), a decorated United States Army first lieutenant in World War II, who operated a country grocery store from 1951 until 1969 and was then from 1969 to 1983 the chief deputy under Iberia Parish Tax Assessor Clegg J. LaBauve, Sr. (1906–1987). The senior Barras was elected to succeed LaBauve as tax assessor in 1983; he handily defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Barras
Tom Barras may refer to: * Tom Barras (cyclist), English road racing cyclist * Tom Barras (rower), British rower See also * Tom Barrass, Australian rules footballer {{hndis, Barras, Tom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
