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Dufour (surname)
Dufour or Du Four or Defour is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dufour * Alma Dufour (born 1990), French politician *Amanda Ruter Dufour (1822–1899), poet *Antoine Dufour (born 1979), French-Canadian acoustic guitarist * Barry Dufour (born 1942), British academic and author * Bernard Dufour (1922–2016), French painter * Carmen Dufour, (born 1954), a Swiss author * Catherine Dufour (born 1966), French SF and fantasy writer *Cathrine Dufour (born 1992), Danish Olympic dressage rider and influencer *Charles Dufour (born 1940), Archbishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica * Charles L. Dufour (1903–1996), American newspaper journalist and author *Damien Dufour (born 1981), French footballer *Dany-Robert Dufour (born 1947), French philosopher * Denis Dufour (born 1953), composer *Diane Dufour, Canadian politician in the 1985 Quebec provincial election *Fabienne Dufour (born 1981), Belgian swimmer *Francis Dufour (born 1929), Que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Dufour
Alma Dufour (; born 6 May 1990) is a French politician from La France Insoumise who has been has been Member of Parliament (France), Member of Parliament for Seine-Maritime's 4th constituency since 2022 French legislative election, 2022. References 1990 births Living people Members of Parliament for Seine-Maritime People from Auch Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic 21st-century French women politicians 21st-century French politicians Women members of the National Assembly (France) La France Insoumise politicians French environmentalists French women environmentalists Pantheon-Sorbonne University alumni Politicians from Normandy {{France-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Dufour
Frédéric Dufour (born 2 February 1976 in Lyon) is a French rower. References External links * * 1976 births Living people French male rowers Sportspeople from Lyon Olympic rowers for France Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games 20th-century French sportspeople 21st-century French sportspeople {{France-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Dufour
Luc Dufour (born February 13, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 167 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Boston Bruins, Quebec Nordiques, and St. Louis Blues. Dufour accumulated a total of 44 points and 199 penalty minutes in his 167 games played in the NHL. As a youth, he played in the 1975 and 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey Minor hockey is an umbrella term for amateur ice hockey which is played below the junior age level. Players are classified by age, with each age group playing in its own league. The rules, especially as it relates to body contact, vary from cla ... team from Chicoutimi. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs References External links * 1963 births Living people Boston Bruins draft picks Boston Bruins players Canadian ice hockey centres Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) players Fredericton Express players French Quebecers HC Aruzono player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Dufour
Louis François Dufour Jr. (26 July 1901 – 26 October 1982) was a Swiss ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M .... In 1920 he participated with the Swiss ice hockey team in the Summer Olympics ice hockey tournament along with his father, Louis Dufour Sr. Four years later he was also a member of the Swiss team in the first Winter Olympics tournament, though he did not play any games. At the 1928 Olympics he won the bronze medal with the Swiss ice hockey team. References External links * 1901 births 1982 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1928 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisette Dufour
Lisette Dufour (born April 2nd, 1949) is a Québécoise voice actress who is better known as the French voice of Lisa Simpson on ''The Simpsons''. She also did a number of French dubbings, including most notably Pocahontas Pocahontas (, ; born Amonute, known as Matoaka, 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman, belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of ... in the Disney movie. References External links * 1949 births Canadian voice actresses French Quebecers Living people {{Canada-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Jean Marie Dufour
Léon Jean Marie (or Jean-Marie Léon) Dufour (10 April 1780, Saint-Sever – 18 April 1865) was a French medical doctor and naturalist. Between 1799 and 1806 he studied medicine in Paris then returned to Saint-Sever in the Landes. He participated as an army doctor in the Peninsular War and returned to his birthplace at the end of the war. In 1854, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Dufour’s gland, an abdominal gland found in the females of nearly all members of the suborder Apocrita, is named after him. During his life he published 232 articles on arthropods (twenty on spiders) and was the author of ''Recherches anatomiques sur les Carabiques et sur plusieurs autres Coléoptères'' (1824–1826, Paris). He was honoured in 1810, in the naming of ''Dufourea'', which is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the subfamily Xanthorioideae of the family Teloschistaceae. Additional writings * ''Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur les hé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Dufour
Kirsten Dufour (born 23 February 1941) is a Danish visual artist. She works with performance as well as other mediums to bring attention to social injustices. Dufour was co-curator of the 2004 interdisciplinary exhibition ''Minority Report: Challenging Intolerance in Contemporary Denmark''. She currently lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dufour, Kirsten 1941 births Living people 20th-century Danish women artists 20th-century Danish artists 21st-century Danish women artists Danish women curators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Dufour
Joseph Dufour, dit Bona (October 7, 1744 – December 15, 1829) was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born Joseph-Michel Dufour at Petite-Rivière in 1744. He married Charlotte, the daughter of Guillaume Tremblay, in 1771 and went to live on Île aux Coudres. He supported his family by farming and hunting belugas. The seigneur of the island was the Séminaire de Québec and, on occasion, Dufour acted as their agent. He was selected as one of the two millers on the island. By 1792, Dufour had been named a captain in the local militia and, in that year, was elected to the 1st Parliament of Lower Canada The 1st Parliament of Lower Canada was in session from December 17, 1792, to May 31, 1796. Elections for the Legislative Assembly in Lower Canada had been held in June 1792. All sessions were held at Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: ... for Northumberland. At 6 feet 7 inches in height, he was easily the tallest member of the assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marie Dufour
Jean-Marie Dufour, OC (born 1949) is an econometrician and statistician from Quebec who teaches at McGill University. He has degrees from McGill University, Université de Montréal, and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. He also taught at the Université de Montréal. He is noted for his work on econometric methodology. Awards *1988 Prix Marcel-Dagenais *1994 John Rae Prize *2006 Izaak-Walton-Killam Award *2008 Prix Léon-Gérin References Canadian economists Academics from Montreal McGill University alumni McGill University faculty University of Chicago alumni Université de Montréal alumni Université de Montréal faculty Living people 1949 births Fellows of the Econometric Society Fellows of the American Statistical Association Officers of the Order of Canada {{Canada-academic-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Dufour
Jean Dufour (5 April 1949 – 15 March 2020) was a French politician. He was a member of the French Communist Party. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 2001 to 2002, representing Bouches-du-Rhône's 4th constituency The 4th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône is a French legislative constituency in Bouches-du-Rhône. Geography The constituency covers the centre of the city of Marseille. Historic representation Election results 2022 , .... References 1949 births 2020 deaths People from Cantal Politicians from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes French Communist Party politicians Deputies of the 11th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic {{France-politician-PCF-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Dufour (1818–1883)
''For the French politician born in 1949, see Jean Dufour.'' Jean Dufour (26 March 1818 – 30 December 1883) was a French politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1871 to 1876, representing Indre Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administ .... He belonged to the Orléanist parliamentary group, ''Centre droit''. He was a knight of the Legion of Honour. References 1818 births 1883 deaths People from Indre Politicians from Centre-Val de Loire Orléanists Members of the National Assembly (1871) Knights of the Legion of Honour {{Indre-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hortense Dufour
Hortense Dufour (born 1946 in Saintes) is a French writer. She spent her childhood and youth in Marennes, Charente-Maritime. Biography Dufour is the daughter of a French magistrate and an Italian musician. She spent three years in Madagascar and Comoros. A great traveler, she went to Europe, England, Ireland, United States, Maghreb countries, etc. In Paris, she studied modern literature. She was devoted to writing from childhood: "I always wrote," she said. "It fell on me as Grace" .. "A day without writing has always been for me a day that has not existed My blood has become ink." She was discovered at age 22 by publisher Jean-Jacques Pauvert. Dufour also participated in the reading committee of Éditions Robert Laffont and collaborated with the Bayard Presse group and other magazines in the form of articles. She is the mother of three children. She is the author of numerous novels and biographies devoted to Calamity Jane, la Comtesse de Ségur, Cleopatra, Marie-Antoinette, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
