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Grégoire
Grégoire is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname / Family name *Alexandre Grégoire (1922–2001), Haitian painter * Augustus Gregoire (1936–1972), Dominican cricketer *Christine Gregoire (born 1947), American Democratic governor of the state of Washington * Christophe Grégoire (born 1980), Belgian footballer *Gabriel Grégoire (born 1953), defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League *Gilles Grégoire (1926–2006), co-founder of the Parti Québécois *Henri Grégoire (1750–1831), French Roman Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and a revolutionary leader *Henri Grégoire (historian) (1881–1964), scholar of the Byzantine Empire *Jean-Albert Grégoire (1899–1992), pioneer of the front-wheel drive car *Jérémy Grégoire (1995), professional ice hockey player *Joseph-Ernest Grégoire (1886–1980), French Canadian politician * Marie Grégoire (born 1965), Canadian politician of Quebec *Oscar Grégoire (1877–1947) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Grégoire
Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire (; 4 December 1750 – 28 May 1831), often referred to as the Abbé Grégoire, was a French Catholic priest, Constitutional bishop of Blois and a revolutionary leader. He was an ardent slavery abolitionist and supporter of universal suffrage. He was a founding member of the '' Bureau des longitudes'', the ''Institut de France'', and the ''Conservatoire national des arts et métiers''. Early life and education Grégoire was born in Vého near Lunéville, France, as the son of a tailor. Educated at the Jesuit college at Nancy, he became ''curé'' (parish priest) of Emberménil in 1782. In 1783 he was crowned by the Academy of Nancy for his ''Eloge de la poésie'', and in 1788 by that of Metz for an ''Essai sur la régénération physique et morale des Juifs''. He was elected in 1789 by the clergy of the bailliage of Nancy to the Estates-General, where he soon made his name as one of the group of clerical and lay deputies of Jansenist or Gallic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérémy Grégoire
Jérémy Grégoire (born September 5, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Vienna Capitals of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). Grégoire was drafted 176th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to turning professional, Grégoire played for the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) where he twice won the Marcel Robert Trophy as QMJHL Scholastic Player of the Year. Playing career Amateur Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Grégoire moved to Texas and Oklahoma for his father's hockey career before returning to Quebec. While in Texas, he began playing Minor ice hockey, although the market was low in the state. After returning to Quebec, he attended École Sacré-Cœur before attending Collège du Mont-Sainte-Anne, a private all boys high school his mother taught at. Grégoire played two seasons with the Magog Cantonniers in the Quebec Midget AAA league before becoming eligible for the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégoire (musician)
Grégoire (born Grégoire Boissenot on 3 April 1979PrésentationMyMajorCompany.com(in French, retrieved 29 February 2012) in Senlis, Oise, Senlis, France) is a Music of France, French singer-songwriter and composer. He has released three albums to date and has had a number of successful singles in France, Belgium and Switzerland. Career In December 2007 Gregoire signed a contract with the young label My Major Company, which gives subscribers the possibility of becoming music producers. Grégoire's first album was produced by 347 producers, forty of whom feature in the music video of his first single, "Toi + Moi (song), Toi + Moi". The song was subsequently played on NRJ and RTL radio stations and became a hit in Belgium and Switzerland and in the French digital chart. In 2008 Grégoire was nominated at the NRJ Music Awards in the category 'French revelation of the year'. A second single, "Rue des Étoiles", was played on the radio in November 2008 and was released in December, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Grégoire (jurist)
Pierre Grégoire (also Pedro Gregoire, Petrus Gregorius Tholosanus) (c.1540–1597) was a French jurist and philosopher Career and key ideas Grégoire was born to a poor Catholic family in Toulouse. He studied the law and made a career for himself as an influential and at times controversial Catholic jurist. He taught law at Cahors and Toulouse from 1566 until 1582 when his patron, Charles III of Lorraine, procured a professorship in civil and canon law for him at the university of Pont à Mousson. Here Grégoire found himself colleague to the Scottish jurist William Barclay, best known for his invention of the term ‘monarchomach’ and his political treatise ''De Regno et Regali Potestate'' (1600). Barclay and Grégoire jointly entered into a dispute with the Jesuit masters of the university, and Grégoire famously threatened to abandon Pont à Mousson altogether in protest at their governance. He was reintegrated into the law faculty in 1587 and remained there until his deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Albert Grégoire
Jean-Albert Grégoire (7 July 1899 in Paris – 19 August 1992) was one of the great pioneers of the front-wheel-drive car. He contributed to the development of front-wheel-drive vehicles in two ways. The first way was in developing and promoting the Tracta joint (designed by his friend Pierre Fenaille), which was, until manufacturing techniques had progressed sufficiently to allow the successful manufacture of the constant velocity joints commonly in use today, the preferred choice of most manufactures of vehicles that had driven front wheels. Tracta joints were used by many of the pioneers of front-wheel drive, including DKW between 1929 and 1936 and Adler from 1932 to 1939 as well as the cars designed by J A Grégoire that will be mentioned later. The Tracta joint was fitted to most of the military vehicles that had driven front wheels used by most of the combatants in the Second World War. They included Laffly and Panhard in France, Alvis and Daimler in the UK and Willys in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Grégoire
Paul Grégoire, (October 24, 1911 – October 30, 1993) was a Canadians, Canadian Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal, Archbishop of Montreal from 1968 to 1990, and was elevated to the Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinalate in 1988. Biography Paul Grégoire was born in Viauville, Montreal, to J. Albert Grégoire and Marie Lavoie, but his family moved to Verdun, Quebec, Verdun shortly after his birth. He had two younger brothers, but his parents later adopted nine of his cousins. He studied at the Minor Seminary of St. Thérèse in Blainville from 1925 to 1933, and then at the Grand séminaire de Montréal, Major Seminary of Montréal from 1933 to 1937, where he obtained a licentiate in theology. He was ordained a priest on May 22, 1937, and then taught at St. Thérèse in Blanville until 1939. From 1939 to 1942, he furthered his studies at the University of Montréal, where he earned doctorates in philosoph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Grégoire
Alexandre Grégoire (August 29, 1922 – July 28, 2001) was a Haitian painter who typically depicted scenes of Vodou, daily life, and historical events in the naïve style. Born in Jacmel, Grégoire was educated from 1930 to 1937 by the Christian Teaching Brothers, and then studied cabinet making at the Jacmel vocational school for two years. In 1939 he joined the army and played the tuba and saxophone in the army band. He stayed in the army until the 1950s; during the presidency of Paul Magloire he left the military and joined the band at the National Palace. In 1968, with the encouragement of his friends Préfete Duffaut and Pierre-Joseph Valcin and the help of the Centre d'Art in Port-au-Prince, Grégoire began painting. Paintings by Alexandre Grégoire have been sold by the Friends of HAS Haiti to raise funds for the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti, located in Deschapelles :''This article refers to a town in Haiti. For the French chess master, see Alexandre Desch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Grégoire
Christophe Grégoire (born 20 April 1980) is a Belgian former professional football player and manager, most recently in charge of Virton Virton (; Gaumais: ''Viertån''; wa, Vierton) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is also the administrative centre of the district (''arrondissement'') of the same name, as well as the princ .... Coaching career After playing for RFCB Sprimont from 2011 to 2014, he retired and became the manager of the club. He was in charge until November 2016, where he was appointed manager of RFC Seraing. After a streak without any victories, Grégoire was fired on 8 December 2019. rtc.be, 8 December 2019 Refer ...
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Joseph-Ernest Grégoire
Joseph-Ernest Grégoire (July 31, 1886 – September 17, 1980) was a French Canadian politician. Background He was born in Disraeli, Quebec on July 31, 1886. He was an attorney and a professor. Member of the Barreau du Quebec in 1913, he practised law from 1938 to 1966. Mayor of Quebec Grégoire ran for mayor in Quebec City in 1934 and won, defeating Pierre Bertrand. He was reelected in the 1936 election, defeating Lucien Borne. He ran again in the 1938 election, but this time he was defeated by Lucien Borne. Member of the legislature He was elected as the Action libérale nationale candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1935 in the riding of Montmagny. He was re-elected in 1936 as the Union Nationale candidate. In 1937, he and colleagues René Chaloult, Oscar Drouin, Philippe Hamel and Adolphe Marcoux left the Union Nationale. They founded a short-lived party that was called ''Parti national''. Grégoire did not run for re-election in 1939. Dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégoire Aslan
Grégoire Aslan (born Krikor Kaloust Aslanian; 28 March 1908 – 8 January 1982) was a Swiss-Armenian actor and musician. Early life Krikor Kaloust Aslanian ( hy, Գրիգոր Գալուստի Ասլանյան) was born in Switzerland or in Constantinople, according to different sources. He made his professional début at 18 as a vocalist, trumpeter and drummer with the Paris dance band of Ray Ventura et ses Collegiens, then launched an acting career under the name of Coco Aslan. He also performed with guitarist Django Reinhardt. Career Aslan's first film appearance was uncredited in Marc Didier's 1935 ''Le Bille de mille''. His first credited appearance was in ''Feux de joie'' (1939), along with conductor Ventura. During World War II he toured South America with actor Louis Jouvet and eventually started his own theatre troupe. He became an indispensable feature in many British and American films, usually playing foreigners – Russians, Frenchmen, Italians, Germans, Albanians a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégoire Kayibanda
Grégoire Kayibanda (1 May 192415 December 1976) was a Rwandan politician and revolutionary who was the first elected List of Presidents of Rwanda, President of Rwanda from 1962 to 1973. An ethnic Hutu, he was a pioneer of the Rwandan Revolution and led Rwanda's struggle for independence from Belgium, replacing the Tutsi monarchy with a republican form of government. Rwanda became independent from Belgium in 1962, with Kayibanda serving as the country's first president, establishing a pro-Hutu policy and a ''de facto'' one-party system governed by his party, Parmehutu. He was overthrown in a 1973 Rwandan coup d'état, coup d'état in 1973 by his defense minister, Juvénal Habyarimana, and died three years later. Early life and education Kayibanda was born on 1 May 1924 in Tare, Rwanda. He studied his primary school at Tare then at Kabgayi. Kayibanda was admitted in Saint Léon Minor Seminary of Kabgayi in 1937. After the completion of minor seminary in 1943, he continued to Majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégoire Colin
Grégoire Colin (born 25 July 1975) is a French actor. Career Grégoire started acting on the French stage at age 12. He first caught the eye of critics in the 1992 Agnieszka Holland's psychological family drama ''Olivier, Olivier'' when he was just 17. He co-starred in ''Adela'' (2000), ''Beau travail'' (1999) and the Macedonian film '' Before the Rain'' (1994), among many others. Colin is set for the lead role in the French thriller film ''Proie''. In 1998, he participated in the internationally celebrated ''La Vie Rêvée Des Anges'', better known to international audiences as ''The Dreamlife of Angels'', in which he played a ruthless club owner. In 2009, Colin's first short film ''La Baie Du Renard'' was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2009, he started his own production company Tsilaosa Films. Grégoire won the Best Actor Award at the Locarno International Film Festival for his role in the film ''Nénette et Boni''. Filmography As actor * 1990 : ''Le Silence d'a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
