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Higelin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alphonse Higelin (1897–1981), French gymnast and Olympian * Arthur Higelin (born 1966), better known Arthur H, French songwriter, singer and pianist *Izïa Higelin (born 1990), better known as Izïa, French rock singer and guitarist *Jacques Higelin (1940–2018), French singer *Kên Higelin Kên Higelin (born 11 February 1972) is a French stage and film actor, theatre director and music video director. After having worked at a young age with theatre director Peter Brook, most notably in ''La Tempête'', a French adaptation of Shakes ...

Alphonse Higelin
Alphonse Higelin (26 April 1897 – 21 June 1981) was a French gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op .... References 1897 births 1981 deaths Sportspeople from Mulhouse French male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for France Gymnasts at the 1920 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics 20th-century French people {{France-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ...
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Arthur Higelin
Arthur Higelin (born 27 March 1966), better known under his stage name Arthur H (), is a French pianist, songwriter and singer. He is best known in France for his live performances—four of his albums were recorded live. Life and career He is the son of the French singer Jacques Higelin and Nicole Courtois, and half brother of singers Izïa Higelin and stage and film actor, theatre director and music video director Kên Higelin. After traveling in the West Indies, he studied music in Boston before returning to Paris and developing his eclectic but highly personal musical style, drawing on such influences as Thelonious Monk, Serge Gainsbourg, the Sex Pistols, jazz, blues, Middle Eastern music and the tango. He first performed in 1988 in clubs in Paris, as leader of a trio with bassist Brad Scott and drummer Paul Jothy. His first album, ''Arthur H'' (1990), combined rhythmic experimentation and ''bal-musette'' elements with a vocal style which has been compared to Tom Waits. He ...
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Izïa Higelin
Izïa Higelin (born 24 September 1990), more commonly known by her stage name Izia, is a French rock singer, guitarist and actress. Her most recent album, ''La Vitesse'', was released in 2022. Early life Izïa was born in Paris on 24 September 1990 to Jacques Higelin, a famous French singer of Belgian and Alsatian descent, and Aziza Zakine, a dancer and chorist of Tunisian descent. She comes from a family of artists; beside her father and mother, her two half brothers are Arthur H and Kên Higelin. She was influenced by music from an early age when her father introduced her to jazz and British pop music. At the age of seven, she formed a duo with her father; she provided the vocals while he played piano. Career Music When she was 13 Izïa started to take an interest in rock bands such as Nirvana and Led Zeppelin. At this time, she wrote her first song, titled "Hey Bitch", which later featured on her debut album. A year later she met Caravan Palace bassist Antoine Toustou thro ...
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Jacques Higelin
Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin (; 18 October 1940 – 6 April 2018) was a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early life Higelin was born on 18 October 1940. His father, Paul, a railway worker and musician of Alsatian descent, introduced his two sons to various forms of music, while his mother, Renée, of Belgian descent, raised them both. Career Higelin's entertainment career began at age 14, when he left school to work as a stunt double. While playing a number of minor roles in motion pictures, Higelin was taught to play the guitar by Henri Crolla, a French-Italian jazz guitarist and a composer of film scores. By the early 1960s, Higelin was attending the René Simon drama school, where he won the François Perier award. For two years beginning in 1961, Higelin served in the French military in various countries. Upon returning to France, he resumed his film career but increasingly began to focus on music. By the end of the decade, he had become very a ...
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