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Leroux (surname)
Leroux (mostly northwestern France), LeRoux (American spelling), Le Roux (mostly Brittany, as a translation of Breton ''Ar Rouz'' or ''Ar Ruz'') or Roux (mostly southeastern France, as a translation of Occitan ''Ros'') is a surname of French origin meaning "red-haired" or "red-skinned" and may also come in certain cases (e.g. with the spelling Le Roux) from Breton ''Ar Roue'' meaning ″The King″. It may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Adélaïde Leroux (born 1982), French actress * AJ le Roux (born 1990), South African rugby player * Alain Le Roux (c. 1040–1093), associate of William I of England * Antoine Leroux (fl. 1846–1853), New Mexico mountain man * Auguste Leroux (1871–1954), French painter * Bernard Le Roux (born 1989), South African-born French rugby player * Bruno Le Roux (born 1965), French politician * Buddy LeRoux (1930–2008), American businessman and baseball club owner * Charles C.-J. Le Roux (born 1724), French educator, inventor, and physicist * Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occitan Language
Occitan (; oc, occitan, link=no ), also known as ''lenga d'òc'' (; french: langue d'oc) by its native speakers, and sometimes also referred to as ''Provençal'', is a Romance languages, Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Italy's Occitan Valleys, as well as Spain's Val d'Aran; collectively, these regions are sometimes referred to as Occitania, Occitània. It is also spoken in Calabria (Southern Italy) in a linguistic enclave of Cosenza area (mostly Guardia Piemontese). Some include Catalan language, Catalan in Occitan, as the Linguistic distance, distance between this language and some Occitan dialects (such as the Gascon language) is similar to the distance between different Occitan dialects. Catalan was considered a dialect of Occitan until the end of the 19th century and still today remains its closest relative. Occitan is an official language of Catalonia, where a subdialect of Gascon known as Aranese dialect, Aranese is spoken in the Val d'Aran. Since Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Barkhuizen Le Roux
Christine Barkhuizen le Roux (18 November 1959 – 18 November 2020) was a South African Afrikaans writer of poems, novels and short stories. A Bachelor of Arts English, Psychology and Theology graduate of Stellenbosch University, she made her debut as a writer in 2000. Several of Le Roux's her works have been included in Dutch publications as well as in Afrikaans anthologies and some were featured in published magazines and books. Early life and education On 18 November 1959, Le Roux was born in Vryburg. She frequently moved places during her childhood as her father was a road construction worker. Le Roux was educated in Stellenbosch, and was encouraged to read by her teacher in primary school. She graduated from Stellenbosch University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Psychology and Theology in 1980. Le Roux went on to graduate with a higher education diploma. She obtained an honors degree in Afrikaans and Dutch from the University of the Western Cape in 2002 and obtain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Leroux (politician)
Gaston Leroux (born 1 October 1948) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997. His career background includes consulting and comedy performance. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. He was elected in the Richmond—Wolfe electoral district under the Bloc Québécois party in the 1993 federal election, thus serving in the 35th Canadian Parliament. Due to 1996 riding boundary realignments, Leroux campaigned in the 1997 federal election at the Richmond—Arthabaska electoral district but was defeated by Progressive Conservative André Bachand. He made another unsuccessful bid to return to Canadian Parliament in the 2000 federal election at the Compton—Stanstead Compton—Stanstead is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. It was created in 1996 from Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead and Richmond—Wolfe ridings. Geography ... riding. References * 1948 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Leroux (ice Hockey)
Joseph Arthur Gaston "Gus" Leroux (January 9, 1913 – August 29, 1988) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played two games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens. He was born in Montreal, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee .... External links * 1913 births 1988 deaths Canadian ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Montreal Montreal Canadiens players {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1909), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. His 1907 novel ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries. Life and career Leroux was born in Paris in 1868, the illegitimate child of Marie Bidaut and Dominique Leroux, who married a month after his birth. He claimed an illustrious pedigree, including descent from William II of England (in French, Guillaume le Roux, son of William the Conqueror), and social connections such as having been the official playmate of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris at the College d'Eu in Normany. After studying as a lawyer in Caen, he worked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaspard Le Roux
Gaspard Le Roux () was a French harpsichordist active in Paris at the beginning of the 18th century. Little is known of his life, which is exacerbated by the commonality of his name among musicians and dance instructors in Paris. A Le Roux is mentioned as the contributor of an in '' Mercure galant'' (March 1690), but whether this refers to Gaspard in unclear. The name is also found in Nicolas de Blégny's , although no address is included; in a tax document, ; two records of Gaspard Le Roux receiving annuities through the notaire publique ''Alexandre Lebèvre'' are dated 8 May 1702 and 5 August 1706 his is the last known reference to Le Roux and the record of his being granted a dated 9 April 1705. previously discovered reference by French musicologist Pierre Hardouin that claimed the receipt of an inventory of Le Roux's chattels on 7 June 1707 has been proved incorrect. Hardouin mistook the name Gaspard Roux as Gaspard Leroux: Roux has been traced as far back as 1 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Le Roux
Frederick Louis le Roux (5 February 1882 – 22 September 1963) was a South African cricketer. Le Roux was born in Somerset East, Cape Colony.Fred le Roux CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 January 2019. He was in a pool of players for consideration for the in England, but was not selected by the committee to travel. He played in his only in February 1914, during England's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Leroux
François Leroux (born April 18, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. At 6'6" and over 240 pounds, Leroux was a physical, defensive-minded defenceman who amassed 577 penalty minutes in his NHL career. In his NHL career, he played with the Edmonton Oilers, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche. Playing career A first-round draft choice of the Edmonton Oilers in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, Leroux made his NHL debut with the Edmonton Oilers during the 1988–89 season, playing two games. He split time between Cape Breton and Edmonton from 1989 to 1993. On September 17, 1990, in his first pre-season game, Leroux fought Wendel Clark of the Toronto Maple Leafs. On January 4, 1991, Leroux's first regular season fight as a pro came in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a member of the Cape Breton Oilers where he took on Brent Grieve of the Capital District Islanders. On March 24, 1992, Leroux received his first NHL fighting major after fighting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Le Roux
François Le Roux (born 30 October 1955) is a French baritone. Le Roux began vocal studies at 19 with François Loup, winning prizes in Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro. He was a member of the Lyon Opera Company from 1980 to 1985, before appearing in many international houses, making his Paris Opéra debut in 1988 as Valentin in Gounod's ''Faust''. He is most renowned for his portrayal of Pelléas in Debussy's opera, first singing the role in 1985 and being hailed by critics as "the greatest Pelléas of his generation". Since 1998 he has also sung Golaud in the same opera to similar acclaim. It was as Golaud he sang in the centenary performance at the Opéra-Comique, and also in the Russian national premiere. He voiced Gaston, the villainous hunter in the European French dub of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast. As well as a vast operatic repertory, he has released many recitals of French song, which have earned him the distinction as Gérard Souzay's natural successor. He is considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etienne Leroux
Etienne Leroux (13 June 1922 – 30 December 1989) was an Afrikaans writer and a member of the South African Sestigers literary movement. Early life and career Etienne Leroux was born in Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape on 13 June 1922 as Stephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux, son of S.P. Le Roux, a South African Minister of Agriculture. He studied law at Stellenbosch University (BA, LLB) and worked for a short time at a solicitor's office in Bloemfontein. From 1946 he farmed and lived as a writer on his farm in the Koffiefontein district. Etienne was a pupil at Grey College Bloemfontein where he matriculated. His 1968 ''Een vir Azazel'' (''One for Azazel'' in Afrikaans) was translated into English as ''One for the Devil'', and makes use of the Azazel myth. He died on 30 December 1989, and was buried at the family church yard of Wamakersdrift, of which his farm formed part. Graham Greene wrote: "His audience will be the audience that only a good writer can merit, an audience which a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doppies Le Roux
Christo 'Doppies' le Roux (born 28 March 1985, Bloemfontein) is a former South African rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is either flanker or eighthman. He represented the Lions in Super Rugby and the Pumas in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup The Vodacom Cup was an annual rugby union competition in South Africa. Annual Vodacom Cup competitions were played between its inaugural season in 1998 and 2015 and was contested between February and May each year. The Vodacom Cup was the succes .... He retired at the end of the 2014 season to focus on his engineering career. References External links *itsrugby.co.uk profile 1985 births Living people Lions (United Rugby Championship) players North-West University alumni Pumas (Currie Cup) players Rugby union flankers Rugby union players from Bloemfontein South African rugby union players SWD Eagles players White South African people {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
