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Léandre
Léandre is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Antoine Léandre Sardou (1803–1881), French philologist *Didier Léandre Tsiajotso, Malagasy politician *Léandre Dumouchel (1811–1882), Quebec doctor and political figure *Léandre Griffit (born 1984), French professional footballer * Léandre Lacroix (1859–1935), Luxembourgian politician and jurist *Léandre Thibault (1899–1971), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons *Pierre-Léandre Marcotte (1837–1899), farmer and political figure in Quebec Surname *Charles Lucien Léandre (1862–1934), French caricaturist and painter *Joëlle Léandre (born 1951), double bassist, vocalist, and composer * Léon Compère-Léandre (1874–1936), shoemaker in Saint-Pierre on the French Caribbean island of Martinique See also *Hero and Leander Hero and Leander is the Greek myth relating the story of Hero ( grc, Ἡρώ, ''Hērṓ''; ), a priestess of Aphrodite (Venus in R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joëlle Léandre
Joëlle Léandre (born 12 September 1951 in Aix-en-Provence, France) is a French double bassist, vocalist, and composer active in Contemporary classical music, new music and free improvisation. In the field of contemporary music, she has performed with Pierre Boulez's Ensemble InterContemporain, and worked with Merce Cunningham and John Cage. Both Cage and Giacinto Scelsi have composed works specifically for her. She gave a solo concert at Jazz em Agosto in 2007 (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal). At this same jazz festival, Léandre also performed in the Quartet Noir, a quartet which rarely performed live, with Marilyn Crispell, Urs Leimgruber and Fritz Hauser. She has also collaborated with musicians in the fields of jazz and improvised music, including Derek Bailey (guitarist), Derek Bailey, Barre Phillips, Anthony Braxton, George E. Lewis, India Cooke, Evan Parker, Irène Schweizer, Steve Lacy (saxophonist), Steve Lacy, Maggie Nicols, Fred Frith, Vinny Golia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lucien Léandre
Charles Lucien Léandre (1862–1934) was a French caricaturist and painter. He was born at Champsecret (Orne), and studied painting under Émile Bin and Alexandre Cabanel. Early life Charles Lucien Léandre was born on July 22, 1864 in Champsecret. His father was the mayor of the town in which they lived until his death in 1868. At 16, Léandre met the painter Émile Bin, who would instruct Léandre. Léandre received multiple awards for his artistic talents in his twenties. Work and career From 1887 Léandre figured among the exhibitors of the Salon, where he showed numerous portraits and genre pictures, but his popular fame is due to his comic drawings and caricatures. The series of the "Gotha des souverains," published in Le Rire, and Léandre's other work like that seen in ''L'Assiette au Beurre'' placed him in the front rank of contemporary caricaturists. Besides his contributions to ''Le Rire'', ''Le Figaro'' and other comic journals, he published a series of albums: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Léandre, Quebec
Saint-Léandre is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matanie Regional County Municipality. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Léandre had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Census data before 2001:Statistics Canada: 1996 * Population in 1996: 401 (+1.3% from 1991) * Population in 1991: 396 See also * List of parish municipalities in Quebec This is a list of municipalities that have the Quebec municipal type of parish municipality (''paroisse'', code=P), an administrative division defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy. The '' Commission de toponym ... References Parish municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Bas-Saint-Laurent {{BasSaintLaurent-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léandre Dumouchel
Léandre Dumouchel (29 March 1811 – September 24, 1882) was a Quebec medical doctor and political figure. He was a Conservative Party of Canada member of the Senate of Canada for Mille Isles division from 1867 to 1882. He was born Vital-Léandre Dumouchelle in Saint-Benoît, Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Baptiste Dumouchelle, in 1811 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He apprenticed in medicine, qualified to practice in 1835 and set up his practice at Saint-Benoît. Dumouchel took part in the Lower Canada Rebellion but was not arrested, although he was removed from his position as a justice of the peace. He took refuge until an amnesty was announced and then returned to his practice at Saint-Benoît, later moving to Saint-Jérôme in the 1840s. He served as lieutenant-colonel in the local militia from 1847 to 1869 and was president of the agricultural society for Deux-Montagnes County. He was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léandre Griffit
Léandre Griffit (born 21 May 1984) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger and is currently a free agent. Career Europe Griffit was born in Maubeuge. He began his career in his native France with Amiens SC, before moving to Southampton in the Premiership in 2003. He only played seven games for Southampton and scored against Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. He was loaned out to Leeds United and Rotherham United before being released. He then moved to Sweden and played for IF Elfsborg where he only played 21 games and was loaned out to IFK Norrköping in the 2007–08 season. In the summer of 2008 he went on an unsuccessful trial with Championship Plymouth Argyle. He then went on trial with Neil Warnock's Crystal Palace and was signed, but only made a handful of appearances for the club before departing. North America After an unsuccessful trial with Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo, Griffit went on to sign with Houston's league rivals Columbus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Compère-Léandre
Léon Compère-Léandre (1874?–1936) was a Martiniquais shoemaker in Saint-Pierre on the French Caribbean island of Martinique when Mount Pelée erupted on May 8, 1902, and destroyed the town. He was one of only 2 (arguably 3) known survivors. His own description of the morning of May 8, 1902, follows. I felt a terrible wind blowing, the earth began to tremble, and the sky suddenly became dark. I turned to go into the house, with great difficulty climbed the three or four steps that separated me from my room, and felt my arms and legs burning, also my body. I dropped upon a table. At this moment four others sought refuge in my room, crying and writhing with pain, although their garments showed no sign of having been touched by flame. At the end of 10 minutes one of these, the young Delavaud girl, aged about 10 years, fell dead; the others left. I got up and went to another room, where I found the father Delavaud, still clothed and lying on the bed, dead. He was purple and infla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léandre Lacroix
Léandre Lacroix (1 January 1859 – 28 March 1935) was a Luxembourgish politician and jurist. He served as the Mayor of Luxembourg City between 1914 and 1918. He was chosen by Grand Duchess Marie-Adelaide over his socialist rival Luc Housse, who would eventually succeed him in 1918.Mersch (1959), p. 121 There is a street in Limpertsberg, Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ..., named after Lacroix (''rue Léandre Lacroix''). Footnotes References * Mayors of Luxembourg City Liberal League (Luxembourg) politicians Luxembourgian jurists Luxembourgian people of World War I 1859 births 1935 deaths People from Remich {{Luxembourg-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léandre Thibault
Léandre Thibault (9 June 1899 – 19 December 1971) was a Canadian automobile dealer, building contractor and industrialist. He served as a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Baie-des-Sables, Quebec. He was first elected at the Matapédia—Matane riding in the 1953 general election and re-elected for a second term in 1957. After completing that term, the 23rd Canadian Parliament, Thibault left federal office and did not seek re-election in 1958. Thibault was also a Mayor of Matane, Quebec Matane is a town on the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Matane River. The town is the seat for the La Matanie Regional County Municipality. In addition to Matane itself, the .... He died prior to September 1989. References External links * 1899 births 1971 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Mayors of places in Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Léandre Tsiajotso s.
He lost his seat in the 2014 Malagasy parliamentary elections.Didier Léandre Tsiajotso is a Malagasy politician. A member of the National Assembly of Madagascar, he was elected as a member of the Tiako I Madagasikara party; he represents the constituency of Antalaha in the 2007 Malagasy parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 23 September 2007, with the vote to be repeated in two constituencies on 14 November 2007. /ref> References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Léandre Marcotte
Pierre-Léandre Marcotte (October 5, 1837 – June 16, 1899) was a farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Lac-Saint-Jean in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 as a Liberal. He was born in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec an ..., the son of Pierre-Moïse Marcotte and Esther Richard. Marcotte owned a farm at Saint-Bruno. He was secretary-treasurer for Saint-Bruno from 1885 to 1896 and Indian agent at Pointe-Bleue from 1896 to 1899. Marcotte also served as president of the agricultural society for Lac-Saint-Jean County. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Quebec assembly in an 1888 by-election. Marcotte was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1892. He was married twice: to Zénaïde de Tilly in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leandro (given Name)
Leandro is a masculine Italian, Portuguese and Spanish given name. The name is a variant of two other names: Leander, a character in the Greek myth Hero and Leander, and Lysander, a relative of the Greek name Alexander. There's also a variation of the name in French: Léandre. Behind the Name Given name * Leandro de Sevilla (534–600), a bishop of Seville honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church * (1841–1896), an Argentine politician and founder of the Radical Civic Union *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
