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Plessis (other)
Plessis ( Afrikaans: du Plessis) Plessy, and de Plessis are related surnames of French origin, may refer to: A ''plessis'' meant a ''fence made of interwoven branches'' in Old French. French people * Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French bishop * Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French statesman * Armand-Jean du Plessis, better known as Cardinal Richelieu (1585–1642), French statesman and cardinal * Caesar, duc de Choiseul (1602–1675), Marshal of France, born Cæsar Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin * Chevalier du Plessis (fl. 1660s), French pirate * Constant Plessis (1890-1930), French First World War flying ace * Damien Plessis (born 1988), French footballer * Gilbert de Choiseul Duplessis Praslin (1613–1689), French bishop * Guillaume Plessis (born 1985), French footballer from Réunion * Jacques de Rougé du Plessis-Bellière, French general * Jean du Plessis d'Ossonville (died 1635), French governor of Guadeloupe * Marie D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrikaans
Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gradually began to develop distinguishing characteristics during the course of the 18th century. Now spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, estimates circa 2010 of the total number of Afrikaans speakers range between 15 and 23 million. Most linguists consider Afrikaans to be a partly creole language. An estimated 90 to 95% of the vocabulary is of Dutch origin with adopted words from other languages including German and the Khoisan languages of Southern Africa. Differences with Dutch include a more analytic-type morphology and grammar, and some pronunciations. There is a large degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languages, especially in written form. About 13.5% of the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Du Plessis-Bellière
Suzanne de Bruc de Monplaisir also known as Suzanne du Plessis-Bellière (c. 1605–1705) was the wife of Jacques de Rougé marquis du Plessis-Bellière. She was one of France's most famous women of her time. She had a court of artists and statesmen around her. Widowed in 1654, she was very close to Nicolas Fouquet. When he was arrested in 1661, she was kept under house arrest until 1665. References Marquesses of Plessis-Bellière 1605 births 1705 deaths Alexandre Dumas characters {{France-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Du Plessis
Hans du Plessis is a South African rugby league player for the Tuks Bulls. His position is centre. He is a South African international, and has played in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup qualifying against Jamaica and the USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., .... References {{Authority control du Plessis, Hans du Plessis, Hans Tuks Bulls players Rugby league centres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Du Plessis
Gary du Plessis (19 August 1974 – 25 March 2006) was a Zimbabwean cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, he played one first-class match for Mashonaland A in 1997 and three first-class matches for Mashonaland in 2000. Born in Salisbury (now Harare), he was the brother of Dean du Plessis Dean Du Plessis is a Zimbabwean cricket commentator. He is the world's first visually impaired cricket commentator to participate in international matches. Early life Dean was born with tumors behind both retinas, destroying his eyesight befo ..., a blind cricket commentator. References External links * * 1974 births 2006 deaths Cricketers from Harare Mashonaland A cricketers Mashonaland cricketers Zimbabwean cricketers {{Zimbabwe-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Du Plessis
Felix du Plessis (24 November 1919 – 1 May 1978) was a South African rugby union footballer and captain of the South Africa (Springbok) team that in 1949 beat the All Blacks thrice in succession, a feat that was not repeated by a South African side until 2009. Du Plessis's son, Morné, also captained the Springboks, the only father-son duo to have done so. Early life and career Du Plessis was born on 24 November 1919 in Steynsburg, in the Eastern Cape. He was the nephew of Nic du Plessis, a Springbok who toured to New Zealand in 1921 and gained 5 caps over a three-year career. As a 19-year-old Felix Du Plessis was selected for the first Northern Transvaal team ever, when that union was formed in 1938. His teammate and captain was Danie Craven. He enlisted voluntarily during World War II. International career Felix made his debut on 16 July 1949 for South Africa as a lock in the first test match at Newlands Stadium, Cape Town against the touring All Blacks, led by Fred A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faf Du Plessis
Francois "Faf" du Plessis ( ; born 13 July 1984) is a South African professional cricketer and former captain of the South Africa national cricket team. He is considered one of the greatest fielders of all time and is among the best all-format batsmen of his era. He was named as the South African Cricketer of the Year in 2019. He is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-handed batsman and part-time leg spin bowler. One of the most successful international captains of his era with a winning percentage of 73.68 in ODIs, he is the first international captain to defeat Australia in Australia in all three formats of the game and defeat Australia in both Home and Away test series, doing that back to back in 2016 and 2018. In 2016, he also became the first and only international captain to defeat Australia 5–0 in a five match series whitewash. Du Plessis's test performance in the 2012 Adelaide test is judged as the best test batting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desiré Du Plessis
Desiré du Plessis (born 20 May 1965) is a South African former track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. Her personal best is , putting her in the all-time top thirty for the event. It was a South African record until it was beaten by Hestrie Cloete. Her best mark indoors was , set in 1987. She ranked second in the world in the 1986 season. Du Plessis won two major medals in her career, both at the African Championships in Athletics, taking bronze in 1992 and 1993. Compatriot Charmaine Weavers and Ivorian Lucienne N'Da were ahead of her each time. She also represented South Africa at the 1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ..., taking ninth with a jump of . She won five straight national titles at the South African Athletics Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Du Plessis
Dean Du Plessis is a Zimbabwean cricket commentator. He is the world's first visually impaired cricket commentator to participate in international matches. Early life Dean was born with tumors behind both retinas, destroying his eyesight before birth. He subsequently had both eyes removed, and currently wears glass eyes. Dean's brother Gary played first class cricket in Zimbabwe for the Mashonaland A cricket team. Dean started his love affair with cricket in 1991, when South Africa were re-admitted into the international cricketing fraternity and he was a student a boarding school in Worcester, South Africa. He used to spend his pocket money in calling up Radio One in Zimbabwe to know the scores, when the Zimbabwe national cricket team were given test status in 1992. Career Dean's obsession for the game saw him collect the home phone numbers of Dave Houghton, Grant Flower and Alistair Campbell and discuss cricket in length with them. His knowledge about the game impresse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniël Du Plessis
Daniël Michael du Plessis (born 17 March 1995) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby. His regular position is centre. Career Youth Du Plessis' first provincial selection came in 2013, when he was selected to represent Western Province at the Under-18 Craven Week tournament held in Polokwane. He started in their first match against the Pumas and ran in four tries in a 40–24 victory. He also played against the Blue Bulls and in the unofficial final against the Golden Lions, where he scored another try to secure victory for Western Province. At the conclusion of the tournament, he was also named in a South African Schools squad and he represented them in matches against England and France. Du Plessis played for the side in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring two tries in five matches to help his team all the way to the final, where they beat the s 33–26. In 2015, Du Plessis was named in the Western Province squad for the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corné Du Plessis
Corné du Plessis (born 20 March 1978) is a South African sprinter. Together with Morne Nagel, Lee-Roy Newton and Mathew Quinn he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Their time of 38.47 seconds was a South African record. Earlier in the season he won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2001 Summer Universiade. Following the ruling of 13 December 2005 which retroactively disqualified Tim Montgomery and henceforth the American team, the South African team were promoted to gold medallists. (22 November 2006). Retrieved on 2010-06-08. Du Plessis won another relay gold medal with South Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charl Du Plessis (rugby Union)
Charl Francois 'KP' du Plessis (born 8 April 1987) is a former South African professional rugby union player that played domestically for the , , and the and also played Super Rugby with the , making a total of 81 first class appearances between 2008 and 2014. His regular position was prop. Career Youth Du Plessis went to Hoërskool Monument in Krugersdorp, where his performances for his school earned him a selection to the team that participated at the Under-18 Craven Week competition held in Bloemfontein in 2005. He was also selected in a South Africa Schools 'B' team in the same year. Golden Lions / UJ / Falcons He joined the Academy after high school and played for the during the 2006 Under-19 Provincial Championship before making the step up to the team for the 2007 Under-21 Provincial Championship. In 2008, he was named in university side 's squad for the 2008 Varsity Cup, the inaugural edition of the premier university rugby union competition in South Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carel Du Plessis
Carel Johan du Plessis (born 24 June 1960) is a former South African rugby union coach and player. Playing career Du Plessis played for Western Province and the Springboks, his skills earning him the nickname the ''Prince of Wings''."Springbok legend Du Plessis undergoes brain operation" ''sport24.co.za'', 6 February 2019. Capped 12 times, he scored 4 tries for the Springboks, but his international career was curtailed by the sports boycott against |
