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Saint-Pierre (surname)
Saint-Pierre or St Pierre or St. Pierre is the surname of: * Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre (1658–1743), proposed the creation of a European league of 18 sovereign states * Georges St-Pierre (born 1981), Canadian MMA fighter * Guy Saint-Pierre (born 1934), Canadian politician and businessman * Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814), French writer and botanist * Liliane Saint-Pierre (born 1948), Belgian singer * Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (born 1978), Canadian filmmaker * Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws * Annie St-Pierre, Canadian film director and producer * Brian St. Pierre (born 1979), former American football quarterback * Christine St-Pierre (born 1953), journalist and Quebec politician * Jonathan St-Pierre (born 1983), Canadian professional football player * Kim St-Pierre (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player * Martin St. Pierre (racewalker) (born 1972), Canadian racewalker * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Irénée Castel De Saint-Pierre
Charles-Irénée Castel, abbé de Saint-Pierre (18 February 1658 – 29 April 1743) was a French author whose ideas were novel for his times. His proposal of an international organisation to maintain peace was perhaps the first in history, with the possible exceptions of George of Poděbrady's '' Tractatus'' (1462–1464) and Émeric Crucé. He influenced Rousseau and Kant. Biography Saint-Pierre was born at the château of Saint-Pierre-Église near Cherbourg, where his father, the Marquis de Saint-Pierre, was ''grand bailli'' of Cotentin. He was educated by the Jesuits. The youngest of five children and unsuited to a military career owing to poor health, he became a priest. He was introduced by family connections into the salons of Madame de la Fayette and the Marquise de Lambert in Paris. He was elected to the Académie française in 1695, although he had previously produced no notable work; his election was an episode in the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns, Sain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre (; born May 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor and former professional mixed martial artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA) history. St-Pierre was a two-division champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), having won titles in the welterweight and middleweight divisions. St-Pierre is a three-time former UFC Welterweight Champion, having won the title twice and the interim title once between November 2006 and April 2008. St-Pierre was ranked as the #1 welterweight in the world for several years by Sherdog and numerous other publications. In 2008, 2009 and 2010 he was named the Canadian Athlete of the Year by Rogers Sportsnet. Fight Matrix lists him as the top MMA welterweight of all time and most accomplished fighter in MMA history. He retired as the reigning Welterweight Champion in December 2013, having held the record for most wins in title bouts and the second longest combined title streak in UFC hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Saint-Pierre
Guy Saint-Pierre, (born August 3, 1934 – January 23, 2022) was a Canadian entrepreneur, business executive, politician and philanthropist. He is best known for having orchestrated the merger of SNC and Lavalin to create SNC Lavalin, the largest engineering firm in Canada and one of the largest in the world, in 1991. He also became the Chairman of the Board of the Royal Bank of Canada in 2001, being the first French Canadian to hold the position. Background Born in Windsor, Quebec, he was the son of Armand Saint-Pierre and wife Alice Perra. Saint-Pierre graduated from Université Laval with a B.A.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering in 1957. He obtained an M.Sc. degree from the University of London in 1959 and held a D.I.C. from the Imperial College London. In 1959, Saint-Pierre joined the army as an officer in the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers at Camp Gagetown, New Brunswick. Political career Saint-Pierre was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 1970 election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques-Henri Bernardin De Saint-Pierre
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (also called Bernardin de St. Pierre) (19 January 1737, in Le Havre – 21 January 1814, in Éragny, Val-d'Oise) was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1788 novel ''Paul et Virginie'', now largely forgotten, but in the 19th century a very popular children's book. Biography At the age of twelve he had read ''Robinson Crusoe'' and went with his uncle, a skipper, to the West-Indies. After returning from this trip he was educated as an engineer at the École des Ponts. Then he joined the French Army and was involved in the Seven Years' War against Prussia and England. In 1768 he traveled to Mauritius where he served as engineer and studied plants. In 1771 he became friendly with and a pupil of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Together they studied the plants in and around Paris. In 1795 he was elected to the Institut de France, in 1797 manager of the Botanical Gardens and in 1803 member of the Académie française. Saint-Pierre was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liliane Saint-Pierre
Liliane Saint-Pierre (born Liliane Louise Keuninckx, 18 December 1948) is a Belgian pop singer. Hailing from Flanders, she sings mostly in Dutch. She competed at Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song " Soldiers of Love". Biography Liliane Saint-Pierre was born in Molenstede, Flemish Brabant, as Liliane Keuninckx. She started her career in the 1960s when she was 13 years old. The biggest hit of her early success period was "We gotta stop" sung in Dutch. At that time she performed as Liliane. Her success didn't stay unnoticed. She became acquainted with Claude François, a French singer and producer, and asked him to promote her in France. He accepted the offer, but decided Liliane was too short for a stage name. He added Saint-Pierre to give it a more French sound and together with him as producer Saint-Pierre records about twenty songs. These songs were successful in Belgium and France. Saint-Pierre performs at the Olympia in Paris. But the collaboration ended abruptly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (born 1978 Murdochville, Quebec) is a Montreal-based filmmaker most notable for her animated documentary films. After completing a BFA with honours in animation and an MFA in film production at Concordia University, she attended a Berlinale Talent Campus at the Berlin Film Festival in 2004, the Talent Lab at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007, and participated in a three-month residency in Japan in Sapporo in 2009. Her films include ''Post-Partum'', '' McLaren's Negatives'', '' Passages'', ''The Sapporo Project'', ''Femelles'', ''Flocons'' and '' Jutra''. ''McLaren's Negatives'', her first animated documentary, was shown in over 150 film festivals and received approximately 20 awards, including the Jutra Award for best animated film. She first became familiar with McLaren's work while studying at Concordia. ''Passages'' recounts the difficulties she had giving birth to her first child at Montreal's Hôpital Saint-Luc. In 2004, Saint-Pierr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen St
Allen, Allen's or Allens may refer to: Buildings * Allen Arena, an indoor arena at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee * Allen Center, a skyscraper complex in downtown Houston, Texas * Allen Fieldhouse, an indoor sports arena on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence * Allen House (other) * Allen Power Plant (other) Businesses *Allen (brand), an American tool company *Allen's, an Australian brand of confectionery *Allens (law firm), an Australian law firm formerly known as Allens Arthur Robinson *Allen's (restaurant), a former hamburger joint and nightclub in Athens, Georgia, United States *Allen & Company LLC, a small, privately held investment bank *Allens of Mayfair, a butcher shop in London from 1830 to 2015 *Allens Boots, a retail store in Austin, Texas * Allens, Inc., a brand of canned vegetables based in Arkansas, US, now owned by Del Monte Foods * Allen's department store, a.k.a. Allen's, George Allen, Inc., Philadelphia, USA People * Allen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie St-Pierre
Annie St-Pierre is a Canadian film director and producer from Saint-Pascal, Quebec, Saint-Pascal-de-Kamouraska, Quebec. She is most noted for her documentary film ''All That We Make (Fermières)'', which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Feature Length Documentary at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015, and her narrative short film ''Like the Ones I Used to Know (Les Grandes claques)'', which was named to the initial shortlist for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the 94th Academy Awards. In addition to her own films, St-Pierre has been a producer on Denis Côté's films ''Wilcox (film), Wilcox'' and ''Social Hygiene (Hygiène social)''. She has also had occasional small acting roles, most notably in the films of Matthew Rankin.Justine Smith"Quebec women filmmakers shine as masters of short cinema" ''Cult MTL'', February 8, 2022. References External links * 21st-century Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian St
Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan in English) is a male given name of Irish and Breton origin, as well as a surname of Occitan origin. It is common in the English-speaking world. It is possible that the name is derived from an Old Celtic word meaning "high" or "noble". For example, the element ''bre'' means "hill"; which could be transferred to mean "eminence" or "exalted one". The name is quite popular in Ireland, on account of Brian Boru, a 10th-century High King of Ireland. The name was also quite popular in East Anglia during the Middle Ages. This is because the name was introduced to England by Bretons following the Norman Conquest. Bretons also settled in Ireland along with the Normans in the 12th century, and 'their' name was mingled with the 'Irish' version. Also, in the north-west of England, the 'Irish' name was introduced by Scandinavian settlers from Ireland. Within the Gaelic speaking areas of Scotland, the name was at first only used by professional families of Irish or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine St-Pierre
Christine St-Pierre (born June 10, 1953, in Saint-Roch des Aulnaies, Quebec) is a Canadian journalist and politician, who was MNA for the Montreal provincial riding of Acadie from 2007 to 2022 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. Life and career She holds a Bachelor of Social Science degree from the University of Moncton. Prior to her political career, St-Pierre worked as a journalist for Radio-Canada from 1976 to 2007. She was a political correspondent in Quebec City for five years before working as a correspondent in Washington, D.C. for four years before returning to Canada. During her stint as a political correspondent in Ottawa, she wrote a letter in Montreal's newspaper '' La Presse'' praising the Canadian military mission in Afghanistan. She was suspended due to rule infringement because of the statement of her opinion. St-Pierre entered politics in the 2007 elections and won in Acadie. Jean Charest named her as the Minister of Culture and Communications and Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan St-Pierre
Jonathan St-Pierre (born September 15, 1983) is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman. He was drafted by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the second round of the 2008 CFL Draft. St-Pierre played college football for the Illinois State Redbirds. He was traded to the Toronto Argonauts on January 6, 2010, for non-import wide receiver Obed Cétoute. On September 5, 2012, St-Pierre was released by the Toronto Argonauts. On September 25 he signed onto the practice roster of the Calgary Stampeders. St-Pierre retired from professional football on January 30, 2013. |
Kim St-Pierre
Kim St-Pierre (born December 14, 1978 in Châteauguay, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time IIHF world champion. She was announced as a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee on June 24, 2020. She was named to the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2022. Playing career McGill In 1998-99, she was the top rookie for the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey team. She was also the first woman in Canadian Interuniversity Sports history to win a men’s regular season game when McGill University defeated Ryerson University on November 15, 2003 by a score of 5-2. International play Kim St. Pierre was the goaltender for Team Canada in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, and was the starting goaltender in Team Canada's 3-2 victory over Team USA in the gold medal final. She also played for the Canadian women's team in Turin. St. Pierre holds numerous records in international competition, including most shutouts (15), most wins (24), and lowest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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