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Toussaint (name)
Toussaint is both a French surname and a masculine French given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Allen Toussaint (1938–2015), American musician, songwriter and record producer * André Toussaint, Haitian singer and guitarist * Auguste Toussaint (1911–1990s), Mauritian archivist and historian * Beth Toussaint (born 1962), American actress, best known for her television performances * Cheryl Toussaint (born 1952), American athlete who mainly competed in the 800 metres * Dany Toussaint, candidate in the 2006 Haitian presidential election * Godfried Toussaint, Belgian, British, and Canadian professor of computer science specializing in computational geometry and computational music * Eugenio Toussaint (1954–2011), Mexican composer * Fitzgerald Toussaint, American football player * François-Vincent Toussaint (1715–1772), author of ''Les Mœurs'' ("The Manners") published in 1748 and immediately prosecuted and burned by the French court of justice * Franz J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Toussaint
Allen Richard Toussaint (; January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as "one of popular music's great backroom figures".Richard Williams"Allen Toussaint obituary" ''The Guardian'', November 11, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015. Many musicians recorded Toussaint's compositions. He was a producer for hundreds of recordings, among the best known of which are " Right Place, Wrong Time", by his longtime friend Dr. John, and "Lady Marmalade" by Labelle. Biography Early life and career The youngest of three children, Toussaint was born in 1938 in New Orleans and grew up in a shotgun house in the Gert Town neighborhood, where his mother, Naomi Neville (whose name he later adopted pseudonymously for some of his works), welcomed and fed all manner of musicians as they practiced and recorded with her son. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauricio Toussaint
Mauricio Toussaint is a contemporary artist of French and Mexican descent. Toussaint entered the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara to obtain a degree in architecture (he graduated in 1985 with a bachelor's degree). During this time, he was encouraged by a professor from the nearby Visual Arts Department to make art on his own. Invited to work at the open workshop at th Centro de Arte Moderno he made prints from 1982 to 1983 and soon after, he embarked on a series of paintings. In the mid-1980s he was asked to collaborate as an assistant curator at the Instituto Cultural Cabañas—his career in architecture officially replaced with art. For the next several years, his paintings and prints were dominated by representational subject matter, but by the 1990s his approach changed to more conceptual concerns. In 1995 Toussaint was awarded in two categories at the prestigious "Salon De Octubre": 1st award in painting and 2nd award in drawing. He later went to Miami, USA, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toussaint (leper Chief)
Toussaint was the chief of a leper colony in South America ( 1890 – unknown, in Chacachacare), known for his appearance in the book '' Papillon''. The book recounted the escapes of Henri Charrière from the French penal colony of Devil's Island in French Guiana. In 1934, Charriere, with his fellow prisoners Clusiot and Maturette, escaped from the penal colony. During their escape, they went to Toussaint's leper colony to obtain money and a boat. Toussaint was a Frenchman, and is believed to have himself served time at Devil's Island. He contracted leprosy, most likely while in the penal colony. Toussaint was sent to a leper colony on Chacachacare, and stayed in the colony for the rest of his life. He was played by Anthony Zerbe Anthony Jared Zerbe (born May 20, 1936) is an American actor. His notable film roles include the post-apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in ''The Omega Man'', a 1971 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, '' I Am Legend''; as an Irish Ca . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Toussaint Jackson
Oliver Toussaint Jackson (April 6, 1862 – February 8, 1948) was an American businessman and entrepreneur, who, inspired by Booker T. Washington's autobiography '' Up from Slavery'', formed Dearfield, Colorado, a self-sufficient agricultural settlement for black Americans. Prior to this venture, Jackson was a successful owner of several restaurant and catering businesses in Denver and Boulder. Early life Oliver Toussaint Jackson was born on April 6, 1862, in Oxford, Ohio. He was one of six children born to Hezekiah Jackson and his wife Caroline, both of whom were former slaves. He was educated in Ohio and was entrepreneurial from an early age. He began his career in 1876 working at restaurants in Cleveland, Ohio and became a caterer. After hearing stories of African Americans resettling in the West, Jackson relocated to the Denver, Colorado area in 1887, where he worked as a caterer; two years later, he married Sarah "Sadie" Cook, the sister of his brother James's wife and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touki Toussaint
Dany Gilbert Kiti "Touki" Toussaint (; born June 20, 1996) is a Haitian-American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves in 2018 and has also played for the Los Angeles Angels. Amateur career Toussaint was born in Pembroke Pines, Florida, to Dany Toussaint and Kahaso Kiti. He is of Haitian and Kenyan descent, and has an elder sister, Garielle. Toussaint's nickname, Touki, is a portmanteau of his parents' surnames. The family moved to Haiti when he was three months old. Toussaint and his mother moved back to Florida when he was six. He stopped playing baseball at age 10 due to a strikeout-filled season as a batter, and focused on soccer and hockey only to return to baseball two years later, following a bet with a friend. Toussaint attended Coral Springs Charter School for his freshman year before transf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague Uprising
The Prague uprising ( cs, Pražské povstání) was a partially successful attempt by the Czech resistance movement to liberate the city of Prague from German occupation in May 1945, during the end of World War II. The preceding six years of occupation had fuelled anti-German sentiment and the rapid advance of Allied forces from the Red Army and the United States Army offered the resistance a chance of success. On 5 May 1945, during the end of World War II in Europe, occupying German forces in Bohemia and Moravia were spontaneously attacked by civilians in an uprising, with Czech resistance leaders emerging from hiding to join them. The Russian Liberation Army (ROA), a collaborationist formation of ethnic Russians, defected and supported the insurgents. German forces counter-attacked, but their progress was slowed by barricades constructed by the insurgents. On 8 May, the Czech and German leaders signed a ceasefire allowing all German forces to withdraw from the city, but some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Toussaint
Rudolf Toussaint (2 May 1891 – 1 July 1968) was a German Army officer. Toussaint saw action in both World Wars. During World War II he was appointed Commissioner of the German army in the office of the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. Biography He was born on 2 May 1891 in Egglkofen. He joined the Royal Bavarian Army on 21 September 1911 in the rank of Fahnenjunker (cadet). He was commissioned as a ''Leutnant'' (second lieutenant) on 25 October 1913 and assigned to the 18th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment. He fought in World War I, where he was wounded, and was awarded the Iron Cross (First Class) and the Iron Cross (2nd class) in 1914. After the war, he remained in the army and, on 1 December 1935 was promoted to Oberstleutnant; on 1 April 1938 he was promoted further to the rank of Oberst (colonel). From 1 April 1939 till 1941 he served as a military attaché in the German embassy in Rome. After that, he was promoted on 1 October 1941 as Generalmajor and on 1 October 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Marie Toussaint
Rose Marie Toussaint is a practicing Black woman liver transplant surgeon in the United States. Early life Toussaint was born in Haiti and moved to Miami in 1970. Her goal of becoming a physician at this young age was evident by her serious study of math and science coursework. She was awarded her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Loyola University in 1978. Furthering her education, in 1983 she received her Doctorate in Medicine from Howard University. She wrote an autobiography, ''Never Question the Miracle: A Surgeon’s Story'', in which she describes the prediction of a Vodun priest who predicted she would be a doctor when she grew up. As founder of the National Transplant Foundation Inc. she works with those that need assistance to defray the cost of organ transplants. Rose Marie Toussaint is also the founder of the American National Transplant Foundation Inc. and surgeon. Howard University While graduating from Howard University in 1983, she also maintained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport Workers Union Of America
Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) is a United States labor union that was founded in 1934 by subway workers in New York City, then expanded to represent transit employees in other cities, primarily in the eastern U.S. This article discusses the parent union and its largest local, Local 100, which represents the transport workers of New York City. TWU is a member of the AFL–CIO. TWU established a reputation for militancy and for left-wing politics and was one of the first unions to join the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Its president, Mike Quill, renounced his former Communist allies in the early days of the Cold War, avoiding expulsion from the CIO. TWU began representing airline employees in 1945, when it organized ground service employees at Pan American World Airways in Miami; it then expanded to represent flight attendants and airline maintenance employees as well. The American Airlines flight attendants in its membership seceded to form their own uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Toussaint
Roger Toussaint led the December 20th, 2005 New York City transit strike which lasted three days and shut down bus and subway service in the city. Toussaint was the president of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 in New York City (NYC) from January 2001 through December 2009. TWU Local 100 represents the majority of hourly employees at the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), Manhattan and the Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA), MTA Bus and is the largest local transportation union in the USA. As a result of this strike, the union was fined heavily and Toussaint jailed briefly. The December 2005 strike was the first strike shutting down public transportation in NYC in 25 years (the last city wide strike being in 1980). Early life Roger Toussaint was born in 1956 in Trinidad and Tobago and emigrated to NYC at the age of 17. Toussaint’s involvement in protest activities began in Trinidad and Tobago prior to his emigration. He was arrested for spray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randolph Toussaint
Randolph Toussaint (born 12 August 1955) is a Guyanese former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References External links * 1955 births Living people Guyanese male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Guyana Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Guyana-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Toussaint
Pierre Toussaint (27 June 1766 – June 30, 1853) was a Haitian-American hairdresser, philanthropist, and onetime slave brought to New York City by his owners in 1787. A candidate for sainthood, he was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1996. Freed in 1807 after the death of his mistress, Pierre took the surname of "Toussaint" in honor of the hero of the Haitian Revolution. Toussaint also became a successful barber and used his wealth for various philanthropic causes. He also helped finance the construction of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. Credited as the de facto founder of Catholic Charities New York, Toussaint is the first and only layman to be buried in the crypt below the main altar of the current Saint Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, generally reserved for bishops of the Archdiocese of New York. Biography Early life Pierre was born into slavery on June 28, 1766, in what is now known as Haiti. He was the son of Ursule, and resided on the Artibonite plantat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
