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Yvon (given Name)
Yvon is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Joseph Charles Léonard Yvon Beaulne (1919-1999), Canadian diplomat * Yvon Dumont (born 1951), Canadian politician * Yvon Barrette (21st century), Canadian actor * Yvon Bertin (born 1953), French cyclist * Yvon Bilodeau (born 1951), Canadian ice hockey player * Yvon Bonenfant (21st century), Canadian politician * Yvon Brochu (born 1944), Canadian politician * Yvon Charbonneau (born 1940), Canadian politician * Yvon Chouinard (born 1938), American mountain climber * Yvon Collin (born 1944), French politician * Yvon Cormier (1938-2009), Canadian professional wrestler * Yvon Corriveau (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player * Yvon Côté (born 1939), Canadian politician * Yvon Delbos (1885-1956), French politician * Yvon Deschamps (born 1935), Canadian author * Yvon Douis (born 1935), French footballer * Yvon Ducharme, a fictional character * Yvon Duhamel (born 1939), Canadian motorcycle racer * Yvon Dupuis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Charles Léonard Yvon Beaulne
Joseph Charles Léonard Yvon Beaulne (1919–1999) was a Canadian diplomat. He was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Brazil. He then became the Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and shortly thereafter to UNESCO and then to the papal Holy See. He was awarded The Order of Canada ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ... in 1992 for his contribution "to the promotion of human rights and freedoms, particularly through the creation of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa and his considerable work with the United Nations Human Rights Commission." References External links Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Complete List of Posts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Duhamel
Yvon Duhamel (October 17, 1939 – August 17, 2021) was a French Canadian professional motorcycle and snowmobile racer. A six-time winner of the White Trophy, the highest award in Canadian motorcycle racing, he was one of the most accomplished motorcycle racers in Canadian motorsports history. Duhamel was a versatile rider competing in numerous motorcycle racing disciplines including; trials, motocross, ice racing, drag racing, flat track racing and most prominently in road racing as a member of the Kawasaki factory racing team. His motorcycle racing career spanned the transition from the 60 horsepower four-stroke motorcycles of the 1960s, to the 100 horsepower two-stroke motorcycles of the 1970s. Even when Duhamel's motorcycle had a top speed advantage, he never slowed to conserve his machine, which led to spectacular crashes or mechanical failures as often as it led to race victories. Duhamel's reputation as a tenacious competitor with an aggressive riding style earned him th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Lambert (photographer)
Yvon Lambert (born 1955-03-09) is a Luxembourg photographer who has both worked as a freelance photojournalist and completed a number of international reportages on societal issues. Biography After studying photography in Brussels in the 1980s, Lambert worked as a freelance photographer. In 1990 and 1991, he spent long periods in Naples under the framework of ''Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes'' in support of young artists. This led to his first book: ''Naples, un hiver'' (1993). From 1993, he travelled to several Central European countries. In 1995, under the project: ''D'est en ouest, chemins de terre et d'Europe'' (From east to west, roads through Europe's farmlands) organized by the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, he was responsible for photographing rural scenes in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Lambert
Yvon Pierre Lambert (born May 20, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. Lambert was born in Drummondville, Quebec. Although drafted in 1970 by the Detroit Red Wings, Lambert started his National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1973. He spent nine years in Montreal before being traded to the Buffalo Sabres. Lambert is best known for scoring the winning goal in overtime of game seven of the 1979 Stanley Cup Semi-Finals against the Boston Bruins, the culmination of an exciting game most memorable for a career-damaging coaching error by Don Cherry with two minutes left in regulation. Lambert won four consecutive Stanley Cups with the Canadiens from 1976 to 1979. Lambert played his final two seasons with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL), winning the 1982-83 Calder Cup. He retired after the Americans lost to the Maine Mariners in Game 5 of the 1983-84 Calder Cup Finals. After being traded to Montreal, a ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Lamarre
Yvon Lamarre (2 February 1935 – 2 June 2020) was a Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec. Lamarre was born and brought up in the Cote St. Paul district of Montreal. He graduated from the École des Hautes Études commerciales at the Université de Montréal in 1957. He worked in the family business "Lamarre Frères Inc". City Councillor He was elected to Montreal's City Council in 1966 as a Civic candidate against independent incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an official, office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seek ... Bruno Lépine in the district of Saint-Henri. He was appointed to the City Council's executive committee in 1970, becoming the vice-chairman in 1974 and the chairman in 1978. Chairman of the Executive Council Lamarre served as Chairman of Montreal's Executive Committee f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Lafrance
Yvon Lafrance (4 August 1944 – 30 September 2022) was a Canadian politician in Quebec, and was the Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Iberville. Lafrance was born in Iberville, Quebec on 4 August 1944. First elected in 1989 election, he served as a Liberal backbencher under Premier Robert Bourassa for most of the term. On 9 February 1994, he crossed the floor to sit as an Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ .... On 2 March 1994, he joined the newly formed Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), six months before Mario Dumont was first elected to the National Assembly. Therefore, he became the first ADQ sitting MNA in history. Lafrance did not run for re-election in the 1994 election. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Labre
Yvon Jules Labre (born November 29, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Labre was born in Sudbury, Ontario. He was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins, for whom he played 37 games before being selected by the Washington Capitals in the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft. Labre scored the first-ever home goal for Washington, beating the Los Angeles Kings' goaltender Rogie Vachon Rogatien Rosaire "Rogie" Vachon (born September 8, 1945) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League. Montre .... Although he was never one to put up big offensive numbers, Labre's value was noted in being a hard-nosed defensive defenceman on the ice and an active member of community programs and youth hockey programs off it. Such dedication to a team in a location not known for rich hockey history made him one of the Capitals' most popular p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon L'Heureux
Yvon L'Heureux (20 March 1914 – 29 May 1984) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a manufacturer and merchant by career. He was first elected at the Chambly—Rouville riding in the 1957 general election. After serving his term in the 23rd Canadian Parliament The 23rd Canadian Parliament was in session from October 14, 1957, until February 1, 1958. The membership was set by the 1957 federal election on June 10, 1957, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolv ..., L'Heureux was defeated in the 1958 election by Maurice Johnson of the Progressive Conservative Party. L'Heureux returned to Parliament in a 31 May 1971 by-election at the Chambly riding following the death of incumbent Liberal member Bernard Pilon. After re-election in the 1972 federal election, L'Heureux returned to serve his term in the 29th Parliament. After this, he left federal office in 1974 and did not campaign in that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Krevé
Henry Green-Dupré, known by his stage names of Yvon Krevé and Von Von le Vet, is a French Canadian hip hop artist of Haitian origin. Krevé was rose to notice following collaborations with the duo Sans Pression. His 2000 debut, ''L'accent grave'', topped the Quebec sales charts and was nominated for an ADISQ hip-hop award in 2001, and won best francophone album at the Canadian Music Awards. and in 2009 was described in the newspaper La Presse as one of the five albums that had defined Quebec rap. A single from that album, "Yvon Krevé", reached number one on the countdown programme for Canada's leading francophone music video channel (''Décompte MusiquePlus''). The name is a play on words Word play or wordplay (also: play-on-words) is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. Examples of word play include puns, phonet ...: while Yvon is a not-uncommon fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Goujon
Yvon Goujon (born 21 January 1937) is a French former professional football and coach. External links External links Profile on French federation official site* 1937 births Living people Sportspeople from Lorient Association football midfielders French footballers France international footballers Ligue 1 players AS Saint-Étienne players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Limoges FC players Stade Rennais F.C. players FC Rouen players Angoulême Charente FC players French football managers French expatriate football managers French expatriate sportspeople in the Republic of the Congo Angoulême Charente FC managers Limoges FC managers Expatriate football managers in the Republic of the Congo Congo national football team managers Footballers from Brittany {{france-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Godin
Yvon Godin (born May 12, 1955) is a Canadian politician. Godin was a New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Acadie—Bathurst from 1997 until his retirement in 2015. Previously, Godin was a labour representative for the United Steelworkers. He was the NDP critic for Labour and Official Languages in his last term in parliament. In 2003, he supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to lead the NDP. Involvement with the New Brunswick NDP As federal MP, Godin had a strained relationship with former New Brunswick New Democratic Party leader Elizabeth Weir. Following her resignation in 2005, however, there were rumours that Godin might resign his federal seat and run to replace her as provincial party leader at the party's 2005 leadership convention. Ultimately, Godin declined to stand as a candidate, and Allison Brewer was elected NB NDP leader. Following a poor showing in the 2006 New Brunswick provincial ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Gattaz
Yvon Gattaz (born 17 June 1925) is a French businessman. He is the co-founder of Radiall, an electronics manufacturer. He was President of the Conseil national du patronat français, the main pro-business organization in France, from 1981 to 1986. He has authored many books about free enterprise. Early life Yvon Gattaz was born on 17 June 1925 in Bourgoin-Jallieu near Lyon in France. His father was a schoolteacher. He had a brother, Lucien. Gattaz graduated from the École Centrale Paris. Business career Gattaz worked as an engineer for Aciéries du Nord (later Usinor-Denain) from 1948 to 1950. He worked for Citroën from 1950 to 1954. Gattaz co-founded Radiall, an electronics manufacturer, with his brother Lucien in 1952. He served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1952 to 1993. He has served as the Chairman of its Supervisory Board since 1994. Gattaz served on the Board of Directors of Moulinex from 1988 to 1993. Pro-business advocacy Gattaz served on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
