Achard is a surname, and was a given name in the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
As a surname, it may refer to:
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Albert Achard
Albert Achard (26 March 1894 – 21 August 1972) was a French flying ace of the First World War, credited with five aerial victories, one as an observer and four as a pilot. He served as a reserve air force officer in the 1920s and 1930s, and ret ...
(1894–1972), French World War I flying ace
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Antoine Achard (1696–1772), Swiss Protestant minister
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Claude-François Achard
Claude-François Achard (1751–1809) was a French physician and author. He was the founder of the first public library in Marseille. He was the author of several books, including the first French- Provençal dictionary.
Early life
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(1751–1809), French physician
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Emile Achard (1860–1944), French physician
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Franz Karl Achard
Franz Karl Achard (28 April 1753 – 20 April 1821) was a German (Prussian) chemist, geoscientist, physicist, and biologist. His principal discovery was the production of sugar from sugar beets.
Life and work
Achard was born in Berlin, the so ...
(1753–1821), Prussian chemist
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Gilbert Achard-Picard
Gilbert Achard-Picard (June 17, 1918 – August 17, 1954) was a French bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He finished 13th in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic ...
(1918–1954), French bobsledder
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Guy Achard
Guy Achard (born 1936 in Lyon) is a French Latinist and historian of Ancient Rome. An emeritus professor at the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, he is a specialist in Latin rhetoric and Roman sociology.
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(born 1936), French Latinist
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Jean Achard
Jean Alexis Achard () (1807–1884) was a French painter.
Biography
Born in Voreppe, Isère, into a farming family, Jean Alexis Achard was self-taught and started his career as a clerk for a lawyer. He began his apprenticeship by copying pai ...
(1807–1884), French painter
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Jean Achard (racing driver)
Jean-Jacques Grosman, known as Jean Achard (15 March 1918 – 14 July 1951) was a French race-car driver and journalist and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Biography
Achard was born in Paris on 14 July 1918. When the Na ...
(1918–1951), French race-car driver and journalist
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Julien Alexandre Achard de Bonvouloir Julien Alexandre Achard de Bonvouloir (10 May 1749, in Passais-la-Conception – 1783) was a secret French envoy to the American colonies, in 1775.
Julien Alexandre Achard de Bonvouloir's ancient family from Poitou and Normandy was divided into th ...
(1749–1783), secret French envoy to the American colonies
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Léon Achard
Léon Achard (16 February 1831 – 10 July 1905) was a French tenor.
Biography
Born in Lyon, Achard was the son of , modest canut became an artist who has distinguished himself in the world of theatre. He studied at a major Parisian high sch ...
(1831–1905), French tenor
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Louis Amédée Achard
Louis Amédée Eugène Achard (19 April 1814 – 25 March 1875) was a prolific French novelist.
Achard was born in Marseille. After a short stay near Algiers, where he supervised a farm, he went to Toulouse, and then Marseille, where he bec ...
(1814–1875), French novelist
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Marcel Achard
Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies Garzanti p. 3 maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles ...
(1899–1974), French playwright
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Michel Jacques François Achard (1778–1865), French general
As a given name, it may refer to:
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Achard of St. Victor
Achard of Saint Victor ( 1100 – 29 March 1171) was a canon regular and abbot of the Abbey of St. Victor, Paris, and later Bishop of Avranches.
Life
Achard is thought to have been born in England and educated in France, based on evidence from an ...
(died 1172), French bishop
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Count Achard of Lecce, Norman count of Lecce
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