Boivin (
French: from bois vin "(you) drink wine" (from the
Old French
Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intellig ...
verb boire "to drink" + vin "wine") used as a
nickname
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for a (heavy)
drinker) is a surname from
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
. Boivin is a combination of the French words ''bois'' (verb ''boire'' "to drink") and ''vin'', which mean "drink" and "wine" respectively. The surname refers to someone who drinks (too much) wine.
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Persons in France
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François de Boivin (died 1618), French chronicler
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Jean-Marc Boivin
Jean-Marc Boivin (6 April 1951 – 17 February 1990) was a French mountaineering, mountaineer, extreme skiing, extreme skier, hang gliding, hang glider and paragliding, paraglider pilot, Speleology, speleologist, BASE jumping, BASE jumper, filmmak ...
(1951–1990), French mountaineer and BASE jumper born in Dijon
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Jean Boivin the Younger or Jean Boivin de Villeneuve (1663–Paris), French writer, scholar and translator
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Jeanne Poiret Boivin (1871-1959), French jewelry designer
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Jérôme Boivin Jerome (c.347–420) was a priest, confessor, theologian and historian from Dalmatia.
Jerome may also refer to:
People Given name
* Jerome (given name), a masculine name of Greek origin, with a list of people so named
* Saint Jerome (disambigua ...
, film director (such as the 1989 horror film ''
Baxter'')
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Louis Boivin, brother of Jean Boivin, born in 1649, died in 1724, member of the Academy of inscriptions
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Louis Hyacinthe Boivin (1808-1852), French botanist with the standard author abbreviation "Boivin"
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Marie Boivin (1773–1841), French midwife, inventor, and obstetrics writer
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Michel Boivin, French historian and anthropologist who specializes in the Muslim world
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Olivier Boivin (b. 1985), French sprint canoer
Persons in Canada
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Arthur Boivin (died 1952), politician in Manitoba, Canada
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Claude Boivin
Claude Boivin (born March 1, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers and Ottawa Senators.
Biography
As a youth, Boivin played in the 1983 Quebec Intern ...
(born 1970), retired Canadian professional ice hockey player
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François Boivin (born 1982), Canadian snowboarder
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Françoise Boivin (born 1960), Canadian politician
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Georges Henri Boivin (1882–1926), Canadian politician
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Guillaume Boivin
Guillaume Boivin (born 25 May 1989) is a Canadian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
Boivin's greatest cycling accomplishment was finishing in a dead heat for the bronze at the World Under-23 Road R ...
(born 1989), Canadian cyclist
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Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin
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(1916–1985), Canadian botanist usually referred to as Bernard Boivin
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Leo Boivin
Leo Joseph Boivin (August 2, 1931 – October 16, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Win ...
(1931–2021), retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman
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Nicole Boivin (born 1970), Canadian archaeological scientist
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Pierre Boivin
Pierre Boivin, OC (born October 28, 1953) is a French Canadian businessman and was president of the Montreal Canadiens from September 2, 1999, through June 30, 2011, succeeding Ronald Corey.
Business
At the age of 25, Boivin founded Norvinca ...
(born 1953), French Canadian businessman
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Pierre-Horace Boivin, former mayor of
Granby, Quebec
Granby is a town in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 69,025. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. It is the second most populated city in Estrie afte ...
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Roch Boivin (1912–1979), Canadian politician
Persons in United States
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Harry D. Boivin (1904–1999), American lawyer and politician
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Joseph Boivin Attorney Joseph Boivin (September 21, 1866 - July 6, 1930) was a co-founder and first president of the first credit union established in the United States, St. Marie's Cooperative Credit Association. The son of Stanislas and Marie (Doucet) Boivin, J ...
, co-founder, first President of St.Mary's Bank, America's first credit union
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