Breton Americans are
Americans
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of
Breton descent from
Brittany
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. An estimated 100,000 Bretons emigrated from Brittany to the United States between 1880 and 1980.
History
A large wave of Breton immigrants arrived in the
New York City
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area during the 1950s and 1960s.
Many settled in the
East Elmhurst
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neighborhood of
Queens
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.
[ However, more than 10,000 Breton]
left their native land to emigrate to New York. They integrated very easily because their heritage is similar to that of the Irish but are still very attached to their homeland.
There is also a Breton soccer team in Queens.
Notable people
* John James Audubon
*Celine Dion
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*René Galand
René Marie Galand (Reun ar C'halan in Breton) (January 27, 1923 - May 28, 2017) was a writer and Professor of French. He was born in Châteauneuf-du-Faou in Brittany.
Biography
René Galand was born on January 27, 1923, in Châteauneuf-du-Fao ...
*Charles Guillou
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* Youenn Gwernig
*Paol Keineg
Paol Keineg (born February 6, 1944) is a Breton-American writer and poet born in Quimerc'h (Brittany).
He worked in several places in Brittany as a supervisor before becoming a teacher in Morlaix. He was fired without any official reason in 1972, ...
* Jack Kerouac
*Jackie Stallone
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* Sylvester Stallone
*Tina Weymouth
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See also
*Breton soccer teams in New York
Stade Brestois New York is a soccer team gathering and made up of members of the Breton people, Breton community in New York City. Organized by the BZH New York association, it was formerly called the ''Merlus de New York'', until some players me ...
References
External links
Breizh Amerika
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French American