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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (; 7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste. His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including two prominent Fr ...
(1707–1788), French naturalist *
Gianluigi Buffon Gianluigi Buffon (; born 28 January 1978) is an Italian professional footballer who captains and plays as a goalkeeper for the club Parma. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. He is one of the few recorded pl ...
(born 1978), Italian football goalkeeper *
Lorenzo Buffon Lorenzo Buffon (, ; born 19 December 1929) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Throughout his career, he played 277 times for Italian club A.C. Milan, and also later played for their city rivals Inter Milan, as well as ...
(born 1929), former Italian football goalkeeper, cousin of the grandfather of Gianluigi Buffon *
Buffon, Côte-d'Or Buffon () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Population Personalities * Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon established ironworks there (''Forges de Buffon''). See also *Communes of the Côte-d'Or department T ...
, a town in the French département of Côte-d'Or *
Buffon (crater) Buffon is a lunar impact crater that is located on the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies a crater diameter south of the large walled plain Chebyshev Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev ( rus, Пафну́тий Льво́вич ...
, a lunar crater * Cape Buffon, a headland in South Australia


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Bouffant A bouffant () is a type of puffy, rounded hairstyle characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides. Etymology The English word ''bouffant'' comes from the French ''bouffante'', from ...
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Buffoon A jester, court jester, fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during the medieval and Renaissance eras. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and ...
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