Damase is a personal name, the French-language counterpart of
Damasus.
Given name
* Damase Boulanger, founder of the city of
Alma, Quebec
Alma (2021 Town population: 30,331; CA Population 33,018; UA Population 26,016) is a town in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Geography
Alma is located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into ...
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Damase Bouvier (1929–1976), Canadian political figure
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Damase Dufresne The Manitoba Social Credit Party ran 43 candidates in the 1953 Manitoba election, two of whom were elected. Some of these candidates are individual biography pages. Information about others may be found here.
The 1953 Manitoba election was deter ...
, Canadian politician
* (1842–1904), founder of
Val-Jalbert, Quebec
Val-Jalbert is a ghost town in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It is located northwest of the town of Chambord.
The village was founded in 1901 and soon saw success in the pulp mill created by Damase Jalbert at the base o ...
* , French printer and publisher
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Damase Parizeau
Damase Parizeau (1841 – October 23, 1915) was a farmer, carpenter, lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montréal division no. 3 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative. His name ...
(1841–1913), Quebec farmer, carpenter, lumber merchant and political figure
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Damase Pierre-Louis
Damase Pierre-Louis (1894–1945) was a Haitian historian, statesman, author, journalist and diplomat.
Pierre-Louis was born in Borgne, northern Haiti. He worked as a teacher of English at the prestigious Collège Notre-Dame du Perpetuel Secour ...
(1894–1945), Haitian historian, statesman, author, journalist and diplomat
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Damase Potvin
Damase Potvin (born October 16, 1882 – 1964) was a writer and journalist born in Bagotville. He is the son of Charles Potvin and Julie Hudon.
Biography
He obtained his baccalauréat ès arts at the Séminaire de Chicoutimi where he cont ...
, Quebec writer and journalist
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Joseph-Damase Bégin
Joseph-Damase Bégin, also known as Jos-D. Bégin, was a Canadian politician and an eight-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
Background
He was born on August 6, 1900 in Lac-Etchemin, Quebec and was a car dealer.
Member of th ...
(1900–1977), Quebec political figure
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Damase Racine
Damase Racine (May 28, 1855 – December 2, 1921) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Russell in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1905 to 1921.
He was born in Crysler, Ontario
North S ...
(1855–1921), Canadian merchant and political figure
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Raymond Damase Ngollo
Raymond Damase Ngollo (25 March 1936, in Ngabe – 9 August 2017) was a Congolese General. He was a member of the Military Committee of the Congolese Labour Party which briefly ruled the Republic of Congo between 18 March 1977 and 3 April 1977. ...
(1936–2017), Congolese army officer
Surname
* (born 1930), French book publisher
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Jean-Michel Damase
Jean-Michel Damase (27 January 1928 – 21 April 2013) was a French pianist, conductor and composer of classical music.
Career
Damase was born in Bordeaux, the son of harpist Micheline Kahn. He was studying with Marcel Samuel-Rousseau at the a ...
(1928–2013), French classical composer
See also
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Pope Damasus I
Pope Damasus I (; c. 305 – 11 December 384) was the bishop of Rome from October 366 to his death. He presided over the Council of Rome of 382 that determined the canon or official list of sacred scripture. He spoke out against major heresies ( ...
(305–384)
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Pope Damasus II
Pope Damasus II (; died 9 August 1048, born Poppo de' Curagnoni) was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 July 1048 to his death on 9 August that same year. He was the second of the German pontiffs nominated by E ...
(died 1048)
Places
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Saint-Damase, Quebec (disambiguation), several places
Food
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Saint-Damase (cheese), a Canadian cheese
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