Giroux is a

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surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexandre Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player *

André Giroux (painter) André Giroux (April 30, 1801 – November 18, 1879) was a renowned French photographer and painter. His paintings were mostly landscape art and Genre works, genre painting, one of which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In particular, he ...

, French photographer and painter *

André Giroux (writer) André Giroux (December 10, 1916 – July 28, 1977) was a Canadian writer of fiction. Giroux authored ''Malgré tout, la joie'', a series of short stories for which he received the Governor General's Award for French Canadian literature in 1 ...

, Canadian writer *

Art Giroux Arthur Joseph Giroux (June 6, 1908 – June 5, 1982) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played three seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins between 1932 and 1936. ...

, Canadian ice hockey player *

Auguste Giroux Auguste Paul Almire Giroux (29 July 1874 in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, Loiret – 9 August 1953 in Portel-des-Corbières, Aude) was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French rugby union ...

, French rugby union player * Claude Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player * Claude Giroux (wrestler), Canadian midget wrestler *

E. X. Giroux E. X. Giroux, the pseudonym of Doris Shannon (August 7, 1924 – August 13, 2012), who also wrote under her own name, was a U.S.-born Canadian writer of mystery novels set in the United Kingdom. Her published work appeared in two series of 10 nov ...

, the pseudonym of Canadian writer Doris Shannon *

Emmanuel Giroux Emmanuel Giroux (born 1961) is a blind French geometer known for his research on contact geometry and open book decompositions... Education and career Giroux has Marfan syndrome, because of which he became blind at the age of 11. He earned a doct ...

(born 1961), French mathematician *

Henry Giroux Henry Armand Giroux (born 1943) is an American-Canadian scholar and cultural critic. One of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the United States, he is best known for his pioneering work in public pedagogy, cultural studies, youth st ...

(born 1943), American-Canadian scholar *

Julie Giroux Julie Ann Giroux (born December 12, 1961 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts) is an American pianist and composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and numerous concert band works. Biography Giroux graduated from Ouachita Parish High School, in Monroe, ...

(born 1961), American female composer *

Larry Giroux Lawrence Douglas Giroux (born August 28, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Giroux started his National Hockey League career with the St. Louis Blues in 1974. He also played for the Kans ...

, Canadian ice hockey player *

Lionel Giroux Lionel Giroux (January 14, 1934 – December 4, 1995) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Little Beaver. He is best known for his appearance in a six-man tag team match at WrestleMania III in 1987. Professional w ...

, Canadian midget wrestler *

Maxime Giroux Maxime Giroux (born 16 April 1976) is a film director from Quebec, Canada. Giroux was born in Montreal, Quebec. He has directed several short films, videoclips and commercial videos. In 2006, his film '' The Days (Les Jours)'' won the prize for be ...

, Canadian film director *

Pierre Giroux Pierre Yves Giroux (born November 17, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He was drafted by the Chicago Black Hawks in the fourth round, 61st overall, of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft. He played six games in the National ...

, Canadian ice hockey player *

Ray Giroux Raymond "Ray" Giroux (born July 20, 1976) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils. Giroux played collegiately at Yale Un ...

, Canadian ice hockey player *

Robert Giroux Robert Giroux (April 8, 1914 – September 5, 2008) was an American book editor and publisher. Starting his editing career with Harcourt, Brace & Co., he was hired away to work for Roger W. Straus, Jr. at Farrar & Straus in 1955, where he becam ...

(1914–2008), American editor and publisher * Roger Giroux (1925–1974), French poet *

Valéry Giroux Valéry Giroux (born 24 March 1974) is a Canadian philosopher, lawyer and animal rights activist from Quebec. Education and career After obtaining her law degree from the Université de Montréal in 1997, Giroux became a member of the Bar of ...

(born 1974), Canadian philosopher, lawyer and animal rights activist

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Giroux, Indre Giroux () is a commune in the Indre department in central France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories ...

, a commune in France *

Giroux, Manitoba Giroux is an unincorporated community located in the Rural Municipality of Ste. Anne, Manitoba, Canada. It is located 14 kilometers north-east of Steinbach, and 13 kilometers south-east of Ste. Anne. Originally established as railway stop in th ...

, a village in Canada

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