Jaques is a
given name
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and
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
, a variant of
Jacques
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...
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People with the given name Jaques
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Jaques Bagratuni
Prince Jaques Bagratuni (, ; 25 August 1879 – 23 December 1943) was an Armenian prince and military commander. He was a Major General of the Russian Empire and First Republic of Armenia during World War I, and later became the Ambassador of Arm ...
(1879-1943), Armenian prince
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Jaques Bisan (b. 1993) Beninese footballer
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Jaques Étienne Gay
Jaques Étienne Gay (1786 in Switzerland – 1864) was a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist. His name is associated with plants in standardised botanical nomenclature, e.g. ''Crocus sieberi'' J.Gay. He was the most fam ...
(1786-1864) Swiss-French botanist
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Jaques Lazier
Jaques Lazier (born January 25, 1971) is an American former race car driver. He is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier.
Racing career
The younger Lazier ran in U.S. Formula ...
(1971-) American racing driver
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Jaques Morelenbaum
Jaques Morelenbaum (() born 18 May 1954) is a Brazilian instrumentalist, arranger, conductor, composer and music producer.
Morelenbaum was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of conductor Henrique Morelenbaum and piano teacher Sarah Morelenbaum. Hi ...
(1954-) Brazilian musician
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Jaques-Louis Reverdin (1842-1929) Swiss surgeon
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Jaques Sterne (1695-1759) English cleric and politician
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Jaques Wagner
Jaques Wagner (born 16 March 1951) is a Brazilian politician who was Governor of Bahia from 2007 to 2015 and Minister of Defence in 2015.
Wagner, whose parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1951. In his youth, ...
(1951-) Brazilian politician
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Jaques le Vinier Jaques le Vinier ( fl. 1240–60)L. A. Vigneras (1934), "Note sur Andrieu Contredit," ''Romanic Review'', 25, 380, states that the register of the Puy records his death in 1245. was a trouvère probably from the region around Arras and associate ...
(c 1240-60) French troubadour
Fictional characters
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Jaques Jaques is a given name and surname, a variant of Jacques.
People with the given name Jaques
* Jaques Bagratuni (1879-1943), Armenian prince
* Jaques Bisan (b. 1993) Beninese footballer
* Jaques Étienne Gay (1786-1864) Swiss-French botanist
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in Shakespeare's ''As You Like It''
People with the surname Jaques
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Bob Jaques
Robert Paul Jaques (born November 2, 1956) is a Canadian-American animator and animation director. He is best known for the television series ''The Ren and Stimpy Show'', '' Ren and Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"'', and ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. H ...
(born 1953), Canadian-American animation director
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Elliott Jaques
Elliott Jaques (January 18, 1917 – March 8, 2003) was a Canadian psychoanalyst, social scientist and management consultant known as the originator of concepts such as corporate culture, midlife crisis, fair pay, maturation curves, time s ...
, Canadian psychologist responsible for the notion of
Requisite organization
Requisite organization (RO) is a term and methodology developed by Elliott Jaques and Kathryn Cason as a result of the research in stratified systems theory, general theory of bureaucracy, work complexity and human capability over 60 years.
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Faith Jaques
Faith Jaques (1923–1997) was a British illustrator of the late twentieth century notable for her work as a children's book author, illustrator, artist, stamp designer and advocate for artists' rights over their work.
Early life
Faith Heather ...
(1923–1997), British artist
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Francis Lee Jaques
Francis Lee Jaques (September 28, 1887 - July 24, 1969) was an American wildlife painter.
Jaques hunted and trapped with his father and connected with editors and writers from major hunting magazines. While still a teenager, Jacques paid ten dolla ...
, American wildlife artist
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Hattie Jacques
Hattie Jacques (; born Josephine Edwina Jaques; 7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen. She is best known as a regular of the ''Carry On'' films, where she typically played strict, no-non ...
(1922–1980), English comedy actress (born Josephine Edwina Jaques)
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John Jaques (priest) (1728–1800), British clergyman who became prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral
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John Jaques (Mormon)
John Jaques (7 January 1827 – 1 June 1900) was a Latter Day Saint hymnwriter and missionary and an Assistant Church Historian for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Jaques was born to Thomas Jaques and Mary Ann Heighington at Marke ...
, American Latter Day Saint hymnwriter, missionary, and historian
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Jon Jaques
Jonathan David Jaques (born January 2, 1988) is an American-Israeli assistant men's basketball coach for Cornell University. He played college basketball for Cornell University, and played professionally for Ironi Ashkelon in Israel.
Early and per ...
, American-Israeli assistant men's basketball coach for
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...
, who played for
Ironi Ashkelon
Elitzur Ashkelon ( he, אליצור אשקלון) was a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon in south-west Israel. The team reached the quarterfinals of the EuroCup Challenge in 2006Peter Jaques
Peter Heath Jaques (20 November 1919 − 4 July 2013) was an English cricketer. Jaques was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Aylestone, Leicestershire.
Jaques served in the British Army
The British Army is the principal land warf ...
(1919–2013), English cricketer
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Phil Jaques
Phil may refer to:
* Phil (given name), a shortened version of masculine and feminine names
* Phill, a given name also spelled "Phil"
* Phil, Kentucky, United States
* ''Phil'' (film), a 2019 film
* -phil-, a lexical fragment, used as a root term ...
, Australian cricketer
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Robin Jacques
Robin Jacques (27 March 1920 – 18 March 1995) was a British illustrator whose work was published in more than 100 novels and children's books. He is notable for his long collaboration with Ruth Manning-Sanders, illustrating many of her coll ...
(1920–1995), English illustrator (born Robin Jaques)
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Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (6 July 1865 – 1 July 1950) was a Swiss composer, musician, and music educator who developed Dalcroze eurhythmics, an approach to learning and experiencing music through movement. Dalcroze eurhythmics influenced Carl Or ...
, founder of
Dalcroze Eurhythmics
Dalcroze eurhythmics, also known as the Dalcroze method or simply eurhythmics, is one of several developmental approaches including the Kodály method, Orff Schulwerk and Suzuki Method used to teach music to students. Eurhythmics was developed ...
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Victor Jaques
Brigadier Victor Henry Jaques (sometimes Jacques) CBE DSO MC & Bar (31 December 1896 – November 1955) was a British Army officer. He served during the First World War before becoming a lawyer in Bangkok, Siam with Tilleke & Gibbins. During th ...
(1896-1955), British army officer and lawyer
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Jaques, Illinois
Jaques is an unincorporated community in Brown County, Illinois, United States. Jaques is south of Mount Sterling and is near Illinois Route 107
Illinois Route 107 is a north–south state highway in western Illinois. It runs from the nor ...
, an unincorporated community in the U.S.A
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Jaques Nunatak Jaques Nunatak () is a small nunatak lying south-southwest of Mount Kennedy (Antarctica), Mount Kennedy in the Gustav Bull Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions air photo ...
, a glacial mountain in Antarctica
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Jaques of London
Jaques of London, formerly known as ''John Jaques of London'' and ''Jaques and Son of London'' is a long-established family company that manufactures sports and game equipment.
History
Dating itself from 1795 when Thomas Jaques, a farmer's son ...
, a British game manufacturing company
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Jacques
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...
, given name and surname
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Jaquez, surname
Surnames from given names
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