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Antoine Vernet Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana ...
(1689-1753), French painter, father of Claude Joseph Vernet *
Claude Joseph Vernet Claude-Joseph Vernet (14 August 17143 December 1789) was a French painter. His son, Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, was also a painter. Life and work Vernet was born in Avignon. When only fourteen years of age he aided his father, Antoine Vernet ...
(1714–1789), French painter *
Antoine Charles Horace Vernet Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, better known as Carle Vernet (14 August 175827 November 1836), was a French painter, the youngest child of Claude Joseph Vernet and the father of Horace Vernet. Biography Vernet was born in Bordeaux. At the age o ...
(1758–1835), also known as Carle Vernet, French painter, the son of Claude Joseph Vernet * Emile Jean Horace Vernet (1789–1863), French painter, the son of Antoine Charles Horace Vernet


Other

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Daniel Vernet Daniel Vernet (21 May 1945 – 15 February 2018) was a French journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of ''Le Monde'', France's centre-left newspaper of record, from 1989 to 1991, and the author of several bools. Early life Daniel Vernet was born ...
(c. 1945–2018), French journalist *
Helen Vernet Helen Monica Mabel Vernet (1875–1956) was the first woman in the history of horse racing in Great Britain to be granted a license to legally carry out business as a bookmaker on a racecourse. Early life Helen Vernet is thought to have been bo ...
(1876–1956), British gambler *
Jacob Vernet Jacob Vernet (29 August 1698, in Geneva – 26 March 1789, in Geneva) was a prominent theologian in Geneva, Republic of Geneva, who believed in a rationalist approach to religion. He was called "the most important and influential Genevan pastor of ...
(1698–1789), Swiss theologian *
José María Vernet José María Vernet (born February 24, 1944) is an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party. He served as Governor of Santa Fe from 1983 to 1987. Life and times Vernet was born in Rosario. He enrolled at the National University of Córdoba ...
(born 1944), Argentine politician *
Louis Vernet (archer) Louis Vernet (5 May 1870 – 19 March 1946) was a French archer. He won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Vernet entered the men's double York round event in 1908, taking 20th place with 385 points. His next competiti ...
(1870–1946), French Olympic athlete *
Luis Vernet Luis Vernet (born Louis Vernet; March 6, 1791 – January 17, 1871) was a merchant from Hamburg of Huguenot descent. Vernet established a settlement on East Falkland in 1828, after first seeking approval from both the British and Argentine autho ...
(1791–1871), Appointed Military and Civil Commander of Puerto Luis (1829–1832) by the Republic of Buenos Aires


See also

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Le Vernet (disambiguation) Le Vernet or Vernet is the name or part of the name of the following communes in France: * Le Vernet, Allier, in the Allier department * Le Vernet, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department * Le Vernet, Ariège, in the Arià ...
{{surname, Vernet Surnames of French origin