Raynal is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aline Marie Raynal
Aline Marie Raynal (4 February 1937 – 16 July 2022) is a French botanist and botanical illustrator noted for studying the taxonomy of parasitic and aquatic tropical plants, as well as plants of the Sahel desert. She was professor of botany at ...
(born 1937), French botanist and botanical illustrator
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David Raynal
David Raynal (July 26, 1840 – January 28, 1903) was a French politician of the French Third Republic. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of France (1879–1897) and Senate of France (1897–1903). He was twice minister of public works ( ...
(1840–1903), French politician
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Étienne Weill-Raynal
Étienne Weill-Raynal (1887–1982) was a French historian, resistant, journalist and Socialist politician. As a scholar following World War I, he specialized in the subject of reparations. When World War II began, he was dismissed from his teachi ...
(1887–1982), French historian, resistant, journalist and Socialist politician
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François Édouard Raynal
François Édouard Raynal (8 July 1830 – 28 April 1898) was a French sailor best known for his involvement in the ''Grafton'' shipwreck at the Auckland Islands. He wrote a popular account of the voyage, ''Les Naufragés, ou Vingt mois sur ...
(1830–1898), French sailor
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Frédérick Raynal
Frédérick Raynal (born 1966) is a French video game designer and programmer, notable for his game developments in Infogrames, Adeline Software International and No Cliché. He is married to Yaël Barroz, a fellow game designer, with whom he has ...
(born 1966), French video game designer and programmer
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Guillaume Thomas François Raynal
Guillaume Thomas Raynal (12 April 1713 – 6 March 1796) was a French writer and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment.
Early life
He was born at Lapanouse in Rouergue. He was educated at the Jesuit school of Pézenas, and received p ...
(1713–1796), French writer
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Jean Raynal (1929–2015), French sports journalist
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Mathieu Raynal, French rugby union referee
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Maurice Raynal
Portrait of Maurice Raynal (1911), by Juan Gris.
Maurice Raynal (3 February 1884, Paris – 18 September 1954, Suresnes) was a French art critic and an ardent propagandist of cubism.
Some publications
*''Essai de Définition de la Peinture C ...
(1884–1954), French art critic
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Michel Raynal Michel Raynal (born 1949) is a French informatics scientist, professor at IRISA, University of Rennes, France. He is known for his contributions in the fields of algorithms, computability, and fault-tolerance in the context of concurrent and distrib ...
(born 1949), French computer scientist
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Sylvain Eugène Raynal
Sylvain Eugène Raynal (3 March 1867 – 13 January 1939) was a French military officer.
Biography
The Fort Vaux was commanded by Raynal who started the war in charge of the 7th Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs.
He was injured in the shoulder ...
(1867–1939), French military officer
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