Alphonse
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Alphonse is a French masculine given name. It may refer to :
and also :
- Alphonse AllaisAlphonse AllaisAlphonse Allais was a French writer and humorist born in Honfleur, Calvados.He is the author of many collections of whimsical writings. A poet as much as a humorist, he in particular cultivated the verse form known as holorhyme, i.e. made up entirely of homophonous verses, where entire lines rhyme...
(1854–1905), a French writer and humorist - Alphonse Alley (1930–1987), a Beninese army officer and political figure
- Alphonse AntoineAlphonse AntoineAlphonse Antoine was a French professional road bicycle racer.- Palmarès :193519361937- External links :*...
(1915–1999), a French professional road bicycle racer - Alphonse AttardiAlphonse AttardiAlphonse "The Peacemaker" Attardi was a New York mobster involved in narcotics who later became a government informant. His front was ownership of an olive oil importing business....
(1892–1970), a New York mobster - Alphonse BalatAlphonse BalatAlphonse Hubert François Balat was a Belgian architect.He studied at the Academie of Namur and obtained his degree in architecture from the Academy of Antwerp in 1838....
(1819–1895), a Belgian architect - Alphonse BaranciraAlphonse BaranciraAlphonse Barancira is a former minister for Human Rights, Constitutional Reform and Relationswith the National Assembly of Burundi. He belongs to the ANADDE. He was appointed to the post in 2001. He is a Tutsi.-References:...
, a former minister for Human Rights, Constitutional Reform and Relations with the National Assembly of Burundi - Alphonse BeniAlphonse BeniAlphonse Beni is a Cameroonian actor and movie director, sometimes credited as Alfons Beny or Chris Kelly. He made several author movies in Cameroon, acted in French erotic comedies and even played a ninja in Godfrey Ho's "ninja" flicks Black Ninja.-External links:* - Alphonse Beni's biographical...
, a Cameroonian actor and movie director - Alphonse Bernier (1861–1944), a Canadian lawyer, judge and provincial politician
- Alphonse BernsAlphonse BernsAlphonse Berns is a Luxembourgian diplomat and current Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative to NATO. He has previously been Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva .-Honours:He is a recipient of numerous decorations, including:*...
(born 1952), a Luxembourgian diplomat and current Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative to NATO - Alphonse BertillonAlphonse BertillonAlphonse Bertillon was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who created anthropometry, an identification system based on physical measurements. Anthropometry was the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals. Before that time, criminals could only be identified...
(1853–1914), a French police officer and biometrics researcher who created anthropometry - Alphonse BertrandAlphonse BertrandAlphonse Bertrand was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Madawaska County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1895 to 1899 as a Conservative member....
(1846–1926), a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick - Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (1915–2007), an American accordionist
- Alphonse Borrelly (1842–1926), a French astronomer
- Alphonse BoudardAlphonse BoudardAlphonse Boudard is a French novelist and playwright. He won the 1977 Prix Renaudot for Les Combattants du petit bonheur....
(1925–2000), a French novelist and playwright - Alphonse BriartAlphonse BriartAlphonse Briart was supervisor of the coal mines at Bascoup and Mariemont near Morlanwelz in the Hainaut province of Belgium, and a geologist who studied that region. During the period 1863-1896 he and Francois Cornet published a number of books and papers describing fossils and geological...
(1825–1898), a Belgian coal mines supervisor and geologist - Alphonse BurnandAlphonse BurnandAlphonse A. Burnand, Jr. was an American sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Colorado and died in Orange, California....
(1896–1981), an American sailor - Alphonse Capone (1899–1947), an Italian-American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate
- Alphonse CastexAlphonse CastexAlphonse Castex was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he won the silver medal as member of the French team.-External links:*...
(1899–1969), a French rugby union player - Alphonse ChapanisAlphonse ChapanisAlphonse Chapanis was a pioneer in the field of industrial design, and is widely considered one of the fathers of ergonomics or human factors - the science of ensuring that design takes account of human characteristics...
(1917–2002), an American pioneer in the field of industrial design - Alphonse ColasAlphonse ColasAlphonse-Victor Colas was a French painter....
(1818–1887), a French painter - Alphonse Constant (1810–1875), a French occult author and purported magician
- Alphonse D'ArcoAlphonse D'ArcoAlphonse "Little Al" D'Arco , also known as "The Professor", is a New York mobster who became the acting boss of Lucchese crime family. He was the first boss, acting or otherwise, of a New York crime family to become a government witness....
(born 1932), a New York mobster - Alphonse DaudetAlphonse DaudetAlphonse Daudet was a French novelist. He was the father of Léon Daudet and Lucien Daudet.- Early life :Alphonse Daudet was born in Nîmes, France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the bourgeoisie. The father, Vincent Daudet, was a silk manufacturer — a man dogged through life by misfortune...
(1840–1897), a French novelist - Alphonse de CailleuxAlphonse de CailleuxAlphonse de Cailleux, in full Alexandre-Alphonse-Achille, vicomte de Cailloux was a painter, connoisseur and arts administrator who became director of the Musée du Louvre and all the royal museums of France. Under the Bourbon Restoration he was attached to the reconstituted royal household...
(1788–1876), a French painter, connoisseur, arts administrator and director of the Musée du Louvre - Alphonse de ChâteaubriantAlphonse de ChâteaubriantAlphonse Van Bredenbeck de Châteaubriant was a French writer who won the Prix Goncourt in 1911 for his novel Monsieur de Lourdines and Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française for La Brière in 1923....
(1877–1951), a French writer - Alphonse DecorteAlphonse DecorteAlphonse Emile Pierre Decorte was a Belgian player. His position on the field was forward....
(1909–1977), a Belgian football player - Alphonse de LamartineAlphonse de LamartineAlphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine was a French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic.-Career:...
(1790–1869), a French writer, poet and politician - Alphonse de PolignacAlphonse de PolignacAlphonse de Polignac was a French mathematician. In 1849 he made Polignac's conjecture:The case k = 1 is the twin prime conjecture.-References:...
(1817–1890), a French mathematician - Alphonse Desjardins (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alphonse de TontyAlphonse de TontyPierre Alphonse de Tonty, or Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de Paludy was an officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac and helped establish the first European settlement at Detroit, Michigan, Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit on the Detroit River in 1701...
(ca. 1659–1727), an Italian officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac - Alphonse DochezAlphonse DochezAlphonse Raymond Dochez was an American physician and disease researcher. He developed an antitoxin for scarlet fever , and definitively established that viruses cause the common cold. He was also the life-long roommate of Oswald Avery, the physician credited, after his death, with discovering...
(1882–1964), an American physician and disease researcher - Alphonse DotsonAlphonse DotsonAlphonse Alan Dotson is a former American football defensive tackle who played college football at Grambling State, where he was All-American in 1964....
(born 1943), a former American football player - Alphonse DucatillonAlphonse DucatillonAlphonse Ducatillon was a Belgian tug of war competitor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he won the bronze medal as member of the Belgian tug of war team.-External links:*...
, a Belgian tug of war competitor - Alphonse DuvernoyAlphonse DuvernoyVictor-Alphonse Duvernoy was a French pianist and composer.-Life and career:Duvernoy, son of noted bass-baritone Charles-François Duvernoy , was a student of Antoine François Marmontel, François Bazin and Mathurin Barbereau at the Conservatoire de Paris where he studied piano from 1886...
(1842-Paris), a French pianist and composer - Alphonse FournierAlphonse FournierAlphonse Fournier, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Methuen, Massachusetts, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Quebec riding of Hull in the 1930 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1935, 1940, 1945, and 1949.From 1942 to 1953, he was the...
(1893–1961), a Canadian politician - Alphonse GallegosAlphonse GallegosAlphonse Gallegos , OAR, was a Roman Catholic bishop who was declared a Servant of God in July 2008.-Early life:...
(1931–1991), an American Roman Catholic bishop - Alphonse GangitanoAlphonse GangitanoAlphonse John Gangitano was an Italian Australian criminal from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne. Nicknamed the "Black Prince of Lygon Street", Gangitano was the face of an organisation known as the Carlton Crew, and a close associate of convicted criminals Graham Kinniburgh, Mick Gatto and...
(1957–1998), an Italian Australian organised crime identity from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne - Alphonse GemuseusAlphonse GemuseusAlphonse Gemuseus was a Swiss horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1924 the and his horse Lucette won the gold medal in the individual jumping competition...
(1898-?), a Swiss horse rider - Alphonse GirandyAlphonse GirandyAlphonse Girandy was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.-Biography:...
(1868–1941), a United States Navy sailor - Alphonse GirouxAlphonse GirouxAlphonse Giroux was a French painter born around 1775 and who died in 1848....
(1775–1848), a French painter - Alphonse GoetzAlphonse GoetzAlphonse Goetz was a French chess master.Born in Strasbourg, France, he was a refugee after the Franco-Prussian War and the annexation of Alsace–Lorraine to the German Empire....
(1865–1934), a French chess master - Alphonse GriselAlphonse GriselAlphonse Grisel was a French athlete and gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.Grisel placed fourth in his preliminary heat of the 100 metres and did not advance to the final.He also competed in the 400 metres...
, a French athlete and gymnast - Alphonse GuérinAlphonse GuérinAlphonse François Marie Guérin was a French surgeon who was a native of Ploërmel. He studied medicine in Paris, and in 1850 became a surgeon of Parisian hospitals. Subsequently, he practiced surgery at the Lourcine, Cochin, Hôpital Saint-Louis and Hôtel-Dieu...
(1816–1895), a French surgeon - Alphonse HalimiAlphonse HalimiAlphonse Halimi was a French boxer. He was nicknamed "la Petite Terreur."Time wrote of him: "Alphonse went to work with a street fighter's will. A grown-up guttersnipe from the back alleys of Algeria...
("La Petite Terreur"; 1932–2006), a French world champion bantamweight boxer - Alphonse HasselmansAlphonse HasselmansAlphonse Hasselmans was a Belgian-born French harpist, composer, and pedagogue.-Biography:Hasselmans was born in Liège, Belgium. He composed several dozen original solos for harp, of which his most famous is a concert étude entitled La Source , op. 44...
(1845–1912), a Belgian-born French harpist, composer and pedagogue - Alphonse Henri, comte d'HautpoulAlphonse Henri, comte d'HautpoulAlphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul was Prime Minister of France from 31 October 1849 to 10 April 1851 during the French Second Republic.-Biography:...
(1789–1865), a Prime Minister of France from 31 October 1849 to 10 April 1851 during the French Second Republic - Alphonse HörningAlphonse HörningAlphonse Hörning was a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won two gold medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships, earning them in 1939 and 1947.-References:*...
, a Swiss bobsledder - Alphonse HustacheAlphonse HustacheAlphonse Hustache was a French entomologist.He was one of the best specialist on Curculionidae.-Works:He begins to write many articles in many journals as l'Échange, Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, Miscellanea Entomologica, and many others including north African and South American...
(1872–1949), a French entomologist - Alphonse Indelicato (1931–1981), a powerful caporegime in New York City's Bonanno crime family
- Alphonse J. JacksonAlphonse J. JacksonAlphonse Jackson, Jr. is a retired educator and a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, where he represented District 2...
(born 1927), a retired educator and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives - Alphonse JettéAlphonse JetteAlphonse Jetté was a professional ice hockey player, playing the defence position for the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club from 1911 to 1915. Born in Quebec City.-Playing career:...
(1887-?), a Canadian professional ice hockey player - Alphonse JuinAlphonse Juin- Early years :Juin was born at Bône in French Algeria, and enlisted in the French Army, graduating from the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1912.- Career :...
(1888–1967), a Marshal of France - Alphonse KannAlphonse KannAlphonse Kann was a prominent French art collector of Jewish heritage. He was a childhood playmate and adult friend of the writer Marcel Proust, who incorporated several of Kann's features into the character Charles Swann .The name Kann, written with double "nn", was said in Paris to be "le plus...
(1870–1948), a prominent French art collector of Jewish heritage - Alphonse KirchhofferAlphonse KirchhofferAlphonse Kirchhoffer was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century....
(1873–1913), a French fencer - Alphonse KotigaAlphonse KotigaColonel Alphonse Kotiga, also known as Kotiga Guérina, was a Chadian military officer and politician. He was one of the leaders of the coup d'etat which overthrew and killed Chadian President François Tombalbaye on April 15, 1975, and then became a minister in the government of the new president,...
(contemporary), a Chadian military officer and politician - Alphonse LacroixAlphonse LacroixAlphonse Albert "Al, Frenchy" Lacroix was an American ice hockey goaltender who is best known as a member of the silver medal-winning American ice hockey team at the 1924 Winter Olympics, and as the emergency goaltender who replaced Georges Vezina when he collapsed in a game in...
(1897–1973), an American ice hockey goaltender - Alphonse LamiAlphonse LamiAlphonse Lami was a French sculptor of Italian descent.-Life:He was the son of François Lami and Louise Hélène Heim Alphonse Lami (22 June 1822, Paris-17 July 1867, Alexandria) was a French sculptor of Italian descent.-Life:He was the son of François Lami (illegitimate son of prince Francesco...
(1822–1867), a French sculptor - Alphonse LavalléeAlphonse LavalléeAlphonse Lavallée is the founder of the École Centrale Paris, a French Grande École.He was born in 1791 in Savigné-l'Évêque . He became a businessman in the region of Nantes...
(1791–1873), the founder of the École Centrale Paris - Alphonse LaverrièreAlphonse LaverrièreAlphonse Laverrière was a Swiss architect.In 1912 he won a gold medal together with Eugène-Edouard Monod in the art competitions of the Olympic Games. They created a "Building plan of a modern stadium"....
(1872–1954), a Swiss architect - Alphonse LegrosAlphonse LegrosAlphonse Legros , painter, etcher and sculptor was born in Dijon. His father was an accountant, and came from the neighbouring village of Véronnes....
(1837–1911), a French painter, etcher and sculptor - Alphonse LemerreAlphonse LemerreAlphonse Lemerre was a 19th-century French editor and publisher, known especially for having been the first to publish many of the Parnassian poets.-Life:...
(1838–1912), a French editor and publisher - Alphonse LeweckAlphonse LeweckAlphonse "Fons" Leweck is a Luxembourgian footballer, currently playing for Etzella Ettelbruck and the Luxembourg national team. He is the elder brother of Charles Leweck and Jim Leweck.-Club career:...
(born 1981), a Luxembourgian football player - Alphonse LoubatAlphonse LoubatAlphonse Loubat was a French inventor who developed improvements in tram and rail equipment, and helped develop tram lines in New York City and Paris....
(1799–1866), a French inventor who developed improvements in tram and rail equipment - Alphonse MagnienAlphonse MagnienAlphonse Magnien was the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902. He exerted a considerable influence on Roman Catholic seminary education in the United States....
(1837–1902), the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902 - Alphonse MalangoneAlphonse MalangoneAlphonse "Allie Shades" Malangone is a New York City mobster and caporegime in the Genovese crime family. Malangone controlled a good portion of the Genovese interests in the Fulton Fish Market, while dabbling in pump and dump stock scams on Wall Street and controlling Brooklyn's garbage hauling...
(born 1936), a New York City mobster and caporegime in the Genovese crime family - Alphonse MartinAlphonse MartinAlphonse Martin was a Canadian organist, pianist, and music educator. Born in Trois-Rivières, he studied the piano and organ in Montreal with Lévis Dussault. For many years he taught both of those instruments at the Conservatoire royal de musique in Montreal. His notable pupils included Hector...
(1884–1947), a Canadian organist, pianist and music educator - Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921–1977), a political figure of the Republic of the Congo who led the country from 1963 until 1968
- Alphonse Milne-EdwardsAlphonse Milne-EdwardsAlphonse Milne-Edwards was a French mammalologist, ornithologist and carcinologist. He was English in origin, the son of Henri Milne-Edwards and grandson of Bryan Edwards, a Jamaican planter who settled at Bruges .Milne-Edwards obtained a medical degree in 1859 and became assistant to his father...
(1835–1900), a French mammalologist, ornithologist and carcinologist - Alphonse MinganaAlphonse MinganaAlphonse Mingana; was an Assyrian theologian, historian, Syriacist, orientalist and a former priest who is best known for collecting and preserving the Mingana Collection of ancient Middle Eastern manuscripts at Birmingham...
(1878–1937), an Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist and former priest - Alphonse MouzonAlphonse MouzonAlphonse Mouzon is a well-known jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist, and the Chairman/CEO of Tenacious Records. He also composes, arranges and produces, as well as acts...
(born 1948), an American jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist - Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist
- Alphonse MunchenAlphonse MunchenJean-Pierre Alphonse Munchen was a Luxembourgian engineer and politician. He served as the Mayor of Luxembourg City between 24 July 1904 and 14 February 1915....
(1850–1917)), a Luxembourgian engineer and politician - Alphonse OsbertAlphonse OsbertAlphonse Osbert was a French Symbolist painter.Educated at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, his earliest passion was for the great Spanish masters, particularly Jusepe de Ribera. A shift away from his academic style took place in the late 1880s under the influence of several acquaintances associated with...
(1857–1939), a French Symbolist painter - Alphonse OuimetAlphonse OuimetJ. Alphonse Ouimet, was a Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1958 to 1967....
(1908–1988), a Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1958 to 1967 - Alphonse PénaudAlphonse PénaudAlphonse Pénaud , was a 19th-century French pioneer of aviation, inventor of the rubber powered model airplane Planophore and founder of the aviation industry.-Biography:...
(1850–1880), a French pioneer of aviation - Alphonse PersicoAlphonse PersicoAlphonse T. Persico, known as Little Allie Boy or just Allie Boy, is a former acting boss of the Colombo crime family from the 1980s and 1990s. He is not to be confused with his uncle of the same name, who was also a Colombo family mobster known as "Allie Boy", who died in 1989.-Background:Born in...
, a former acting boss of the Colombo crime family from the 1980s and 1990s - Alphonse PicouAlphonse PicouAlphonse Floristan Picou was an important very early jazz clarinetist who also wrote and arranged music....
(1878–1961), an American early jazz clarinetist - Alphonse PinartAlphonse PinartAlphonse Pinart was a French explorer, philologist, and ethnographer. He was an early champion of the theory that the Americas were first populated by migration across the Bering Strait. To support his research, he made extensive travel in the Pacific, from Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to...
(1852–1911), a French explorer, philologist and ethnographer - Alphonse Poaty-SouchlatyAlphonse Poaty-SouchlatyAlphonse Poaty-Souchlaty is a politician of the Republic of the Congo. Poaty-Souchlaty was the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of the Congo from 7 August 1989 to 3 December 1990 under President Denis Sassou Nguesso....
(born 1941), a politician of the Republic of the Congo - Alphonse PoitevinAlphonse PoitevinAlphonse Poitevin was a French chemist, photographer and civil engineer who discovered the light–sensitive properties of bichromated gelatin and invented both the photolithography and collotype processes....
(1819–1882), a French chemist, photographer and civil engineer - Alphonse RabbeAlphonse RabbeAlphonse Rabbe was a French writer, historian, critic, and journalist.-Life:Disfigured by syphilis and addicted to opium in an effort to make his life bearable, Rabbe is today remembered for his Album d’un pessimiste in which he writes of the pointlessness of existence. It was published...
(1784–1829), a French writer, historian, critic and journalist - Alphonse RaymondAlphonse RaymondAlphonse Raymond was a Quebec businessman, financier and public official.He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec and educated at Quebec's Normal School...
(1884–1958), a Quebec businessman, financier and public official - Alphonse RenierAlphonse RenierAlphonse Renier was a Belgian football player who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games.In Paris he won a bronze medal as a member of Université de Bruxelles club team.-External links:*...
, a Belgian football player - Alphonse RoyAlphonse RoyAlphonse Roy was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Saint-Simon, Quebec, Canada, Roy moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1901...
(1897–1967), an American Representative from New Hampshire - Alphonse RoyerAlphonse RoyerAlphonse Royer, was a French author, dramatist and theatre manager, most remembered today for having written the librettos for Gaetano Donizetti's opera La favorite and Giuseppe Verdi's Jérusalem...
(1803–1875), a French author, dramatist and theatre manager - Alphonse RückstuhlAlphonse RückstuhlAlphonse Rückstuhl was a Swiss fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.-References:...
(1901-?), a Swiss Olympic fencer - Alphonse SagebienAlphonse SagebienAlphonse Eléonor Sagebien was a French hydrological engineer born in Amiens and the inventor of the Sagebien wheel - a device that made hydraulically powered systems much more efficient in extracting energy from moving water....
(1807–1892), a French hydrological engineer - Alphonse SchepersAlphonse SchepersAlphonse Schepers was a Belgian racing cyclist.A native of the Flemish Brabant deelgemeente of Neerlinter, Alphonse Schepers died in Tienen at the age of 77.- Palmarès :...
(1907–1984), a Belgian racing cyclist - Alphonse SixAlphonse SixAlphonse Six was a Belgian football player. Six is mainly remembered for his goal-scoring capacities. In his period with Cercle Brugge he scored 93 times in only 89 matches. His 1910-1911 season was especially remarkable, when scoring 38 goals in 20 matches, half of the goals Cercle Brugge scored...
(1890–1914), a Belgian football player - Alphonse TchamiAlphonse TchamiAlphonse Marie Tchami Djomaha is a retired Cameroonian football player.-Career:Tchami began his career in his homeland with Unisport Bafang before moving to Danish side Vejle BK. After a short spell which involved relegation, Tchami moved to Odense BK where his form won him a move to Argentine...
(born 1971), a retired Cameroonian football player - Alphonse ToussenelAlphonse ToussenelAlphonse Toussenel was a French writer and journalist born in Montreuil-Bellay, a small meadows commune of Angers; he died in Paris on April 30, 1885....
(1803–1885), a French writer and journalist - Alphonse TrentAlphonse TrentAlphonse "Alphonso" Trent was an American jazz pianist and territory band leader.Trent played piano since childhood and worked in local bands in Arkansas through his youth. He led his first band in the mid-1920s, possibly as early as 1923...
(1905–1959), an American jazz pianist and territory band leader - Alphonse Van MeleAlphonse Van MeleAlphonse Van Mele was a Belgian gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Belgian team, which won the silver medal in the gymnastics men's team, European system event in 1920....
(1891–1972), a Belgian gymnast - Alphonse VarneyAlphonse VarneyAlphonse Varney was a French conductor, mainly of opera. His son was the composer Louis Varney who studied music with his father.-Education:He studied at the Paris Conservatoire including counterpoint with Reicha....
(1811–1879), a French conductor - Alphonse VervilleAlphonse VervilleAlphonse Verville was a Canadian politician and trade unionist.Born and raised in the Côte-Saint-Paul neighbourhood of Montreal, Verville was a plumber by trade. At the age of 18 he moved to Chicago and joined the International Plumbers' Union. He returned to Montreal in 1893 and worked to...
(1864–1921), a Canadian politician and trade unionist - Alphonse YombiAlphonse YombiAyakan Alphonse Yombi is a former Cameroonian footballer.He was a member of the Cameroon squad at the 1990 World Cup in Italy....
(born 1969), a former Cameroonian football player
and also :
- Alphonse Alfred Clément LarivièreAlphonse Alfred Clément LarivièreAlphonse Alfred Clément Larivière was a Canadian politician and journalist.Born in Montreal, Canada East, the son of Abraham C. Larivière and Adelaide Marcil, he was educated at the Collège Saint-Marie and the Montreal School of Military Instruction there. In 1867, he married Marie Melvina Bourdeau...
(1842–1925), a Canadian politician and journalist - Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne (1848–1902), a lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec
- Alphonse Francois RenardAlphonse Francois RenardAlphonse Francois Renard , Belgian geologist and petrographer, was born at Ronse, in East Flanders, on 27 September 1842...
(1842–1903), a Belgian geologist and petrographer - Alphonse JamesAlphonse James* Alphonse James de Rothschild , a French financier, vineyard owner, art collector, philanthropist and racehorse owner and breeder* Alphonse James Schladweiler , an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church...
, a disambiguation page - Alphonse John SmithAlphonse John SmithAlphonse John Smith, was a 20th century bishop in the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as Bishop of the Diocese of Nashville from 1923-35.-Biography:...
(1883–1935), an American bishop in the Catholic Church - Alphonse Joseph, a disambiguation page
- Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de RichelieuAlphonse-Louis du Plessis de RichelieuAlphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu was a French Carthusian, bishop and Cardinal. He was brother to Armand Cardinal Richelieu, the celebrated minister of Louis XIII....
(1582–1653), a French Carthusian, bishop and Cardina - Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de NeuvilleAlphonse-Marie-Adolphe de NeuvilleAlphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville was a French Academic painter who studied under Eugène Delacroix. His dramatic and intensely patriotic subjects illustrated episodes from the Franco-Prussian War, the Crimean War, the Zulu War and portraits of soldiers. Some of his works have been collected by...
(1835–1885), a French Academic painter - Alphonse-Marie KadegeAlphonse-Marie KadegeAlphonse-Marie Kadege was Vice-President of Burundi from 30 April 2003 to 11 November 2004. He is an ethnic Tutsi and a member of the Union for National Progress Party. On January 15, 2007, he was acquitted on charges of plotting a coup, along with former president Domitien Ndayizeye and three...
, a vice-President of Burundi from 30 April 2003 to 11 November 2004 - Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893), a French-Swiss botanist
- Adolph Francis Alphonse BandelierAdolph Francis Alphonse BandelierAdolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier was an American archaeologist after whom Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico, United States, is named....
(1840–1914), an American archaeologist - Auguste Joseph Alphonse GratryAuguste Joseph Alphonse GratryAuguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry was a French author and theologian.Gratry was born at Lille and educated at the École Polytechnique of Paris. After a period of mental struggle which he has described in Souvenirs de ma jeunesse, he was ordained priest in 1832...
(1805–1872), a French author and theologian - Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine (1855–1943), a journalist, printer and political figure in Quebec
- Camille Alphonse, a disambiguation page
- Charles Alphonse Pantaléon PelletierCharles Alphonse Pantaléon PelletierSir Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier, KCMG, PC was a Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge, and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec....
(1837–1911), a Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec - Charles Louis Alphonse LaveranCharles Louis Alphonse LaveranCharles Louis Alphonse Laveran was a French physician.In 1880, while working in the military hospital in Constantine, Algeria, he discovered that the cause of malaria is a protozoan, after observing the parasites in a blood smear taken from a patient who had just died of malaria.He also helped...
(1845–1922), a French physician - Christophe-Alphonse GeoffrionChristophe-Alphonse GeoffrionChristophe-Alphonse Geoffrion, PC was a Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician.Born in Varennes, Canada East, the son of Félix Geoffrion and Catherine Brodeur, he was the brother of Félix Geoffrion, a notary and politician. He graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from McGill College...
(1843–1899), a Canadian lawyer, professor and politician - Claude Alphonse NsilouClaude Alphonse NsilouClaude Alphonse Nsilou is a Congolese politician. He is the President of the Citizen Rally and has served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Construction, City Planning, and Housing since 2002.-Political career:...
(born 1954), a Congolese politician - Cuthbert-Alphonse ChênevertCuthbert-Alphonse ChênevertCuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Berthier in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 and from 1897 to 1903 as a Liberal....
(1859–1920), a lawyer and political figure in Quebec - Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), a French aristocrat, revolutionary, politician and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle
- Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (1868–1949), a French financier
- Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin (1796–1864), a French admiral
- François-Alphonse ForelFrançois-Alphonse ForelFrançois-Alphonse Forel was a Swiss scientist who pioneered the study of lakes, and is thus considered the founder of limnology....
(1841–1912), a Swiss scientist, founder of limnology - Guillaume-Alphonse NantelGuillaume-Alphonse NantelGuillaume-Alphonse Nantel was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner, and politician. Born in Saint-Jerome, Quebec, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative candidate in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne in the 1882 federal election...
(1852–1909), a Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner and politician - Henri-François-Alphonse EsquirosHenri-François-Alphonse EsquirosHenri-François-Alphonse Esquiros , French writer, was born in Paris. He usually wrote as Alphonse Esquiros.After some minor publications he produced L'Evangile du peuple , an exposition on the life and character of Jesus as a social reformer...
(1812–1876), a French writer - Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse, a disambiguation page
- Joseph-Alphonse-Anaclet HabelJoseph-Alphonse-Anaclet HabelJoseph-Alphonse-Anaclet Habel , usually known as Joseph-Anaclet Habel, was a Canadian politician....
(1895–1979), a Canadian politician - Joseph-Alphonse EsménardJoseph-Alphonse EsménardJoseph-Alphonse Esménard was a French poet and the brother of the journalist Jean-Baptiste Esménard.-Life:...
(1770–1811), a French poet - Louis-Alphonse, a disambiguation page
- Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne (1814–1884), a French Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary
- Pierre Alphonse LaurentPierre Alphonse LaurentPierre Alphonse Laurent was a French mathematician best known as the discoverer of the Laurent series, an expansion of a function into an infinite power series, generalizing the Taylor series expansion. He was born in Paris, France...
(1813–1854), a French mathematician - Pierre-Marie-Alphonse FavierPierre-Marie-Alphonse FavierPierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier-Duperron C.M. was the controversial Roman Catholic Lazarite Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li , China Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier-Duperron C.M.(Chinese: 樊國樑 Pinyin:Fan Guoliang Wade-Giles: Fan Kouo-Léang) (born 22 September 1837 at Marsannay-la-Côte, France; died 4...
(1837–1905), a controversial Roman Catholic Lazarite Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li, China - Victor-Alphonse HuardVictor-Alphonse HuardVictor-Alphonse Huard was a French-Canadian churchman, naturalist, writer and editor. He was a popular educator and promoter of the natural sciences, although his anti-evolutionist stance garnered him criticism both in Quebec and elsewhere...
(1853–1929), a French-Canadian churchman, naturalist, writer and editor - William Ferdinand Alphonse TurgeonWilliam Ferdinand Alphonse TurgeonWilliam Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon, OC, PC was a Canadian politician and judge in the Province of Saskatchewan. He also served as a diplomat for the Government of Canada.- Early Life :...
(1877–1969), a Canadian politician, judge and diplomat
Fictional characters
- Alphonse and Gaston, an American comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper featuring a bumbling pair of Frenchmen with a penchant for politeness
- Alphonse ElricAlphonse Elric, commonly called , is a fictional character in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series created by Hiromu Arakawa its respective adaptations. Alphonse is a child who lost his body during an alchemic experiment to bring his deceased mother back to life, and had his soul "attached" to a suit of armor...
, a fictional character in the Fullmetal Alchemist universe - Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, a fictional character by Chester Gould in the comic strip Dick Tracy
See also
- Alphonse (disambiguation)
- Alfonse (disambiguation)
- AlfonsoAlfonsoAlfonso , Alfons , Afonso , Affonso , Alphonse, Alfonse , Αλφόνσος , Alphonsus , Alphons , Alfonsu in ,...