Auguste
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People with surname Auguste
People with first name Auguste
- HMS Auguste (1705)HMS Auguste (1705)HMS Auguste was the French 54-gun Auguste built in Brest in 1704 that the British captured in 1705. In her brief French service she captured two major British men of war. She was wrecked in 1716.-French service:...
, A 54-gun French ship captured by the British in 1705 - Auguste (ship)Auguste (ship)Auguste was a full rigged sailing ship which sank at Aspy Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 1761 while carrying exiles from the fall of New France. Auguste was a former French privateer ship which had been captured by the British and converted to a merchant ship...
, which struck Cape Breton Island, Canada in 1761 - French ship Auguste, ship of the French Navy, launched in 1778
- Auguste (clown), type of clown
- Auguste IslandAuguste IslandAuguste Island is a flat-topped island less than long, lying northeast of Two Hummock Island in Gerlache Strait. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache, and named by him for his father....
, an Antarctic island in Gerlache Strait - Auguste (restaurant), Michelin starred restaurant in Maarssen, Netherlands
People with surname Auguste
- Arsène AugusteArsène AugusteArsène Auguste was a Haitian international footballer who represented Haiti in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He played professional club football with Racing Club Haïtien in Haiti and Tampa Bay Rowdies and Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the United States. In 1986, he signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies,...
(b. 1951), Haitian footballer - Donna AugusteDonna AugusteDonna Auguste is an African-American businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She was the founder and chief executive officer of Freshwater Software from 1996 to 2001...
(b. 1958), African-American businesswoman - Georges AugusteGeorges AugusteGeorges Auguste is a Haitian painter. Auguste paints scenes of rural Haitian life in vibrant color. His style is known as "Raw Art."-References:...
(b. 1933), Haitian painter - Henri AugusteHenri AugusteHenri Auguste was a leading Parisian gold- and silversmith, working in the neoclassical style. In cooperation with the sculptor Jean Guillaume Moitte, who provided him with designs and models, he became one of the leading designers of Empire style in orfèvrerie, a rival of Jean-Baptiste-Claude...
(1759–1816), Pariaian gold and silversmith - Joyce AugusteJoyce AugusteJoyce Auguste was a Saint Lucian musician and leader of The Hewanorra Voices, which became a major popular folk band in the 1970s. Auguste also worked as music supervisor for the Saint Lucian school system and introduced folk music into the school curriculum....
, Saint Lucian musician - Jules Robert AugusteJules Robert AugusteJules Robert Auguste was a French painter associated with Romanticism and classicism....
(1789–1850), French painter - Leroy AugusteLeroy AugusteLeroy Justin Auguste was an American football Offensive Lineman for the Green Bay Blizzard of the Arena Football 2 League. He attended University at Buffalo....
(b. 1983), former American fiootballer - Robert Joseph Auguste. (c.1723-1805), Parisian silversmith
- Tancrède AugusteTancrède AugusteJean Antoine Tancrède Auguste was the President of Haiti from August 8, 1912 until his death in office on May 2, 1913. He assumed the presidency the day that Cincinnatus Leconte died in office from a massive explosion that destroyed the presidential palace...
(1856–1913), President of Haiti (1912–13)
People with first name Auguste
- Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935), French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer
- Auguste MetzAuguste MetzJean-Antoine Auguste Metz was a Luxembourgian entrepreneur, politician, and lawyer. He was a major player in the growing steel industry in Luxembourg during the nineteenth century, as well as a leading liberal member of the Chamber of Deputies, along with his brothers.Born in Luxembourg City as...
(1812–1854), Luxembourgian entrepreneur - Auguste Léopold ProtetAuguste Léopold ProtetAuguste Léopold Protet was a French Navy admiral. He founded Dakar, fought in the Second Opium War, and was killed in the Taiping Rebellion at the Fengxian District of Shanghai on the afternoon of May 17, 1862...
(1808–1862), French Navy admiral - Auguste PiccardAuguste PiccardAuguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer.-Biography:Piccard and his twin brother Jean Felix were born in Basel, Switzerland...
(1884–1962), Swiss physicist, inventor, and explorer - Pierre-Auguste RenoirPierre-Auguste RenoirPierre-Auguste Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to...
(1841-1919]], French artist - Auguste RodinAuguste RodinFrançois-Auguste-René Rodin , known as Auguste Rodin , was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past...
(1840–1917), French sculptor - Auguste TessierAuguste TessierAuguste Tessier was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rimouski in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1889 to 1907 as a Liberal....
(1853–1938), Quebec lawyer and political figure - Auguste von MüllerAuguste von MüllerAuguste von Müller was a nineteenth century German operatic mezzo-soprano and actress. She is best remembered today for originating the role of Dalila in the world premiere of Camille Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila in 1877.-Biography:...
(1849–1912), German operatic mezzo-soprano and actress