Barre
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People
- Abdulrahman Jama BarreAbdulrahman Jama Barre-Biography:Jama Barre was born into a Marehan Darod family in Somalia. A close relative of former President of Somalia, Mohamed Siad Barre, he served as the nation's Foreign Minister for many years...
, Somali Foreign Minister - Barre PhillipsBarre PhillipsBarre Phillips is a jazz and free improvisation bassist. A professional musician since 1960, he migrated to New York City in 1962, then to Europe in 1967. Since 1972 he has been based in southern France....
(born 1934), jazz and free improvisation bassist - Erika Michelle BarréErika Michelle BarréErika Michelle Barré is a Canadian model. She was Playboy's Cyber Girl of the Week for the third week of June 2001, Cyber Girl of the Month for October 2001, and Cyber Girl of the Year for 2002....
(born 1979), Canadian model - Isaac BarréIsaac BarréIsaac Barré was an Irish soldier and politician. He earned distinction serving with the British army during the Seven Years' War, and later became a prominent Member of Parliament where he became a vocal supporter of William Pitt. He is known for coining the term "Sons of Liberty" in reference to...
(1726–1802), British soldier and politician - Jacques-Jean BarreJacques-Jean BarreJean-Jacques Barre was the general engraver at the Monnaie de Paris between 1842 and 1855. In this position, he engraved and designed French medals, the Great Seal of France, bank notes and postage stamps....
(1793–1855), French engraver (also often styled "Jean-Jacques Barre") - Jean-Auguste BarreJean-Auguste BarreJean Auguste Barre was a French sculptor and medalist. Born in Paris, he was trained by his father Jean-Jacques Barre , a medalist. Barre studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Jean-Pierre Cortot, and he is mainly known as a portrait sculptor.Exhibiting at the French Salon from 1831 to...
(1811–1896), French sculptor and medalist - Jean-Benoît-Vincent BarréJean-Benoît-Vincent BarréJean Benoît Vincent Barré was a French architect. He was one of the most important architects of the 18th century and one of the creators of the 'Louis XVI style' of architecture.-Biography:...
(1732–1824), French architect - Jean-François de la BarreJean-François de la BarreJean-François Lefevre de la Barre was a French nobleman, famous for having been tortured and beheaded before his body was burnt on a pyre along with Voltaire's "Philosophical Dictionary". He is often said to have been executed for not saluting a procession, but the elements of the case were far...
(1745–1766), French nobleman - Joseph-Antoine de La BarreJoseph-Antoine de La BarreJoseph-Antoine le Fèbvre de LaBarre was the Governor of New France from 1682 to 1685. He had previously been Governor of Auvergne and of the French Antilles ....
(1622–1688), Governor of New France - Martin BarreMartin BarreMartin Lancelot Barre is an English rock musician.Barre has been the guitarist for rock band Jethro Tull since 1969. He has appeared on every Jethro Tull album except their debut This Was...
(born 1946), guitarist of rock band Jethro Tull - Michel de la BarreMichel de la BarreMichel de la Barre was a French composer and renowned flautist known as being the first person to publish solo flute music...
(c. 1670–1745), French composer and flutist - Mohammed Sulaymon BarreMohammed Sulaymon BarreMohamed Saleban Bare is a Somali refugee who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba....
(born 1964), Somali Guantánamo detainee - Mylanie BarreMylanie BarreMylanie Barré is a Canadian sprint kayaker who has competed since the mid 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville....
(born 1979), Canadian kayaker - Pierre-Yves BarréPierre-Yves BarréPierre-Yves Barré was a French vaudevillist and song-writer.-Life:He began life as a lawyer to the French parliament, then court clerk in Pau, but as the nephew of the chansonnier Pierre Laujon moved more and more towards a life in the theatre...
(1749–1832), a French vaudevillist and song-writer - Raoul BarréRaoul BarréRaoul Barré was a Canadian and American cartoonist, animator of the silent film era, and artist.Barré was born in Montreal, Quebec, the only artistic child of an importer of communion wine...
(1874–1932), Canadian/American artist - Raymond BarreRaymond BarreRaymond Octave Joseph Barre was a French centre-right politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three Presidents and later served as Prime Minister under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1976 until 1981...
(1924–2007), French politician and economist - Siad BarreSiad BarreMohamed Siad Barre was the military dictator and President of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1969 to 1991. During his rule, he styled himself as Jaalle Siyaad ....
(1919–1995), President of Somalia - W. J. BarreW. J. BarreWilliam Joseph Barre was a prolific Irish architect who built many well known buildings in Belfast in a Gothic Revival style, but was always overshadowed by his great rival, Charles Lanyon....
(1830–1867), Irish architect - Weston La BarreWeston La BarreRaoul Weston La Barre was an American anthropologist, best known for his work in ethnobotany, particularly with regard to Native-American religion, and for his application of psychiatric and psychoanalytic theories to ethnography.-Education and early career:La Barre was born in Uniontown,...
(1911–1996), American anthropologist - William de la BarreWilliam de la BarreWilliam de la Barre was a Austrian-born civil engineer who developed a new process for milling wheat into flour using energy-saving steel rollers at the Washburn-Crosby Mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota and later served as chief engineer for the first hydroelectric power station built in the...
, Austrian engineer and salesman
Places
- Barre, MassachusettsBarre, MassachusettsBarre is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,398 at the 2010 census.-History:Originally called the Northwest District of Rutland, it was first settled in 1720. The town was incorporated on June 17, 1774, as Hutchinson after Thomas Hutchinson, colonial...
, USA - Barre (CDP), MassachusettsBarre (CDP), MassachusettsBarre is a census-designated place in the town of Barre in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,009 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Barre is located at ....
, USA - Barre, New YorkBarre, New YorkBarre is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,124 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Barre, Massachusetts.The Town of Barre is on the south border of the county.- History :...
, USA - Barre, WisconsinBarre, WisconsinBarre is a town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,014 at the 2000 census. It is part of the La Crosse, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, USA - Barre (city), Vermont, USA
- Barre (town), VermontBarre (town), VermontBarre is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 7,924 at the 2010 census. Barre town almost completely surrounds Barre city, which is incorporated separately from the town of Barre.-Geography:...
, USA - Barre, TarnBarre, TarnBarre is a commune of the Tarn department of southern France.-References:*...
, France
Other uses
- Barre (ballet)Barre (ballet)A barre is a stationary handrail that is used during ballet warm up exercises. The term also refers to the exercises that are performed at the barre, as well as that part of a ballet class that incorporates barre exercises.-Construction:...
, a handrail used in ballet exercises - Barre chordBarre chordIn music, a barre chord is a type of guitar chord, where one or more fingers are used to press down multiple strings across the guitar fingerboard , enabling the guitarist to play a chord not restricted by the tones of the guitar's open strings...
, a type of guitar chord
See also
- Barr (disambiguation)
- La Barre (disambiguation)
- Barre-des-CévennesBarre-des-CévennesBarre-des-Cévennes is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.-References:*...
, in the Lozère département - Guillain–Barré syndrome, an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP), an autoimmune disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system, usually triggered by an acute infectious process
- Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaWilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaWilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...
, USA