Dufresne
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Dufresne or du Fresne is a French topographical name from Old French meaning "ash" as in Ash tree
from the Latin: fraxinus and may refer to the following:
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Ash tree
Fraxinus is a genus flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45-65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are evergreen. The tree's common English name, ash, goes back to the Old English æsc, while the generic name...
from the Latin: fraxinus and may refer to the following:
In people:
- Begona Via Dufresne (born 1971), a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion
- Diane DufresneDiane DufresneDiane Dufresne, CQ is a singer and painter, and has sung a number of classics of Quebec repertoire of popular songs....
(born 1944), a Canadian singer and painter - Donald DufresneDonald DufresneDonald Dufresne is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman.Dufresne started his National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1989. He would also play for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, and Edmonton Oilers...
(born 1967), a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman - Gaston DufresneGaston DufresneGaston Dufresne was a contrabassist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1927 to 1957 and a teacher of Solfege. Among his contrabass students are American composer Leroy Anderson and Boston Symphony principal trumpeter Roger Voisin. He also taught solfege to Voisin and to Boston Symphony hornist...
, a contrabassist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra - Gérard Dufresne (Shawinigan)Gérard Dufresne (Shawinigan)Gérard Dufresne was a well-known local politician and a military officer in Shawinigan, Quebec.Born in East Angus, Quebec, Eastern Townships in 1918, he got a degree from the Shawinigan Technical Institute and would later make career as an insurance agent....
, local politician and a military officer in Shawinigan, Quebec - Guillaume Dufresne d' ArselGuillaume Dufresne d' ArselGuillaume Dufresne d'Arsel established French rule of Mauritius under the French East India Company in 1715....
, established French rule of Mauritius under the French East India Company in 1715 - Jean DufresneJean DufresneJean Dufresne was a German chess player and chess composer. He was a student of Adolf Anderssen, and lost the "Evergreen game" to him in 1852. Dufresne was an unsuccessful novelist under the anagrammatic pseudonym E. S...
(1829 – 1893), German chess player - John DufresneJohn DufresneJohn Dufresne is an American author of French Canadian descent born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester State College in 1970 and the University of Arkansas in 1984. He is a professor in the Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing program of the English Department at Florida...
(born 1948), an American author of French Canadian descent - Joseph DufresneJoseph DufresneJoseph Dufresne was a Quebec notary and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Montcalm from 1867 to 1871.He was born in Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie, Lower Canada in 1805...
(1805 - 1873), a Quebec notary and political figure - Laurent DufresneLaurent DufresneLaurent Dufresne is a French footballer. He is the former team captain of Valenciennes FC Laurent Dufresne is a French footballer. He is the former team captain of Valenciennes FC Laurent Dufresne is a French footballer. He is the former team captain of Valenciennes FC (the title was passed on to...
, former Team Captain of Valenciennes FC - Louis DufresneLouis DufresneLouis Dufresne was a French ornithologist and taxidermist.Louis Dufresne was one of the naturalists on board the Astrolabe, which accompanied by the Boussole, left Brest in August 1785 on a voyage of discovery...
(17521832) French explorer, ornithologist and taxidermist. - Marc-Joseph Marion du FresneMarc-Joseph Marion du FresneMarc-Joseph Marion du Fresne , with the surname sometimes spelt Dufresne, was a French explorer who made important discoveries in the south Indian Ocean, in Tasmania and in New Zealand, where he died...
(1724 - 1772), a French explorer - Nicole duFresneNicole duFresneNicole duFresne was a Minnesota-born playwright and actress. She was murdered on a sidewalk on Manhattan's Lower East Side when seven youths accosted and mugged a group consisting of duFresne, her fiancé Jeffrey Sparks, her close friend Mary Jane Gibson, and Gibson's boyfriend Scott Nath sometime...
(born 1973), Spanish sportive sailor - Wylie DufresneWylie DufresneWylie Dufresne is the chef and owner of wd~50 restaurant in Manhattan. Dufresne is a leading American proponent of molecular gastronomy, the movement to incorporate science and new techniques in the preparation and presentation of food.-Early life:...
, chef and owner of wd~50 restaurant in Manhattan - Andrew "Andy" Dufresne, the main protagonist of the 1994 American drama film, The Shawshank RedemptionThe Shawshank RedemptionThe Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman....
In other uses:
- Chateau DufresneChateau DufresneThe former residence of Marius Dufresne and Oscar Dufresne, the Château Dufresne was originally divided into two separate households, one for each brother...
, residence in Montreal - Elizabeth C. Dufresne TrophyElizabeth C. Dufresne TrophyThe Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy is awarded by the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League every season to the "Boston Bruins player considered most outstanding in home games."...
, awarded by the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League - Marion Dufresne (1995), a French research vessel
- Musée Maurice DufresneMusée Maurice DufresneThe Museum of Maurice Dufresne is a technological history museum located in the mill at Marnay, near the Château of Azay-le-Rideau, France. It has acquired numerous important objects displayed in vast buildings containing some 25 rooms...
, a technological history museum located near the Château of Azay-le-Rideau, France