Grégoire
Encyclopedia
Gregoire as a surname
- Alexandre GrégoireAlexandre GrégoireAlexandre Grégoire was a Haitian painter who typically depicted scenes of Vodou, daily life, and historical events in the naïve style....
(1922-2001), Haitian painter - Christine GregoireChristine GregoireChristine O'Grady "Chris" Gregoire is the 22nd and current Governor of the state of Washington, and a member of the Democratic Party. Gregoire defeated Republican candidate Dino Rossi in 2004, and again in 2008. She is the second female governor of Washington...
(born 1947), American Democratic governor of the state of Washington - Christophe GrégoireChristophe GrégoireChristophe Grégoire is a Belgian footballer who plays for Charleroi.-External links:* at VI.nl...
(born 1980), Belgian footballer - Gabriel GrégoireGabriel GrégoireGabriel Grégoire was a defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.Grégoire went to high school at the Collège de Montréal, but played his junior football with the Verdun Maple Leafs....
(born 1953), defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League - Gilles GrégoireGilles GrégoireGilles Grégoire was a co-founder of the Parti Québécois.Born in Quebec City, the son of Joseph-Ernest Grégoire, he was elected in 1962 to the House of Commons with the Ralliement des créditistes...
(1926-2006), co-founder of the Parti Québécois - Henri GrégoireHenri GrégoireHenri Grégoire , often referred to as Abbé Grégoire, was a French Roman Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and a revolutionary leader...
(1750-1831), French Roman Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and a revolutionary leader - Henri Grégoire (historian)Henri Grégoire (historian)Henri Grégoire was an eminent scholar of the Byzantine Empire, virtually the founder of Byzantine studies in Belgium.Grégoire spent most of his teaching career at the Université libre de Bruxelles...
(1881-1964), scholar of the Byzantine Empire - Jean-Albert GrégoireJean-Albert GrégoireJean-Albert Grégoire was one of the great pioneers of the front-wheel drive car. He contributed to the development of front wheel drive vehicles in two ways...
(1899-1992), pioneer of the front-wheel drive car - Joseph-Ernest GrégoireJoseph-Ernest GrégoireJoseph-Ernest Grégoire was a French Canadian politician.-Background:He was born in Disraeli, Quebec on July 31, 1886. He was an attorney and a professor. He also was the father of Gilles Grégoire, a co-founder of the Parti Québécois....
(1886-1980), French Canadian politician - Marie GrégoireMarie GrégoireMarie Grégoire was the Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada, for the electoral district of Berthier from 2002 to 2003....
(born 1965), Canadian politician of Quebec - Oscar GrégoireOscar GrégoireOscar Grégoire was a Belgian water polo player and backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, and in the 1912 Summer Olympics....
(1877-1947), Belgian water polo player - Paul GrégoirePaul Grégoire-External links:* at the Catholic-Hierarchy.org...
(1911-1993), Canadian Archbishop of Montreal - Pierre Grégoire (1907-1991), Luxembourgian politician, journalist, and writer
- Sophie GrégoireSophie GrégoireSophie Grégoire , graduated in communication, the wife of Justin Trudeau, son of late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Grégoire and Trudeau's wedding ceremony took place in May 2005 in Montreal, Quebec....
(born 1975), wife of Justin Trudeau - Sylvie GregoireSylvie GregoireDr. Sylvie Louise Grégoire, PharmD is a Massachusetts biotechnology and pharmaceutical company executive. She is currently the President of the Human Genetics division at Shire plc. Gregoire has a doctorate in Pharmacy and Pharmacology...
, American biotechnology and pharmaceutical company executive - Stéphan GrégoireStephan GregoireStéphan Grégoire is a French race car driver. Currently living in Carmel, Ind.Gregoire is a veteran of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex Sports Car Series, the Indianapolis 500, and the Indy Racing League. He made 44 IRL starts between 1996 and 2001 with a best finish of 2nd at Pikes Peak...
(born 1969), French race car driver
Gregoire as a given name
- Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian, leading prelate of the Armenian Catholic Church
- Grégoire AslanGrégoire AslanGrégoire Aslan was an Armenian actor.Born Krikor Aslanian in Switzerland or in Constantinople, according to different sources, Aslan made his professional debut at 18 as a vocalist and drummer with a Paris dance band, then launched an acting career under the name of Koko Aslan. His first film...
(1908-1982), Armenian actor - Grégoire BélangerGrégoire BélangerJoseph-Grégoire Bélanger was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec .-Member of the legislature:...
(1889-1957), Canadian politician of Quebec - Grégoire BouillierGrégoire BouillierGrégoire Bouillier is the French memoirist who wrote Rapport sur moi and L'invité mystère...
, French memoirist - Grégoire ColinGrégoire ColinGrégoire Colin is a French actor, producer, screenwriter, and director.-Career:Grégoire started acting on the French stage at age 12. He first caught the eye of critics in the 1992 Agnieszka Holland's psychological family drama Olivier, Olivier when he was just 17...
(born 1975), French actor - Grégoire KayibandaGrégoire KayibandaGrégoire Kayibanda was the first elected and second President of the Republic of Rwanda. He led Rwanda's struggle for independence from Belgium, and replaced the Tutsi monarchy with a republican form of government. He asserted Hutu majority power.-Early life and education:Grégoire Kayibanda was...
(1924-1976), former President of Rwanda - Grégoire LaurentGrégoire LaurentGrégoire "Gusty" Laurent was a Luxembourgian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he was eliminated in the first round of the lightweight class after losing his fight to Charles Petersen....
(1906-?), Luxembourgian boxer - Gregoire MaretGregoire MaretGrégoire Maret was born in 1975 in Geneva, Switzerland. He began playing the harmonica at the age of 17. He graduated from high school in 1994....
(born 1975), Swiss musician - Grégoire De MéviusGrégoire De MéviusGrégoire De Mévius is a Belgium rally driver active in the years 1988–2001. He first broke out into the World Rally Championship scene racing in the Group N category in the Mazda 323. With an unsuccessful spell of Group A races in 1990, he was never considered to be a talent in spotlight of rally...
(born 1962), Belgian rally driver - Grégoire MbidaGrégoire MbidaGrégoire Mbida is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer. He competed for the Cameroon national football team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup....
(born 1952), retired Cameroonian professional footballer - Grégoire MichonzeGrégoire MichonzeGrégoire Michonze was a Russian-French painter, born in 1902 in Kishinev , Russia Grégoire Michonze (1902–1982) (variant name Grégoire Michonznic, Grogórij Mišónznik) was a Russian-French painter, born in 1902 in Kishinev (Bessarabia), Russia Grégoire Michonze (1902–1982) (variant name Grégoire...
(1902-1982), Russian-French painter - Gregoire NdahimanaGregoire NdahimanaGrégoire Ndahimana is the former mayor of Kivumu, Rwanda. Indicted and arrested for alleged war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda , Ndahimana is thought to be one of the key figures in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, and is claimed to have had up to 6,000 Tutsi killed...
(born 1952), Rwandan war criminal - Grégoire OrlykGrégoire OrlykGrégoire Orlyk, also Hryhor Orlyk , was a French military commander, special envoy and member of Louis XV's secret intelligence service. Grégoire Orlyk was born in Ukraine, the son of Ukrainian hetman in exile Pylyp Orlyk received good education in Sweden, served in Poland and Saxony, participated...
(1702-1759), French military commander - Grégoire de Saint-VincentGrégoire de Saint-VincentGrégoire de Saint-Vincent , a Jesuit, was a mathematician who discovered that the area under a rectangular hyperbola is the same over [a,b] as over [c,d] when a/b = c/d...
(1584-1667), Flemish Jesuit mathematician - Gregoire SeitherGregoire SeitherGregor Seither is a franco-German journalist, graphic designer, interpreter and Internet activist, founding member of the 1984 network liberty alliance, a loose international cyber network of free speech and privacy activists...
(born 1964), Franco-German journalist, graphic designer, interpreter and Internet activist
Places
- Saint-Grégoire (disambiguation), the name of several communes in France
- Mont-Saint-Grégoire, QuebecMont-Saint-Grégoire, QuebecMont-Saint-Grégoire is a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, located in the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,922...
, a municipality in Quebec, Canada- Mont Saint-GrégoireMont Saint-GrégoireMont Saint-Grégoire is a mountain in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec. The mountain is composed of essexite and syenite, strongly contrasting with the surrounding sedimentary rocks...
, mountain in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec
- Mont Saint-Grégoire
- Gregoire Lake (Alberta)Gregoire Lake (Alberta)Gregoire Lake is a lake in Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Athabasca River Basin.It is located in the wetlands of northern Alberta, adjacent to Highway 63, between Fort McMurray and Lac la Biche. Until 1940 it was known as Willow Lake....
, lake in Alberta, Canada- Gregoire Lake Provincial ParkGregoire Lake Provincial ParkGregoire Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada. It is located close to Highway 63, between Fort McMurray and Lac la Biche, on the northern shore of Gregoire Lake.The park is situated at an elevation of and has a surface of...
, a provincial park in Alberta, Canada, on the shore of Gregoire Lake
- Gregoire Lake Provincial Park
- Saint-Grégoire, QuebecSaint-Grégoire, QuebecSaint-Grégoire is a community of the city of Bécancour, Quebec. It is one of the major population centres within the city. Autoroute 55 intersects Autoroute 30 and Route 132 at Saint-Grégoire....
, a community of the city of Bécancour, Quebec
Other
- Pope Gregory IPope Gregory IPope Gregory I , better known in English as Gregory the Great, was pope from 3 September 590 until his death...
, also known as Saint Gregory/Saint Grégoire - Grégoire (musician), a French song-writer and singer
- Gregoire (chimpanzee)Gregoire (chimpanzee)Gregoire was, up until his death, Africa's oldest known chimpanzee. For the last eleven years of his life, he was a resident of the Tchimpounga Sanctuary in the Republic of the Congo. His special friend was the chimpanzee Clara...
, Africa's oldest known chimpanzee - Automobiles GrégoireAutomobiles GregoireAutomobiles Grégoire was a French car manufacturer, established in 1902, that operated for about twenty years in the early 20th century. The company was the creation of Pierre Joseph Grégoire ....
, French car manufacturer