Jean-Pierre
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Jean-Pierre is a French male given name and may refer to:
Fictional characters bearing the name include:
- Jean-Pierre AumontJean-Pierre Aumont-Early life:Aumont was born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons in Paris, the son of Suzanne and Alexandre Salomons, owner of La Maison du Blanc . His mother's uncle was well-known stage actor Georges Berr. His father was from a Dutch Jewish family and his mother's family were French Jews...
(1911-2001), French actor - Jean-Pierre BembaJean-Pierre BembaJean-Pierre Bemba Gombo is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 17 July 2003 to December 2006. Bemba also leads the Movement for the Liberation of Congo , a rebel group...
(b. 1962), Congolese politician and rebel leader - Jean-Pierre BlanchardJean-Pierre BlanchardJean-Pierre Blanchard , aka Jean Pierre François Blanchard, was a French inventor, most remembered as a pioneer in aviation and ballooning....
(1753-1809), French inventor and aviation pioneer - Jean-Pierre CasselJean-Pierre CasselJean-Pierre Cassel was a French actor.-Life and career:Cassel was born Jean-Pierre Crochon in Paris, the son of Louise-Marguerite , an opera singer, and Georges Crochon, a doctor. Cassel was discovered by Gene Kelly as he tap danced on stage, and later cast in the 1957 film The Happy Road...
(1932-2007), French actor - Jean-Pierre ChangeuxJean-Pierre ChangeuxJean-Pierre Changeux is a French neuroscientist known for his research in several fields of biology, from the structure and function of proteins , to the early development of the nervous system up to cognitive functions...
(b. 1936), French neuroscientist - Jean-Pierre ChevènementJean-Pierre ChevènementJean-Pierre Chevènement is a French politician. He was Minister of Defense from 1988 to 1991 and Minister of the Interior from 1997 to 2000. He was a presidential candidate in 2002 and since 2008 has been a member of the Senate....
(b. 1939), French politician - Jean-Pierre CôtéJean-Pierre CôtéJoseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté, was a Canadian parliamentarian and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.-Early life:...
(1926-2002), Canadian politician - Jean-Pierre Dardenne (b. 1951), one of the Dardenne brothers filmmaking duo
- Jean-Pierre ElkabbachJean-Pierre Elkabbach-Biography:Elkabbach was born in Oran in 1937, then the prefecture of the département Oran in French Algeria. He began his journalistic career in 1960 as a radio correspondent in Algiers, but having taken part in the strikes of May 1968 he was sidelined and sent to Toulouse. Elkabbach would later...
(b. 1937), French journalist - Jean Pierre FlourensJean Pierre FlourensMarie Jean Pierre Flourens , father of Gustave Flourens, was a French physiologist, the founder of experimental brain science and a pioneer in anesthesia....
(1794-1867), French physiologist and pioneer in anesthesia - Jean-Pierre FoucaultJean-Pierre FoucaultJean-Pierre Foucault is a French television and radio host.He is the host of Qui Veut Gagner des Millions ?, the French version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? He has been hosting the Miss France pageant since 1996.Foucault played himself in the 2006 film Mon Meilleur Ami directed by Patrice...
(b. 1947), French television host - Jean-Pierre GorinJean-Pierre GorinJean-Pierre Gorin is a French filmmaker and professor, best known for his work with Nouvelle Vague luminary Jean-Luc Godard during what is often referred to as Godard's "radical" period....
, (b. 1943), French filmmaker and professor - Jean-Pierre HaigneréJean-Pierre HaigneréJean-Pierre Haigneré is a French Air Force officer and a former CNES astronaut.Haigneré was born in Paris, France and joined the French Air Force, where he trained as a test pilot....
(b. 1948), French astronaut - Jean-Pierre HoudinJean-Pierre HoudinJean-Pierre Houdin is a French architect perhaps most notable for a theory on pyramid construction.Houdin was born in Paris in 1951, but he grew up in Abidjan, in Africa, where his father was the director of a construction company. As a small boy, he spent his spare time on construction sites...
(b. 1951), French architect - Jean-Pierre JeunetJean-Pierre Jeunet-Life and career:Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and...
(b. 1953), French film director - Jean-Pierre LéaudJean-Pierre Léaud-Early years:Born in Paris, Léaud made his major debut as an actor at the age of 14 as Antoine Doinel, a semi-autobiographical character based on the life events of French film director François Truffaut, in The 400 Blows....
(b. 1944), French actor - Jean-Pierre MaderJean-Pierre MaderJean-Pierre Mader is a French singer-songwriter and producer . He remains particularly known for his smash hit "Macumba", released in 1985...
(b. 1955), French singer-songwriter - Jean-Pierre Melville (1917-1973), French film director
- Jean-Pierre PapinJean-Pierre PapinJean-Pierre Papin is a former French professional football player who was European Footballer of the Year in 1991.Papin achieved his greatest success while playing for Olympique Marseille between 1986 and 1992...
(b. 1963), French football player and manager - Jean-Pierre RaffarinJean-Pierre RaffarinJean-Pierre Raffarin is a French conservative politician and senator for Vienne.Jean-Pierre Raffarin served as the Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005, resigning after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. However, after Raffarin...
(b. 1948), French politician - Jean-Pierre RampalJean-Pierre RampalJean-Pierre Louis Rampal was a French flautist. He has been personally "credited with returning to the flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had not held since the 18th century."-Early years:...
(1922-2000), French flautist - Jean-Pierre RichardJean-Pierre RichardJean-Pierre Richard, is a French writer and literary critic.- Biography :Jean-Pierre Richard began his advanced studies at the École normale supérieure in the rue d'Ulm in 1941, passed the "agrégation" in literature in 1945, and got his doctoral degree in 1962...
(b. 1922), French writer and literary critic - Jean-Pierre SerreJean-Pierre SerreJean-Pierre Serre is a French mathematician. He has made contributions in the fields of algebraic geometry, number theory, and topology.-Early years:...
(b. 1926), French mathematician - Jean-Pierre ThiolletJean-Pierre ThiolletJean-Pierre Thiollet is a French writer and journalist. He usually lives in Paris and is the author of numerous books.Since 2007, he has been a member of the World Grand Family of Lebanon ....
(b. 1956), French writer - Jean-Pierre VernantJean-Pierre VernantJean-Pierre Vernant was a French historian and anthropologist, specialist in ancient Greece. Influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Vernant developed a structuralist approach to Greek myth, tragedy, and society which would itself be influential among classical scholars...
(1914-2007), French historian and anthropologist - Jean Pierre, an anonymous Rwandan informant to Roméo DallaireRoméo DallaireLieutenant-General Roméo Antonius Dallaire, is a Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general...
in the run-up to the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
Fictional characters bearing the name include:
- Jean-Pierre (Metalocalypse character), the chef in American animated television series "Metalocalypse"
- Jean-Pierre Delmas, the father of Elisabeth Delmas and headmaster of Kadic Junior High School in the French animated television series Code Lyoko