Perrault
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Perrault may refer to:
- Perrault (horse)Perrault (horse)Perrault was a British-bred Champion Thoroughbred racehorse who competed successfully in both France and the United States. A grandson of Tanerko, Perrault's great-grandsire was the French champion Tantieme who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe back-to- back in 1950 and 1951...
, a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse - Charles PerraultCharles PerraultCharles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue...
, (1628 - 1703) French writer - Claude PerraultClaude PerraultClaude Perrault is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the Louvre Palace in Paris , but he also achieved success as a physician and anatomist, and as an author, who wrote treatises on physics and natural history.Perrault was born and died in Paris...
(1613-1688), French architect and scientist, brother of Charles - Gilles PerraultGilles PerraultGilles Perrault is a left-wing French writer and journalist.He attended the Collège Stanislas de Paris and then studied at the Institut d'études politiques, eventually becoming a lawyer, a profession he worked in for five years....
, (b. 1931) French writer and journalist - Dominique PerraultDominique PerraultDominique Perrault is a French architect. He became world known for the design of the French National Library, distinguished with the Mies van der Rohe Prize in 1996....
(b. 1953), French architect - Joseph-Édouard PerraultJoseph-Édouard PerraultJoseph-Édouard Perrault was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Arthabaska from 1916 to 1936 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as a Liberal member....
(1874-1948), Québécois/Canadian politician - Léon Bazile PerraultLéon Bazile PerraultLéon-Jean-Bazille Perrault was a French painter.A student of William Bouguereau and François-Edouard Picot, he exhibited at the Salon from 1863 onwards, producing several works, in the academic tradition...
(b. 1832), French painter - Pascal PerraultPascal PerraultPascal "Triple P" Perrault is a French professional poker player, who specialises in tournament play. The nickname "Triple P" is short for Pascal "Poison" Perrault, a reference to his other profession as a pharmacist....
(b. 1959), French poker player - Perrault Shorthand, an English adaptation of the Duployan shorthand, invented by Denis Perrault.