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- Abbé Antoine François PrévostAntoine François PrévostAntoine François Prévost , usually known simply as the Abbé Prévost, was a French author and novelist.- Life and works :...
(1697-1763), French novelist - André Prévost (1934–2001), Canadian composer
- Augustine PrevostAugustine PrevostMajor General Augustine Prévost was a Swiss-born British soldier who served in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence.-Seven Years War:...
(ca. 1725-1786), British general - Constant PrévostConstant PrévostLouis-Constant Prévost was a French geologist.He was the son of the tax farmer Louis Prévost, receiver of the rentes of Paris...
(1787-1856), French geologist - Daniel PrevostDaniel PrévostDaniel Prévost is a French actor and humorist.Daniel Prevost is notably known for his part in the French television series Le Petit Rapporteur.-Early life and Family:...
, writer - Daniel PrévostDaniel PrévostDaniel Prévost is a French actor and humorist.Daniel Prevost is notably known for his part in the French television series Le Petit Rapporteur.-Early life and Family:...
, French actor - Eddie PrévostEddie PrévostEdwin Prévost is an English drummer and percussionist.Prévost began as a jazz drummer before branching out into entirely improvised music. He was a co-founder of the group AMM, and remains its only constant member...
, English drummer and percussionist - Eugène Marcel Prévost (1862-1941), French novelist and member of the French Academy
- Eugène Prévost (1809-1872), French composer and conductor
- Florent PrévostFlorent PrévostFlorent Prévost was a French naturalistPrévost was assistant naturalist at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. He was the author of various zoological works, including Les Pigeons par Madame Knip and, with C. L...
, French naturalist - Françoise PrévostFrançoise PrévostFrançoise Prévost was a French ballerina who helped establish classical ballet. She was expressive, light and dramatic in style. Prevost debuted at the Paris Académie in the ballet, Atys, later replacing Marie-Thérèse de Subligny as the female lead...
(1680-1741), French dancer - Françoise Prévost (actress), (1930-1997), actress
- Gédéon-Mélasippe PrévostGédéon-Mélasippe PrévostGédéon-Mélasippe Prévost was a Quebec notary and political figure.He was born in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada in 1817 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse. He articled as a notary, received his commission in 1838 and set up practice at Terrebonne...
, Quebec notary and political figure - George PrevostGeorge PrevostSir George Prévost, 1st Baronet was a British soldier and colonial administrator. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the eldest son of Swiss French Augustine Prévost, he joined the British Army as a youth and became a captain in 1784. Prévost served in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary...
(1767-1816), British general and governor - George Prevost McKayGeorge Prevost McKayGeorge Prevost McKay was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Simcoe South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1883 to 1886....
, Canadian business executive and politician - Hélène PrévostHélène PrévostHélène Prévost was a French tennis player at the end of the 19th century. She won the French Open Women's Singles Championship in 1900.At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris she won 2 silver medals, losing the women's singles final to Charlotte Cooper....
, tennis player - Hippolyte Prévost (1808-1873), inventor of a stenography system
- James Charles PrevostJames Charles PrevostJames Charles Prevost was an admiral in the British Royal Navy.He was born in Bedhampton, Hampshire, England and joined the navy in 1823 and by 1850 was a Commander aboard the HMS Portland, flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby, whose daughter he married on 18 October 1842, they had five...
, British admiral - Jean PrévostJean PrévostJean Prévost was a French writer , journalist, and Resistance fighter.Born in Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, Prévost was educated at the primary school in Montivilliers. near Rouen, where his father was principal. In 1911, he moved to the prestidigious Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen...
(1901-1944), French writer and Resistance fighter - Jean Prévost (politician)Jean Prévost (politician)Jean Prévost was a Quebec lawyer, journalist and political figure. He represented Terrebonne in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as a Liberal from 1900 to 1912 and as an Independent Liberal from 1912 to 1915....
(1870-1915) Quebec lawyer, journalist and politician - Jean-Louis PrévostJean-Louis PrévostJean-Louis Prévost was a Swiss neurologist and physiologist who was a native of Geneva. He studied at Zurich, Berlin and Vienna, and in 1864 became an interne at Paris under Alfred Vulpian...
(1838-1927), Swiss neurologist and physiologist - Jean-Louis Prévost (1790-1850), botanical artist
- Joël PrévostJoël PrévostJoël Prévost is a French singer, best known for his participation in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest....
, musician - Louis Prévost de Sansac (1496-1576), maréchal de France
- Lucien Anatole Prevost-Paradol (1829-1870), French journalist and essayist
- Marcel PrévostMarcel PrévostEugene Marcel Prévost was a French author and dramatist.-Biography:He was born in Paris on 1 May 1862, and educated at Jesuit schools in Bordeaux and Paris, entering the École polytechnique in 1882...
(1862-1941), French writer - Marie PrevostMarie PrevostMarie Prevost was a Canadian-born actress of the early days of cinema. During her twenty year career, she made 121 silent and talking pictures.-Early life:...
(1898-1937), actress - Michael PrevostMichael PrevostMichael Prevost is retired from amateur boxer, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was disqualified in his first fight by an Australian referee...
(born 1953), German-Canadian boxer - Nicholas Le PrevostNicholas Le PrevostNicholas Le Prevost is an English actor. He was educated at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset from 1957 to 1961 and at Kingswood School, Bath from 1961 to 1964...
(born 1947), English actor - Pierre PrévostPierre PrévostPierre Prévost was a Swiss philosopher and physicist. In he showed that all bodies radiate heat, no matter how hot or cold they are.-Life:...
(1751-1839), Swiss philosopher and physicist - Pierre André Prévost de La PrévostièrePierre André Prévost de La PrévostièrePierre André Prévost de La Prévostière was Governor General of Pondicherry. At his time the main interests of the France was only commercial rather than political. So, no significant events occurred during his tenure. His Successor, Pierre Christoph Le Noir was a very able governor and actual...
, governor general of Pondicherry - Prevost BaronetsPrevost BaronetsThe Prevost Baronetcy, of Belmont near Southampton in Hampshire, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 December 1805 for the soldier and colonial administrator Lieutenant-General George Prevost. He was Governor General of British North America from 1812 to 1815...
, title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom - Robert PrévostRobert PrévostRobert Prévost, OC was a Canadian set designer.He designed sets for Canada's major stage productions, including the Stratford Festival, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet....
, (1927-1982), Canadian set designer. - Victor PrevostVictor PrevostFrench-born Victor Prevost is one of the earliest photographers to work in New York City.Prevost studied in France under Paul Delaroche, and learned complicated photographic printing techniques from fellow student, Gustave Le Gray. However, after setting up his own studio on Broadway and Bleecker...
, (1820-1881), photographer - Wilfrid PrévostWilfrid PrévostWilfrid Prévost was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He represented Two Mountains in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1875....
(1832-1898), Quebec lawyer and politician - Yves PrévostYves PrévostYves Prévost was a politician and lawyer in Quebec, Canada.He was first elected in 1948 for the riding of Montmorency. He served as interim leader of the Union Nationale party and leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from September 1960 to January 1961...
(1908–1997), Quebec lawyer and politician
Places
- Prévost, QuebecPrévost, QuebecPrévost is a town within the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, and the administrative region of Laurentides in the Laurentian Mountains, north of Montreal. It was created in 1973 from the amalgamation of the former villages of Shawbridge and Lesage with old Prévost...
, community in the Laurentians region of Quebec, Canada - Prevost, community on Stuart IslandStuart Island (Washington)Stuart Island is one of the San Juan Islands in Washington state, USA, north of San Juan Island and west of Waldron Island. The island is home to two communities of full and part-time residents, a state park, a one-room schoolhouse, and two airstrips .The 2000 census...
, San Juan County, Washington, USA - Prévost (electoral district)Prévost (electoral district)Prévost is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The municipalities of Prévost and Saint-Jérôme are situated in this district...
, Quebec provincial electoral district
Things
- HMCS PrevostHMCS PrevostHMCS Prevost is a Naval Reserve unit commissioned Her Majesty's Canadian Ship, of the Canadian Forces Naval Reserve based in London, Ontario.- 1938 :...
, Canadian naval reserve unit in London, Ontario - Prevost CarPrevost CarPrevost is a Quebec, Canada-based manufacturer of touring coaches and bus shells for high-end motorhomes and specialty conversions.The company now owns Nova Bus and in turn is owned by Volvo Bus Corporation.- History :...
, bus manufacturer and division of Volvo Buses - Prevost's Ground-SparrowPrevost's Ground-SparrowPrevost's Ground-Sparrow Melozone biarcuatum, also known as the White-faced Ground-Sparrow, is an American sparrow.-Etymology:Its English name commemorates French naturalist Florent Prévost. The isolated Costa Rican form may be a separate species, Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow Prevost's Ground-Sparrow...
, sparrow - Prevost's Squirrel, rodent
- Prévost reactionPrévost reactionThe Prévost reaction is chemical reaction in which an alkene is converted by iodine and the silver salt of benzoic acid to a vicinal diol with anti stereochemistry...
, chemical reaction - USS Lady Prevost (1812)USS Lady Prevost (1812)USS Lady Prevost was a schooner captured from the British during the War of 1812 and pressed into use in the United States Navy.Built in 1810 as the Lady Prevost at Canadian Provisional Marine in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada, she was a 13-gun ship named for the wife of General Sir George Prevost,...
, United States warship - HMS Sir George Prevost, British naval warship