Vaillant
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Vaillant may refer to:
- Vaillant (automobile)Vaillant (automobile)The Vaillant was a French automobile built in Lyon from 1922 to 1924. It was a cyclecar which used a Chapuis-Dornier engine of either 961 cc or 1350 cc.-References:David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles....
- Vaillant, Haute-MarneVaillant, Haute-MarneVaillant is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France....
, a commune of the Haute-Marne department, France - Vaillant (magazine) and Vaillant, le journal de Pif, children's magazines
- Michel VaillantMichel VaillantMichel Vaillant is the title of a Belgian comics series created in 1957 by French cartoonist Jean Graton and published originally by Le Lombard. Later, Graton published the albums by himself when he founded Graton éditeur in 1982...
, a comic book character
Persons with the surname Vaillant
Vaillant is a surname of French origin. People named Vaillant include:- Auguste VaillantAuguste VaillantAuguste Vaillant was a French anarchist, most famous for his bomb attack on the French Chamber of Deputies on 9 December 1893. The government's reaction to this attack was the passing of the infamous repressive Lois scélérates.He threw the home-made device from the public gallery and was...
, French anarchist - Daniel VaillantDaniel VaillantDaniel Vaillant is a French Socialist politician.-Biography:Close to Lionel Jospin, Vaillant held several ministerial portfolios in his cabinets: Minister of the Relations with Parliament from 1997 to 2000 and Interior Minister from 2000 to 2002...
- Édouard VaillantÉdouard VaillantMarie Édouard Vaillant was a French politician.Born in Vierzon, Cher, son of a lawyer, Édouard Vaillant studied engineering at the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, graduating in 1862, and then law at the Sorbonne. In Paris he knew Charles Longuet, Louis-Auguste Rogeard, and Jules Vallès...
, French socialist - François Le VaillantFrançois Le VaillantFrançois Levaillant or Le Vaillant was a French author, explorer, naturalist, zoological collector, and noted ornithologist.-Biography:...
, French explorer and ornithologist - François Vaillant de GueslisFrançois Vaillant de GueslisFrançois Vaillant de Gueslis was a Jesuit missionary, born in Orléans. He entered the Society of Jesus, on 10 November 1665, and went to Canada in 1670; and was ordained priest at Quebec, on 1 December 1675....
, French Jesuit missionary - George Clapp VaillantGeorge Clapp VaillantGeorge Clapp Vaillant was an American anthropologist.George Clapp Vaillant was born 1901 in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended Noble and Greenough School in his hometown. After finishing his secondary education at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, he went to Harvard University where he...
, American anthropologist - George Eman VaillantGeorge Eman VaillantGeorge Eman Vaillant, M.D. is an American psychiatrist and Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of Research for the Department of Psychiatry, . Dr. Vaillant has spent his research career charting adult development and the recovery process of schizophrenia, heroin addiction,...
, American psychiatrist - Jean Alexandre VaillantJean Alexandre VaillantJean Alexandre Vaillant was a French and Romanian teacher, political activist, historian, linguist and translator, who was noted for his activities in Wallachia and his support for the 1848 Wallachian Revolution...
, French and Romanian historian and schoolteacher - Jean-Baptiste Philibert VaillantJean-Baptiste Philibert VaillantJean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant, 1st Comte Vaillant , born in Dijon, was a Marshal of France.Vaillant entered the French army in 1809 in the corps of engineers. He served in the Russian campaign of 1812 and the next year became a prisoner of war after the Battle of Kulm. During the Hundred Days...
, French soldier - Léon VaillantLéon VaillantLéon Louis Vaillant was a French zoologist. He is most famous for his work in the areas of herpetology, malacology, and ichthyology...
, French zoologist - Nigel Le VaillantNigel Le VaillantNigel Le Vaillant is a British actor, best known for his roles in Casualty and Dangerfield.-Early years:Le Vaillant came to the UK aged 16. He studied acting at school in Dorset. Playwright Alan Ayckbourn asked if he would work as an assistant stage manager in a Scarborough Theatre production...
, British actor - Sébastien VaillantSébastien VaillantSébastien Vaillant was a French botanist.Vaillant was born at Vigny, Val d'Oise. He studied medicine at Pontoise, and then moved to Paris to practice as a surgeon, where he studied botany at the Jardin des Plantes under Joseph Pitton de Tournefort.Vaillant was appointed to the staff of the Jardin...
, French botanist - Wallerant VaillantWallerant VaillantWallerant Vaillant, , was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age and one of the first artists to use the mezzotint technique, which he probably helped to develop.- Biography :...
, Dutch Golden Age painter
See also
- VaillanteVaillanteVaillante is a fictional French company of which most of the activity is related to automobile. Vaillante is featured in the French comic book series Michel Vaillant.-In the related comics series:...
, a fictional automobile company in the French comic strip Michel Vaillant