Yves (given name)
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Yves is a common French
male given name
that is derived from the Indo-European root "iwa" which gave "uvos" in Gaulish (it is found also in the Welsh "ywen" , Irish "ēo" and in Old English īw , all of these meaning yew
). Related names include Erwan, Evette, Ives, Ivet, Iveta, Ivette, Ivo
, Iwo, Yve
, Yvette
(the feminine form of Yves), Yvo, Yvon, Yvonne and many other diminutives (mainly from Brittany) .
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
male given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
that is derived from the Indo-European root "iwa" which gave "uvos" in Gaulish (it is found also in the Welsh "ywen" , Irish "ēo" and in Old English īw , all of these meaning yew
Taxus
Taxus is a genus of yews, small coniferous trees or shrubs in the yew family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow-growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 1-40 m, with trunk diameters of up to 4 m...
). Related names include Erwan, Evette, Ives, Ivet, Iveta, Ivette, Ivo
Ivo
Ivo is a male given name and also sometimes occurs as a surname.-Origins:There are two etymologies of the name Ivo:* One derives from continental Celtic "IVO" meaning "YEW", one of the ancient Celts holy trees. This is used in German, Dutch and Ancient Germanic.* One derives from the Slavic name Ivan...
, Iwo, Yve
Yve
Yve is a rare masculine and feminine given name related to Yvonne and the Gallic Yves, of which it is a soundalike. It may be used as a shortened form of Yvain or Yvette.It is also uncommonly found as a last name, of French origin....
, Yvette
Yvette
The Yvette is a small river in southern Île-de-France , left tributary of the Orge, which is a tributary of the Seine. Its source is in Les Essarts-le-Roi, north of Rambouillet, in the Yvelines department...
(the feminine form of Yves), Yvo, Yvon, Yvonne and many other diminutives (mainly from Brittany) .
Actors
- Yves AmyotYves AmyotYves Amyot is a Franco-Canadian actor. He studied theater at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec from 1989 to 1992. He plays In the Quebec comedy television series, La Job, adaptation of the cult British show The Office of the BBC. He holds the role corresponding to Chris Finch , Rocky...
(b. 1969), Canadian actor - Yves Michel-BenecheYves Michel-BenecheYves Michel-Beneche , commonly known as Yves Beneche, is an American child actor.-Personal life:Yves was born in New York, where he currently resides. He was born to Haitian-American parents.-Career:...
(b. 1993), a.k.a. Yves Beneche, American actor - Yves MontandYves Montand-Early life:Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, the son of poor peasants Giuseppina and Giovanni Livi, a broommaker. Montand's mother was a devout Catholic, while his father held strong Communist beliefs. Because of the Fascist regime in Italy, Montand's family left for France in...
(1921–1991), French/Italian singer and actor
Artists
- Yves BeharYves BeharYves Béhar is a designer, entrepreneur, and sustainability advocate. He is the founder of fuseproject, the San Francisco and New York based design and branding firm he established in 1999...
, Swiss designer - Pierre-Yves PelletierPierre-Yves PelletierPierre-Yves Pelletier is a graphic designer, who has designed 110 stamps for Canada Post. Pierre-Yves Pelletier is ½ French Canadian. He lives in Belœil, Quebec....
, Canadian graphic designer - Yves ChalandYves ChalandYves Chaland was a French cartoonist.During the 1980s, together with Ted Benoît, Serge Clerc and Floc'h, he relaunched the Ligne claire style in French comics.-Biography:Chaland published his first strips in the fanzine Biblipop when he...
(1957–1990), French cartoonist and writer - Yves KleinYves KleinYves Klein was a French artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. He is the leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by the art critic Pierre Restany...
(1928–1962), French artist - Yves NetzhammerYves NetzhammerYves Netzhammer is a Swiss artist who lives and works in Zurich. Born in Schaffhausen, he studied architecture there and later obtained a diploma at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich, department of visual design. He has been working with video installations, slide projections,...
(b. 1970), Swiss artist - Yves RodierYves RodierYves Rodier is a Franco-Québécois comic strip creator known for his many pastiches of The Adventures of Tintin.- Biography :...
, Canadian cartoonist - Yves Saint-Laurent (1936–2008), French fashion designer
- Yves TanguyYves TanguyRaymond Georges Yves Tanguy , known as Yves Tanguy, was a French surrealist painter.-Biography:Tanguy was born in Paris, France, the son of a retired navy captain. His parents were both of Breton origin...
(1900–1955), French surrealist painter
Athletes
- Pierre-Yves AndréPierre-Yves AndréPierre-Yves André is a retired French footballer. He spent most of his career playing for SC Bastia, and retired after the club suffered relegation to the French third tier following the 2009–10 season....
(b. 1974), French footballer - Yves AllegroYves AllegroYves Allegro is a professional male tennis player from Switzerland. He is a doubles specialist and is well known as Roger Federer's doubles partner and good friend.-Doubles: 9 :-External links:...
(b. 1978), Swiss tennis player - Yves ArchambaultYves ArchambaultYves Archambault is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the World Hockey Association with the Philadelphia and Vancouver Blazers. In his WHA career, Archambault played in 11 games. His career goals against average was 5.05. He is currently working as a sports agent in...
(b. 1952), Canadian ice hockey player - Yves BeaudoinYves BeaudoinYves Beaudoin is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman.Drafted by the Washington Capitals in 1983, Beaudoin played parts of three seasons with the Capitals.He retired from professional hockey in 1990...
(b. 1965), Canadian ice hockey player - Yves BelangerYves BélangerYves Bélanger is a former National Hockey League goaltender. Belanger played junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the Sherbrooke Castors. He was not drafted into the NHL, but signed with the Cleveland Crusaders of the World Hockey Association. Belanger made his NHL debut...
(b. 1952), Canadian ice hockey player - Yves ColleuYves ColleuYves Colleu is a former French footballer who served as assistant manager to Paul Le Guen at Rennes, Lyon and most recently, Scottish Premier League club Rangers. He and Le Guen were replaced by Walter Smith and Ally McCoist at Rangers....
, French footballer - Yves DeroffYves DeroffYves Deroff is a French footballer. He currently plays for Angers.-External links:*...
(b. 1978), French footballer - Yves DreyfusYves DreyfusYves Dreyfus is a Jewish French epee fencer.A 3-time member of the French Olympic épée team, Dreyfus won two medals during his Olympic career.-World Championships:...
(b. 1931), French Olympic épée fencer - Yves du ManoirYves du ManoirYves Frantz Loys Marie Le Pelley du Manoir, known as Yves du Manoir was a French rugby player....
(b. 1904), French rugby player - Yves EdwardsYves Edwards|-| Win| align="center" | 41-17-1| Rafaello Oliveira| TKO | UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson| | align="center" | 2| align="center" | 2:44| Washington, D.C||-| Loss| align="center" | 40-17-1| Sam Stout| KO...
(b. 1976), Bahamian mixed martial arts fighter - Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904–1973), French Formula One driver
- Yves HerbetYves HerbetYves Herbet is a former French footballer now manager born in Villers-Cotterêts, who played as a midfielder.He was part of France at FIFA World Cup 1966.-External links:* French...
(b. 1945), French footballer and manager - Yves Lavigne, Mixed Martial Arts Referee for the UFC.
- Yves Makabu-Makalambay (b. 1986), Belgian footballer
- Yves MankelYves MankelYves Mankel is a German luger who competed in the early 1990s. Together with Thomas Rudolph, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville....
(b. 1970), German Olympic luger - Yves ParlierYves ParlierYves Parlier is a French sailor. He is very well known in the offshore sailing world and generally in France, where he was France's top sports personality in 2002....
(b. 1960), French sailor - Yves RacineYves RacineYves Racine is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, San Jose Sharks, Calgary Flames and Tampa Bay Lightning.-Playing career:Racine was drafted 11th overall by the Detroit...
(b. 1969), Canadian ice hockey player - Yves Saint-MartinYves Saint-MartinYves Saint-Martin is a retired champion jockey in French Thoroughbred horse racing. He is widely considered one of the greatest riders in French racing history....
(b. 1941), French jockey - Yves SaraultYves SaraultYves Sarault is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Sarault is currently playing with the Rivière-du-Loup CIMT of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey...
(b. 1972), Canadian ice hockey player - Yves TriantafyllosYves TriantafyllosYves Triantafyllos is a former French-Greek football forward , regarded by some as one of the best strikers in Greece in the early 1970s...
, French/Greek footballer - Yves VanderhaegheYves VanderhaegheYves Vanderhaeghe is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.Known for his tackling, hard-working approach and stamina, he played for five different clubs during his 22-year professional career....
(b. 1970), Belgian footballer
Business people
- Yves BéharYves BeharYves Béhar is a designer, entrepreneur, and sustainability advocate. He is the founder of fuseproject, the San Francisco and New York based design and branding firm he established in 1999...
(b. 1967), a Swiss-born industrial designer, founder of fuseprojectFuseprojectFounded in 1999 by Yves Béhar, Fuseproject is a San Francisco-based industrial design and branding firm. It works across a wide array of industries including beauty and fashion, furniture and technology.... - Yves Fortier (lawyer) (b. 1935), Canadian lawyer, diplomat, and businessman
- Yves Lamoureux, co-founder of ClickteamClickteamClickteam is a software company, founded in 1993 by François Lionet, Yves Lamoureux and Francis Poulain, headquartered in Paris, France. Clickteam is perhaps best known for the creation of a script-free programming tool that allows users to create video games or other interactive software using a...
products - Yves RocherYves RocherYves Rocher is a worldwide cosmetics and beauty brand, founded in 1959 by the French entrepreneur Yves Rocher and based in La Gacilly. The company is present in 88 countries on five continents and employs 13,500 personnel, excluding more than 215,000 through additional indirect jobs.The Yves...
(1930-2009), entrepreneur and founder of the Yves Rocher cosmetic product line - Yves Leon (b. 1966) a French born shipping entrepreneur, founder of Altimar
Directors
- Yves AllégretYves AllégretYves Allégret was a French film director in the film noir genre.He is noted as having been the husband of actress Simone Signoret between the years 1944–1949.-Selected filmography:...
(1907–1987), French film director - Yves CaumonYves CaumonYves Caumon is a French director. He is Professor in Toulouse's University in France. He worked as assistant-director with Agnès Varda, and Jean-Paul Civeyrac....
(b. 1964), French film director - Yves CiampiYves CiampiYves Ciampi was a French director, born 1921, died 1982. He was married to Japanese actress Kishi Keiko from 1957 to 1975.-Filmography:*1950 : Suzanne et les brigands*1950 : Un certain monsieur*1951 : Un grand patron...
(1921–1982), French film director - Yves LavandierYves Lavandier-Biography:Yves Lavandier was born on April 2, 1959. After taking a degree in civil engineering, he studied film at Columbia University, New York, between 1983 and 1985. Miloš Forman, František Daniel, Stefan Sharf, Brad Dourif, Larry Engel, and Melina Jelinek were among his teachers. During these...
(b. 1959), French film director - Yves P. PelletierYves P. PelletierYves P. Pelletier is a Canadian film director, actor and comedian....
(b. 1961), Canadian director, actor, and comedian - Yves RobertYves RobertYves Robert was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.Born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, in his teens Robert went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. To support himself, he worked at a variety of jobs...
(1920–2002), French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer - Yves SimoneauYves SimoneauYves Simoneau is a Canadian film and television director.-Recognition:His acclaimed 1987 crime drama Pouvoir intime garnered multiple Genie Awards nominations including best direction at the 8th Genie Awards...
(b. 1955), Canadian television director
Economists
- Yves BalaskoYves BalaskoYves Balasko was born in Paris on August 9, 1945 from a Hungarian father and a French mother. After studying mathematics at Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, his interests switched to economic theory. He then went for six years at Electricite de France where he was involved in the application of the...
(b. 1945), French economist - Yves GuyotYves GuyotYves Guyot was a French politician and economist.He was born at Dinan. Educated al Rennes, he took up the profession of journalism, coming to Paris in 1867...
(1843–1928), French economist and politician
Fictional characters
- Yves Adele Harlow, character in The X-Files
- Yves Massarde, character in the Clive CusslerClive CusslerClive Eric Cussler is an American adventure novelist and marine archaeologist. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached The New York Times fiction best-seller list more than seventeen times...
novel and film Sahara - In the RPG In NomineIn NomineIn Nomine is a title given to a large number of pieces of English polyphonic, predominantly instrumental music, first composed during the 16th century....
Yves is Heaven's archangel of Destiny, the only non angel Archangel and is the first being that god created. - A recurring sketch in the latter episodes of Dog CityDog CityDog City is a television series that was produced by Nelvana Limited and Jim Henson Productions and aired on FOX from September 26, 1992 to January 28, 1995, and in Canada on Global in 1993, then on Teletoon until 2000. The show contained both animation by Nelvana, and puppetry by Jim Henson...
featured a criminal cat named Yves and his dimwitted adversary, a guard dog named Steven (a pun on the phrase "even-steven").
Lawyers
- Yves BotYves BotYves Bot is a French magistrate and currently serves as Advocate General at the European Court of Justice.In 1995, Yves Bot was nominated by Jacques Toubon as prosecutor of Nanterre, then minister of justice...
(b. 1947), French magistrate - Yves LainéYves LainéYves Lainé, born 1937, is a Breton lawyer, politician and companies executive manager, now a writer, arguing for the return of Loire-Atlantique departement in the administrative région of Brittany the reunification and devolution of the historical Brittany....
(b. 1937), French lawyer and politician - Yves PratteYves PratteYves Pratte was a Canadian lawyer and jurist who served briefly as a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....
(1925–1988), Canadian lawyer and jurist
Musicians
- Yves DaoustYves DaoustYves Daoust is a Canadian composer who is particularly known for his works of electroacoustic music. He currently resides in Montréal.-Life:...
(b. 1946), Canadian electroacoustic music composer and pianist - Yves DeruyterYves DeruyterYves Deruyter is a Belgian DJ and artist famous for his work on Bonzai Records.-DJ-ing:Yves Deruyter started his DJ career in 1985 and has played in Belgian clubs such as Globe, Barocci, Cherrymoon, Extreme, Carat, BBC, and La Rocca. In 1991, like so many DJs, he also started an artist career....
, Belgian DJ and artist - Yves DuteilYves DuteilYves Duteil is a French singer-songwriter. He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine , in 24 July 1949 and is the third child to be born in the family....
(b. 1949), singer, songwriter, and politician - Yves NatYves NatYves Nat was a French pianist and composer.-Biography:Yves Nat was born in Béziers and showed an early aptitude for both piano and composition. By the age of seven he was allowed to improvise each Sunday at the organ of Béziers' cathedral during mass...
(1890–1956), French composer and pianist - Yves PrinYves PrinYves Prin is a French composer and conductor of classical music.-Life:He studied piano with Yves Nat and conducting with Louis Fourestier at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris where he won several first prizes....
(b. 1933), French composer, conductor, and pianist - Yves Vandichel, a.k.a. DJ Yves, Belgian DJ and producer
- Yves Huts (b. 1979) Dutch bass player for the band EpicaEpica (band)Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen subsequent to his departure from After Forever. They are known for their symphonic sound and the use of female vocals and male growls performed by Simone Simons and Mark Jansen, respectively. All six members write...
- Yves Passarell (b.1969) Brazilian guitarist for the band Capital InicialCapital InicialCapital Inicial is a Brazilian rock band that flourished in the 1980s, saw a resurgence in the late '90s, and extended into the 2000s.-History:...
- DJ Whoo KidDJ Whoo KidDJ Whoo Kid is a hip hop DJ and of Haitian descent raised in Queens Village, New York but with strong roots to Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. He is currently signed to G-Unit Records and its subsidiary label, Shady Ville Entertainment...
, Yves Mondesir, G-Unit's official DJ
Politicians
- José Yves LimantourJosé Yves LimantourJosé Yves Limantour was a Mexican politician, Secretary of the Finance of Mexico from 1893 until the fall of the Porfirio Díaz regime in 1911.José Yves Limantour was the illegitimate son of Joseph Yves Limantour....
(1854–1935), former Mexican Secretary of Finance - Yves-Marie AdelineYves-Marie AdelineYves-Marie Adeline Soret de Boisbrunet better known as Yves-Marie Adeline, is a French Catholic writer...
(b. 1960), French politician and founder of the political party Alliance RoyaleAlliance RoyaleAlliance Royale is a French political party dedicated to the restoration of the monarchy in France and to increasing debate about the monarchy amongst the general public. The party was established in 2001 using the French symbol of the Fleur-de-lis as a logo, which was originally used by the... - Yves CochetYves CochetYves Cochet is a French politician, member of The Greens. He was minister in the government of Lionel Jospin.He wrote Apocalypse pétrole which was published in 2005.-External links:*...
, French politician - Yves DucharmeYves DucharmeYves Ducharme was the mayor of Hull, Québec, in the Outaouais region, from 1992 to 2002 and from 2002 to 2005 mayor of Gatineau after the city had been merged with its neighbours, part of the supra-organization the Communauté Urbaine de l'Outaouais. He was defeated in an election in 2005 by Marc...
(b. 1958), Canadian politician and mayor - Yves Fauqueur (b. 1948), Prefect of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
- Yves Guérin-Sérac, French politician and activist
- Yves LacosteYves LacosteYves Lacoste is a French geographer and geopolitician. He was born in Fes, Morocco. In 1976 he established the French geopolitical journal "Hérodote"...
(b. 1929), French geographer and geopolitician - Yves LessardYves LessardYves Lessard is a Canadian politician. From 2001 to 2004, Lessard served as a city councillor in Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec. In the Canadian federal election, 2004 he was elected into the Canadian House of Commons as the Bloc Québécois candidate in Chambly—Borduas...
(b. 1943), Canadian politician and MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,... - Yves LetermeYves LetermeYves Camille Désiré Leterme is a Flemish Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party , and the 48th Prime Minister of Belgium.Leterme was the Prime Minister of Belgium from March 2008 to December 2008...
(b. 1960), Belgian politician - Yves MichaudYves MichaudYves Michaud is a prominent Quebec public figure, a sovereignist and pur et dur supporter of the Parti Québécois.-Background:...
(b. 1930), Canadian politician and the center of the controversial Michaud AffairMichaud AffairThe Michaud Affair was a political controversy in Quebec that began in 2000. It revolved around the comments of Parti Québécois supporter Yves Michaud, those of the Quebec Jewish community and the subsequent censure motion from the National Assembly of Quebec members of parliament.-CKAC... - 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), Canadian politician and lawyer - Yves RocheleauYves RocheleauYves Rocheleau was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2004. He is a consultant by career, including government work....
(b. 1944), Canadian politician and MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,... - Yves SéguinYves SéguinYves Séguin is a former Canadian politician in Quebec.He was first elected as the Quebec Liberal Party member for Montmorency in 1985. He was the parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Revenue from 1985 to 1987. He was then made the Minister of Revenue himself in 1987. He was also made the...
(b. 1951), former Canadian politician
Scientists
- Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water...
(1910–1997), French explorer, scientist and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water - Yves AubryYves AubryYves Aubry is a Canadian ornithologist.He graduated from Université Laval.He is co-editor of the ornithology reference, "L'Atlas des des oiseaux nicheurs du Québec méridional", published in 1995.He is a member of Centre d'Étude de la Forêt)....
, Canadian ornithologist - Yves ChauvinYves ChauvinYves Chauvin is a French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate. He is honorary research director at the Institut français du pétrole and a member of the French Academy of Science. Chauvin received his degree from the Lyon School of Chemistry, Physics and Electronics in 1954.He was awarded the 2005...
(b. 1930), French chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate - Yves Colin de VerdièreYves Colin de VerdièreYves Colin de Verdière is a French mathematician.He studied at the ENS in the late 1960s, obtained his PhD in 1973, and then spent the bulk of his working life in Grenoble...
, French mathematician and physicist - Yves CoppensYves CoppensYves Coppens is a French anthropologist. He graduated from the University of Rennes. He has studied ancient hominids and has had multiple published works on this topic, and has also produced a film....
(b. 1934), French anthropologist and co-discoverer of LucyAustralopithecus afarensisAustralopithecus afarensis is an extinct hominid that lived between 3.9 and 2.9 million years ago. A. afarensis was slenderly built, like the younger Australopithecus africanus. It is thought that A... - Yves Delage (1854–1920), French zoologist
- Yves Fortier (geologist)Yves Fortier (geologist)Yves Oscar Fortier, OC, FRSC is a Canadian geologist.He was the director of the Geological Survey of Canada from 1964 to 1973....
(b. 1914), Canadian geologist - Yves LaszloYves LaszloYves Laszlo is a French mathematician working in the Université Paris-Sud XI. He specializes in algebraic geometry.- External links :*...
, French mathematician - Yves Marie AndréYves Marie AndréYves Marie André , also known as le Père André, was a French Jesuit mathematician, philosopher, and essayist.André entered the Society of Jesus in 1693. Although distinguished in his scholastic studies, he adhered to Gallicanism and Jansenism and was thus unsuitable for responsible office...
(1675–1764), French mathematician and essayist - Yves MeyerYves MeyerYves F. Meyer is a French mathematician and scientist and a foremost expert on wavelets.- Biography :Meyer was a professor at the Paris Dauphine University, at École Polytechnique and currently holds a position as Professor Emeritus at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan.- Awards and...
(b. 1939), French mathematician and scientist - Yves MorinYves MorinYves Morin, is a Canadian cardiologist, physician, scientist, and former Senator.Born in Quebec City, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948 and a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1953 from the Université Laval....
(b. 1929), Canadian cardiologist, physician, scientist, and former Senator - Yves RocardYves RocardYves-André Rocard was a French physicist who helped develop the atomic bomb for France.After obtaining a double doctorate in mathematics and physics he was awarded the professorship in electronic physics at the École normale supérieure in Paris.As a member of a Resistance group during the Second...
(1903–1992), French physicist
Writers
- Frédéric-Yves JeannetFrédéric-Yves JeannetFrédéric-Yves Jeannet is a writer and professor of French origin who emigrated to Mexico in his youth. He was born in Grenoble, France, in 1959 and left it in 1975. Jeannet earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in comparative literature at the University of Grenoble. He then lived in London until 1977,...
(b. 1959), French novelist, criticm and interviewer - Yves ArmanYves ArmanYves Arman, born Yves Fernandez on September 18, 1954 in Nice, died on February 15, 1989, in Sarragosa, Spain. Yves was an art dealer, collector, and writer. The son of French-born American artist Arman, and French composer Eliane Radigue, Yves was named after his godfather, Arman's best friend...
(1954–1989), born Yves Fernandez, American art dealer, collector, and writer - Yves BeaucheminYves BeaucheminYves Beauchemin is a Quebec novelist.Born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Beauchemin received his degree in French literature and art history at the Université de Montréal in 1965. He taught literature at the Collège Garneau and Université Laval...
(b. 1941), Canadian novelist - Yves BonnefoyYves BonnefoyYves Bonnefoy is a French poet and essayist. Bonnefoy was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, the son of a railroad worker and a teacher....
(b. 1923), French poet and essayist - Yves EnglerYves EnglerYves Engler is a Montréal writer and political activist. In addition to three published books, many of Engler’s writings have appeared in the alternative press, with articles also appearing in mainstream publications such as The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen and Ecologist...
, Canadian writer and political activist - Yves FremionYves FremionYves Fremion is a French author and former editor of the French science fiction magazine Univers. He has also edited a number of anthologies and has worked for the comic and humour magazine Fluide Glacial...
(b. 1940), French science fiction writer - Yves MeynardYves MeynardYves Meynard is a science fiction and fantasy author. He began writing fiction in 1986. He has won the Aurora Award for best book in French once and for best short story in French five times. He has also written in English.-External links:*...
(b. 1964), Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer - Yves ThériaultYves ThériaultYves Thériault, OC was a Canadian author.He was born in Quebec City to Alcide and Aurore Thériault. On April 21, 1942, he married Germaine Blanchet, with whom he would have two children, Marie-José and Yves-Michel...
(1915–1983), Canadian writer - Yves UrvoyYves UrvoyYves Urvoy was a French historian of former French colonial holdings in Africa. His works include:*Histoire des populations du Soudan central *Histoire de l'empire de Bornou...
, French historian and writer - Yves Smith, (b. 2007), American author of Naked Capitalism, a popular financial and economic blog
Other people
- Alexandre Saint-Yves d'AlveydreAlexandre Saint-Yves d'AlveydreAlexandre Saint-Yves, Marquess of Alveydre was a French occultist who adapted the works of Fabre d'Olivet and, in turn, had his ideas adapted by Papus...
(1842–1909), French occultist - Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-TrémarecYves-Joseph de Kerguelen-TrémarecYves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a Breton explorer and French naval officer.- Early life:He was born in Landudal, Finistère. During the Seven Years' War, Kerguelen-Trémarec was a privateer, but without much success....
(1734–1797), Breton explorer - Yves ChaudronYves ChaudronYves Chaudron was a French art forger who may have copied images of the Mona Lisa in the famous 1911 Mona Lisa painting theft.-External links:*...
, French art forger - Yves CongarYves CongarYves Marie Joseph Congar was a French Dominican cardinal and theologian.-Early life:Born in Sedan, in northeast France, in 1904, Congar's home was occupied by the Germans for much of World War I...
(1904–1995), French Dominican priest and theologian - Yves Godard (French officer)Yves Godard (French officer)Yves Godard was a French Army officer who fought in World War II, First Indochina War and Algerian War. A graduate of Saint-Cyr and Chasseur Alpin, he served as a ski instructor in Poland during 1939, but after World War II begun he returned to France...
(1911-1975), French soldier - Yves le PrieurYves le PrieurYves Paul Gaston Le Prieur was an officer of the French Navy and an inventor.-Adventures in the Far East:Le Prieur followed his father in joining the French navy. As an officer he served in Asia and used traditional deep sea diving equipment...
(1885–1963), French inventor and military man - Yves Leopold Germain GastonYves Leopold Germain GastonYves Leopold Germain Gaston was the patriarch of a large family with roots in the City of Silay, in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines...
, French patriarch - Yves PouliquenYves PouliquenYves Pouliquen was born 17 February 1931 in Mortain, France. A doctor by profession, his work has been dedicated to the pathology of the cornea. In 1994 he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca and on 29 November 2001 he was elected to the Académie française...
(b. 1931), French doctor - Yves RossyYves RossyYves Rossy is a Swiss pilot, inventor and aviation enthusiast. He is the first person to achieve sustained human flight using a jet-powered fixed wing strapped to his back...
(b. 1959), Swiss pilot and inventor - Yves RousseauYves RousseauYves Rousseau is credited with some ultralight aircraft FAI world records and has received international recognition for his 13 years of work on human-powered ornithopter flight; Rousseau attempted his first human-powered flight with flapping wings in 1995.In 2005, Rousseau was given the Paul...
, French aviator - Yves Leith, British comedian