Top Celebrity Names Starting With Jacques

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   Jacques Chirac

   1932 - 2011 Male
   

   President of the French Republic

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   Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995. Chirac was briefly a Communist in his late teens.… read more

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   Jacques Villeneuve

   Age 41 Male
   

   Race Car Driver

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   Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve, OQ, is a Canadian musician and former automobile racing driver. He is the son of the late Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, and is the namesake of his uncle (also a racer). Jacques Villeneuve won the 1995 CART Championship, the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1997 Formula One World Championship, making him only the third driver after Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi to achieve such a feat.… read more

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   Jacques Rogge

   Age 70 Male
   

   International Olympic Committee President

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   Jacques Rogge, Count Rogge, is a Belgian sports bureaucrat. He is the eighth and current President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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   Jacques Brel

   1929 - 1978 Male
   

   A Belgian Singer-songwriter

   
   

   Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson. Although he recorded most of his songs in French, he became a major influence on English-speaking songwriters and performers such as David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, and Rod McKuen.… read more

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   Jacques Derrida

   1930 - 2004 Male
   

   Algerian Philosopher

   
   

   Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. He developed the critical theory known as deconstruction and his work has been labeled as post-structuralism and associated with postmodern philosophy. His output of more than 40 published books, together with essays and public speaking, has had a significant impact upon the humanities, particularly on Anthropology, Sociology, Semiotics, Jurisprudence, Literary Theory and Cultural Studies in general.… read more

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   Jacques Drèze

   Age 83 Male
   

   Economist

   
   

   Jacques H. Drèze is a Belgian economist noted for his contributions to economic theory, econometrics, and economic policy as well as for his leadership in the economics profession. Drèze was the first President of the European Economic Association in 1986 and was the President of the Econometric Society in 1970. Jacques Drèze is also the father of five sons.… read more

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   Jacques Rivette

   Age 84 Male
   

   Film Director

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   Jacques Rivette is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. His best-known films include Celine and Julie Go Boating, La Belle Noiseuse and the cult film Out 1.

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   Jacques Offenbach

   1819 - 1880 Male
   

   German-born French Composer and Cellist

   
   

   Jacques Offenbach was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr. and Arthur Sullivan.… read more

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   Jacques Anquetil

   1934 - 1987 Male
   

   Racing Cyclist

   
   

   Jacques Anquetil was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. He stated before the 1961 Tour that he would gain the yellow jersey on day one and wear it all through the tour, a tall order with two previous winners in the field—Charly Gaul and Federico Bahamontes—but he did just that.… read more

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    Jacques Lacan

    1901 - 1981 Male
    

    Psychologist

    
    

    Jacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who made prominent contributions to psychoanalysis and philosophy, and has been called "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud". Giving yearly seminars in Paris from 1953 to 1981, Lacan influenced France's intellectuals in the 1960s and the 1970s, especially the post-structuralist philosophers. His interdisciplinary work was as a "self-proclaimed Freudian....… read more

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    Jacques Léonard

    Age 75 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Jacques Léonard is an accountant, educator, and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 and again from 1989 to 2001 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of René Lévesque, Jacques Parizeau, and Lucien Bouchard. Léonard is a Quebec sovereigntist and a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ) and Bloc Québécois (BQ).… read more

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    Jacques Lenot

    Age 66 Male
    

    Composer, Musician

    
    

    Jacques Lenot is a French composer, who claims an independent and self-taught course. His compositional techniques are derived from serialism.

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    Jacques Copeau

    1879 - 1949 Male
    

    Producer, Actor, Dramatist

    
    

    Jacques Copeau was an influential French theatre director, producer, actor, and dramatist. Before he founded his famous Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in Paris, he wrote theatre reviews for several Parisian journals, worked at the Georges Petit Gallery where he organized exhibits of artists' works and helped found the Nouvelle Revue Française in 1909, along with writer friends, such as André Gide and Jean Schlumberger.… read more

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    Jacques Ellul

    1912 - 1994 Male
    

    Philosopher, Theologian, Author

    
    

    Jacques Ellul was a French philosopher, law professor, sociologist, lay theologian, and Christian anarchist. He wrote several books about the "technological society" and the interaction between Christianity and politics.… read more

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    Jacques Plante

    1929 - 1986 Male
    

    Ice Hockey Goaltender

    
    

    Joseph Jacques Omer Plante was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. During a career lasting from 1947–1975, he was considered to be one of the most important innovators in hockey. He played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1953 to 1963; during his tenure, the team won the Stanley Cup six times, including five consecutive wins. Plante retired in 1965 but was persuaded to return to the National Hockey League to play for the expansion St.… read more

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    Jacques Chaban-Delmas

    1915 - 2000 Male
    

    Mayor, Politician, Civil Servant

    
    

    Jacques Chaban-Delmas was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. In addition, for almost half a century, he was Mayor of Bordeaux (1947 to 1995) and a deputy for the Gironde département.… read more

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    Jacques Cheminade

    Age 70 Male
    

    Politician French Politician

    
    

    Jacques Cheminade, born August 20, 1941 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a French political activist. He is the head of the LaRouche movement in France.

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    Jacques Parizeau

    Age 81 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Jacques Parizeau, GOQ is an economist and noted Quebec sovereignist who was the 26th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from September 26, 1994 to January 29, 1996.

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    Jacques Weber

    Age 62 Male
    

    Actor, Writer, Director

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    Jacques Weber is a French actor, director and writer.

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    Jacques Tati

    1907 - 1982 Male
    

    Filmmaker

    
    

    Jacques Tati was a French filmmaker, working as a comedic actor, writer and director. In a poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly of the Greatest Movie Directors Tati was voted the 46th greatest of all time. With only six feature-length films to his credit as director, he directed fewer films than any other director on this list of 50.… read more

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    Jacques de Molay

    1240 - 1314 Male
    

    Knight, Pope, Founder

    
    

    Jacques de Molay was the 23rd and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, leading the Order from 20 April 1292 until it was dissolved by order of Pope Clement V in 1307. Though little is known of his actual life and deeds except for his last years as Grand Master, he is the best known Templar, along with the Order's founder and first Grand Master, Hugues de Payens (1070–1136).… read more

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    Jacques Fred Petrus

    1949 - 1987 Male
    

    Businessman, Pioneer, Producer

    
    

    Jacques Fred Petrus was a French-Italian businessman and a pioneer of Italian Disco music.

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    Jacques Desrosiers

    1938 - 1996 Male
    

    Actor, Singer, Clown

    
    

    Jacques Desrosiers was a Québécois singer and actor best known for playing the clown Patof in the Canadian television series Patofville. He was born in Montreal in the province of Quebec.

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    Jacques Burtin

    Age 56 Male
    

    Composer, Writer, Film Maker

    
    

    Jacques Burtin is a French composer, writer and filmmaker.

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    Jacques Damala

    1855 - 1889 Male
    

    Actor, Military Person

    
    

    Aristides Damalas, known in France by the stage name Jacques Damala, was a Greek military officer-turned-actor, who is mostly remembered as being husband to Sarah Bernhardt for a number of years. Damala's characterization by modern researchers is far from positive. His handsomeness was as notable as his insolence and Don Juan quality.… read more