Famous People with Name Germaine

Germaine Tillion            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Germaine Tillion: was a French anthropologist, best known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s on behalf of the French government.Tillion was born in Allègre in Haute-Loire. Studying anthropology under Marcel Mauss, she lived in Algeria on various occasions between 1934 and 1940, studying the Berber and Chaoui people in the Aures region of northeastern Algeria. During World War II, Tillion participated in the French Resistance. Captured, she was sent to the German concentration camp at Ravensbrück in 1943. After the war, she completed her doctorate under Louis Massignon.

Germaine Koh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Germaine Koh: a Malaysian-born internationally active Canadian artist. At the age of two she emigrated to Canada[1].She is a conceptual artist working out of Vancouver, B.C., self-described as having "no fixed address"[2] whose art encompasses the use of everyday objects and familiar concepts into her work. Her work is known around the world and she has been shown at many galleries, including the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in 2005, the Liverpool Biennial and the Art Gallery of Alberta in 2004, Frankfurter Kunstverein in 2003, Bloomberg SPACE in 2003, and in many other renowned galleries across the globe.

Germaine Sablon            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Germaine Sablon: was a French singer and film actress.She starred in some 15 films between 1920 and 1956.Her brother Jean Sablon was a popular singer and actor.

Germaine Dulac            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Germaine Dulac: was a French filmmaker, film theorist, journalist and critic. She was born in Amiens and moved to Paris in early childhood. A few years after her marriage she embarked on a journalistic career in a feminist magazine, and later became interested in film. With the help of her husband and friend she founded a film company and directed a few commercial works before slowly moving into Impressionist and Surrealist territory.

Germaine Richier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Germaine Richier: was a French sculptor. Richier's early work was fantastic, combining classical forms with human-animal hybrids and depicting creatures such as the spider and the hydra. Her style became less figurative after World War II; the bodily deformations which she favored as subjects were more accentuated in an attempt to convey a greater sense of anguish.