Famous People with Name Claude

Claude Dauphin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Claude Dauphin: is a lawyer and politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. He was elected mayor of the Montreal borough of Lachine. He was also the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Marquette in the Montreal region from 1981 to 1994 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.

Claude Andre Gregory            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Claude Andre Gregory: is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'8" (203 cm) 205 lb (93 kg) forward and played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin. He played for two NBA teams.Gregory was selected by the Washington Bullets with the 18th pick in the 2nd round of the 1981 NBA Draft.[1] He played only two games for the Bullets in 1985-86, and did not return to the league until the 1987-88 season, when he played 23 contests for the Los Angeles Clippers, averaging 5.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.

Claude Elwood Shannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Claude Elwood Shannon: an American electrical engineer and mathematician, was "the father of information theory".Shannon is famous for having founded information theory with one landmark paper published in 1948. But he is also credited with founding both digital computer and digital circuit design theory in 1937, when, as a 21-year-old master's student at MIT, he wrote a thesis demonstrating that electrical application of Boolean algebra could construct and resolve any logical, numerical relationship. It has been claimed that this was the most important master's thesis of all time.

Claude Jutra            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Claude Jutra: was a Quebec actor, film director and writer. The Prix Jutra are named in his honor because of his importance in Quebec cinema history.Claude Jutra was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied to be a doctor before turning to his first love, the cinema. In 1954 he went to work at the National Film Board of Canada where he trained in all facets of filmmaking. In 1958 he went to France to work with François Truffaut and Jean Rouch.

Claude Frizzel Bloodgood            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Claude Frizzel Bloodgood: was a controversial American chess player. As a young man, he got into trouble with the law, and was arrested several times. He was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering his mother, although this sentence was later commuted. While in prison, he remained a very active chess player, playing a large number of correspondence games and rated games with other inmates. Over time, he achieved a very high ranking in the United States Chess Federation (USCF). Some allege he accomplished this by manipulating the ratings system in use at the time.

Jean Claude            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean Claude: was a French Protestant divine.He was born at La Sauvetat-du-Dropt near Agen. After studying at Montauban, Jean Claude entered the ministry in 1645. For eight years he was professor of theology in the Protestant college of Nîmes; but in 1661, having succe

Mathieu Claude            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Mathieu Claude: is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Bbox Bouygues Telecom.

Jacques Claude            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jacques Claude: was a French politician before, during, and after the French Revolution. His son Auguste Arthur Beugnot was an historian and scholar.

Florimond Claude            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Florimond Claude: was an Austrian diplomat. He was the son of Antoine, comte de Mercy-Argenteau, and entered the diplomatic service of Austria going to Paris in the train of Reichsfürst Kaunitz. He became Austrian minister at Turin, at St Petersburg, and in 1766 at Paris,