Famous People with Name Jacques

Jacques Mehler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacques Mehler: 1936, Jacques Mehler is an influential cognitive psychologist.

Jacques Schyrgens            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacques Schyrgens: a Belgian-Canadian painter (watercolors) and illustrator.His Father was Antoine Schyrgens (1890-1981), architect, draftsman, painter, teacher and a founder of he the Beaux Arts Academy in Ostend. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Ostend, and studied anatomy at Serge Mako's studio in Paris and in attended an Art College in Rome, Italy for three years. He traveled in Spain , the United States and Mexico before emigrating to Quebec in 1952.By the end of the Second World War his family was living in the south of France where Schyrgens staged his first exhibit at age 16. The family was very much involved in the local arts community. Schyrgens recalls Henri Matisse as a neighbor. As a youth Schyrgens was attracted to 'Commercial Art' and thought little of the established traditional artists. By the late 1940s Schyrgens was living in Spain where he believes he created his best works, inspired by Gypsy culture, music and dance. The young journeyman artist also traveled throughout Mexico.

Jacques Gerard Lemaire            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacques Gerard Lemaire: is a former ice hockey forward and current coach of the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League.Playing his entire NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, Lemaire won the Stanley Cup a remarkable eight times 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979. He is one of only six players to have scored two Stanley Cup winning goals. (82 & 83 Mike Bossy, 70 & 72 Bobby Orr, 77 & 79 Jaques Lemaire, 66 & 71 Henri Richard, 60 & 65 Jean Believeau and 44 & 46 Toe Blake).

Jacques Abram            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacques Abram: an American classical pianist, was born in Lufkin, Texas[1] and died in Tampa, Florida[2].Abram began improvising at age 3 and performing in public at age 6. At the urging of Ignace Jan Paderewski and Josef Hofmann, who had heard Abram in concert, his parents enrolled him in the Curtis Institute, where he studied with Ernest Hutcheson. At age 13, Abram transferred to the Juilliard School, where he continued his studies with Hofmann and David Saperton. The National Federation of Music Clubs awarded Abram its Schubert Memorial Award in 1937[2].

Jacques LeBlanc            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacques LeBlanc: is a retired Canadian Middleweight Boxer.LeBlanc started his boxing career in 1982, Knocking out Tim Parson in 2 rounds. In 1988 LeBlanc (with a 12-2 record) fought and won a fight versus Danny Winters for the Maritimes Middleweight Title. On March 30, 19

Cheryl Ann Jacques            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cheryl Ann Jacques: is a United States politician who, beginning in January 2004, served for 11 months as president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, advocacy organization. It was as the leader of the nation's