Famous People with Name Arnaud

Arnaud Desplechin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Arnaud Desplechin: is a French film director. Arnaud Desplechin is the son of Robert and Mado Desplechin, and grew up in the Nord department. He has a brother named Fabrice who has acted in several of his films, and two sisters: novelist Marie Desplechin and screenwriter Raphaëlle Desplechin.Arnaud Desplechin studied film directing at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle, graduating in 1984. He made three short films inspired by the work of the Belgian novelist Jean Ray, and became a great admirer of the films of Alain Resnais. During the late 1980s, Desplechin worked as a director of photography on several films.

Arnaud Larrieu            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Arnaud Larrieu: is a French film director and writer. His film Peindre ou faire l'amour was entered into the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Arnaud D'Ossat            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Arnaud D'Ossat: was a French diplomat and writer, and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, whose personal tact and diplomatic skill steered the perilous course of French diplomacy with the Papacy in the reign of Henry IV of France.[1]

Arnaud-Michel D'Abbadie            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Arnaud-Michel D'Abbadie: was a French geographer, and along with his older brother Antoine-Thomson d'Abbadie, was notable for his travels in Ethiopia. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary calls him "Michel Arnaud d'Abbadie".[1] They were both born in Dublin, of a French father and an Irish mother. The parents removed to France in 1818, and there the brothers received a careful scientific education.

Arnaud Hybois            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Arnaud Hybois: is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 200 m, K-4 1000 m: both 2010) and a bronze (K-1 4 x 200 m: 2009)

Loris Arnaud            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Loris Arnaud: is a talented French football striker. He currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain, in the French League.

Yvonne Arnaud            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Yvonne Arnaud: was a French-born pianist, singer and actress.Germaine Yvonne Arnaud was born in 1892. From 1905 (at age 12) to 1911 she performed with leading orchestras throughout Europe and America. In 1911 she decided to try the stage instead of the concert hall and

François Arnaud            Origin/Culture/Country: French

François Arnaud: was a French clergyman, writer and philologist. Abbé of Grandchamp and librarian to the count of Provence (the future Louis XVIII of France), he contributed to the Journal étranger and the Gazette littéraire de l'Europe. A friend of Suard, he also attended the salons of Mme Necker and Mlle Lespinasse. Through Mlle Lespinasse's support he was elected to the Académie française on 11 April 1771 and was received into it by Châteaubrun on 13 May, making the subject of his reception speech On the character of ancient languages compared to the French language. The same year he was admitted to the Académie des Inscriptions. He collaborated with Fréron and, alongside Suard, led the Glückists in their quarrel with the Piccinnists. His collected works amount to 3 volumes.

Charles Auguste Arnaud            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Charles Auguste Arnaud: was a French sculptor. Producing several busts, such as those of the Comte de Clarac (commissioned in 1852 for the Louvre), the architect Fontaine (1854 - 1858), Ferdinand de Lesseps and the composer Halévy, Arnaud also produced monumental works such as the "Le Chasseur à pied" and "L'Artilleur" for the pont de l'Alma in 1856-57 - with "Le Zouave" et "Le Grenadier" by Georges Diebolt,