Famous People with Name Augustin

Augustin Bizimungu            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Augustin Bizimungu: is a former general in the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR). In 1994, he briefly served as chief of staff of the army. During this time, he trained the soldiers and guerrillas who carried out the Rwandan Genocide.

Augustin Iyamuremye            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Augustin Iyamuremye: is a Rwandan politician and academic. Iyamuremye was foreign minister under former President Pasteur Bizimungu from 1999 until the government's resignation in March 2000. Iyamuremye is a member of the Social Democratic Party and currently the Minister of Information under Paul Kagame. Iyamuremye is from the Southern Province. He is also a member of the Pan-African Parliament and Professor at the National University of Rwanda. He is a Veterinary doctor by profession.

Augustin Bubník            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Augustin Bubník: also known as Gustav Bubnik is an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.He later worked as ice hockey coach and was elected as MP to the lower chamber of Czech Parliament from the Civic Dem

Augustin Neumann            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Augustin Neumann: was an Austrian chess master.A. Neumann shared 1st with Milan Vidmar at Coburg 1904 (14th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier);tied for 4-6th at Barmen 1905 (B tourn, Leo Fleischmann won);and tied for 7-9th at Vienna 1905 (Schlechter won).

Augustin De Beaulieu            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Augustin De Beaulieu: was a French general of the 17th century, who in 1619 was put in charge of an armed expedition to the East Indies composed of three ships (275 crews, 106 cannons) and called the "Fleet of Montmorency", after its sponsor the Admiral Montmorency.[1]

Jean Joseph Paul Augustin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean Joseph Paul Augustin: was a French statesman. He was the prime minister of France from 29 December 1818 to 18 November 1819.

Goswin Joseph Augustin, Baron De Stassart            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Goswin Joseph Augustin, Baron De Stassart: was a Dutch-Belgian politician. In 1804 he became Auditor in the French State Council, in 1805 he became Intendant in Tirol, and in 1807 he served in the French army in Prussia. In 1810 he became Prefect of the Departments of the Vaucluse and in 1811 of the Estuaries of the Meuse. After the second Austrian restoration he lived on his estate near Namur, until the city of Namur in 1822 sent him to the second chamber of parliament of the Netherlands, where he belonged to the opposition. In 1831 he returned to Belgium, where he became a member of the National Congress and a member of the Provisional Government as well as the Senate. In this position he served seven parliamentary sessions as president of the parliament. In 1834 he was appointed by the government as the governor of Brabant. However in 1838 he had to resign both. In 1840 he became for a short time envoy in Turin.