Famous People with Name Varin

Varina Tjon-A-Ten            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Varina Tjon-A-Ten: is a Dutch politician who sat as a member of the House of Representatives for the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) from 2003 to 2006.Her paternal grandfather came from mainland China to Suriname, but she herself is a moksi watra (mixed blood): one of her great-grandmothers was a Brahmin Indian from British Guyana who married a Scot, and she also has Dutch and Jewish ancestry. Her family arrived in Rotterdam in 1964[1].

Jean-Baptiste Varin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jean-Baptiste Varin: was a notary and political figure in Canada East. He represented Huntingdon in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1851 to 1854. In 1834, he married Hermine, the daughter of Jean-Moïse Raymond. Varin was part of the commission charged with registering title to seigneuries in Canada East in 1855, helped prepare the laws on the registration of land titles after the seigneurial system was abolished, served as director of the land registry office at Montreal from 1868 to 1878 and registrar for Laprairie County from 1878 to 1892. Varin died in Laprairie at the age of 88.

Felice Varini            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Felice Varini: is a Swiss artist who was nominated for the 2000/2001 Marcel Duchamp Prize, known for his geometric perspective-localized paintings of rooms and other spaces, using projector-stencil techniques. According to mathematics professor and art critic Joël Koskas, "A work of Varini is an anti-Mona Lisa."