Famous People with Name Philippe

Philippe Gaubert            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Gaubert: was a French musician who was a distinguished performer on the flute, a respected conductor, and a composer, primarily for the flute. As a composer, Gaubert was by no means an innovator, but his work benefited from the examples of Franck, Ravel and Debussy. Naïla, his opera in three acts, premiered at the Paris Opéra on 7 April 1927. Three of his ballets had their first performances there, as well.

Philippe Manoury            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Manoury: is a French composer. Manoury's work is strongly influenced by Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Iannis Xenakis, and his early work from 1972–76 combines serial Punctualism with the densely massed elements characteristic of the music of Stockhausen and Xenakis, and the paintings of Jackson Pollock.[1]

Philippe Rombi            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Rombi: is a French film score composer. His score for Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis was nominated for best original score for a comedy film at the fifth International Film Music Critics Association (IFCMA) Awards for Excellence in 2008.[1]

Philippe Verdelot            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Verdelot: was a French composer of the Renaissance, who spent most of his life in Italy. He is commonly considered to be the father of the Italian madrigal, and certainly was one of its earliest and most prolific composers; in addition he was prominent in the musical life of Florence during the period after the recapture of the city by the Medici from the followers of Girolamo Savonarola.

Philippe De Vitry            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe De Vitry: was a French composer, music theorist and poet. He was an accomplished, innovative, and influential composer, and may also have been the author of the Ars Nova treatise. Details of his early life are sketchy. While some medieval sources claim that he was born in the Champagne region, more recent research indicates that he may have originated in Vitry-en-Artois near Arras.[1] Given that he is often referred to in documents as "Magister," he is thought likely to have studied at the University of Paris. Later he was prominent in the courts of Charles IV, Philippe VI and Jean II, serving as a secretary and advisor;

Peguero Jean Philippe            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Peguero Jean Philippe: is a former Haitian football (soccer) forward.Peguero started with Haitian club Don Bosco FC, before moving to the American Major League Soccer in March 2004 to play for the Colorado Rapids. Peguero finished his first season with the Rapids with seven goals and four assists in only 18 games.

Laëtitia Philippe            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laëtitia Philippe: is a French football player currently playing for Montpellier of the Division 1 Féminine. Philippe plays as a goalkeeper and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut on 21 November 2009 against Serbia.

Jean Adrien Philippe            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean Adrien Philippe: was French horologist and cofounder of watchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. of Geneva, Switzerland. In 1842 Adrien Philippe invented a mechanism for watches which allowed them to be wound and set by means of crown rather than a key. His patented invention earned him a Gold Medal at the French Industrial Exposition of 1844 (World's Fair). At the Exhibition Adrien Philippe first met Antoni Patek and a year later became head watchmaker at Patek & Co. in Geneva under an agreement that entitled him to one-third of all company profits.

Thaís Ribeiro Picarte            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Thaís Ribeiro Picarte: is a French football player who currently plays for French club Montpellier of the Division 1 Féminine. Philippe plays as a goalkeeper and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut on 21 November 2009 against Serbia.