Famous People with Name Clerc

Albert Clerc            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Albert Clerc: was a French chess master.He won at Paris 1856, tied for 9-10th at Paris 1878 (Johannes Zukertort and Szymon Winawer won), took 2nd, behind Samuel Rosenthal, at Paris 1880 (the first French National Tournament, the 1st unofficial French Chess Championship), took 4th at Paris 1881 (the second French National Tournament, Edward Chamier won), and was a winner, ahead of Jules Arnous de Rivière, at Paris 1883 (the third French National Tournament), took twice 4th at Paris 1890 and 1892 (both won by Alphonse Goetz).

Aurélien Clerc            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Aurélien Clerc: is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTour team Ag2r-La Mondiale.

Vincent Clerc            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Vincent Clerc: is a French rugby union player who plays on the wing. Although he is small, he is a dangerous finisher when given the ball and has proven this on several occasions in the last few years, notably the 2008 Six Nations Championship

Michel Le Clerc            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Michel Le Clerc: was a French lawyer and dramatist. he then set up home in Paris, where he became a lawyer to the parliament of Paris. Like his co-student Claude Boyer, he wrote tragedies and "pièces des circonstance" - in 1645 he produced his Virginie romaine the same year as Boyer produced his Porcie romaine. He was elected to the Académie française in 1662. His Iphigénie (written with Jacques de Coras) was put on in 1674, the same year as the Iphigénie by Racine.

Patrice Clerc            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Patrice Clerc: was a past president of the Amaury Sport Organisation which promotes a number of professional cycling events including the Tour de France. Previously, Clerc served as president and tournament director of the French Open (Roland Garros) tennis tournament f