Famous People with Name Garnier

Tony Garnier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Tony Garnier: was a noted architect and city planner. He was most active in his hometown of Lyon.Garnier is considered the forerunner of 20th century French architects. In 1901, after extensive study of sociological and architectural problems, he began to formulate an

Charles Garnier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Charles Garnier: was a French architect, designer of the Palais Garnier and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.Student of Louis-Hippolyte Lebas at the École royale des Beaux-Arts de Paris beginning in 1842, he obtained the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1848. The subject of his fina

Marie Joseph François (Francis) Garnier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Marie Joseph François (Francis) Garnier: was a French officer and explorer known for his exploration of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. After some time spent in France, Garnier returned to the East, and in 1862, he was appointed inspector of the natives in Cochinchina, and entrusted with the administration of Cholon, a suburb of Saigon.

Thomas Parry Garnier            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Thomas Parry Garnier: was an English cricketer. Garnier was a right-handed batsman. Garnier made his first-class debut for Oxford University Cricket Club in 1861 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. Garnier's final first-class match came on his debut for Hampshire against Mid

Joseph-François Garnier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Joseph-François Garnier: was a French oboist and composer. Joseph-François Garnier was born in 1755 in Lauris, Vaucluse, to a family of modest means. His father was a shoe-maker in the Place Jean d'Autan. His uncle was a bassoonist, who brought him to Paris to learn the oboe. In 1769 Garnier joined the orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music (which was to become the National Opera of Paris after the Revolution),