Famous People with Name Menard

René Menard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

René Menard: was a French Jesuit missionary explorer who traveled to Huronia in 1641, learned the language of the Wyandot, and was soon in charge of many of the satellite missions around Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. Menard also worked with the Iroquois. He survived the continuous attacks from Iroquois(see Iroquois Wars) on Huronia and after hearing that the Wyandot were in western Lake Superior after the Huron-Iroquois wars from Radisson and Groseilliers he ventured out to find them in 1661, wintered in L'Anse, Michigan, and disappeared traveling inland from Chequamegon Bay. Menard disappeared in 1661.

Claude Ménard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Claude Ménard: was a French athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He competed for a France in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the high jump where he won the bronze medal.

Joan M. Menard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joan M. Menard: is a retired American politician who currently serves as the vice president for work force development, lifelong learning, grant development and external affairs at Bristol Community College. From 1979 to 2000, Menard represented the 5th Bristol District

Linda K. Menard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Linda K. Menard: is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate. She has represented the G District since 2009. She had previously served for over a decade on the Matanuska-Susitna Borough school board, including as president.

Réal Ménard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Réal Ménard: is a Canadian politician, who was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2009. He was the second Canadian Member of Parliament to come out as gay (the first being Svend Robinson). In June 2009, Ménard announced that he was resigning from the House of Commons, effective September 16, in order to run as a Vision Montreal candidate for borough mayor of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal's 2009 municipal election. Prior to his first election to the House of Commons, he was a political assistant to Louise Harel, Vision Montreal's 2009 candidate for Mayor of Montreal, when she was a provincial MNA.