Famous People with Name Martin

Martin Djetou            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Martin Djetou: is a former Ivorian-French football player. His clubs included Strasbourg, Monaco, Parma, Fulham, Nice and Bolton Wanderers.Prior to his brief spell at Bolton, his only other experience in English football came by the way of a two year loan spell at Fulham where he amassed over half a century of appearances but a permanent deal could not be agreed with Italian club A.C. Parma.

Martin Brian Mulroney,            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Martin Brian Mulroney,: was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. After retiring from politics, Mulroney resumed his earlier career as a lawyer and busin

Martin Desjardins            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Martin Desjardins: was a French sculptor and stuccoist of Dutch birth.He was born the son of a milliner in a house that would later carry the name 'de Drye Bredasche Hoeden' ("the Three Hats from Breda"). His early training was at Antwerp with the sculptor Pieter Verbruggen

Martin Fourcade            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Martin Fourcade: is a French biathlete who began competing in 2002.[1] His older brother Simon Fourcade is also a world class biathlete. Both represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics,[2] where Martin won a silver medal in the mass start.[3]

Martin De Barcos            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Martin De Barcos: was a French theologian of the Jansenist School. He was born at Bayonne, a nephew of Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Abbot of Saint-Cyran, who sent him to Belgium to be taught by Cornelius Jansen. When he returned to France he served for a time as tutor to the son of Robert Arnauld d'Andilly and later, 1644, succeeded his uncle at the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Cyran in Berry. He did much to improve the abbey; new buildings were erected, and the library much enhanced. Unlike many commendators of his day who scarcely ever saw the abbeys over which they held authority, Barcos became an active member of Saint-Cyran, was ordained priest 1647, and gave himself up to the rigid asceticism preached by his sect.

Rémy Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Rémy Martin: is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing with Aviron Bayonnais in the Top 14 club competition in France, he has also played for France. His usual position is flanker. Martin's first club was Mont de Marsan. He played six games for the club in the European Challenge Cup during the 2000-01 season, including scoring a try in the first two matches against Bristol and Parma. The following season he signed with Stade Français. He played in five matches for the Stade Français Paris CASG in the 2001-02 Heineken Cup, starting one game against Munster.

Aimé Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Aimé Martin: was a French writer. Born in Lyon, he moved to Paris, where he became the pupil and friend of Bernardin de St. Pierre: he collected his works and married his widow. Martin's letters to Sophia on Natural History were highly popular.

Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin: was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rouen from 1948 to 1971, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. On February 9, 1940, Martin was appointed Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 2 from Archbishop Maurice Feltin, with Bishops Clément Mathieu and Louis Liagre serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of Bordeaux. Martin was later promoted to Archbishop of Rouen on October 11, 1948, and attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.

Félix Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Félix Martin: was an antiquary, historiographer, architect, and educationist. He worked in turn as student and teacher in Brieg and Estavayé in Switzerland; in Spain, Le Passage near San Sebastian; in Belgium, the College of Brugelette. It was when he was in Switzerland, in 1831, that he received Holy orders. Eleven years later, while engaged in the ministry at Angers

Jérôme Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jérôme Martin: is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin.