Famous People with Name Amedee

Amédée Ozenfant            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Amédée Ozenfant: was a French cubist painter.He was born into a bourgeois family in Saint-Quentin, Aisne and was educated at Dominican colleges in Saint-Sébastien. After completing his education he returned to Saint-Quentin and began painting in watercolour and pastels.

Amédée Fournier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Amédée Fournier: was a French professional road bicycle racer. In 1932 he won a silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in team pursuit.

Amédée Ronzel            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Amédée Ronzel: is a French bobsledder. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 1948.

Amédée-Ernest Chausson            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Amédée-Ernest Chausson: was a French romantic composer who died just as his career was beginning to flourish. To please his father, Chausson studied law and became a lawyer at the Court of Appeals; but, in truth, he had little or no interest in the law. He frequented the Paris salons, where he met celebrities such as Henri Fantin-Latour, Odilon Redon, and Vincent d'Indy. Before definitively deciding on his career, he dabbled in writing and drawing.

Amédée Guillemin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Amédée Guillemin: was a French science writer and a journalist. Guillemin started his studies at Beaune college before taking his final degree in Paris. He subsequently taught mathematics in a private school while writing articles for the Liberal press criticizing the Second French Empire. In 1860, he moved to Chambéry where he became a junior deputy editor of the weekly political magazine La Savoie. After the annexation of Savoy by the French empire, he returned to Paris where he became the science editor of l’Avenir national (The Nation's Future).