Famous People with Name Chevalier

Chevalier Fortunino Matania            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Chevalier Fortunino Matania: was an Italian artist noted for his realistic portrayal of historical subjects.At the age of 20, Matania began working in Paris for Illustration Francaise and, in 1902, was invited to London to cover the Coronation of Edward VII for The Graphic. Matania w

Maurice Chevalier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Maurice Chevalier: was a French actor, singer, and popular entertainer. Chevalier's signature songs included "Louise", "Mimi", and "Valentine". His trademark was a boater hat, which he always wore on stage with his tuxedo.He was born Maurice Auguste Chevalier in Paris in 1888. His father was a house painter. His mother was of Belgian descent. Maurice made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and dancer at an early age.

Maurice Auguste Chevalier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Maurice Auguste Chevalier: was a French actor, singer, and popular entertainer. Chevalier's signature songs included "Louise", "Mimi", and "Valentine". His trademark was a boater hat, which he always wore on stage with his tuxedo.

Guy A. Chevalier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Guy A. Chevalier: is a French field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was part of the French field hockey team which was eliminated in the groups stage of the 1928 Olympic tourname

Louis Chevalier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Louis Chevalier: was an eminent French historian with interests in geography, demography and sociology. Much of his work was devoted to the history of French culture and Paris. Louis Chevalier was born in the Vendée and educated mainly in Paris. He attended the lycée Henri IV, where he was a pupil of the famous teacher of philosophy known as Alain. He entered the Ecole Normale Supérieure in 1932, where a fellow student and close friend was the future president Georges Pompidou. After the war, he taught at the Sciences Po. Among his students was the future French prime minister Edouard Balladur. He was elected to the Collège de France in 1952.

Michel Chevalier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Michel Chevalier: was a French engineer, statesman, economist and free market liberal. In 1830, after the July Revolution, he became a Saint-Simonian, and edited their paper Le Globe. The paper was banned in 1832, when the "Simonian sect" was found to be prejudicial to the social order, and Chevalier, as its editor, was sentenced to six months imprisonment.