Famous People with Name Hippolyte

Hippolyte Mège-Mouriés            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Hippolyte Mège-Mouriés: was a French chemist who invented margarine.Mège focussed on fat processing in the 1860's, which culminated in 1869 in a patent for margarine. His invention involved mixing processed beef tallow with skimmed milk, and resulted in a cheap but qualitatively good substitute for butter 'for the working class and incidentally the Navy'. Mège received a prize from the French government, formally led by Emperor Louis Napoleon III. In 1871, Mège sold his invention to the Dutch firm Jurgens, one of the pillars of Unilever.

Hippolyte Bayard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Hippolyte Bayard: was one of the earliest photographers in the history of photography, inventing his own photography process known as direct positive printing and presenting the world's first public exhibition of photographs on June 24, 1839.

Hippolyte Lucas            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Hippolyte Lucas: was a French entomologist.Lucas was an assistant-naturalist at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. From 1839 to 1842 he studied fauna as part of the scientific Commission on the exploration of Algeria.

Hippolyte Alexandre Julien Moulin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Hippolyte Alexandre Julien Moulin: was a 19th century French sculptor.Moulin, a shopkeeper's son, entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1855 but was unable to afford to continue the lessons and had to become a language teacher in Paris to support himself. He subsequently studied with Auguste

Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux: was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II.[1]

Ivan "The Hydro" Hippolyte            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ivan "The Hydro" Hippolyte: a retired thaiboxer and former Muay Thai World champion. He is currently a martial arts coach at the Vos Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the same gym he used to fight out of during his active career. He used to be a sparring partner and a team mate of a four time K-1 World champion Ernesto Hoost and Gilbert Yvel.