Famous People with Name Leroux

Pierre Leroux            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Pierre Leroux: was born at Bercy, now a part of Paris, the son of an artisan. In 1840 he published his treatise De l'humanité (2nd ed. 1845), which contains the fullest exposition of his system, and was regarded as he philosophical manifesto of the Humanitarians. In 1841 he established the Revue indépendante, with the aid of George Sand, over whom he had great influence. Her Spiridion, which was dedicated to him, Sept cordes de la lyre, Consuelo, and La Comtesse de Rudolstadt, were written under the Humanitarian inspiration.

Maurice Leroux            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Maurice Leroux: a French composer and orchestrator, born 6 February 1923 and died 19 October 1992 in Avignon, France. He studied composition at the Paris Conservatory and was a student of Olivier Messiaen. His work includes 19 original film scores and a number of television scores and orchestrations.1

Xavier Henry Napoleón Leroux            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Xavier Henry Napoleón Leroux: was a French composer. Leroux was the son of a military bandleader. He studied at the Paris Conservatory under Jules Massenet and Théodore Dubois, and won the Prix de Rome in 1885 with the cantata Endymion. From 1896 he taught harmony there.

Claudine LeRoux            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Claudine LeRoux: is a French sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.