Famous People with Name Yves

Yves Marie Joseph Congar            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Yves Marie Joseph Congar: was a French Dominican cardinal and theologian.In 1925 he joined the Dominican Order at Amiens. Following his theological studies at the seminary at Le Saulchoir in Etiolles, near Paris with its strong emphasis on historical theology, Congar was ordained

Yves Nat            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Yves Nat: was a French pianist and composer.Yves Nat was born in Béziers and showed an early aptitude for both piano and composition. By the age of seven he was allowed to improvise each Sunday at the organ of Béziers' cathedral during mass. At the age of ten he conducted his own Fantasie for orchestra.Both Gabriel Fauré and Camille Saint-Saëns encouraged him to pursue his studies at the Paris Conservatoire in the master class of the pianist Louis Diémer, receiving the class first prize in 1907. He dedicated himself to chamber music, undertook concert tours with the violinist Jacques Thibaud and George Enescu and appeared frequently in a duo with Eugène Ysaÿe. In 1911 he made the first of a number of tours of the United States. He was mobilised in the course of the First World War, around which time he produced the first of his published compositions, the Six Préludes pour Piano and the Six chansons à Païney.

Yves Afonso            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Yves Afonso: is a French actor. He was born in Saulieu in the Côte-d'Or département. Since his uncredited debut in the movie Masculin, féminin in 1966, he has had many roles, both in movies and on television. He normally plays supporting roles, and is perhaps best known for his role as Inspector Bricard in L'Horloger de Saint-Paul, and the black comedy Week End, where he played Tom Thumb.

Yves Allégret            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Yves Allégret: was a French film director in the film noir genre. He is noted as having been the husband of actress Simone Signoret between the years 1944–1949.

Yves Angelo            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Yves Angelo: is a French cinematographer and film director. Angelo has won the César Award for Best Cinematography three times: in 1990 for Nocturne indien, in 1992 for Tous les matins du monde, and in 1994 for Germinal.

Édouard Yves            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Édouard Yves: was a Belgian Olympic fencer.