Famous People with Name Philippe

Philippe Henriot            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Henriot: was a French politician. Moving to the far right after beginnings in Roman Catholic conservatism in the Republican Federation, Henriot was elected to the Third Republic's Chamber of Deputies for the Gironde département in 1932 and 1936. His speeches showed him to be an Anti-communist, Anti-Semite, Anti-Freemasonry, and Anti-parliamentarianist. Initially, these were combined with strong Anti-German sentiment, but Henriot became an active supporter of Nazi Germany in 1941, when it invaded the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa).

Philippe Manœuvre            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Manœuvre: is a French journalist. He has been a radio and television presenter, specialized in rock music. He has been editor-in-chief for the magazine Métal Hurlant and is since 1993 the editor of the music monthly Rock & Folk. Since 2008, he was member of the jury of a reality show called Nouvelle Star on M6.

Philippe Val            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Val: is a French singer, comedian and journalist who is currently director of France Inter. He previously was the editor and director of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical political weekly newspaper. In addition, Philippe Val has had an opinion slot first on environmentalism then on general politics in various programmes on France Inter and is regularly a guest on the program Le premier pouvoir (The First Power), a critique of the media on the radio station France Culture, as well as on I-Télé.

Philippe Viannay            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Viannay: was a French journalist. During World War II, he led a resistance movement named Défense de la France. They printed an underground journal which distributed up to 400,000 copies.[citation needed]

Philippe Adnot            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Adnot: is a member of the Senate of France. He was first elected in 1989, and represents the Aube department. A farmer by profession, he serves as an independent, and also serves as the head of the General Council of Aube, to which he was elected to represent the Canton of Méry-sur-Seine in 1980.

Peguero Jean Philippe            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Peguero Jean Philippe: is a former Haitian football (soccer) forward.Peguero started with Haitian club Don Bosco FC, before moving to the American Major League Soccer in March 2004 to play for the Colorado Rapids. Peguero finished his first season with the Rapids with seven goals and four assists in only 18 games.

Laëtitia Philippe            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laëtitia Philippe: is a French football player currently playing for Montpellier of the Division 1 Féminine. Philippe plays as a goalkeeper and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut on 21 November 2009 against Serbia.

Jean Adrien Philippe            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean Adrien Philippe: was French horologist and cofounder of watchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. of Geneva, Switzerland. In 1842 Adrien Philippe invented a mechanism for watches which allowed them to be wound and set by means of crown rather than a key. His patented invention earned him a Gold Medal at the French Industrial Exposition of 1844 (World's Fair). At the Exhibition Adrien Philippe first met Antoni Patek and a year later became head watchmaker at Patek & Co. in Geneva under an agreement that entitled him to one-third of all company profits.

Thaís Ribeiro Picarte            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Thaís Ribeiro Picarte: is a French football player who currently plays for French club Montpellier of the Division 1 Féminine. Philippe plays as a goalkeeper and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut on 21 November 2009 against Serbia.