Famous People with Name Philibert

Philibert Jacques Melotte            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Philibert Jacques Melotte: was a British astronomer whose parents immigrated from Belgium.In 1908 he discovered a moon of Jupiter, today known as Pasiphaë. It was simply designated "Jupiter VIII" and was not given its present name until 1975.The asteroid 676 Melitta, the only one he discovered, is named after him, in a way. Its name is in fact the Attic form of the Greek Melissa, the bee, but its resemblance with the discoverer's name is not fortuitous.The conspicuous star cluster in the Coma Berenices constellation is commonly designated Mel 111 since it appeared in Melotte's 1915 catalog of deep sky objects but not in Charles Messier's famous catalogue or in the New General Catalogue since it was not proved to be a true cluster until 1938.[1]

Philibert De L'Orme            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philibert De L'Orme: was a French architect, one of the great masters of the Renaissance.He was born at Lyon, the son of Jehan de l'Orme, who practised the same art and brought his son up to it. At an early age Philibert was sent to Italy to study (1533–1536) and was employed there by Pope Paul III.

Philibert DeLorme            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philibert DeLorme: was a French architect, one of the great masters of the French Renaissance. In 1548 Henry II gave him the supervision of Fontainebleau, Saint-Germain-en-Laye—where he built the Château Neuf (illustration, left) — and the other royal buildings; but on the King's death (1559) Philibert fell into disgrace. Under Charles IX, however, he returned to favour, and was employed to construct the Tuileries, in collaboration with Jean Bullant. He died in Paris.

Philibert Delavigne            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philibert Delavigne: was a French composer. Little is known of his life, except that he was active at the court of Louis XV and entered the service of the Comte d'Ayen around 1730.

Nicolas Philibert            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Nicolas Philibert: is a French film director and actor. He has directed nine films since 1978. His film Être et avoir was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Dan Philibert            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Dan Philibert: is a retired French hurdler. His personal best time was 13.26 seconds, achieved at the 1997 World Championships in Athens.

Paul Philibert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul Philibert: was a politician was Quebec, Canada. He served as a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from 1985 to 1994.He was re-elected six months later against newly appointed Cabinet Member Rollande Cloutier and was re-elected in 1989. He served as a Parliamentary Assistant from 1985 until the 1994 election in which he was defeated by PQ candidate Guy Julien.