Famous People with Name Ghislain

Ghislain Gimbert            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Ghislain Gimbert: is a French football (soccer) striker. He currently plays for Tours FC.

Ghislain Anselmini            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Ghislain Anselmini: is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-sided defender. He played in Ligue 1 with Olympique Lyonnais.

Philippe Félix Balthasar Otto Ghislain, Count De M            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Philippe Félix Balthasar Otto Ghislain, Count De M: known as Félix de Merode, was a Belgian politician. Merode settled in the southern part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands—modern Belgium—and was one of the leaders of the Belgian Revolution of 1830. He served in the Provisional Government of Belgium and in the Belgian National Congress which was elected in November 1830. Merode was proposed as a candidate for the throne of the newly created Belgium, but refused to be considered as he was not a prince, merely a count. Merode's brother Frédéric was killed during the fighting against the forces of King William I following the revolution. He served as Foreign affairs, War, and Finance minister in the 1830s. He resigned from office in 1839 as he was unwilling to sign the Treaty of London ceding Belgian territory to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Henri Victor Marie Ghislain, Count Carton De Wiart            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Henri Victor Marie Ghislain, Count Carton De Wiart: was the 23rd Prime Minister of Belgium from 20 November 1920 to 6 May 1921. He was from an aristocratic family. He was elected to the Belgian House of Representatives as a left wing Catholic Party member in 1896. He remained a Member of Parliament until his death in 1951. Besides serving as prime minister from 1920 to 1921 in a government of national union (Christian-democrats, liberals and socialists), he served as minister of justice from 1911 to 1918, as Belgian delegate to the League of Nations from 1928 to 1935, and as minister of social welfare from 1932 to 1934. After the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940, Carton de Wiart accompanied the Belgian government into exile in London.