Famous People with Name Chretien

Chrétien Urhan            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Chrétien Urhan: was a violinist, organist, composer and player of the viola and the viola d'amore. His father first introduced him to the violin. He was first mentioned in 1804 by Joséphine de Beauharnais that he had replaced a violinist for a performance of Haydn's The Creation, at the young age of 14. From there he was sent to work in Paris, where he took instruction from Jean-François Lesueur, master of the chapel of the Tuileries. He also learned from prominent teachers such as François-Antoine Habeneck, Rodolphe Kreutzer and Pierre Rode. He was invited to join the imperial chapel as a violinist in 1810.

Chrétien-Louis-Joseph De Guignes            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Chrétien-Louis-Joseph De Guignes: was a French merchant-trader, ambassador and scholar. He was the son of French academician and sinologue, Joseph de Guignes. He learned Chinese from his father, and then traveled to China where he stayed for the next 17 years and returned to France in 1801.

Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien: is a Canadian politician who was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003, and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1990 to 2003.

Michaël Basser Chrétien            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Michaël Basser Chrétien: is a French-Moroccan professional football player. Born to a Moroccan father and a French mother, he is a right-sided fullback who plays for Ligue 1 side AS Nancy.Chrétien has only ever played for his local club, having been linked with AS Nancy since the age of five. After leaving for two years to attend the Medina academy in Meuse, FC Metz and AJ Auxerre showed an interest in signing him, but he chose to remain loyal to Nancy.

Todd Chretien            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Todd Chretien: an American activist, was the Green Party candidate for United States Senate in California in 2006. He ran with a slate of Green candidates dubbed "A million votes for peace," expressing an anti-war view and the hope of receiving one million votes in the general election (Chretien received 139,425 votes, or 1.8 percent of the vote). Chretien is a leading member of the International Socialist Organization.

Henri Jacques Chrétien            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Henri Jacques Chrétien: was a French astronomer and an inventor. He spent part of his early astronomical career at the Nice Observatory, which was close to his house, the Villa Paradou. In 1995 the abandoned villa was acquired by the artist Rainer Maria Latzke, who restored the villa and added new modern murals to the already existing frescoes.

Hedwige (Gennaro)-Chrétien            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Hedwige (Gennaro)-Chrétien: was a French composer. She was appointed a music professor at the Paris Conservatoire in 1889 where she had previously been a student from 1874, studying with Ernest Guiraud. In 1881, she won first prize in harmony, counterpoint and fugue. She also won first prize in piano and in composition in other concours which she entered.[2] She was a prolific composer, yet not much else is known about her life. Her compositions, ca. 150 in all, consist of pieces for piano, orchestral and chamber works, songs, two ballets [3] and two one-act operas. [1]