Famous People with Name Auguste

Auguste Perret            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Auguste Perret: was a French architect and a world leader and specialist in reinforced concrete construction. In 2005 his post-WWII reconstruction of Le Havre was declared by UNESCO one of the World Heritage Sites.

Auguste Louis Himly            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Auguste Louis Himly: was a French historian and geographer.It was not until 1876 that he published, in two volumes, his remarkable Histoire de la formation territoriale des États de l'Europe centrale, in which he showed with a firm, but sometimes slightly heavy touch, the rec

Auguste Bouché-Leclercq            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Auguste Bouché-Leclercq: was a French historian. He was celebrated for an exhaustive history of ancient astrology and magic.

Auguste Borget            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Auguste Borget: was a French artist who is best known for his drawings and prints of exotic places, in particular China. He was born in 1808 in Issoudun, Indre. At age 21, he went to Paris where he became a close friend of Honoré de Balzac. Borget periodically exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1836 to 1859. Beginning in 1836, he traveled through North and South America before stopping briefly in Honolulu in May, 1838, on board the ship "Psyche",

Auguste Walras            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Auguste Walras: was a French school administrator and (amateur) economist. He was the father of Léon Walras, who was deeply influenced by his father's view on economics. Auguste Walras convinced his son to give up his original literary aspirations to pursue economic studies. It was his idea to take rareté (scarcity) and utility as the source of value. He also encouraged him to use mathematical tools, probably under the inspiration of his former classmate Augustin Cournot..

Arsène Auguste            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Arsène Auguste: is a retired Haitian footballer who represented Haiti in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He played club football with Racing Club Haïtien in Haiti and Tampa Bay Rowdies and Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the United States.

Jules Auguste            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jules Auguste: was an illustrious French violinist, conductor and composer of the 19th century. He became solo violinist, then third conductor in 1871 and finally chief conductor in 1885. His long and successful teaching career at the Conservatoire de Paris began in 1875. Among his notable students were Henri Marteau (1874-1934) who was a child prodigy and Jules Boucherit (1877-1962). Garcin’s association with the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire began in 1860, again as orchestral and then as solo violinist. [1]

Maurice Eugène Auguste, Count Lippens            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Maurice Eugène Auguste, Count Lippens: was governor of Belgian Congo from 30 January 1921 until 24 January 1923.

Alexandrine Auguste Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Alexandrine Auguste Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: was the queen consort of King Christian X of Denmark. She was born a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in the city of Schwerin. Her father was Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; her mother was Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, a granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. Princess Alexandrine married Prince Christian of Denmark on 26 April 1898, in Cannes, France, when she was 18 years old.

Karl A. Augustesen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Karl A. Augustesen: is a Danish astronomer.Working at Brorfelde Observatory, he has discovered a number of asteroids.