Famous People with Name Laurent

Laurent Gathier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laurent Gathier: is a French engineer and space pioneer born in 1953 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. He is married and the father of three boys and currently the director of space activities of Dassault Aviation, in Saint-Cloud. He spent his adolescence in the Chambéry-Grenoble area, a period when he learnt how to build model planes and also became a pilot (gliders and planes). He first flew solo when he was 15.

Laurent D'Arvieux            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laurent D'Arvieux: was a French traveller and diplomat born in Marseille. He is known for his travels in the Middle East, which began in 1654 as a merchant in the Ottoman port of Smyrna. From 1658 he travelled throughout the Levant (Lebanon, Syria and Palestine) and in 1666 visited Tunis. Later he returned to France, and in 1674-75 was assigned as consul to Algiers, then later served as consul to Aleppo from 1679 to 1686.

Laurent Belissen            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laurent Belissen: was a French Baroque composer. He was born in Aix-en-Provence and may have been among the last students of Guillaume Poitevin, then maître de musique at the choir school of the Aix Cathedral. By 1722 Belissen settled in Marseille, where he succeeded Antoine Blanchard as maître de musique of the Abbey of St. Victor, which was then rapidly declining in importance—but he also secured a position directing the city's Académie de Concerts. Belissen remained in Marseilles until his death.

Laurent Levesque            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laurent Levesque: is a film score composer. He began his film-scoring career in 2001 with director Costa-Gavras.

Laurent Brissaud            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laurent Brissaud: is a French slalom canoer who competed in the early 1990s. He finished fifth in the K-1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Robert Laurent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Laurent: was an American sculptor, known for his sensitive interpretations of the human form.

Grégoire "Gusty" Laurent            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Grégoire "Gusty" Laurent: was a Luxembourgian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he was eliminated in the first round of the lightweight class after losing his fight to Charles Petersen.

Rémi Laurent            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Rémi Laurent: was a French actor, best known for playing the son Laurent in La Cage aux Folles. He died from an HIV related illness in 1989.

Christophe Laurent            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Christophe Laurent: is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Agritubel.

Michel Laurent            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Michel Laurent: is a French former professional road racing cyclist.