Famous People with Name Philippe

Philippe De Vitry            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe De Vitry: was a French composer, music theorist and poet. He was an accomplished, innovative, and influential composer, and may also have been the author of the Ars Nova treatise. Details of his early life are sketchy. While some medieval sources claim that he was born in the Champagne region, more recent research indicates that he may have originated in Vitry-en-Artois near Arras.[1] Given that he is often referred to in documents as "Magister," he is thought likely to have studied at the University of Paris. Later he was prominent in the courts of Charles IV, Philippe VI and Jean II, serving as a secretary and advisor;

Philippe Goitschel            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Goitschel: is a French skier. He won a silver medal in speed skiing, a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. He is the nephew of champion skiers of the 1960s, Christine and Marielle Goitschel, sisters of his mother Patricia.

Philippe Aubertin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Aubertin: is a French sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at Sydney in 2000.

Philippe Boccara            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Boccara: is a French-born American sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. He appeared in six Olympics for France (1980 to 1992) and the United States (1996, 2000). He won a bronze medal for France in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1984 Olympics with teammates François Barouh, Pascal Boucherit, and Didier Vavasseur.

Philippe Colin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe Colin: is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m: 2007, K-4 1000 m: 2010) and a silver (K-4 1000 m: 2009).

Peguero Jean Philippe            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Peguero Jean Philippe: is a former Haitian football (soccer) forward.Peguero started with Haitian club Don Bosco FC, before moving to the American Major League Soccer in March 2004 to play for the Colorado Rapids. Peguero finished his first season with the Rapids with seven goals and four assists in only 18 games.

Laëtitia Philippe            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laëtitia Philippe: is a French football player currently playing for Montpellier of the Division 1 Féminine. Philippe plays as a goalkeeper and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut on 21 November 2009 against Serbia.

Jean Adrien Philippe            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean Adrien Philippe: was French horologist and cofounder of watchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. of Geneva, Switzerland. In 1842 Adrien Philippe invented a mechanism for watches which allowed them to be wound and set by means of crown rather than a key. His patented invention earned him a Gold Medal at the French Industrial Exposition of 1844 (World's Fair). At the Exhibition Adrien Philippe first met Antoni Patek and a year later became head watchmaker at Patek & Co. in Geneva under an agreement that entitled him to one-third of all company profits.

Thaís Ribeiro Picarte            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Thaís Ribeiro Picarte: is a French football player who currently plays for French club Montpellier of the Division 1 Féminine. Philippe plays as a goalkeeper and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut on 21 November 2009 against Serbia.