Famous People with Name Laurent

Laurent Robuschi            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laurent Robuschi: is a French former football striker, with Italian ancestors. He was part of France national football team at the FIFA World Cup 1966.

Laurent Robert            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laurent Robert: is a French left winger who currently plays for Larissa.Robert started his career at Montpellier, before signing for Paris Saint-Germain in 1999. He made his debut for France shortly after, on August 18, 1999, against Northern Ireland. In a Champions League match against Rosenborg in 2000 he set up six goals in a 7-2 win

Laurent Fressinet            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laurent Fressinet: is a French chess grandmaster. He is married to Almira Skripchenko.

Laurent De La Hyre            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laurent De La Hyre: was a French Baroque painter, born in Paris.He became a pupil of Georges Lallemand and studied the works of Primaticcio at Fontainebleau, but never visited Italy. La Hyre is associated with the transitional period before the introduction of the French Baroque by Simon Vouet.

Laurent De Gouvion-Saint-Cyr            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Laurent De Gouvion-Saint-Cyr: was a French commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who rose to Marshal of France and Marquis. His nickname was "The Owl".

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.

Pierre Alphonse Laurent            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Pierre Alphonse Laurent: was a French mathematician best known as the discoverer of the Laurent series, an expansion of a function into an infinite power series, generalizing the Taylor series expansion. He was born in Paris, France. His result was contained in a memoir submitted for the Grand Prize of the Académie des Sciences in 1843, but his submission was after the due date, and the paper was not published and never considered for the prize. Laurent died at age 41 in Paris. His work was not published until after his death.

Paul Matthieu Hermann Laurent            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Paul Matthieu Hermann Laurent: was a French mathematician. Despite his large body of works, Laurent series expansions for complex functions were not named after him, but after Pierre Alphonse Laurent.

Jean Laurent            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean Laurent: was a French international footballer. He played as a defender. He was the elder brother of Lucien Laurent, who was also an international footballer, and scored the first goal in the history of the Football World Cup.