Famous People with Name Octave

Octave Crémazie            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Octave Crémazie: was a French Canadian poet. He has been called "the father of French-Canadian poetry" for his patriotic verse, often rhetorical in style, celebrating such subjects as Montcalm's defence of Fort Carillon in "Le drapeau de Carillon". Other poems include "Le

Octave Mirbeau            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Octave Mirbeau: was a French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde. His work has been translated into thirty languages.

Octave Lapize            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Octave Lapize: was a French professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist. Most famous for winning the 1910 Tour de France and a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 kilometres, he was a three-time winner of one-day classics, Paris–Roubaix and

Octave Victor Anna Dierckx            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Octave Victor Anna Dierckx: was a Belgian liberal and politician. Dierckx was a doctor in law and a lawyer.

Octave Magnan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Octave Magnan: was a farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montcalm in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1878 to 1881 and from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative. In 1858, he married Odile Duval at Saint-Alexis. He ran unsuccessfully for the Quebec assembly seat in Montcalm in an 1874 by-election. He was elected in 1878 and defeated by Jean-Baptiste-Tréfflé Richard when he ran for reelection in 1881. Magnan was elected again in 1892 and defeated by Pierre-Julien-Léonidas Bissonnette in 1897. He also ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1882 and 1891. He died in Saint-Jacques at the age of 85.