Aghion
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Aghion is a [Spanish] surname
originally deriving from the Northern Spanish town of Ayllon. They settled in Thessaloniki under the Ottoman Empire after the Spanish expulsion of 1492. The name changed over the years to Aelyon then Aelion. One branch settled in Amsterdam Holland, with offspring reaching Alexandria Egypt in the early 1700's. On the 6th August 1853 one member of the family and his children officially changed their surname to Aghion. All Aghions derive from that change of name. Some members also used the name Aglion to confuse potential persecuting forces. People with this surname include:
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originally deriving from the Northern Spanish town of Ayllon. They settled in Thessaloniki under the Ottoman Empire after the Spanish expulsion of 1492. The name changed over the years to Aelyon then Aelion. One branch settled in Amsterdam Holland, with offspring reaching Alexandria Egypt in the early 1700's. On the 6th August 1853 one member of the family and his children officially changed their surname to Aghion. All Aghions derive from that change of name. Some members also used the name Aglion to confuse potential persecuting forces. People with this surname include:
- Anne AghionAnne AghionAnne Aghion is a French-American documentary filmmaker and Guggenheim fellow.In 2005, she won an Emmy Award for her documentary In Rwanda We Say…The Family That Does Not Speak Dies.-Filmmaking career:...
(born 1960), documentary filmmaker - Gaby AghionGaby AghionGaby Aghion is a French fashion designer.Not only the creator of successful French prêt-a-porter fashion house, Chloé, Gaby Aghion is also accredited with the creation of the term prêt-à-porter itself....
(born 1921), French fashion designer - Gabriel AghionGabriel Aghion-Biography:He was born in Alexandria, in Egypt on 30 December 1955.-Filmography:* La Scarlatine * Bras de Fer * Rue du Bac * Pédale douce -Biography:He was born in Alexandria, in Egypt on 30 December 1955.-Filmography:* La Scarlatine (1983)* Bras de Fer (1985)* Rue du Bac (1990)* Pédale douce...
(born 1955), French film director - Philippe AghionPhilippe AghionPhilippe Aghion is a French economist. He is Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard University, having previously been Professor at University College London, an Official Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, and an Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology .His main...
, French economist - Raoul Aglion, French then American publicist for the Free French