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Avril is the French word for the month of April
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April
April is the fourth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April was originally the second month of the Roman calendar, before January and February were added by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC...
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First names
- Avril AngersAvril AngersAvril Florence Angers was an English stand up comedienne and actress.- Life :Angers was born in Liverpool. She danced with the Tiller Girls before joining ENSA during the Second World War, becoming a Forces' sweetheart. She never married or had children...
, English comedian - Avril BenoîtAvril BenoîtAvril Benoît is a Canadian broadcaster best known for her radio programmes and documentaries on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 2006, after two decades in journalism, she left the CBC to join Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders Canada as director of communications...
, Canadian broadcaster - Avril Blair, Sister of George OrwellGeorge OrwellEric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...
- Kim CampbellKim CampbellAvril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, university professor, diplomat, and writer. She served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993...
, Avril "Kim" Campbell, Canada's first female Prime Minister - Avril Coleridge-TaylorAvril Coleridge-TaylorGwendolyn Avril Coleridge-Taylor was an English pianist, conductor, and composer.-Biography:She was born in South Norwood, London, the daughter of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. She wrote her first composition, Goodbye Butterfly, at the age of twelve...
, English pianist, conductor, and composer - Avril DoyleAvril DoyleAvril Doyle is a former Irish politician. She was a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party.Avril Belton was born in Dublin and was educated at University College Dublin. Her father Richard Belton was a Senator and her grandfather Patrick Belton was a Teachta Dála...
, Irish politician - Avril (Frederic Magnon)Avril (Frederic Magnon)AVRIL is a French electronic musician. His first album was That Horse Must Be Starving on the label F-Communications. It won the Prix Constantin prize in 2002. His second album was Members Only...
, French electro-ambient musician - Avril HoareAvril HoareAvril Hoare is a news presenter and reporter from Coolock in Dublin, Ireland. She has worked in the RTÉ Newsroom since 1999.She was a regular presenter of 2fm news and has been a reporter on RTÉ Radio 1's News At One. In 2001 she became part of 2fm's The Full Irish team. She also was a stand in for...
, Irish radio personality - Avril Kent, character on Emmerdale
- Avril LavigneAvril LavigneAvril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
, Canadian pop/rock singer-songwriter - Avril PhaliAvril PhaliAvril Phali is a South African professional footballer who plays for Jomo Cosmos, as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Phali has played for Sebokeng Black Rhinos, Vaal Ambassadors, Jomo Cosmos and Orlando Pirates. After Cosmos were relegated from the Premier Soccer League in the 2009–10 season, Phali...
, South African football player - Avril WilliamsAvril WilliamsAvril Percy Williams is a former rugby union wing who was the second black man to play for South Africa. He gained two caps in June 1984, both against England. His nephew Chester Williams later played for the Springboks too.-References:...
, South African rugby player
Last names
- Édouard-Henri AvrilÉdouard-Henri AvrilÉdouard-Henri Avril was a French painter and commercial artist. Under the pseudonym Paul Avril, he was an illustrator of erotic literature....
, French painter - Jacky AvrilJacky AvrilJacky Avril is a French slalom canoer who competed in the early 1990s. He won the bronze medal in the C-1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
, French slalom canoer - Jane AvrilJane AvrilJane Avril was a French can-can dancer made famous by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec through his paintings. Extremely thin, 'given to jerky movements and sudden contortions', she was nicknamed La Mélinite, after an explosive. -Biography:...
, French dancer - Philippe AvrilPhilippe AvrilPhilippe Avril was a Jesuit explorer of the Far East. He was born at Angoulême, France on 16 September 1654.Avril was a professor of philosophy and mathematics at Paris when he was dispatched to the Jesuit missions of China...
, French explorer - Prosper AvrilProsper AvrilProsper Avril is a Haitian political figure who was President of Haiti from 1988 to 1990. A trusted member of François Duvalier's Presidential Guard and adviser to Jean-Claude Duvalier, Lt. Gen. Avril led the September 1988 Haitian coup d'état against a transition military government installed...
, President of Haiti - Yola d'AvrilYola d'AvrilYola d'Avril was a French-born actress, who appeared in numerous American productions such as New Movietone Follies of 1930 between 1925 and 1953....
, French actress
Places
- Mont AvrilMont AvrilMont Avril is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border.-External links:*...
, a mountain on the Swiss-Italian border - Avril, Meurthe-et-MoselleAvril, Meurthe-et-MoselleAvril is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department...
, a commune of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, in France - Avril-sur-LoireAvril-sur-LoireAvril-sur-Loire is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.-Demographics:At the 1999 census, the population was 234. On 1 January 2005, the estimate was 235.-References:*...
, a commune of the Nièvre département, in France