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- Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de LozierJean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de LozierJean Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier was a French sailor, explorer, and governor of the Mascarene Islands.He was orphaned at the age of seven and after having been educated in Paris, he was sent to Saint Malo to study navigation. He became a lieutenant of the French East India Company in 1731...
(1705–1786) - FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
explorer, discovered Bouvet Island. - François Joseph BouvetFrançois Joseph Bouvet- Early life :Son of a captain in the service of the French East India Company, he went to sea at the age of twelve with his father aboard the Villevault in 1765. In 1780, Bouvet served in the East Indies in the famous campaign of 1781–83 under the command of Suffren...
de Précourt (1753–1832) - French admiralAdmiralAdmiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
. - Pierre François Étienne Bouvet de MaisonneuvePierre François Étienne Bouvet de MaisonneuvePierre François Étienne Bouvet de Maisonneuve was a French admiral.Born in Saint-Benoît, Réunion, to a family of sailors, Bouvet started sailing at the age of 12 on the Nécessaire. He was midshipman at 17 on the frigate Aréthuse...
(1775–1860) - French admiralAdmiralAdmiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
. - Gustave BouvetGustave BouvetGustave Charles Bouvet was a French anarchist who unsuccessfully tried to assassinate Alexandre Millerand, the President of France.Bouvet was raised by priests in Antwerp, and returned at 14 years of age to Paris to live with his parents...
, French anarchist and attempted assassin. - Maximilien-Nicolas BouvetMax BouvetMaximilien-Nicolas Bouvet was a French operatic baritone.Bouvet was born at La Rochelle. In 1875 he appeared at the Eldorado café-concert in Paris with the song Les myrtes son flétries by Gustave Nadaud and de Faure....
, a French opera singer (1854–1943)
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- Five shipsFrench ship BouvetFive ships of the French Navy have borne the name Bouvet in honour of François Joseph Bouvet :* A dispatch boat launched in 1865 and sunk near Haiti in 1871* A dispatch boat launched in 1876, struck in 1891...
of the French Navy were named in honour of François Joseph BouvetFrançois Joseph Bouvet- Early life :Son of a captain in the service of the French East India Company, he went to sea at the age of twelve with his father aboard the Villevault in 1765. In 1780, Bouvet served in the East Indies in the famous campaign of 1781–83 under the command of Suffren...
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