De Grasse
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People
- François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse (1722-1788), French admiral that helped George Washington during the siege of Yorktown in the American Revolutionary War
- Joe De GrasseJoe De GrasseJoseph Louis De Grasse was a Canadian film director. Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he was the elder brother of actor Sam De Grasse....
(1873-1940), film director - Sam De GrasseSam De GrasseSamuel Alfred De Grasse was a Canadian actor. Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he trained to be a dentist....
(1875-1953), actor - Neil deGrasse TysonNeil deGrasse TysonNeil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, a science communicator, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and a Research Associate in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History...
(1958), astrophysicist - Suzanne DeGrasse (1970), librarian, zinestress:Hotel Dire,Huge Underpants of Gloom, Radio Show Hostess, How to Catalog a Hiccup cataloging blog
French Navy
- French cruiser De Grasse (C610)
- French frigate De Grasse (D612)
French Merchant Marine
- SS De Grasse - French passenger liner built by Cammell, Laid & Company LtdCammell LairdCammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co. of Sheffield at the turn of the twentieth century.- Founding of the business :The Company...
in BirkenheadBirkenheadBirkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite the city of Liverpool...
, England for the French line Compagnie Générale TransatlantiqueCompagnie Générale TransatlantiqueThe Compagnie Générale Transatlantique , typically known overseas as the French Line, was a shipping company established during 1861 as an attempt to revive the French merchant marine, the poor state of which was indicated during the Crimean War of 1856...
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