Foucault
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Foucault can refer to:
People:
In astronomy:
People:
- Jean-Pierre FoucaultJean-Pierre FoucaultJean-Pierre Foucault is a French television and radio host.He is the host of Qui Veut Gagner des Millions ?, the French version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? He has been hosting the Miss France pageant since 1996.Foucault played himself in the 2006 film Mon Meilleur Ami directed by Patrice...
(born 1947), French television host - Léon FoucaultLéon FoucaultJean Bernard Léon Foucault was a French physicist best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation...
(1819–1868), French physicist - Michel FoucaultMichel FoucaultMichel Foucault , born Paul-Michel Foucault , was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas...
(1926–1984), French philosopher and historian - Steve FoucaultSteve FoucaultSteven Raymond Foucault was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1973 to 1978 for the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, and Kansas City Royals. Foucault attended South Georgia College...
(born 1949), former Major League Baseball pitcher
In astronomy:
- Foucault (crater)Foucault (crater)Foucault is a small lunar impact crater that lies along the southern edge of Mare Frigoris, to the southeast of the crater Harpalus. In the rugged terrain to the south of Foucault is Sharp. The outer perimeter of Foucault forms a somewhat irregular circle, with slight outward bulges to the south...
, a small lunar impact crater named after the physicist - 5668 Foucault5668 Foucault5668 Foucault is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 22, 1984 by Antonín Mrkos at Klet. It is named for the French physicist Léon Foucault.-External links:*...
, an asteroid
See also
- Charles de FoucauldCharles de FoucauldCharles Eugène de Foucauld was a French Catholic religious and priest living among the Tuareg in the Sahara in Algeria. He was assassinated in 1916 outside the door of the fort he built for protection of the Tuareg and is considered by the Catholic Church to be a martyr...
, explorer of Morocco, Catholic religious and priest