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People
- Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de ChâteauguayCharles le Moyne de Longueuil et de ChâteauguayCharles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay ,as many people of his time, had a variety of occupations. Born in Dieppe, France in Normandy, he came to New France in 1641. He became lord of Longueuil in Canada....
(1626–1685), French settler in Canada - Jacques Le MoyneJacques Le MoyneJacques le Moyne de Morgues was a French artist and member of Jean Ribault's expedition to the New World. His depictions of Native American, colonial life and plants are of extraordinary historical importance.-Expedition:...
(c.1533–1588), French artist - Jean-Louis LemoyneJean-Louis LemoyneJean-Louis Lemoyne was a French sculptor whose works were commissioned by Louis XIV and Louis XV.His sculptures are featured in major art museums, including the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Gallery of Art...
(1665-1755), French sculptor - Jean-Baptiste LemoyneJean-Baptiste LemoyneJean-Baptiste Lemoyne was a French sculptor, among the greatest French portraitists. He was the pupil of his father, Jean-Louis Lemoyne, and of Robert Le Lorrain....
(1704-1778), French sculptor, son of Jean-Louis Lemoyne - Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (composer)Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (composer)Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne or Moyne was a French composer, chiefly of operas. Born in Eymet, Dordogne, he first worked as a musician in Berlin and Warsaw, where in 1775 he produced his first opera, Le bouquet de Colette, starring his pupil Antoinette de Saint-Huberty...
(1751-1796), French composer - Pierre Le Moyne d'IbervillePierre Le Moyne d'IbervillePierre Le Moyne d'Iberville pronounced as described in note] Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville pronounced as described in note] Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville pronounced as described in note] (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1702 (probable)was a soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, knight of...
(1661-1706), founder of French LouisianaLouisiana (New France)Louisiana or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. Under French control from 1682–1763 and 1800–03, the area was named in honor of Louis XIV, by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle... - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de BienvilleJean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de BienvilleJean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienvillepronounce] was a colonizer, born in Montreal, Quebec and an early, repeated governor of French Louisiana, appointed 4 separate times during 1701-1743. He was a younger brother of explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville...
, colonizer and governor of French LouisianaLouisiana (New France)Louisiana or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. Under French control from 1682–1763 and 1800–03, the area was named in honor of Louis XIV, by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle... - Rene Alexandre LeMoyneRene Alexandre LeMoyneRene Alexandre LeMoyne was born to Jean LeMoyne and Marie Madeleine de Chavigny in Quebec City.- Marriage and Engagements :...
(1688-1727), Québécois fur trader - Francis Julius LeMoyneFrancis Julius LeMoyneFrancis Julius LeMoyne was a 19th-century American medical doctor and philanthropist from Washington, Pennsylvania...
(1798-1879), creator of first crematoryCremationCremation is the process of reducing bodies to basic chemical compounds such as gasses and bone fragments. This is accomplished through high-temperature burning, vaporization and oxidation....
in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... - François LemoyneFrançois LemoyneFrançois Lemoyne or François Le Moine was a French rococo painter.He was born in Paris. In 1701, when he was 13 years old, he entered the Académie de peinture et de sculpture. He studied under Louis Galloche and stayed until 1713. In 1711, Lemoyne won the Prix de Rome...
, (1688–1737), a French rococoRococoRococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...
painter. - Serge LemoyneSerge LemoyneSerge Lemoyne was a Canadian artist from Quebec. He is known both as a performance artist and also primarily as a painter....
- Rene Alexandre LeMoyneRene Alexandre LeMoyneRene Alexandre LeMoyne was born to Jean LeMoyne and Marie Madeleine de Chavigny in Quebec City.- Marriage and Engagements :...
- Charles Le Moyne (actor) (1880–1956), an American actor of the silent eraSilent filmA silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
. - William J. Le MoyneWilliam J. Le MoyneWilliam J. Le Moyne was a prominent American actor who is credited with playing Deacon Perry in the first stage adaption of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.-Early career:William J...
(1831–1905), American 19th century stage actor.
Places
- Le Moyne, AlabamaLe Moyne, AlabamaLe Moyne is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama. It was named in honor of the Le Moyne brothers, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, founders of colonial Mobile. Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff, on the Mobile River, is located in...
- Lemoyne, NebraskaLemoyne, NebraskaLemoyne is an unincorporated community in northern Keith County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along Nebraska Highway 92 on the northern shore of Lake C.W. McConaughy, north of the city of Ogallala, the county seat of Keith County. Its elevation is 3,333 feet . Although Lemoyne is...
- Lemoyne, PennsylvaniaLemoyne, PennsylvaniaLemoyne is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Lemoyne was incorporated as a borough on May 23, 1905. As of the 2000 census, the borough population was 3,995. It was formerly named Bridgeport. Lemoyne lies across the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's capital...
- LeMoyne, QuebecLeMoyne, QuebecLeMoyne is a neighbourhood in Longueuil, Quebec within the Vieux-Longueuil borough. LeMoyne makes up 2% of the total area of the Vieux-Longueuil borough and is the only neighbourhood of the borough that wasn't part of the pre-2002 city of Longueuil...
Institutions
- Le Moyne CollegeLe Moyne CollegeLe Moyne College, named after Simon Le Moyne, is a private, Jesuit college enrolling over 3,500 undergraduate and graduate students. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1946, Le Moyne is the first Jesuit college to be founded as a co-educational institution...
, Syracuse, New YorkSyracuse, New YorkSyracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603... - LeMoyne-Owen CollegeLeMoyne-Owen College-External links:*...
, Memphis, TennesseeMemphis, TennesseeMemphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....