Perrin
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General
Perrin may refer to:- Perrin Air Force BasePerrin Air Force BasePerrin Air Force Base is an inactive United States Air Force base, approximately 7 miles northeast of Sherman, Texas. It was active during World War II as pilot training airfield and during the Cold War as a combat crew and flying training base...
, located in rural Grayson County, Texas - Perrin friction factorsPerrin friction factorsIn hydrodynamics, the Perrin friction factors are multiplicative adjustments to the translational and rotational friction of a rigid spheroid, relative to the corresponding frictions in spheres of the same volume...
, in hydrodynamics - Perrin numberPerrin numberIn mathematics, the Perrin numbers are defined by the recurrence relationandThe sequence of Perrin numbers starts withThe number of different maximal independent sets in an n-vertex cycle graph is counted by the nth Perrin number.-History:...
, in mathematics - Perrin's Beaked WhalePerrin's Beaked WhalePerrin's beaked whale is the newest species of beaked whale to be described. The first two specimens were found in May 1975 stranded on the California coast, with two more specimens being found in 1978 and 1979, and the last in September 1997...
, the newest species of Beaked Whale to be described (1975) - Perrin's cave beetlePerrin's cave beetlePerrin's cave beetle is an extinct freshwater beetle from France. It and Siettitia ayenionensis are the only two species in the genus Siettitia....
, an extinct freshwater beetle from France - Perrin, TexasPerrin, TexasPerrin is an unincorporated community in southeastern Jack County, Texas, United States). It has a population of approximately 500, and it is located at the intersection of US HWY 281 and FM 2210.It was established in 1870 and named for Levi W...
, an unincorporated community in southeastern Jack County, Texas (USA)- Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School DistrictPerrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School DistrictPerrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Perrin, Texas .In addition to Perrin, the district also serves the community of Whitt in northwestern Parker County....
, a public school district
- Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School District
- Towers PerrinTowers PerrinTowers Perrin was a professional services firm specialising in human resources and financial services consulting, which merged in January 2010 with Watson Wyatt to form Towers Watson...
, a global professional services firm
People
- Perrin BeattyPerrin BeattyHenry Perrin Beatty, PC is a corporate executive and former Canadian politician.Perrin Beatty first won election to the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative at the age of 22 in the 1972 election....
(born 1950), corporate executive and former Canadian politician - Perrin KaplanPerrin KaplanPerrin Kaplan is the former vice president of Marketing and Corporate Affairs for Nintendo of America Inc. In 2009, Kaplan joined former Nintendo colleagues Beth Llewelyn and Kelli Koenig Horner to form Zebra Partners, a Marketing and PR firm, based in Seattle....
, vice president of Marketing & Corporate Affairs for Nintendo of America Inc - Abner Monroe PerrinAbner Monroe PerrinAbner Monroe Perrin was a Confederate general in the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. He was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania.-Early life:...
(1827–1864), Confederate general during the American Civil War - Alain Perrin (born 1956), French association football coach and manager of Olympique Lyonnais
- Austen D Perrin, CFO of New Zealand's largest transport company, Toll NZ
- Carlo Perrin (born 1946), Italian politician
- Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de BellunoClaude Victor-Perrin, duc de BellunoClaude Victor-Perrin, First Duc de Belluno was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars...
(1764–1841), marshal of France during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars - Daniel PerrinDaniel PerrinDaniel Perrin was one of the first permanent European inhabitants of Staten Island, New York. Known as "The Huguenot", he arrived in New York Harbor from the Isle of Jersey on July 29, 1665 aboard the ship Philip, under the command of Philip Carteret...
(1642-1719), one of the first permanent European inhabitants of Staten Island, New York - Don PerrinDon PerrinDon Perrin is a Canadian writer and former military officer. Born in Iserlohn, Germany, Perrin grew up in Kingston, ON, Canada, McMasterville, QC, Canada, Bromley, Kent, England, and Ottawa, ON, Canada. Perrin served in the Canadian Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, in the Canadian...
(born 1964), Canadian writer and former military officer - Edwin O. PerrinEdwin O. PerrinEdwin Oscar Perrin was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He was the son of Joseph Perrin, a judge and Whig politician. He was educated at the Springfield Academy, and then studied law with Samson Mason. Perrin was admitted to the bar in 1842, and the next year commenced practice at Memphis,...
(1822-1889), New York lawyer - Elula PerrinElula PerrinElula Perrin was a French-Vietnamese writer.In 1969, she and Aimée Mori founded the Katmandou, the first nightclub for women in Paris...
(1929—2004), French-Vietnamese writer - Elzéar Abeille de Perrin (1843-1910 ou 1911), French entomologist
- Éric PerrinEric PerrinÉric Perrin is a professional ice hockey centre who is currently playing on JYP of the SM-liiga of Finland .-Playing career:...
(born 1975), NHL center for Atlanta ThrashersAtlanta ThrashersThe Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season... - Francis Perrin (actor)Francis Perrin (actor)Francis Pierre Horton Perrin is a French actor, scriptwriter and film director.He was taken on by the Comédie-Française in 1972, for whom his roles included Les Fourberies de Scapin by Molière. He headed the Théâtre Montansier in his birthplace from 1992 to 2000...
(born 1947), French actor, scriptwriter and film maker - Francis PerrinFrancis PerrinFrancis Perrin was a French physicist,the son of Nobel prize-winning physicist Jean Perrin.- Physicist :Francis Perrin was born in Paris and attended École Normale Supérieure in Paris.In 1928 he obtained a doctorate in mathematical sciences from the faculté des sciences of Paris, based upon a...
(1901-1992), French physicist, son of Jean Perrin - Fred Perrin, French weapons, tactics, and combat specialist
- Geneviève Perrin-Gaillard (1947-), French politician
- Harold PerrinHarold PerrinLieutenant-Commander Harold Ernest Perrin CBE was a British aviation pioneer. He was secretary of the Royal Aero Club from 1903 to 1945, and in this capacity signed more than 20,000 private pilots' licences. Perrin was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1936....
(c.1878–1948), British aviation pioneer - Jack PerrinJack PerrinJack Perrin was an American actor specializing in westerns.-Biography:He was born Lyman Wakefield Perrin in Three Rivers, Michigan; his father worked in real estate and relocated the family to Los Angeles, California shortly after the turn of the century.Perrin served in the United States Navy...
(1896–1967), American actor specializing in westerns - Jacques PerrinJacques PerrinJacques Perrin is a French actor and filmmaker. He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his father's name and Perrin his mother's.-Life and career:...
(born 1941), French actor and film maker - Jean-Baptiste Perrin (1870-1942), French physicist (Nobel prize 1926)
- Jim PerrinJim PerrinJim Perrin is an English rock climber and travel writer.Born in Manchester, Perrin has lived in Wales since the age of 17. Before turning to writing, he worked in Cwm Pennant as a shepherd. As a writer, he has made regular contributions to a number of newspapers and climbing magazines...
, British rock climber and travel writer - Joseph Perrin (1754-1800), French general
- Maurice Perrin (1826-1889), French surgery
- Nat PerrinNat PerrinNat Perrin was an American comedy writer, who contributed gags and storylines to several Marx Brothers films and co-wrote the play Hellzapoppin that was adapted in to a film. He is credited with writing the screenplay or story for over 25 films, including The Great Morgan and Song of the Thin Man...
(1905-1998), a comedy writer - Noel PerrinNoel PerrinNoel Perrin was an American essayist and a professor at Dartmouth College.-Early years:Perrin was born on September 18, 1927 in New York City and grew up in Pelham Manor, New York His parents both worked as advertising copywriters at the J. Walter Thompson Agency...
(1927–2004), American essayist and a professor at Dartmouth College - Percy PerrinPercy PerrinPercival Albert Perrin , known as either "Percy" or "Peter", was an English cricketer, who played for Essex as a right-handed, middle-order batsman for more than thirty years from 1896.Perrin was a Tottenham publican and a property developer who organised his considerable business...
(1876-1945), English cricketer, played for Essex - Philippe PerrinPhilippe PerrinPhilippe Perrin is a French test pilot and former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut.-Background:Perrin was born 6 January 1963, in Meknes, Morocco, but considers Avignon, Provence, to be his hometown. He entered the French École polytechnique in 1982 and graduated as "Ingénieur...
(born 1963), test pilot and former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut - Pierre PerrinPierre PerrinPierre Perrin was a French poet and librettist.Sometimes known as L'Abbé Perrin although he never belonged to the clergy...
(1620?-1675), French poet and librettist - Ronald Edward PerrinRonald Edward PerrinRonald Edward Perrin was a British cathedral organist. Born in London, Perrin's initial education was at Edmonton County Grammar School. He won an organ scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford, from where he graduated with an honours degree in music. Following National Service, he secured his first...
(1931–1997), British cathedral organist - Steve PerrinSteve PerrinStephen Herbert Perrin, born January 22 1946 and simply known as Steve Perrin, is a game designer and technical writer/editor.Perrin is probably best known for creating the role-playing game RuneQuest for Chaosium...
(born 1946), American game designer and technical writer/editor - Vic PerrinVic PerrinVic Perrin was an American actor and voice artist. He is best remembered as the "Control Voice" in the original version of the TV series The Outer Limits ....
(1916–1989), American actor and voice artist - William PerrinWilliam PerrinWilliam Henry Perrin was a convict transported to Western Australia, who later became one of the colony's ex-convict school teachers....
(1831–1903), convict transported to Western Australia, later becoming a school teacher - William Gordon PerrinWilliam Gordon PerrinLieutenant Colonel William Gordon Perrin, OBE was an R.A.F. and Navy officer, and the Admiralty librarian from 1908 to 1931. He is most well known for his works on flags; particularly British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea which has been described as the standard by which...
(1874 - 1931), R.A.F. and Navy officer, and the Admiralty librarian 1908 to 1931. Author of British Flags.
Fiction
- Cecile Laveau-Perrin, character in Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series
- Perrin (Star Trek), fictional character in the Star Trek universe
- Perrin AybaraPerrin AybaraPerrin t'Bashere Aybara, or Goldeneyes, is one of the main characters of Robert Jordan's epic fantasy The Wheel of Time. Character is largely based on Slavic god Perun. In addition to the name similarity Perrin's choice of weapons include the axe, hammer, and bow...
, a main character of Robert Jordan's epic fantasy The Wheel of Time - The Fall and Rise of Reginald PerrinThe Fall and Rise of Reginald PerrinThe Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a series of novels which developed into a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role...
, a novel and British sitcom written by David Nobbs - Reggie Perrin, a remake of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin to be broadcast in 2009