Jean Ango

Jean Ango

male, deceased (1551)
Jean Ango (1480-1551) was a French ship-owner who provided ships to Francis I for exploration of the globe. A native of Dieppe, Ango took over his...
Jean Ribault

Jean Ribault

male, deceased (1565)
Jean Ribault was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United States. He was born in the coastal...

John Hamilton

male, deceased (1755)
Captain John Hamilton was a British naval officer, the second son of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne Plumer. Hamilton chose a career...
Abraham Duquesne

Abraham Duquesne

male, deceased (1688)
Abraham Duquesne, marquis du Bouchet, (c.1610-February 2 1688) was a French naval officer, who also saw service as an admiral in the Swedish navy....
Jean Parmentier

Jean Parmentier

male, deceased (1529)
Jean Parmentier (1494 - 1529), born in Dieppe, France, was a navigator, cartographer, and poet. Jean and his brother Raoul made numerous voyages...
Antoine Daniel

Antoine Daniel

male, deceased (1648)
Saint Antoine Daniel (27 May 1601 - 4 July, 1648) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the eight Canadian Martyrs....
Richard Simon

Richard Simon

male, deceased (1712)
Richard Simon (May 13, 1638 - April 11, 1712), was a French biblical critic. He was born at Dieppe. His early education took place at the college...
Salomon de Caus

Salomon de Caus

male, deceased (1626)
Salomon de Caus (born 1576 in Dieppe; died 1626) was a French engineer and once (falsely) credited with the development of the steam engine....
David Kirke

David Kirke

male, deceased (1654)
Sir David Kirke (c. 1597 - 1654) was an Scottish adventurer, colonizer and governor. Kirke was raised in English occupied Dieppe. In 1627 Kirke's...
Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville

Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville

male, deceased (1706)
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville [<font/>pronounce ] (b.16 July 1661 - d.(probably) 9 July 1706), founder of the colony of French Louisiana, was born at...