Jean Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, served as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791, and was ultimately guillotined during the Reign of Terror.
Patrice de MacMahon, 6th Marquess of MacMahon, 1st Duke of Magenta, was a French general and politician, with the distinction of Marshal of France. He served as Chief of State of France from 1873 to 1875 and as the second President of the French Third Republic, from 1875 to 1879.
Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande was a French astronomer, freemason and writer.
Lalande is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
La Loge des Neuf Sœurs, established in Paris in 1776, was a prominent French Masonic Lodge of the Grand Orient de France that was influential in organising French support for the American Revolution. A "Société des Neuf Sœurs," a charitable society that surveyed academic curricula, had been active at the Académie Royale des Sciences since 1769. Its name referred to the nine Muses, the daughters of Mnemosyne/Memory, patrons of the arts and sciences since antiquity, and long significant in French cultural circles. The Lodge of similar name and purpose was opened in 1776, by Jérôme de Lalande. From the start of the French Revolution in 1789 until 1792, "Les Neuf Sœurs" became a "Société Nationale".
François Duprat (1940–1978) was a writer, a founding member of the Front National party and part of the leadership until his assassination in 1978.
Edmond Proulx was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Prescott in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1904 to 1921 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as an Independent Liberal from 1923 to 1929.
Sacca Lafia is a Beninese politician who has served in the government of Benin as Minister of the Interior since 2016. Previously he was Minister of Mines, Energy, and Water under President Yayi Boni, beginning in 2007. He is President of the Union for Democracy and National Solidarity (UDS), a political party.
Saifoulaye Diallo was a Guinean politician, lawmaker and cabinet member. Diallo served in the National Assembly of France from 1956 to 1958. He was the political secretary of the ruling Democratic Party of Guinea and the de facto number-two statesman during the first five years of the Republic of Guinea. He served as President of the Territorial Assembly and President of the National Assembly (1958–1963). In January 1963, he entered the government as Minister of State and held various cabinet portfolios under President Ahmed Sékou Touré until his death in 1981.
Saint-Martin-Lalande is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Gaëtan Gorce is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Nièvre department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.
Patrice Calméjane was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2012. He represented the Seine-Saint-Denis department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Patrice Verchère is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Rhône department, and is a member of the Republicans.
Philippe Martin is a French politician, and was Minister for Environment, Sustainable Development and Energy in the Ayrault Cabinet from 2 July 2013 to 31 March 2014.
Philippe Gomès is a New Caledonian politician and, from 5 June 2009 to 11 March 2011, President of the Government of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.
Marie-Jeanne-Amélie Le Francais de Lalande, born Harlay, was a French astronomer and mathematician.
Julien Pierre Anne Lalande was a French Navy officer and politician. He became one of the main actors in the Oriental Crisis of 1840 when the French Levant Squadron did not stop the Ottoman Kapudan Pasha Ahmed Fawzi Pasha who defected with the whole Ottoman Fleet to the Sultan´s enemy Muhammad Ali of Egypt.
Félix-Victor Mauvais was a French politician and astronomer. He was born in the small village of Maîche in the department of Doubs and died in Paris.
The canton of Beauvais-2 is an administrative division of the Oise department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Beauvais.
The canton of Cœur de Puisaye is an administrative division of the Yonne department, central France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Toucy.
