Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve was a Canadian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1982. Villeneuve was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1979 with Ferrari, and won six Grands Prix across six seasons.
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Canadian province of Quebec, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Montreal, located roughly halfway between Montreal and the Canada–United States border with the state of Vermont. It is situated on both the west and east banks of the Richelieu River at the northernmost navigable point of Lake Champlain. As of December 2019, the population of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu was 98,036.
Pelletier is a common surname of French origin. Notable people with this surname include:
Boyer is a French surname. In rarer cases, it can be a corruption or deliberate alteration of other names.
Bouchard, a Norman name with German elements means "fort" (bourgh) and "brave," "strong" (heard), see Burkhardt. It is also a French nickname for someone with a big mouth, "bouche" being French for mouth. Notable people with the name include:
Duval or DuVal is a surname, literally translating from French to English as "of the valley". It derives from the Norman "Devall", which has both English and French ties. Variant spellings include: Davolls, Deavall, DeVile, Devill, Deville, Divall, Divell and de Eyvill. Its meaning is derived from the French town of Deville, Ardennes. "Devall" was first recorded in England in the Domesday Book.
Langlois or L'Anglois is a surname of French origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Marchand is a frequent surname in France, in Quebec, and in Louisiana.. It is sometimes anglicized to "Merchant", "Marchant", or "Merchand", all with similar pronunciations to Marchand.
Bellemare is a Norman surname, that means "somebody from Bellemare", name of several hamlets in Normandy. It is also one of the most common family names in Mauricie, Quebec. It is a compound of French belle "nice, pretty" and mare "mere, lake, pond", Norman word of Old Norse origin marr "sea", finally borrowed from Norman by French around 1600 as "pond, puddle".
Boivin is a surname from France. Boivin is a combination of the French words bois and vin, which mean "drink" and "wine" respectively. The surname refers to someone who drinks wine.
Besnard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Durand, du Rand or du Randt is a surname of French origin. It ultimately derives from the Latin omen name Durandus, meaning "enduring". Notable people with the surname include:
Paradis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dubois is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Archambault is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Després, Desprès, Despres, des Prés, Des Pres are French surnames. People with the names include:
Dufour or Du Four or Defour is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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