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Due to the Huguenots' early ties with the leadership of the Dutch Revolt and their own participation, some of the Dutch patriciate are of part-Huguenot descent. Some Huguenot families have kept alive various traditions, such as the celebration and feast of their patron Saint Nicolas, similar to the Dutch Sint Nicolaas (Sinterklaas) feast.
Cara Delevingne (1992–), English actress and model, French Huguenot ancestry. [153] Poppy Delevingne (1986–), English actress and model, sister of Cara, French Huguenot ancestry. [153] Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), American film-maker. [154] [155] Johnny Depp (1963–), American actor, descended from Jean and Pierre Dieppe of Dieppe ...
Lamar County (named for Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, former Confederate officer and U.S. Secretary of the Interior of French Huguenot descent) Lanett (for a settler named Lanet) [11] Lapine ("rabbit") [11] Le Moyne (The Monk, old spelling) Leroy ("le roi" meaning "king") [11] Magnolia (named for the plant, which was named for botanist ...
The French American community is made up of several distinct groups, including Huguenot refugees in the Thirteen British Colonies, French settlers in Louisiana, Acadian exiles, French colonists fleeing Saint-Domingue following the Haitian Revolution, and French Canadian immigrants between the 1840s and the 1930s, as well as a steady immigration ...
Various French-language first names have also gained popularity amongst Afrikaners, examples being Francois, Jacques, Pierre, Charles, Jean-Pierre, Chantelle and Eugene. Some Afrikaans writers have Huguenot surnames, and were involved in setting up the Society of Real Afrikaners. [11]
Crewdson, Robert L. (1986). "The Manakin Experiment: A French Protestant Colony in the New World". Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church. 55 (3): 203– 211. JSTOR 42974798. The Family History of the French Huguenot Abraham Sallé and His Descendants. J.D. Bailey. 1993. "Letter of Abraham Salle, 1707 Sept. 2". Library of Virginia
Some Australians of French Huguenot descent have completely assimilated into the country's predominantly Anglo-Saxon culture but most still quietly but tenaciously hold on to as many aspects as they can of their French heritage and identify themselves very much as Huguenots, even hundreds of years after being exiled.
The Romilly family is an English family of French Huguenot descent, descended from Étienne Romilly of Montpellier. Pages in category "Romilly family" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.