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Lenormand is considered the first man to make a witnessed descent with a parachute and is also credited with coining the term parachute, from the Latin prefix para meaning "against", an imperative form of parare = to avoid, avert, defend, resist, guard, shield or shroud, from paro = to parry, and the French word chute for "fall", hence the word "parachute" literally means an aeronautic device ...
Stéphane Lenormand (French pronunciation: [stefan lənɔʁmɑ̃]) is a French politician from Saint Pierre and Miquelon. He is a member of Archipelago Tomorrow and was President of the Territorial Council of Saint Pierre and Miquelon from 2017 to 2020. [1] Lenormand was elected to the National Assembly of France in 2022. [2]
Lenormand or Le Normand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Henri-René Lenormand (1882–1951), French playwright; Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (1757–1837), French physicist, inventor and pioneer in parachuting; Marie Anne Lenormand (1772–1843), French professional fortune-teller for more than 40 years, famous during the ...
He was the son of Louis-François Lenormand and Marie-Jeanne-Antoinette Huvé. Grandson of the architect Jean-Jacques Huvé (1742–1808) and nephew of Jean-Jacques-Marie Huvé (1783–1852), [2] he was a student of his uncle and Antoine-François Peyre (1739–1823) at the School of Fine Arts in Paris.
Robin Aimé Robert Le Normand Mainfray (born 11 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Atlético Madrid.Born in France, he plays for the Spain national team.
Franz Reichelt (16 October 1878 – 4 February 1912), also known as Frantz Reichelt [1] or François Reichelt, was an Austro-Hungarian-born [2] French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, now sometimes referred to as the Flying Tailor, who is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design.
Henri-René Lenormand (3 May 1882 - 16 February 1951) was a French playwright. He was born on 3 May 1882 in Paris . His plays, steeped in symbolism, were recognized for their explorations of subconscious motivation, deeply reflecting the influence of the theories of Sigmund Freud . [ 1 ]
Ti Noel has been won in a card game by a plantation owner based in Santiago, and Lenormand de Mezy dies in abject poverty shortly afterwards. Ti Noel saves enough money to buy his passage, and as a free man, he discovers a free Haiti. Now much older, he realizes that he has returned to the former plantation of Lenormand de Mezy.