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Famous Breton Americans and Americans of Breton descent include John James Audubon, Jack Kerouac, and Joseph-Yves Limantour. From 1885 to 1970, several thousand Bretons migrated to the United States, many of them leaving the Black Mountains of Morbihan . [ 20 ]
Breton or Bretón is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adela Breton (1849–1923), English archaeologist; Alex Breton (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player; André Breton (1896–1966), French author and surrealist theorist; André Breton (1934–1992), Canadian singer; Aurora Bretón (1950–2014), Mexican archer
Will Ford Hartnett (born 1956), Dallas attorney and state representative, 1991 to 2013; Brad Hawkins (born 1976), actor (Ryan Steele on VR Troopers) Gibby Haynes (born 1957), singer/musician with Butthole Surfers; Jerry Haynes (1927–2011), children's TV show host (Mr. Peppermint, Peppermint Place) Josh Henderson (born 1981), actor (John Ross ...
In the Cornish language, ultimately a language linked to Welsh and Breton, the prefix 'map' may have been used, as in Welsh, to indicate the relationship of father to son, this later becoming "ap" (as in NW Breton area, Leon dialect, Breton WP) and then finally the "p" alone being prefixed to the name, e.g. (m)ap Richard becoming "Pri(t)chard ...
An enlargeable map of the 254 counties of the State of Texas. The following is a list of Texas county seat name etymologies, taken from the Handbook of Texas. A separate list of Texas county name etymologies, covering Texas counties instead of its county seats, is also available.
A large wave of Breton immigrants arrived in the New York City area during the 1950s and 1960s. [3] Many settled in the East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens. [3] However, more than 10,000 Bretons left their native land to emigrate to New York. [4] There is also a Breton soccer team in Queens.
Britton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andrew Britton (1981–2008), British-born American author; Barbara Britton (1919–1980), American film and television actress; Ben Britton (born 1985), British scientist; Cameron Britton (born 1986), American actor