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5 unusual facts about Rolland


Rolland

Alain Rolland (born 1966), former Irish rugby union footballer and current international referee

Rolland-Pilain

French auto-makers set great store by endurance events in Africa during the 1920s, and the company received much positive publicity from the "Tranin-Duverne" marathon drive undertaken from Conakry to Djibouti using a 10HP Rolland-Pilain.

Solange Chaput-Rolland

Born in Montreal, the daughter of Émile Chaput and Rosalie Loranger, she received her education from the Couvent d'Outremont, the Sorbonne and the Institut Catholique de Paris.

Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland

She stopped playing for France after the 2008 Summer Olympics, having scored 898 goals in 302 matches.

Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland (born 9 October 1972 in Voiron, Isère) is a French former handballer who played for the French national team.


Bruce Power

Current members of the board of directors of Bruce Power are: Dennis Fry, Duncan Hawthorne, Michael Rolland, Bernard Michel, Alexander Pourbaix, Sean McMaster, Sean Quinn, and Preston Swafford.

California Lutheran University

Some North side facilities include: Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center, Samuelson Aquatic Center, Ullman Baseball Stadium and George Sparky Anderson Baseball Field, Hutton Softball Field, William Rolland Stadium (opened Fall 2011), Facilities Building and Yard, and a community pool for the City of Thousand Oaks.

Chaos and Desire

The film also stars Jean-Nicolas Verreault as Marc Vandal, a local pilot whose wife's recent death in a plane crash may be central to the tidal mystery; Julie Gayet as Catherine Rolland, Alice's lesbian friend from college who helps her investigate; and Geneviève Bujold as Colette Lasalle, the owner of the local diner who is convinced that the mystery has a supernatural explanation.

Don Enoch

He was survived by his wife of 54 years, Margery Trively; three sons - Craig T. Enoch, a retired Texas Supreme Court justice, Dr. Rolland Enoch and Mark Enoch and one daughter - Dawn Moore; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Elizabeth of the Trinity

She was born Élisabeth Catez in the Avord military camp in Cher, the first-born child of Captain Joseph Catez and his wife, Marie Rolland.

François-Rolland Elluin

François-Rolland Elluin (born Abbeville, May 5, 1745, died in Paris around 1810) was a French engraver, notoriously known for his illustrations of erotic scenes.

Live a Borrowed Life

The series drew some controversy when George Rolland, who promoted white racial supremacist views, was brought on the show to represent Abraham Lincoln.

Milton, New Hampshire

His sons were Leon C., Huntley N. and Rolland H., of whom Huntley and Rolland would serve as governors of New Hampshire.

Ozaki Kihachi

Ozaki also published Yama no Ehon (“Mountain Picture Book”) a collection of miscellaneous thoughts, and many translations of Romain Rolland, Herman Hesse, Rainer Maria Rilke, Maurice Maeterlinck and Georges Duhamel.

Patrick Schreiber

Schreiber graduated from Romain-Rolland-Gymnasium in 1998 and was subsequently conscripted into the German armed forces, serving in Bayreuth, Holzdorf and Dresden until 1999.

Philippe Viard

Born to Claude and Pierette Charlotte (née Rolland), he attended the parish school of Saint-Nizier and then entered the minor seminary at Argentière about 1827, proceeding to the major seminary of Saint-Irénée at Lyon in 1831.

Sonia Rolland

Sonia Rolland (born February 11, 1981) is a French actress and former Miss France (2000) she has also competed at Miss Universe.

Stéphane Rolland

At the age of 20 Rolland joined Balenciaga and within a year was promoted to the position of Creative Director of menswear and international licenses.

United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races

From March to May 1964, Adrong's faction infiltrated the border with Cambodia and set up at the old French base, Camp le Rolland, in Mondulkiri Province within 15 km of the Vietnamese border, where they continued to recruit FLHP fighters.

Victor Serge

Protests came from intellectuals of various political ideologies, including Georges Duhamel, Charles Vildrac, Boris Souvarine, André Gide and Romain Rolland.


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