Yvan is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Jacques-Yvan Morin
Jacques-Yvan Morin (July 15, 1931 – July 26, 2023) was a Canadian law professor and politician in Quebec. Morin graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Law with a BCL in 1953, where he was the founder of the ''McGill Law Journal''. H ...
, GOQ (1931–2023), politician in Quebec, Canada
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Marc-Yvan Côté
Marc-Yvan Côté (born March 27, 1947, in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec) is a former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister for the Quebec Liberal Party. He was the Health and Social Services Minister in the Robert Bourassa government from 1989 ...
(born 1947), former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister for the Quebec Liberal Party
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Maurice-Yvan Sicard
Maurice-Ivan Sicard (nom de plume Saint-Paulien; 21 May 1910 in Le Puy-en-Velay – 10 December 2000) was a French journalist, far right political activist, and Nazi collaborator.
Biography
Initially a teacher and journalist for such mainstream ...
(1910–2000), French journalist and far right political activist
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Yvan Attal
Yvan Attal (; ; born ) is a French actor, scriptwriter and film director.
Life and career
Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to History of the Jews in Algeria, Algerian-Jewish parents, he grew up in the outskirts of Paris. His acting debut was in Éri ...
(born 1965), Israeli-born French actor and director
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Yvan Bernier
Yvan Bernier (born 17 June 1960) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2000. He is a businessperson by career.
He was elected in the Gaspé (electoral district), Gaspé electoral district under the Bloc Québécois party ...
(born 1960), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000
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Yvan Blot
Yvan Blot (29 June 1948 – 10 October 2018) was a French conservative politician. A founding member of the GRECE, he was also the co-creator and president of the Club de l'Horloge.
Biography
Born on 29 June 1948 in Saint-Mandé, Yvan Blot wa ...
(1948–2018), French conservative political figure
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Yvan Bordeleau (born 1942), the Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Quebec, Canada, for Acadie from 1989 to 2007
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Yvan Bourgis (born 1979), French football defender currently playing for Stade Brest 29 in the French Ligue 2
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Yvan Colonna
Yvan Colonna (, ; 7 April 1960 – 21 March 2022) was a Corsican nationalist convicted for the 1998 assassination of the prefect of Corse-du-Sud, Claude Érignac. He was beaten to death in prison by a Cameroonian-born inmate for "disrespecting ...
, Corsican nationalist convicted of assassinating the prefect of Corsica, Claude Erignac on the February 6, 1998
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Yvan Cournoyer
Yvan Serge Cournoyer (born November 22, 1943) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens for 16 seasons, from 1963 to 1978, winning the Stanley Cup 10 times. In 19 ...
(born 1943), retired Canadian hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League
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Yvan Craipeau
Yvan Craipeau (24 September 1911 – 13 December 2001) was a French Trotskyist activist.
Biography
Born in La Roche-sur-Yon, he helped found a local independent Marxist organisation while he was still in his teens. Expelled from school, he moved t ...
(1911–2001), French Trotskyist activist
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Yvan Decock (born 1941), Belgian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1960s
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Yvan Delporte
Yvan Delporte (24 June 1928 – 5 March 2007) was a Belgian comics writer, and was editor-in-chief of '' Spirou'' magazine between 1955 and 1968 during a period considered by many the golden age of Franco-Belgian comics. He is credited with seve ...
(1928–2007), Belgian comics writer, was editor-in-chief of Spirou magazine
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Yvan Ducharme
Yvan Ducharme was a québécois actor (24 August 1937, in Rouyn-Noranda – 21 March 2013, in Laval, Quebec).
Biography
Ducharme was first known to the public thanks to his creation of ''Insolences d'un téléphone'' shown during the day in ...
(1937–2013), québécois humorist and actor
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Yvan Dutil
Yvan Dutil, born April 6, 1970, is a Canadian astrophysicist. He is a member of the Bioastronomy Commission of the International Astronomical Union and of the International Academy of Astronautics's Permanent Committee on the Search for Extra-T ...
, Canadian astrophysicist who created a noise-resistant coding system for extraterrestrial messages
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Yvan Goll
Yvan Goll (also written Iwan Goll, Ivan Goll; born Isaac Lang; 29 March 1891 – 27 February 1950) was a French-German poet who was bilingual and wrote in both French and German. He had close ties to both German expressionism and to French surr ...
, born Isaac Lange (1891–1950), French-German poet who wrote in both French and German
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Yvan Joly
Yvan Joseph Rene Joly (born February 6, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played 2 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, one each during the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons, and 1 playoff ...
(born 1960), retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward
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Yvan Kibundu
Yvan Kibundu (born 26 March 1989) is a French football player who plays for Championnat National 2 club Stade Poitevin.
Career
He played first for Chamois Niortais and scored his first goal for this club in the 2–1 Coupe de la Ligue defeat to ...
(born 1989), French midfielder
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Yvan Kyrlya
Yvan Kyrlya (real name Kirill Ivanovich Ivanov) (; 17 March 1909, Kupsola – July 1943) was a Mari Soviet actor and poet, famous for his role of Mustafa Fert in the first Soviet sound film '' Road to Life'' (Putyovka v zhizn) (1931).
Biog ...
(real name Kirill Ivanovich Ivanov) (1909–1943), Mari Soviet actor and poet
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Yvan Lachaud (born 1954), member of the National Assembly of France
*Yvan Lambatan, singer from Baguio City and former scholar of Pinoy Dream Academy
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Yvan Le Bolloc'h
Yvan Le Bolloc'h (; born 20 December 1961) is a French television and radio host and actor.
Biography
Yvan Le Bolloc'h began as a teacher for four years in Brittany. He worked regularly with Bruno Solo and presented with him several music progra ...
(born 1961), French television and radio host and actor
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Yvan Loubier
Yvan Loubier (born April 10, 1959 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician and one of the founders of the Bloc Québécois. He was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada representing the district of Saint-Hyacinthe—B ...
(born 1959), Canadian politician and one of the founders of the Bloc Québécois
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Yvan Muller
Yvan Muller (born 16 August 1969) is a French auto racing driver most noted for success in touring car racing. He is a four-time World Touring Car Championship, World Touring Car Champion, winning the title in 2008 with SEAT, in 2010 and 2011 wit ...
(born 1969), French auto racing driver most noted for success in Touring Car and Ice racing
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Yvan Patry
Yvan Patry (1948–1999) was a Canadian documentary filmmaker.
Yvan was born in Iroquois Falls, Ontario.
During the 1970s he worked as a professor at Montmorency College in Laval, Quebec, where he produced several educational films.
Yvan's sh ...
(1948–1999), Québécois documentary filmmaker
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Yvan Ponton
Yvan Ponton (born 22 October 1945) is a Canadian actor, commentator and television host. Ponton has had a lengthy acting career which includes roles in a variety of major French-Canadian television shows and movies. He is most well known to En ...
(born 1945), Quebec actor, commentator and television host
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Yvan Quénin
Yvan Quénin (March 1, 1920 – July 27, 2009) was a French basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an ...
(1920–2009), French basketball player
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Yvan Quentin
Yvan Quentin (born 2 May 1970) is a retired Swiss football defender.
He was capped 41 times for the Swiss national team between 1992 and 2002. He played four games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and was in the Euro 1996 squad.
He is the "nephew ...
(born 1970), retired Swiss football defender
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Yvan Rajoarimanana
Yvan Rajoarimanana Avotriniaina (born August 23, 1988) is a Malagasy footballer who currently plays CNaPS Sport.
Career
Rajoarimanana started his football career with Ajesaia. He played one year with Ajessaia in the Ligue one before joined t ...
(born 1988), Malagasy footballer currently plays for JS Saint-Pierroise
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Yvan Randriasandratriniony
Yvan Randriasandratriniony is a Malagasy politician. He served in the government of Madagascar as Minister of Agriculture, Breeding and Fishing from March 2002 to January 2004 and Minister of Decentralization and Regional Planning from January 2 ...
, Malagasy politician, President of Tiako i Madagasikara (TIM), the ruling party
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Yvan Ylieff
Yvan Ylieff (, ''Ivan Iliev''; born 8 March 1941) is a Belgian politician of the Francophone Socialist Party.
Ylieff was born in Verviers, Liège, to a Bulgarian emigrant family. He graduated in history before engaging in politics. In 1973, ...
(born 1941), Belgian politician of the Francophone Socialist Party
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