Michaux is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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André Michaux
André Michaux (' → ahn- mee-; sometimes Anglicisation, anglicised as Andrew Michaud; 8 March 174611 October 1802) was a French botanist and explorer. He is most noted for his study of North American flora. In addition Michaux collected specime ...
(1746–1802), French botanist and explorer
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Bernard Michaux (1921–1987), Luxembourgian footballer
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François André Michaux
François André Michaux (16 August 1770 – 23 October 1855) was a French people, French botany, botanist, son of André Michaux and the namesake of Michaux State Forest in Pennsylvania. Michaux ''père'' botanized in North America for nearl ...
(1770–1855), French botanist
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Henri Michaux
Henri Michaux (; 24 May 1899 – 19 October 1984) was a Belgian-born French poet, writer and painter. Michaux is renowned for his strange, highly original poetry and prose, and also for his art: the Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenhei ...
(1899–1984), Belgian-French writer
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Lewis H. Michaux (1884/5–1976), African-American activist and bookseller
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Lightfoot Solomon Michaux (1883–1969), American entrepreneur and televangelist
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Mickey Michaux, American state legislator from North Carolina
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Pierre Michaux
Pierre Michaux (June 25, 1813 – January 10, 1883) was a blacksmith who furnished parts for the carriage trade in Paris during the 1850s and 1860s. He may have become the inventor of the bicycle when he added pedals to a draisine to form ...
(1813–1883), French blacksmith, inventor of pedal bicycles
See also
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