Payen may refer to:
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Anselme Payen
Anselme Payen (; 6 January 1795 – 12 May 1871) was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose.
Biography
Payen was born in Paris. He began studying science with his father when he was a 13-yea ...
(1795–1878), French chemist
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Antoine Payen the Younger (1792–1853), Belgian painter, naturalist and collector
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Antoine Payen the Elder (1748–1798), Belgian architect
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Antoine Payen (animator) (1902–1985), French animator
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Louis Payen (real name Albert Liénard, 1875–1927), French librettist
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Nicolas Payen
Nicolas Payen (also Nicolas Colin) (c. 1512, in Soignies – after April 24, 1559) was a Franco-Flemish composer and choirmaster of the Renaissance, associated with the ''Grande Chapelle'', the Habsburg imperial chapel, at the end of the reign o ...
(also Nicolas Colin, c. 1512–1559), Franco-Flemish composer and choirmaster
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Nicolas Roland Payen (1914–2004), French aeronautical engineer, including a list of 'Payen' aircraft
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Pierre Payen
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French language, French form of the name Peter (given name), Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via ...
(1914–2004), French editorial cartoonist and caricaturist
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Payen Talu
Payen Talu (; born 16 December 1951) is an Atayal Taiwanese politician. He represented the Democratic Progressive Party as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2002.
Political career
A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, Payen T ...
(born 1951), Taiwanese politician
Other uses
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Payén (also known as Reserva Provincial La Payunia), a natural reserve in Argentina
See also
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Hugues de Payens
, commonly known in French as or ( – 24 May 1136), was the co-founder and first Grand Master of the Knights Templar.
Origin and early life
The Latin text of William of Tyre's ''History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea'', dated , calls him , ...
(c. 1070–1136), co-founder and first Grand Master of the Knights Templar
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Pascal Payen-Appenzeller (born 1944), Franco-Swiss historian, poet and writer
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