Boivin
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Boivin is a surname given as a nickname for a wine drinker, combining boi (French for drink and vin for wine). The name may also refer to:
  • Arthur Boivin
    Arthur Boivin
    Arthur Rivers Boivin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1917 to 1936, and again from 1941 to 1945....

     (died 1952), politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • Claude Boivin
    Claude Boivin
    Claude Boivin is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers and Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League...

     (born 1970), retired Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • François de Boivin
    François de Boivin
    François de Boivin, Baron de Villars was a French chronicler.He entered the service of Marshal Charles de Brissac, as secretary, and accompanied him to Piedmont in 1550 when the marshal went to take command of the French troops in the war with Spain...

     (died 1618), French chronicler
  • François Boivin
    François Boivin
    François Boivin is a Canadian soccer player who last plays for Trois-Rivières Attak.-Playing career:He began playing for the Francheville Soccer Club, where he had a major impact from 1998 to 2003, where in 2000 he was named the Mauricie male athlete of the year...

     (born 1986), Canadian soccer player
  • Françoise Boivin
    Françoise Boivin
    Françoise Boivin is a Canadian politician, who represents the electoral district of Gatineau in the Canadian House of Commons....

     (born 1960), Canadian politician
  • Georges Henri Boivin
    Georges Henri Boivin
    Georges Henri Boivin, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Granby, Quebec, the son of Henri Boivin and Sarah Bray, Boivin was educated at Granby Academy, St. Joseph's College, and Granby Mannoir College in Marieville. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1902 from Laval University in Montreal...

     (1882–1926), Canadian politician
  • Harry D. Boivin
    Harry D. Boivin
    Harry Dolan Boivin was an Oregon lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for four terms, from 1935 through 1942. He also served in the Oregon State Senate from 1955 to 1972...

     (1904–1999), American lawyer and politician
  • Jean-Marc Boivin
    Jean-Marc Boivin
    Jean-Marc Boivin was a French mountaineer, extreme skier, hang glider and paraglider pilot, speleologist, BASE jumper, award-winning film maker, and author...

     (1951–1990), French mountaineer and BASE jumper
  • Joseph Boivin
    Joseph Boivin
    Attorney Joseph Boivin was a co-founder and first president of the first credit union established in the United States, St. Marie's Cooperative Credit Association. The son of Stanislas and Marie Boivin, Joseph Auguste Boivin was born September 21, 1866 in Coaticook,PQ, Canada. Mr. Boivin...

    , manager of the first American credit union
  • Leo Boivin
    Leo Boivin
    Léo Joseph Boivin is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota North Stars.-Playing career:Leo Boivin began playing hockey at seven years...

     (born 1932), retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman
  • Marie Boivin
    Marie Boivin
    Marie Boivin was a French midwife and obstetrics writer.Marie Anne Victoire Gillain was born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, and educated in a nunnery in Étampes, where her talents attracted the attention of Madame Elisabeth, sister of King Louis XVI...

     (1773-1841), French midwife
  • Pierre Boivin
    Pierre Boivin
    Pierre Boivin, OC is a French Canadian businessman and current president of the Montreal Canadiens since September 2, 1999, succeeding Ronald Corey...

     (born 1953), French Canadian businessman
  • Roch Boivin
    Roch Boivin
    Roch Boivin was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.-Background:He was born on October 14, 1912 in Chicoutimi, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and became an physician.-Member of the legislature:...

    (1912–1979), Canadian politician
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