Breton

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• Breton people
  Breton people
  
  The Bretons are a distinct Celts ethnic group located in the region of Brittany in France. They trace much of their heritage to groups of Brythons who settled the area from south western Great Britain in the 4th to 6th centuries....
   of Brittany
• The Breton language
  Breton language
  
  The Breton language is a Celtic languages spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany in France....
  , a Celtic language spoken in Brittany and Loire-Atlantique
• Breton, an adjective for things associated with Brittany
• Breton galette
  Galette
  
  Galette is a general term used in French to designate various types of flat, round or freeform crusty cakes. One notable type is the galette des Rois eaten on the day of Epiphany ....
  , a thin buckwheat flour pancake popular in Brittany

People

• André Breton
  André Breton
  
  Andr? Breton was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist, and is best known as the main founder of surrealism. His writings include the Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as pure psychic automatism....
   (1896—1966), French author and surrealist theorist.
• Didier Breton
  Didier Breton
  
  Didier Breton is the Chief Operating Officer of Trader Classified Media, one of the world's largest classified advertising companies. He was previously president of Groupe Bull, focusing on systems and infrastructure, and he was formerly an executive Hewlett Packard and Valeo....
  , business executive
• Joel Breton
  Joel Breton
  
  Joel Breton is a game producer, international disc jockey and entrepreneur.Breton's first role as a producer was for GT Interactive , where he produced Duke Nukem, Anno 1602, Unreal, the original Unreal Engine, Quake and Doom along with several other video games....
   (born 1971), game producer, entrepreneur and disc jockey
• Jules Adolphe Aime Louis Breton
  Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton
  
  Jules Adolphe Aim? Louis Breton was a 19th century French people Realism Painting. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods of painting helped make Jules Breton one of the primary transmitters of the beauty and idyllic vision of rural existence....
   (1827—1906), French realist painter.
• Malan Breton
  Malan Breton
  
  Malan Breton Is the designer and creative director of Malan Breton Collection. Breton was born in Taipei, Taiwan and currently resides in New York City....
   (born 1973), American fashion designer
• Nicholas Breton
  Nicholas Breton
  
  Nicholas Breton , England poet and novelist, belonged to an old family settled at Layer Breton, Essex, England....
  , 16th century poet
• Thierry Breton
  Thierry Breton
  
  Thierry Breton was the France Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry in the governments of Jean-Pierre Raffarin and then of Dominique de Villepin , Jacques Chirac being the President de la Republique....
   (born 1955), the French Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industry.
• Tomás Bretón
  Tomás Bretón
  
  Tom?s Bret?n , was a Spain musician and composer.Throughout his entire life, Tom?s Bret?n was a well-known and highly-esteemed composer, especially as a result of the success of his zarzuela La verbena de la Paloma, although other works were well-received by audiences and critics, such as his ?peras Los amantes de Teruel , based on...
   (1850—1923), Spanish musician and composer

Other uses

• Breton (Elder Scrolls), a race in The Elder Scrolls game series who are descendants of men and Elves
• Breton, an alternative name for the Cabernet Franc
  Cabernet Franc
  
  Cabernet Franc is one of the major red grape varieties of the world. It is mostly grown for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the Bordeaux style, but can also be vinified alone, such as the Chinon wine from the Loire ....
   red wine grape
• Breton (horse)
  Breton (horse)
  
  The Breton is a list of horse breeds of draft horse. It developed in Brittany, a province in Northwest France, from native ancestral stock dating back thousands of years....
  , A breed of horse.

See also

• Briton (disambiguation)