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- Anne Danican Philidor - Anne Danican Philidor (1681-1728) is best remembered today for having founded the Concert Spirituel, an important series of public concerts held in the palace of the Tuileries from 1725 to 1791. He (here Anne is a male name) came from an extraordinary musical family, one with many musicians, and ...
- François-André Danican Philidor - François-André Danican Philidor (September 7, 1726 - August 31, 1795) was a French chess player and composer. He was regarded as the best single chess player of his age (see any of the #References), although the title of World Chess Champion was not yet in existence.
- Tom Jones (Philidor) - Tom Jones is a comédie mêlée d'ariettes, a kind of opéra comique, by the French composer François-André Danican Philidor which first appeared at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris on 27 February 1765. The libretto, by Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poisenet, is loosely based on the novel by Henry Fielding.
- George Atwood - George Atwood (October 1745–July 11, 1807) was an English mathematician who invented a machine for illustrating the law of uniformly accelerated motion. He was also a renowned chess player whose skill for recording many games of his own and of other players, including François-André Danican Philidor, the leading master of his time, left a valuable historical record for future generations.
- Peter Andre (album) - Peter Andre is the self titled debut album by Australian popstar Peter Andre.