Ferdinand Marie, Comte de Lesseps (French: [də lesɛps]; 19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal...

Thauk. De Lesseps received the Fulbright Humanitarian Award in 2004 at the United Nations in New York. He is a descendant of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the famous...

related to Suez Canal promoter Ferdinand de Lesseps. She is of French-Canadian descent on her mother's side. De Lesseps attended Miss Porter's School,...

Count Alexandre de Lesseps, an entrepreneur and pioneer of microfinancing in developing countries. He is a descendant of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the famous...

death, in numerous foreign and domestic posts. One of his sons, Ferdinand de Lesseps, was the developer and guiding spirit in charge of the construction...

expedition of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1 August 1785 – January 1788) and uncle of Ferdinand de Lesseps. His childhood was spent in...

basis. The square is named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the developer of the Suez Canal. Earlier in his career, De Lesseps was the French consul in Barcelona...

Fort De Lesseps was a small U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps fort located at the northern tip of Colón, Panama. It was named after Ferdinand de Lesseps. It...

Barthélemy de Lesseps, (1766–1834), French diplomat and writer Bertrand Marie de Lesseps (1875–1918), French fencer Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805–1894)...

route between Europe and Asia. In 1858, French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps formed the Compagnie de Suez for the express purpose of building the canal. Construction...