Paris (disambiguation)

   

Paris is the name of a variety of things.

Locations

People

  • The Parisii were a people that lived in Gaul from the middle of the third century B.C. until the Roman era.
  • Matthew Paris (c. 1200–1259) was a Benedictine monk and chronicler.
  • Alexis Paulin Paris (1800–1881) was a French scholar and author.
  • Gaston Paris (1839–1903) was a French scholar, the son of Alexis Paulin Paris.
  • Twila Paris (born c. 1959) is a contemporary Christian songwriter and singer.
  • Paris is a militant San Francisco-based rapper.
  • Paris Hilton (born 1981) is a socialite and model most known for her sex tape and being the co-star of The Simple Life.
  • Paris Howe Strewe is an actor, who played Théodred, the Prince of Rohan, in the 2002 movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

Mythology and fiction

  • Paris was a legendary figure of the Trojan War.
  • Paris is a character in Romeo and Juliet. (The 1996 movie dubs him Dave Paris.)
  • Tom Paris is a character on the television series Star Trek: Voyager.

Other

  • Paris is a genus (plants of liliaceae family).
  • Plaster of Paris, another name for plaster, is a type of building material based on anhydrous gypsum.
  • Paris, Texas is a movie directed by Wim Wenders.

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