Jean Massieu

Jean Massieu (  ; 1772 – 21 Nyakanga 1846) yari umurezi w'intangarugero ufite ubumuga bwo kutumva . Umwe mu bavandimwe batandatu babana n'ubumuga bwo kutumva, yangiwe kwiga kugeza afite imyaka cumi n'itatu ubwo yahuraga na Abbé Sicard, wamwandikishije mu kigo cy’igihugu des jeunes sourds de Bordeaux-Gradignan, Ishuri rya Bordeaux ry’abana  babana n'ubumuga bwo kutumva. Agezeyo, yize gusoma no kwandika igifaransa, nyuma afasha guteza imbere ururimi rw'amarenga rw'igifaransa rwa mbere rwemewe. Uru rurimi rw'amarenga rw'igifaransa nyuma rwahinduwe mu rurimi rw'amarenga rw'Abanyamerika . Yigishaga ku ishuri rizwi cyane ryababana n'ubumuga bwo kutumva i Paris aho Laurent Clerc yari umwe mu banyeshuri be. Yatangiye akazi nyuma y'igitutsi cyabereye i Paris muri Rodez  kandi yitangiye ubuzima bwe kwigisha abana batumva. Nyuma yaje gushinga ishuri ryabafite ubumuga bwo kutumva  i Lille, mu Bufaransa .

 Filime 
Jean Massieu agaragara muri filime y'impimbano yitwa Sign Gene, filime y'ibihangange ivuga ku bahindutse  bafite ubumuga bwo kutumva bafite imbaraga z’ibihangange binyuze mu gukoresha ururimi rw'amarenga, nka sekuru wa kane wa sekuru wa Kate Massieu (wakinnye na Carola Insolera ) umukobwa w'inshuti y'umuntu ukomeye Tom Clerc, ukomoka kuri Laurent Clerc . Iyi filime yanditswe kandi ikorwa na Emilio Insolera kandi yerekanwe muri sinema muri Nzeri 2017. 

 Amagambo yitirirwa 

 "Reka umwongereza agire ikawa ye, kandi reka ngire ham." - Jean Massieu
 "Gushimira ni kwibuka umutima", wabaye umugani mu rurimi rw'igifaransa.