Jean-Baptiste Soleil Jean-Baptiste Soleil </div>Jean-Baptiste François Soleil (1798–1878) was a French optician and engineer. In 1819, Soleil founded an eponymous company at 23 Passage Vivienne in Paris, specialised in making optics instruments for such notable researchers as Fresnel, Arago, Foucault and Babinet. In 1825 he moved business to 21, rue de l'Odéon . In 1843, he made a heliostat for Jean Thiébault Silbermann. In 1849, the business was split between to divisions under his son Henri Soleil, and his son-in-law Jules Duboscq. The Soleil division went on under Laurent Soleil, and has now been renamed to Jobin Yvon. The Duboscq division was
Soleil Diva Soleil Diva Marie Solo, also known as Soleil Diva is a DR Congolese soukous singer, dancer, producer and composer. Soleil Diva was born October 5, 1975 in Washington DC. Koffi Olomide was born in a middle-class family, without any musical background among his relatives. During his youth, Olomide improvised by singing popular songs with his own lyrics and altered rhythms until a neighbour taught him to play guitar. Olomide earned an academic scholarship and went to study in Bordeaux, France where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Business Economics. He holds a master's degree in Mathematics from the University of