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565 famous people found
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François-René de CHATEAUBRIAND
French writer, politician and diplomat
1768 - 1848 -
Etienne de la BOETIE
French judge, writer and "a founder of modern political philosophy in France"
1530 - 1563 -
BUFFON
French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author
1707 - 1788 -
MALESHERBES
French statesman, minister, and afterwards counsel for the defence of Louis XVI
1721 - 1794 -
MONTESQUIEU
French social commentator and political thinker
1689 - 1755 -
SAINT-SIMON
French soldier, diplomatist and writer of memoirs
1675 - 1755 -
Alfred DE VIGNY
French poet, playwright, and novelist
1797 - 1863 -
Jean Valentin MOREL
French goldsmith
1794 - 1860 -
Mademoiselle Raucourt
French actress
1756 - 1815 -
Virginie ANCELOT
French painter, writer and playwright
1792 - 1875 -
Félicité de LA MENNAIS
French Catholic priest, philosopher and political theorist
1782 - 1854 -
Pierre-Simon BALLANCHE
French writer and counterrevolutionary philosopher
1776 - 1847 -
Pontus de TYARD
French poet and priest
1521 - 1605 -
William Beckford
English novelist
1760 - 1844 -
Richard MIQUE
French architect
1728 - 1794 -
Adèle RICHÉ
French painter and watercolorist
1791 - 1887 -
Jean de Garancières
Medieval poet
1372 - 1415 -
Louis COURTOIS
Belgian physicist
1785 - 1859 -
Ennemond Alexandre PETITOT
French architect
1727 - 1801 -
Julien VALLOU DE VILLENEUVE
French painter, lithographer and photographer
1795 - 1866