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Louis RENAULT
French industrialist, one of the founders of Renault and one of the foremost pioneers of the automobile industry
1877 - 1944 -
Philippe Pétain
French general who commanded the French Army in World War I and became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II
1856 - 1951 -
Charles PEGUY
French poet, essayist, and editor
1873 - 1914 -
Marcel PAGNOL
French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker
1895 - 1974 -
Jean-François MILLET
French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school
1814 - 1875 -
Guy de MAUPASSANT
French writer and considered one of the fathers of the modern short story
1850 - 1893 -
Alfred DREYFUS
French artillery officer who was convicted in 1894 on charges of treason
1859 - 1935 -
Michel CHASLES
French mathematician
1793 - 1880 -
Pierre de COUBERTIN
French pedagogue and historian, founder of the International Olympic Committee, and considered father of the modern Olympic Games
1863 - 1937 -
Maurice CHEVALIER
French actor, singer, and popular vaudeville entertainer
1888 - 1972 -
Louis BRAILLE
French inventor of braille
1809 - 1852 -
Hector BERLIOZ
French Romantic composer
1803 - 1869 -
Charles BAUDELAIRE
French poet, critic, and translator
1821 - 1867 -
Honoré DE BALZAC
French novelist and playwright
1799 - 1850 -
Paul FORT
French poet
1872 - 1960 -
Jacques DUCLOS
French politician
1896 - 1975 -
André LHOTE
French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life
1885 - 1962 -
Jean MONNET
French civil servant, entrepreneur, diplomat, financier, administrator, and political visionary
1888 - 1979 -
Virginie DÉJAZET
French actress
1798 - 1875 -
François LECA
Apache, lover of Casque d'Or
1874 - 1916