Find A Grave - The Pantheon

Baudin, Jean-Baptiste b. 1811 d. December 3, 1851
French Political Figure. A Doctor who devoted his practice to the poor, he became a deputy during the Second Republic and died at the barricades resisting Napoleon III's coup d'état in December 1851. He was hailed as a martyr to the Republican cause. Entered the Pantheon in 1889. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 23
Beguinot, Francois Barthelemy b. January 22, 1757 d. September 26, 1808
Soldier who rose through the ranks of the Revolutionary Army and was made a Count by Napoleon in the last year of his life. Entered the Pantheon in 1808. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 5
Berthelot (Berthelot), Marcellin (Pierre-Eugene-Marcellin) b. October 27, 1827 d. March 18, 1907
Scientist. Organic chemist and free-thinker. Synthesized methane, acetylene and benzine. Husband of Sophie. Entered Pantheon in 1907. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 25
Berthelot, Sophie b. 1837 d. March 18, 1907
Folk Figure. Born Ernestine Sophie Claudine Niaudet she married Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot, a chemist who pioneered organic synthesis, and taught Organic Chemistry at the École Supérieure de Pharmacie, Paris. They had six children. The couple died suddenly within hours of each other and were interered together at the Parthenon in Paris. She was for many years the only woman entombed there, "in homage to her conjugal virtue," until Pierre and Marie Curie were reinterred there in 1995. (Bio by: Iola)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 25
Beviere, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre b. 1723 d. 1807
Lawyer who signed the Tennis-Court Oath in the French Revolution and became a Senator in 1804. Entered Pantheon in 1807. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 5
Bougainville, Louis Antoine [body minus heart] b. November 12, 1729 d. August 20, 1811
Navigator. Founded a colony on what are now the Falkland Islands. Undertook a famous voyage around the world. His writings contributed to the idea of the "noble savage". Took part in US War of Independence. He had wide interests in science and the flower bougainvillea is named after him. Became Grand Officer of the Legion dÕHonneur. Entered Pantheon in 1811. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 3
Braille, Louis b. January 4, 1809 d. January 6, 1852
Became blind at the age of 3. He invented the reading system for the blind named after him, replacing more complex earlier systems. Entered Pantheon on centenary of his death in 1952. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 25
Brissac, Hyacinthe Hughes Timoleon de Cosse b. November 8, 1746 d. June 19, 1813
French Politician. Of aristocratic birth, became Chamberlain to Napoleon and was made Count in 1808. Entered Pantheon in 1815. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 2
Cabanis, Pierre Jean Georges b. June 5, 1757 d. May 5, 1808
Poet, French Revolutionary. At first and ardent Bonapartist, justifying the need for a strong leader, he became disenchanted and devoted himself to science. Entered Pantheon in 1808. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 5
Caprara, Giovanni Battista b. May 29, 1733 d. July 27, 1810
Italian Cardinal. He is the first foreigner to be buried in the Paris Pantheon. His portrait figures among others in the David painting of Napoleon's coronation.
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Carnot, Lazare b. May 13, 1753 d. August 2, 1823
Fremch General. Left-wing member of the Revolutionary Convention. His opposition to the Terror turned him against Maximillian Robespierre. He went o to have a distinguished political and military career under Napoleon but was proscribed as a regicide at the restoration on the Bourbons. Sent into exile, he devoted himself to mathematics, and was a pioneer, with Monge, of analytic geometry. Grandfather of Sadi Carnot. Entered Pantheon in 1889. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 23
Carnot, Marie-Francois Sadie b. August 11, 1837 d. June 25, 1894
Fifth French Republic President. Served as President from 1887 to 1894 during the Third Republic. He was assassinated in Lyon, France by an anarchist.
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Cassin, René b. October 5, 1887 d. February 20, 1976
Social Reformer. A professor of Law, he joined Charles de Gaulle in London in June 1940. He helped found UNESCO in 1946, and was a leading figure in promoting the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Served as President of the European Court of Human Rights from 1965 to 1968, and received the 1968 Nobel Peace Prize. Entered Pantheon on the centenary of his birth in 1987. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Choiseul-Praslin, Antoine-Cesar de b. April 6, 1756 d. January 28, 1808
Career politician and revolutionary yes-man. Entered Pantheon 1808. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 5
Condorcet (Caritat), Marquis de (Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicola de) b. September 17, 1743 d. March 28, 1794
Scientist. Known as the Marquis de Condorcet, he was an acclaimed mathematician, Encyclopaedist, Jacobin, and anti-slavery proponent. He opposed the execution of Louis XVI. A warrant was issued for his arrest in 1793 and he went into hiding, only to be captured in 1794. He died in jail the day after his imprisonment. Entered Pantheon in 1989. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 7
Cretet, Emmanuel b. February 10, 1747 d. November 27, 1809
French Politician. Concerned with his nation's economic affairs, he developed canals, the stock exchange, etc. Governor of Bank of France in 1806, then Minister of Interior. Entered Pantheon in 1809. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 3
Curie (Sklodowska), Marie b. November 7, 1867 d. July 4, 1934
Scientist. She had degrees in mathematics and physics and was the first woman in Europe to receive her doctorate of science. In 1903, she became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for Physics for the co-discovery (jointly awarded to Curie, her husband Pierre, and Henri Becquerel) of radioactivity. In 1906, she became the first female lecturer, professor and head of Laboratory at the Sorbonne University in Paris. In 1911, she won an unprecedented second Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her...[Read More]
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Curie, Pierre b. May 15, 1859 d. April 19, 1906
Scientist. Researcher into radiation. Married Marie Curie in 1895, who assisted in his research. In 1898 they isolated the elements polonium and radium. Shared Nobel Prize in physics 1903 with his wife and with Becquerel. Obtained the Chair of Physics at the Sorbonne in 1904. Entered Pantheon in 1995 on centenary of his marriage to Marie. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: run over by a horse and carriage
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 8
de Caulaincourt, Marquis Gabriel-Louis [body minus heart] b. November 15, 1741 d. October 28, 1808
French Soldier. Made a count in 1808. His two sons both became generals under Napoleon. His heart is buried at Caulaincourt. Entered Pantheon in 1808. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 5
de Galles, Justin-Bonaventure Morard b. March 30, 1741 d. July 23, 1809
Admiral, nominated to the Senate in 1799, made a Count in 1808. Entered Pantheon 1809. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 3

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