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Alekhine, Alexandre b. November 1, 1892 d. March 24, 1946
Chess Master. Born in Moscow, Russian, he was the World Chess Champion from 1927 to 1935, and from 1936 to 1946. He defeated Cuban chess master José Raúl Capablanca in 1927 to win the world championship and defended it successfully (apart from a defeat by Dutch chess master Max Euwe in 1935) for nearly 20 years.
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Alphonse Laveran, Charles Louis b. June 18, 1845 d. May 18, 1922
French Medical Scientist. He received the first French Nobel Prize for Physiology (in the category of Medicine) in 1907 for his work on protozoa in causing diseases. He used half of the Prize money to found the Laboratory of Tropical Medicine at the Pasteur Institute. While visiting the malarial areas of France, he became the first scientist to express the view that the malarial parasite must be found outside the human body. This idea would later aid other scientists in discovering the...[Read More] (Bio by: Justiciero)
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Plot: Division 17 Ligne 10 Est Tombe 2 Sud
Arnaud, Michele b. March 18, 1919 d. March 30, 1998
Singer. She was born in Toulon, France. She was the first singer of Gainsbourg's compositions. She is best remembered for her songs "Démons et Merveilles," "Julie," "L'Acteur," "Le Bateau Spagnol," "La Rue S'Allume," "Le Tendre et Dangereux Visage de l'Amour," "Marie d'Aquitaine," "Où Va la Chance?" and "Ne Vous Mariez Pas, Les Filles." She was known as "l'intelectuelle de la chanson." (The intelectual of the song). Also, she developed a career as documentary director. Her real name was...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Plot: Division 7, Line 2 North, 12 West, Concession Number 133P1998
Aron, Raymond b. March 14, 1905 d. October 17, 1983
Philosopher.
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Atlan, Jean-Michel b. January 23, 1913 d. February 12, 1960
Poet, Artist.
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Augustin Thierry, Jacques Nicolas b. May 10, 1795 d. May 22, 1856
Historian.
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Aumont, Tina b. February 14, 1946 d. October 28, 2006
Actress. Born Maria Christina Aumont (also known as Tina Marquand), she was a French actress of the 1960s and 1970s who appeared mainly in international films. After making her big screen debut in the movie "Modestry Blaise" in 1966, she had notable performances in the films "Texas Across the River", (1966) with Dean Martin, "A Matter of Time", (1976) with Ingrid Bergman and "Holocaust II", (1980). Her parents were actors Jean-Pierre Aumont and Maria Montez. She was married to actor Christian...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Cause of death: Pulmonary embolism
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Aupick, Jacques b. 1789 d. April 27, 1857
French General. Stepfather of the poet Baudelaire.
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Auric, Georges b. February 15, 1899 d. July 23, 1983
Composer. Auric was born in Lodève, a small town in southern France. His family soon moved to Montpellier, where Auric began studying music at the Conservatoire. In 1913, a music critic encouraged the precocious pianist and composer's parents to move to Paris, where Auric could continue his studies at the Conservatoire National Superieur. The family arrived in May 1913, just in time for Auric to attend the premiere of Stravinsky's 'Le Sacre du printemps' [The Rite of Spring]. That fall, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Colin Roust)
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Bakhtiar, Shapur b. 1914 d. August 6, 1991
Leader of democratic opposition to the Shah of Iran, and briefly (37 days) Prime Minister of Iran after fall of the Shah. Lived in exile in Paris.
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Baldaccini, Cesar b. January 1, 1921 d. December 6, 1998
Artist. Sculptor who experimented with use of scrap metal, compressed cars, and other such unconventional material. His own sculpture surmounts his grave.
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Banville, Theodore de b. March 14, 1823 d. March 15, 1891
Poet.
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules [original burial site] b. November 2, 1808 d. April 23, 1889
Writer, he was transferred in 1926 to St Sauveur, le vicomte's cemetery, in Normandy.
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste b. August 2, 1834 d. October 4, 1904
French sculptor renowned for his monumental works, the most famous being the Statue of Liberty. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was born at Colmar, in Alsace, France, on April 2, 1834. At first he studied painting, but soon abandoned it for sculpture under the influence of the Parisian, Jean Francois Soitoux, working from the very first on a colossal scale and with architectural effects. When Bartholdi was 20 years old he traveled in Egypt and studied Egyptian art. He made a second trip to Egypt in...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons)
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Plot: Division 28
Bastie, Maryse b. February 27, 1898 d. July 6, 1952
Aviatrix. Born Marie-Louise Bombec in Limoges, France, her father died when she was eleven and she went to work in a shoe factory. An early first marriage failed, leaving her a son. A second marriage to Louis Bastié, a First World War pilot instilled in her a fascination with flight and she became a determined student. Her husband died in an air crash in 1926 and she made her living at aerobatics. Over the next few years she set several international records for female aviators including for...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Batcheff, Pierre b. April 13, 1901 d. April 15, 1932
Actor. He appeared in Abel Gance's "Napoleon" (1927) and Rex Ingram's "Baroud" (1931), but he is chiefly remembered as the twisted hero of Bunuel's surrealistic classic "Un Chien Andalou" (1929). He committed suicide at 30. (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Baudelaire, Charles b. April 9, 1821 d. August 31, 1867
French Poet. Known as "the father of modern criticism." Charles Baudelaire was born in Paris, where he lived most of his life. His father was a sixty-year-old ex-priest and widower when he married his mother orphan who was twenty-six. His father died in 1827. His stepfather, who became a senator, died in 1857. Baudelaire worshipped his mother. He was sent to boarding school. He studied at the College Royal in Lyon from 1832 to 1836 and Grand school in Paris from 1836 to 1839, from where he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Cause of death: Cancer
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
GPS coordinates: 48.8401489, 2.3249300 (hddd.dddd)
Beauvoir, Simone de b. January 9, 1908 d. April 14, 1986
French writer, philosopher, feminist. She has come to be seen as the mother of post-1968 feminism. Philosophical writings linked to Sartrian existentialism. Best known for her work The Second Sex (1949) which contained detailed analysis of women's oppression. Other major works: The Guest (1943); Memoires d'une jeune fille rangŽe (1958).
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Becker, Jacques b. September 15, 1906 d. February 21, 1960
Motion-Picture Director. He was a leading post-World War II French filmaker. His work is atmospheric, technically brilliant, and penetrating in its attention to psychological detail. Many consider his crime dramas "Hands Off the Loot" (1954) and "The Hole" (1960) his best films, while others prefer his lush period love story "The Golden Helmet" (1952). Becker's other films include "It Happened at the Inn" (1943), "Antoine and Antoinette" (1947), Rendezvous in July" (1949), "Ali Baba" (...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Beckett, Samuel b. April 13, 1906 d. December 22, 1989
Author, Playwright. Lived in France from 1937 on and wrote primarily in French after 1945. His work was influenced primarily by Franz Kafka and James Joyce. His best known work is the absurdist play "Waiting for Godot" (1953).
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France

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