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Bauby, Jean-Dominique b. April 23, 1952 d. March 11, 1997
Author. Born and raised in Paris, he was a journalist for French Elle magazine and became its editor-in-chief in 1991. Nicknamed "Jean-Do" by his friends, he was a noted bon vivant and a fixture of fashionable Parisian society. In December 1995, at the age of 43, Bauby suffered a massive stroke which left him completely paralyzed and speechless, a condition known as "locked-in syndrome". Only his mind and his left eyelid still functioned. With the help of a therapist he learned to...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 94
Bazin, François b. September 4, 1816 d. July 2, 1878
Composer, Teacher. Born in Marseilles, France, he attended the Paris Conservatory and won its top award, the Prix de Rome, in 1840. After four years of obligatory study in Italy he returned to the Conservatory as a singing instructor, becoming professor of harmony in 1848. His students included Georges Bizet and Charles Lecocq, and he wrote an influential treatise, "A Theoretical and Practical Course in Harmony" (1858). Outside of academia Bazin was well regarded for his operettas. They are...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 32, #5
Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de b. January 24, 1732 d. May 18, 1799
Musician, politician, inventor, spy, arms dealer and playwright ('The Barber of Seville' and 'The Marriage of Figaro')
Cause of death: Complications connected with lengthy heavy-drinking. Apoplexy
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 28, #6
Becaud (Silly), Gilbert (Francois Gilbert) b. October 24, 1927 d. December 18, 2001
French singer and master of the romantic song whose best known composition was "What Now, My Love." He also wrote "Let It Be Me" for the Everly Brothers and "It Must Be Him" for Vicki Carr. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cause of death: Lung Cancer
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 45
Bellil, Samira b. November 24, 1972 d. September 7, 2004
Author, Women's Rights Activist. Her Algerian Muslim family settled in the Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis when she was small; her father was soon sent to prison, and she was raised for five years by a Belgian foster family. She returned to Paris, and was gang-raped at 14; she remained silent until learning that two of her friends had suffered the same fate from the same Muslim gang that targeted Muslim girls they felt were too "westernized". She pressed the legal system to take action, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Bellini, Vincenzo [original burial site] b. November 3, 1801 d. September 23, 1835
Composer. His operas "Norma" (1831) and "La Sonnambula" (1831) are outstanding works of the Italian "bel canto" style. The title role of "Norma" is considered the most difficult in the soprano repertoire. His music had a profound influence on Giuseppe Verdi. Bellini was born in Catania, Sicily, the son and grandson of musicians. He showed early talent and a Sicilian nobleman paid for him to study at the San Sebastiano Conservatory in Naples. His first opera, "Adelson e Salvini" , was...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 11, #4
Benjamin, Judah Philip b. August 6, 1811 d. May 6, 1884
Attorney, Statesman. Called "The Brains (or Shylock) of the Confederacy" and the "jolly rotundity", he was the first Jew to hold a number of significant positions while carving out three separate distinguished careers under the flags of three different nations. Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, British Virgin Islands to Sephardic English immigrant parents Philip and Rebecca de Mendes Benjamin who were of Dutch and Portugese extraction, he was brought to North Carolina at around age two;...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 15
Berard, Christian b. August 20, 1902 d. February 11, 1949
Artist. Born in Paris, he exhibited his paintings as early as 1924 but won fame later in the decade as a fashion illustrator. He worked for Vogue magazine from 1935 to 1948 and his designs influenced Christian Dior and Elsa Schiaparelli. Berard was also active in movies and the theatre, and is probably best remembered for the sets and costumes he created for Jean Cocteau's classic film "Beauty and the Beast" (1946). He died of a heart attack at 46, after years of opium addiction and other...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 16, #1
Bernard, Claude b. July 12, 1813 d. February 10, 1878
Physiologist. Louis Pasteur said Bernard was "Physiology Itself." The Bernarde-Horner Syndrome was named after Bernard & Johanon Frederick Horner. He also did monumental research in the physiology of muscle tissue. He discovered the pancreas produced substances that break down molecules of fat, and most digestion occurred in the small intestines, not the stomach as had previously been thought. He also discovered that red blood cells carried oxygen, and that carbon monoxide could replace the...[Read More] (Bio by: Tim Joyce)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 20, #2
Bernardin de Saint Pierre, Henri b. January 19, 1737 d. January 21, 1814
Author. His most famous work is "Paul et Virginie".
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 11, #12
Bernhardt (Bernard), Sarah (Henriette Rosine) b. October 22, 1844 d. March 26, 1923
French Classical Actress.
Cause of death: Uremia following kidney failure
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 44, #6
GPS coordinates: 48.8611908, 2.3948901 (hddd.dddd)
Berry, Jules b. February 9, 1883 d. April 23, 1951
Actor. Born Louis Marie Jules Paufichet in Poitiers, France, he was a veteran performer of both the theatre and feature films. In total he played in over 80 films from 1908 to 1951, such as "The Secret Lake" (1912), "Key to All" (1935), "The Road to Rio" (1937), "Room 13" (1940), "Dreams of Love" (1946) and "Without Fanfare" (1949). He died of a heart attack at age 68 in Paris, France. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 80, #1
Bertillon, Alphonse b. April 23, 1853 d. February 13, 1914
Criminologue.
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 89
Bichat, Xavier (Marie François) b. November 14, 1771 d. July 22, 1802
Medical Pioneer. Born Marie François Bichat in Thoirette, France, he was a physician and is considered the "father of histology". He was the first person to look beyond the recognizable organ systems and suggest that each part of the body was composed of various kinds of tissues. Bichat studied mathematics and physical science before settling on the study of anatomy, taking his place in the medical community doing research. Well known as a brilliant teacher, he encouraged doctors to do...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 8, #4
Bienvenue, Fulgence b. January 27, 1852 d. August 3, 1936
Inventor. Known as the "Father of the Parisian Subway."
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 82, #1
Bizet, Georges b. October 25, 1838 d. June 3, 1875
Composer. He wrote "Carmen" (1875), one of the best-loved operas of all time. Set among the gypsies and bullfighters of Spain, it is a violent, colorful tale of love and jealousy between an amoral gypsy woman and a weak-willed soldier. Many of the opera's melodies are almost as familiar as pop songs. They include the rousing "Prelude", the arias "Habanera", "The Toreador's Song", "Seguidilla", "The Flower Song", and "The Card Song", and the choral number "March of the Street Urchins". Early...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 68, #1
Blanc (Blanc), Louis (Louis-Jean-Joseph-Charles) b. October 11, 1811 d. December 12, 1882
French politician and historian. (Bio by: G. N.)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 67, #5
Blanqui, Louis-Auguste b. February 8, 1805 d. January 1, 1881
French Political Radical. Called "The Eternal Revolutionary", he spent more than half his life in prison. Blanqui took part in the French Revolution of 1848, and that of 1870 which deposed Napoleon III. Arrested by the new government, the Commune of Paris tried to obtain his freedom but was unsuccessful. Released from prison in 1879, he was elected to France's Chamber of Deputies but was not allowed to serve. His followers, the Blanquists, eventually joined with the mainstream socialists. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 91, #1
Boerne, Ludwig b. May 6, 1786 d. February 12, 1837
German-Jewish writer and political philosopher, influenced Karl Marx.
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 19, #5
Boieldieu, François Adrien b. December 16, 1775 d. October 8, 1834
Opera composer ('The Caliph of Baghdad' and 'La Dame Blanche'). Conductor of the Imperial Opera in St. Petersburg 1803-1811. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 11, #6

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