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, Louis IX b. April 25, 1214 d. August 25, 1270
Royalty, King of France, eldest son of Louis VIII and Blanche de Castile. During the 8th Crusade his army besieged Tunis and was seized by an epidemic. After receiving the news of his sons death of shigellosis Louis succumbed to the illness himself. Following his wish his heart remained in northern Africa and has since been lost. His...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: intestines
Abelard, Peter b. 1079 d. April 21, 1142
Religious Figure. His extensive correspondence with Heloise shed light on medieval French beliefs in romance, philosophy, and social mores. Born Peter le Pallet in the village of Pallet, about ten miles east of Nantes, in Brittany, France, he was the oldest son of a minor noble Breton family. His father encouraged him to study liberal arts and he excelled in philosophy, which at that time, consisted mostly of the logic of Aristotle and taught in Latin. Although he was encouraged to enter the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 7, #1
Adam, Adolphe Charles b. July 24, 1803 d. May 3, 1856
Composer. He is best known for the ballet "Giselle" (1841) and the Christmas carol "O Holy Night" ("Cantique de Noel", 1847). His one-act comedy "Le chalet" (1834) is considered the first real French operetta. Adam was born in Paris, France, the son of an Alsatian pianist who tried to dissuade him from a musical career. He was an admittedly poor student at the Paris Conservatory, and after failing to win the "Prix de Rome" music scholarship, he worked as an organist and vaudeville songwriter...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 5
Adam of St. Victor d. January 14, 1146
Religious Figure, Poet, Composer. The greatest creator of Victorine sequences, a genre of hymns that flourished in 12th Century France. His religious poetry was greatly admired and the music he set it to influenced the Notre Dame School. The name Adam of St. Victor is a posthumous appellation. He was probably born in Paris and spent most of his life as an Augustinian monk at the Notre Dame Cathedral. In 1107 he became its Cantor and from then on signed himself "Adam Precentor". But his...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Abbaye de Saint Victor (Defunct), Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Alain (Emile Chartier) b. March 3, 1868 d. June 2, 1951
Philosopher.
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 94, #3
Alboni, Marietta b. March 6, 1826 d. June 23, 1894
Opera Singer. During a career that took her to the major opera houses of her day she was considered the leading contralto of late-19th. century Europe. Born Maria Anna Marzia Alboni, she was raised in central Italy, had early vocal training with Antonio Bagioli, and later was to be a student of Gioachino Rossini, personally instructed by him in his works. Alboni's professional debut came at Bologna in 1842, though accounts differ as to whether she bowed as Orsini in Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia"...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 66
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, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Section 8, near Northern (main) path
Alkan, Charles-Valentin b. November 30, 1813 d. March 29, 1888
Alkan was one of the finest pianists of his era, acknowledged as such by his friends and contemporaries Liszt and Chopin. Highly eccentric, he withdrew from the public gaze for a number of years, but returned in the 1870s to display his still dazzling skills. He was also a strikingly original composer, writing works of rhythmic, harmonic and executive complexity which remain highly engaging ö notably his 'Symphony' and 'Concerto' (both for piano solo), his set of variations ÎAesop's Feast'...[Read More] (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: crushed to death
Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: 3rd division
Alphand, Jean Charles b. October 26, 1817 d. December 6, 1891
Inventor. He was the father of Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes in Paris.
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 66
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, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 17 Ligne 10 Est Tombe 2 Sud
Ampere, Andre Marie b. January 20, 1775 d. June 10, 1836
Scientist. Physicist who formulated the theory of electrodynamics and who had the "amp" (unit of electrical current) named after him.
Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 30
Annabella b. July 14, 1907 d. September 18, 1996
Actress. Born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier, she made her film debut in 1927 with a small part in "Napoléon." The following years she landed leading roles in films such as: "Dinner at the Ritz," "Suez," "Tonight We Raid Calais," "Bomber's Moon," and "13 Rue Madeleine," with James Cagney. She was married for a time to actor [Read More] (Bio by: MC)
Cimetiere de Passy, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Apollinaire, Guillaume b. August 26, 1880 d. November 9, 1918
Poet. A leader of the Paris avant-garde before and during World War I, his impact on poetry was similar to that of his friend Pablo Picasso on painting. His two major books of poetry are classics of French Literature. "Alcools" (1913) combined traditional verse forms with modern imagery and used snatches of overheard conversation, slang, and lack of punctuation. In "Calligrammes" (1918), Apollinaire arranged words on the page to form patterns resembling objects: a drunken man, a watch...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 86
Arago, François b. February 26, 1786 d. October 2, 1853
Scientist. Born in Estagel, Roussillon, France, he was a physicist and astronomer. He made major contributions to the early study of electromagnetism including the phenomenon of magnetic rotation and the fact that a wire coil could be magnetized by passing electrical current through it. He made measurements of arc length on the Earth which led to the standardisation of the metric system of lengths. His studies in astronomy included investigations of the solar corona and chromosphere...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 4, #5
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, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 7, Line 2 North, 12 West, Concession Number 133P1998
Aron, Jean Paul b. May 27, 1925 d. August 20, 1988
Writer, Journalist. First person of reknown in France to die of AIDS.
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 87, Columbarium, Niche 791
Aron, Raymond b. March 14, 1905 d. October 17, 1983
French Philosopher and Sociologist. After attending the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, he studied Philosophy at the Universities of Cologne and Berlin. In 1938, he obtained a degree in French Language and Literature. In Paris he met Jean Paul Sartre, with whom, at the end of the Second World War, founded the magazine Les Temps Modernes. He was an expert of Marxist philosophy. His career was mainly devoted to the teaching of Philosophy and Sociology at several universities in France, but he...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Asturias, Miguel Angel b. October 19, 1899 d. June 9, 1974
Author. Recipient of the 1967 Nobel Prize. His novels, many of them reflect Mayan Indian influences, include "El Senor Presidente" (1963), "Hombres de Maiz" (1949), and a trilogy on the foreign exploitation of the banana trade. In the Guatemalan civil service from 1946, he was ambassador to France from 1966 to 1970. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1966.
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 10, #4
Atlan, Jean-Michel b. January 23, 1913 d. February 12, 1960
Poet, Artist.
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Auber, Daniel Francois Esprit b. January 29, 1782 d. May 13, 1871
Composer. Composed mainly operas. His work "Masaniello", also called "la Muette de Portici", was found so stirring in its call for freedom that it sparked off the Belgian revolution of 1830 when performed in the Brussels opera house. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 4, #2

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