Find A Grave - Cannes

Anson, Augustus Henry Archibald b. March 5, 1835 d. December 17, 1877
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Pembroke, Wales, he served as a Captain in the 84th Regiment of Foot, British Army. At Bolandshahr, India, on September 28, 1857, the 9th Light Dragoons had charged through the town and were reforming on the Serai, when the enemy tried to close the entrance by drawing their carts across it. Captain Anson, taking a lance, dashed out of the gateway and rode into the middle of the enemy. Even though he was wounded, he knocked the drivers off their...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cimetière du Grand Jas de Cannes, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Plot: British Section
Brougham, Henry b. August 19, 1778 d. April 7, 1868
British Politician. Henry, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, was a writer, lawyer, scientist, abolitionist, and Whig politician. He served as Lord Councilor from 1830 to 1834. He was instrumental in the passing of the Reform Act of 1832 and the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 in Great Britain. He holds the record for the longest non-stop speech given in the House of Commons that lasted six hours. He invented a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage that was named after him, a brougham. He purchased land...[Read More] (Bio by: Jerry Shepherd)
Cimetière du Grand Jas de Cannes, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Carol, Martine b. May 16, 1922 d. February 6, 1967
Actress. She was a popular sex kitten in 1950s French film features. Born Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer, she trained with Rene Simon, practiced her art in live theatre, and was first seen on the silver screen in 1941's "The Corrupters", though her first significant role was to be that of Micky in the 1943 "La femme aux loups". Over her career she was to be seen in roughly 45 movies, variously billed as Marise Arley, Martine Carole, and Marie-Louise Maurer. Martine's best known screen turn...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cimetière du Grand Jas de Cannes, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Fabergé, Carl Peter b. May 30, 1846 d. September 24, 1920
World famous Russian jeweller. His father Gustav Fabergé was a descendant of French protestants who fled after the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685 and settled in Russia and his mother, Charlotte Jungstedt, was Danish. Carl's education and goldsmith apprenticeship were in Germany. After establishing himself independently in 1866, he continued to refine his skills. By age 24, he had inherited his father's jewellery workshop in St. Petersburg, Russia. For ten years as head of the business, he...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Cimetière du Grand Jas de Cannes, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Plot: British Cemetery Allee 23
Guetary, Georges b. 1915 d. 1997
French singer.
Cimetière du Grand Jas de Cannes, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Khokhlova, Olga b. June 17, 1891 d. February 11, 1955
Russian ballerina, wife of Pablo Picasso. She was born in the Ukraine into the family of a colonel of the Russian Imperial army. She joined a dancing group despite the disapproval of her parents. Dyaghilev, who loved to have "girls from good families" in his group, treated her kindly. In the spring of 1917 she met Pablo Picasso. By that time she had been in Sergei Dyaghilev's Russian ballet company for 5 years. Picasso was very much interested in everything Russian. Olga liked Picasso, and...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Cimetière du Grand Jas de Cannes, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Mann, Klaus b. November 18, 1906 d. May 21, 1949
German Novelist, Essayist, and Playwright. Son of writer Thomas Mann, his works include Alexander (1929), Pathetic Symphony (1936), and the autobiographical Turning Point (1942). He committed suicide. His epitaph reads: "For Whosoever Will Save His Life Shall Lose It. But Whosoever Will Lose His Life... The Same Shall Find It." (San Lucas Gospel) (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière du Grand Jas de Cannes, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Plot: Carré 16
Marais, Jean b. December 11, 1913 d. November 8, 1998
Actor. Born in Cherbourg, France, he was a popular cinema actor who played in over 100 roles in films and on French television. Marais made his film debut in "L'epervier" (1933) and during the World War II, Marais was an actor in the occupied Paris. After the war, he became an international figure appearing in the film "Beauty and the Beast" (1946). Among his many credits are "Voyage Without Hope" (1943), "Ruy Blas" (1948), "Napoleon" (1955), "The Saint lies in Wait" (1966) and "Stealing Beauty"...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Vallauris, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Marin, Jacques b. September 9, 1919 d. January 10, 2001
Actor. Born in Paris, he appeared in more than 150 films, becoming one of the most recognizable French performers in the cinema. His many credits include "Jeux Interdits" (1952), "Les Évadés" (1955), "The Vintage" (1957), "Les Tricheurs" (1958), "The Roots of Heaven" (1958), "La Français et l'amour" (1960), "Crack in the Mirror" (1960), "Charade" (1963), "The Train" (1964), "Vacaciones para Ivette" (1965), "How to Steel a Million" (1966), "Lost Command" (1966), "La Vingt-cinquième Heure" (1967)...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière du Grand Jas de Cannes, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Plot: Carré 4 Intérieur n°79
Merimee, Prosper b. 1803 d. 1870
Author. He wrote "Colomba, Carmen."
Cimetière du Grand Jas de Cannes, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Pickard, Arthur Frederick b. April 12, 1844 d. March 1, 1880
Maori Wars Victoria Cross Recipient.
Cimetière du Grand Jas de Cannes, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Pons, Lily b. April 12, 1898 d. February 13, 1976
Opera Singer. Over a career of roughly 30 years she was probably her generation's leading coloratura soprano. Born Alice Josephine Pons, she was raised near Cannes and showed an early affinity for music, studying voice and piano at the Paris Conservatory where she won a top prize at 15. During World War I Lily performed for troops in field hospitals though her operatic debut did not come until 1928 when she sang the title lead of Leo Delibes' "Lakme" at Mulhouse. Spotted by tenor Giovanni...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cimetière du Grand Jas de Cannes, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Whitlock, Brand b. March 4, 1869 d. May 24, 1934
Author, Toledo Mayor, US Diplomat. Began his career as a journalist working for the Chicago Herald, and worked closely with Samuel M. "Golden Rule" Jones in Toledo, Ohio. He became involved in politics and served 4 terms as Mayor of the City of Toledo, Ohio from 1906 to 1914. He wrote 18 books in his career, several novels, including "The Titanic" and a biography, "Forty Years of It". Also served as Minister to Belgium and United States Ambassador to Belgium. He died in Cannes, France in 1934.
Cimetière du Grand Jas de Cannes, Cannes, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France

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