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• Alain, Jehan    b. February 3, 1911  d. June 20, 1940
  Composer. Skilled as an organist, he studied composition with composer Paul Dukas and organ with Marcel Dupre. His complex organ works including "Litanies", "Le Jardin Suspendu", and "Intermezzo", and encompassed such disparate influences as Baroque, Jazz, and the Far East. He joined the French Army during World War II, and was killed in action. (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Church of Saint Nicolas, Maisons-Laffitte, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Alain, Marie-Claire   b. August 10, 1926  d. February 26, 2013
  Organist. A performer and teacher who had a long and prolific career, she is remembered as perhaps her generation's foremost interpreter of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. The child of a distinguished musical family, she was raised with a love of Bach, manifested her talent early, and was a professional organist from age 11 when she became her father's assistant at the Church of St. Germain-en-Laye. Her formal education delayed by the German occupation, in 1944 she was finally able to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Saint Germain-en-Laye Old Communal Cemetery, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Allegret, Marc    b. December 23, 1900  d. November 3, 1973
  Motion Picture Director. Icon of the French Cinema. Directed over 60 films, and was also renowned for discovering and directing some of France's true cinema greats, including such well-known stars as Michèle Morgan, Jean-Louis Barraut,Raimu, Fernandel, Simone Simon, Gérard Philipe, Odette Joyeux, Louis Jourdan, Danièle Delorme, Roger Vadim, and Brigitte Bardot. Among his films were such well-known works as Fanny (with Raimu), Lac aux dames (with Simone Simon and Jean-Pierre Aumont), Zouzou (...[Read More]
  Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Aragon, Louis   b. October 3, 1897  d. December 24, 1982
  French Poet, Novelist, and Essayist. Born Louis Andrieux, he was a founding member of Surrealism with Paul Éluard, André Breton among others. In 1919 he founded the review Littérature with Breton and Philippe Soupault. His first collection of poems, Feu de joie was published in 1920. He also wrote short stories, the first collection of them is Le Libertinage from 1924. Aragon was a political activist and spokesman for communism, and that has influenced also his poetry, Le front rouge. During...[Read More] (Bio by: Apats)
  Triolet Foundation's Park, Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Bleriot, Louis    b. July 1, 1872  d. August 2, 1936
  French Inventor, Engineer, and Pioneering Aviator. A native of Cambrai, France, he studied engineering at the prestigious Ecole Centrale Paris, in France. While studying at the school he became interested in aviation and began to dabble in science. In 1900 he invented the ornithopter, a motor-powered machine, which flew while flapping it's man made wings. In 1903 he opened the Bleriot-Voisin Company with fellow aircraft designer, Gabriel Voisin, and with him, he designed a floatplane glider and...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Bonaparte, Pierre-Napoléon    b. October 10, 1815  d. April 7, 1881
  French Politician.
  Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Cassel, Jean-Pierre    b. October 27, 1932  d. April 19, 2007
  Actor. Born Jean-Pierre Crochon in Paris, France. He was a leading man of the 1960s and 1970s who is probably best remembered for his roles in the films "The Three Musketeers" (1973), "The Four Musketeers (1974), and "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974). Some of his other notable films include "The Joker" (1960), "Candide" (1960), "Nothing Ever Happens" (1963), "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" (1965), "Is Paris Burning?" (1966), "Oh! What a Lovely War" (1969), "Army in the...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Roman Catholic Cimitiere de Thoiry, Thoiry, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Cendrars, Blaise    b. September 1, 1887  d. January 21, 1961
  Author. Real name Frédéric Louis Sauser. An innovator in poetry and prose, he had a significant impact on French literature before and after World War I. His novels "Gold" (aka "Sutter's Gold", 1925) and "Moravagine" (1926) have been translated into over 20 languages. Cendrars was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. At 15 he was kicked out of school for poor grades and ran away to begin a life of restless travel. By his own accounts he was a jeweler's apprentice in Russia...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Cimetiere du Tremblay-sur-Mauldre , Le Tremblay-sur-Mauldre, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Colet, Louise 'The Muse'   b. August 15, 1810  d. March 8, 1876
  Author.
  Municipal Cemetery, Verneuil-sur-Seine, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• d'Aubigné, Françoise   b. November 27, 1635  d. April 15, 1719
  French Royalty. Known as Madame de Maintenon, she was the second wife King Louis XIV, though it was never publicly acknowledged. The daughter of Constant d'Aubigné and Jeanne de Cardillac, she was born in Niort, France. She was educated in a convent. In 1651, she married Paul Scarron, an accomplished poet and novelist who was 25 years her senior. Françoise became Madame Scarron. She was widowed in 1660. In 1669, Madame de...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Philbrick)
  Saint-Cyr (Maison Royale de Saint-Louis), Versailles, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Delage, Louis    b. March 22, 1874  d. December 14, 1947
  French pioneer automotive engineer and manufacturer. He founded the Delage Automobile Company in 1905, but in 1935 his company was forced into liquidation. He passed away at the age of 73, poor and almost forgotten. (Bio by: 380W)
  Cemetery of Le Pecq, Le Pecq, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Depardieu, Guillaume   b. April 7, 1971  d. October 13, 2008
  French Actor. Birth name Guillaume Jean Maxime Antoine Depardieu. Son of French actor Gérard Depardieu and Elisabeth Guignot Depardieu.
  Cemetery of Bougival, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Doisneau, Robert   b. April 14, 1912  d. April 1, 1994
  Acclaimed French Photographer. He is one of the most importants photographs of the XX Century. He is remembered for his photograph "Baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville." Other works are "Les Petits Enfants au Lait," "Les Pains de Picasso," "L'Accordeoniste, Rue Mouffetard" and "Le Cheval Tombe." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cimètiere de Raizeux, Raizeux, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• FitzJames, Honora   b. January 16, 1674  d. January 16, 1698
  Irish Aristocracy. Born at Portumna Castle, County Galway the youngest daughter of William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde and Lady Helen MacCarty. She married General Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan in January 1689. The couple had one son. After their marriage, they went to live at Sarsfields House at Lucan, County Dublin. She was a noted gardener and managed the gardens at Lucan. After the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, Lucan became dangerous territory for Jacobites and the family fled to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Eglise Paroissiale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Gibson, Dorothy    b. May 17, 1889  d. February 17, 1946
  Actress. A survivor of the Titanic sinking, her life was more colorful than her films. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, she started out as a model for fashion illustrator Harrison Fisher and began appearing in films for the Eclair studio in 1911. She also became romantically involved with Eclair producer Jules Brulator, who was 20 years older and married. Gibson appeared in such silent one-reel epics as "Miss Masquerader", "The Musician's Daughter" (both 1911), "Love Finds a Way," "The...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Saint Germain-en-Laye Old Communal Cemetery, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Joffre, Joseph Jacques Cesaire    b. January 12, 1852  d. January 3, 1931
  World War I French Army Marshal.
  Cimetière de Louveciennes, Louveciennes, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• King James II.    b. October 14, 1633  d. September 6, 1701
  British Monarch. Born the second surviving son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria at St. James's Palace. He was created Duke of York in 1644. During the English Civil War he stayed in Oxford, a Royalist stronghold. When the city surrendered in 1646, the Duke was confined in St James's Palace by parliamentary command. In 1648, he escaped and went to the Netherlands in disguise. In 1660, his elder brother, Charles II was restored to the English throne, the Duke of York returned to England with him...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Eglise Paroissiale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Loewy, Raymond   b. November 5, 1893  d. July 14, 1986
  He was an inventor, engineer and industrial designer. He created the US Postal Service logo and designed Air Force one along with many other products such as pens, appliances, cars and trains. He died in Monaco. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
  Rochefort-en-Yvelines, Rochefort-en-Yvelines, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Mars, Séverin   b. February 21, 1873  d. July 17, 1921
  French motion picture actor of the 1910s and 1920s. Best known for his collaborations with legendary French director Abel Gance and whose Golem-esque face could exhibit emotions powerful enough to tear at the heartstrings of generations of moviegoers. Born Armand Jean de Malafayde in 1873, he first appeared on the stage in the early 1900s. Most notable was his performance of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" which he performed in 1908 which toured throughout France and England. It was during this time...[Read More] (Bio by: Hollywood)
  Courgent Communal Cemetery, Courgent, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Munch, Charles   b. September 26, 1891  d. November 6, 1968
  Conductor, Violinist. A noted maestro on both sides of the Atlantic, he is best remembered for his tenure with the Boston Symphony during which he produced some of the first stereo recordings. Born in what was then the German Empire to a musical family, he trained at the Strasbourg Conservatory and in Paris. Munch joined the German Army in 1914, served as a sergeant of artillery, was wounded at Verdun, then returned home and took French citizenship in 1919. During the 1920s he was a professor...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Cimetière de Louveciennes, Louveciennes, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
   

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