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Barrier, Jean-Baptiste [original burial site] b. May 2, 1707 d. June 6, 1747
Composer, Cellist. France's first great virtuoso cellist, he did much to popularize the instrument outside of its native Italy. Barrière was born in Bordeaux. He initially studied different types of viola da gamba before discovering the cello's richer sonorities. In 1731 he went to Paris as a string player for the Academie Royale de Musique (an early name for the Paris Opera), where his reputation soon blossomed. Within two years King Louis XV had granted him what amounted to a lifelong...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetiere des Innocents (Defunct), Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Barriere, Jean-Baptiste b. May 2, 1707 d. June 6, 1747
Composer, Cellist. France's first great virtuoso cellist, he did much to popularize the instrument outside of its native Italy. Barrière was born in Bordeaux. He initially studied different types of viola da gamba before discovering the cello's richer sonorities. In 1731 he went to Paris as a string player for the Academie Royale de Musique (an early name for the Paris Opera), where his reputation soon blossomed. Within two years King Louis XV had granted him what amounted to a lifelong...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Paris Catacombs, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Bartet, Julia b. October 28, 1854 d. 1941
Theatrical actress. (Bio by: amy7252)
Cimetiere de Passy, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 15
Barthelemy, Jules b. August 19, 1805 d. November 24, 1895
Philosopher. He left many works of which Philosophy in its relationship with sciences and the religion and Aristocrate Physics. (Bio by: Mademoiselle)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 4, #15
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, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 28
Bartholome, Albert b. August 29, 1848 d. October 31, 1928
Artist. He was the sculptor of the memorial of Le Pere Lachaise cemetery.
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 4, #14
Barthou, Louis b. August 25, 1862 d. October 9, 1934
French Politician, minister of foreign office in 1934, he understood Hitler was a great danger. He was killed with King Alexander of Yougoslavie in Marseille.
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 11
Barye, Antoine Louis b. September 24, 1796 d. June 25, 1875
Sculptor. Antoine Louis Barye was born in Paris in 1796. At the age of 13 he began training with a master engraver learning metal techniques. Later, he became a passionate observer of living animals and studied their anatomy. He was known and admired for his sculptures in America long before his 1867 election to the French Academy of Fine Arts. They awarded him the usual distinction of an officer of the Legion d’Honneur. Antoine Barye is still one of the great figures in our country’s statuary...[Read More]
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 49
Bashkirtseff, Marie b. November 11, 1859 d. October 31, 1884
When she died at age 24 she had managed to fill 84 volumes of a diary with passionate observations and candid descriptions of the famous people she knew personally. It was published posthumously to the consternation of many who were in the books. She was a promising painter. Most of her work went to the Russian Museum at St. Petersburg. Died of tuberculosis.
Cimetiere de Passy, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 11 (family Mausoleum)
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, Paris, Ile-de-France, 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, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Bathori, Jane b. June 14, 1877 d. January 25, 1970
Opera Singer. She was born Jeanne-Marie Berthier in Paris, France. She was a Mezzo-Soprano and a noted interpreter of "Shéhérazade." She also sang the first performances of "Noël des Jouets," "Sur l'herbe," "Trois Poèmes," of Stéphane Mallarmé, "Chansons Madécasses" and "Rêves." From 1926 onwards she developed a close relationship with Argentina through recital tours, teaching and the promotion of first performances of many new French works; she lived in Buenos Aires during World War II. In...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 87, Columbarium, Niche 6954
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
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, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
GPS coordinates: 48.8401489, 2.3249300 (hddd.dddd)
Baudin, Jean-Baptiste b. 1811 d. December 3, 1851
French Political Figure. A Doctor who devoted his practice to the poor, he became a deputy during the Second Republic and died at the barricades resisting Napoleon III's coup d'état in December 1851. He was hailed as a martyr to the Republican cause. Entered the Pantheon in 1889. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 23
Baur, Harry b. April 12, 1880 d. April 8, 1943
Actor. Although he made his film debut in France as early as 1910 (as Shylock in a one-reel version of "The Merchant of Venice"), he did not become a star until the 1930's, playing Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables" (1934), the title characters in "Rothschild" (1933), "Taras Bulba" (1936), "The Great Love of Beethoven" (1936), and "Volpone" (1939). With the Nazi occupation of France in 1940, Baur made public pro-French statements and as punishment was forced into making films in Germany. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetiere St. Vincent, Montmartre, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 9
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
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, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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

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