Famous Graves in France
2,247 records found

Leonardo da Vinci
15 Apr 1452 – 2 May 1519Artist, Inventor. He was of the great masters of the High...
Amboise, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

Leonardo da Vinci
15 Apr 1452 – 2 May 1519Artist, Inventor. He was of the great masters of the High...
Amboise, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

Vincent van Gogh
30 Mar 1853 – 29 Jul 1890Artist. Born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, in 1869 he began...
Auvers-sur-Oise, Departement du Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France

Louis Pasteur
27 Dec 1822 – 28 Sep 1895Scientist, Medical Pioneer. He developed a process of preserving...
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

William the Conqueror
c.Sep 1028 – 9 Sep 1087British Monarch. William I, the first Norman King of England,...
Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

Napoleon Bonaparte
15 Aug 1769 – 5 May 1821French Emperor. He ruled France as Emperor Napoleon I from May...
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Marie Antoinette
2 Nov 1755 – 16 Oct 1793French Monarch. Born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna at the Hofburg...
Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France

Marie Antoinette
2 Nov 1755 – 16 Oct 1793French Monarch. Born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna at the Hofburg...
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Saint Joan of Arc
c.6 Jan 1412 – 30 May 1431Roman Catholic Saint, French Military Figure. Born Jehanne d'Arc...
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Marie Curie
7 Nov 1867 – 4 Jul 1934Nobel Prize Recipient. Marie Curie received the honor of being...
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Frédéric Chopin
c.1 Mar 1810 – 17 Oct 1849Composer, Pianist. The Romantic movement's "Poet of the Piano"....
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Yul Brynner
11 Jul 1920 – 10 Oct 1985Actor. Famed as much for his baldness, he was the first bald...
Luze, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

Jim Morrison
8 Dec 1943 – 3 Jul 1971Singer, Songwriter. Born in Melbourne, Florida, the son of a...
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Memorial to the Victims of Auschwitz
Birth and death dates unknown.Located in the Le Cimetière du Père Lachaise, France, known as...
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Jules Verne
8 Feb 1828 – 24 Mar 1905Author, Poet, and Playwright. He is best remembered for his...
Amiens, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France

Jacques-Yves Cousteau
11 Jun 1910 – 25 Jun 1997Scientist. A world-renowned oceanographer and scuba pioneer, he...
Saint-Andre-de-Cubzac, Departement de la Gironde, Aquitaine, France

Marquis de Lafayette
6 Sep 1757 – 20 May 1834Revolutionary War Continental Army Major General. After the...
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Pablo Picasso
25 Oct 1881 – 8 Apr 1973Artist. Considered one of the most important artists of all time,...
Vauvenargues, Departement des Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Louis Braille
4 Jan 1809 – 6 Jan 1852French Educator and Inventor. He is best remembered as the...
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Rin-Tin-Tin
10 Sep 1918 – 10 Aug 1932Dog Actor. Popular "actor" in several films in the 1920s and 30s,...
Asnieres-sur-seine, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
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