Allan Kardec

Allan Kardec

male, deceased
Allan Kardec was a pseudonym of the French teacher and educator Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail. Rivail was determined to understand exactly what w... More

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Henri Barbusse

Henri Barbusse

male, deceased
Henri Barbusse was a French novelist, journalist and communist. He came to fame with the publication of his novel "Le Feu" (translated as "Under... More

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Silvia Monfort

Silvia Monfort

female, deceased
Silvia Monfort (born Silvia Favre-Bertin; 6 June 1923, Paris-30 March 1991, Paris) was a French actress and theatre director. Daughter of the... More

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Marie Trintignant

Marie Trintignant

female, deceased
Marie Trintignant was a French actress. She was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, being the daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant and his second... More

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Marie D'Agoult

Marie D'Agoult

female, deceased
Marie Catherine Sophie de Flavigny, Vicomtesse de Flavigny (December 31, 1805 - March 5, 1876), was a French author, known also by her married name... More

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Karel Appel

Karel Appel

male, deceased
Karel Appel was a Dutch painter and sculptor, born in Amsterdam. He studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten there from 1940 to 1943 and... More

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Miguel Ángel Asturias

Miguel Ángel Asturias

male, deceased
Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. He was awarded the 1967 Nobel Prize in literature "for his vivid literary a... More

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Valentin Haüy

male, deceased
Valentin Haüy was the founder of the first school for the blind. Haüy was born into a family of weavers. His father, a full-time loomer, also he... More

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Edouard Branly

Edouard Branly

male, deceased
Eugène Édouard Désiré Branly was a French inventor and physicist. He was the Physics professor at the Catholic University of Paris. He is prim... More

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Jean de Brunhoff

Jean de Brunhoff

deceased
Jean de Brunhoff (December 9, 1899 - October 16, 1937) was a French writer and illustrator known for co-creating Babar, which first appeared in... More

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