Eugène Delacroix

male, deceased (1863)
buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Romanticism, Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni, Romantic painter, Impressionist, symbolist…Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was the most important of the French Romantic painters. Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study o...
Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

male, deceased (1900)
brilliant wit, incarcerated celebrity, socialist, Playwright, writer, novelist…buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of...
Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust

male, deceased (1922)
oeuvres complètes 10 Volumes, correspondence générale, contre sainte- beuve, jean santeuil, pastiches et mélanges, sésame et le lys…buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust, a monumental work of twentieth-century fiction published in seven volumes from 1913 to 1927.
Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David

male, deceased (1825)
Deputy to the French National Convention, buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, neoclassical, History artist, venetian, French Revolution…Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
Jacques-Louis David was a highly influential French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the prominent painter of the era. In the...
Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric Chopin

male, deceased (1849)
composer, nocturne, waltz, Romantic music, Romantic composer, ballade…buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
Frédéric Chopin (Polish: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, sometimes "Szopen"; French: Frédéric François Chopin; English surname pronunciation: or ; March...
Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison

male, deceased (1971)
The Doors, rock music, singer, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Obscenity controversies…buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
James Douglas Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, writer, film director, and poet. He was best known as the lead singer and lyricist of...

Honoré de Balzac

male, deceased (1850)
La Comédie humaine, LA COUSINE BETTE, LE COUSIN PONS, la femme de trente ans, LA COUSINE, histoire de la grandeur...…buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
Honoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850), born "Honoré Balzac", was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His work, much of...
Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein

female, deceased (1946)
buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Radcliffe College alumni, LGBT, Stomach cancer death, Jewish person, American…Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 - July 27, 1946) was an American writer and is considered to have acted as a catalyst in the development of modern...
Édith Piaf

Édith Piaf

female, deceased (1963)
la vie en rose, Milord, Non, je ne regrette rien, cabaret singer, French Resistance member, French…buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
Édith Piaf was one of France's most beloved singers, and became a national icon. Her singing reflected her tragic life, with her specialty being t...
Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

female, deceased (1923)
Jewish, buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, French women writer, House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Mistress of British royalty, actor…Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
Sarah Bernhardt (October 23, 1844 - March 26, 1923) was a stage actress born in Paris. Often referred to as "the most famous actress in the history...