Michel Serres

Michel Serres

male, 79 years old
Michel Serres is a French philosopher and author with an unusual career. Born the son of a barge man, Serres entered the Ecole Navale in 1949 and...

François Darlan

male, deceased (1942)
François Darlan was a French naval officer. Darlan rose through the French Navy. He ultimately became Admiral of the Fleet, and was a major figure o...

Henri Rivière

male, deceased (1883)
Henri Laurent Rivière was a French naval officer and a writer. Born in Paris, he entered the École Navale in October 1842.

Émile Gentil

male, deceased (1914)
Émile Gentil was a French colonial administrator, naval officer, and colonial military leader. Born at Volmunster in the department of Moselle, he l...
Paul Groussac

Paul Groussac

male, deceased (1929)
Paul-François Groussac was a French-born Argentine writer, literary critic, historian, and librarian. He was born in Toulouse to Catherine Deval a...

Henri Bretonnet

male, deceased (1899)
Henri-Etienne Bretonnet was a French naval officer, killed with most of his men in the battle of Togbao. Bretonnet entered in the navy by attending...

Émile Muselier

male, deceased (1965)
Emile Henry Muselier was a French admiral who led the "Forces navales françaises libres" during World War II. He was responsible for the idea of d...
Marie-Jean-Lucien Lacaze

Marie-Jean-Lucien Lacaze

male, deceased (1955)
Marie-Jean-Lucien Lacaze (Pierrefonds (Oise) 22 June 1860 — 23 March 1955) was a French admiral, minister of Marine, préfet maritime and aca...

Henri Nicol

male
Henri Paul Hipolito Nicol was an officer of the French Navy in the 19th century. Based on the ship "Minerva" of the French Oriental Fleet, he...