Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

male, deceased (1970)
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (November 22, 1890 – November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as "Général de Gaulle", was a Frenc...
Georges Catroux

Georges Catroux

male, deceased (1969)
Georges Catroux was a French military figure and diplomat who served in both World War I and World War II and was awarded the Grand Cross of the...
Henri Dentz

Henri Dentz

male, deceased (1945)
Henri Fernand Dentz was a Vichy French general during World War II. He was in charge of the defence of the French Mandates of Syria and the...

René Pleven

male, deceased (1993)
René Pleven was a notable French politician of the Fourth Republic. A member of the Free French, he helped found the Democratic and Socialist U...
Raymond Aron

Raymond Aron

male, deceased (1983)
Raymond-Claude-Ferdinand Aron (March 14, 1905 - October 17, 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist and political scientist. He was known for...
Susan Travers

Susan Travers

female, deceased (2003)
Susan Travers (September 23, 1909 - December 18, 2003) was a British citizen and daughter of a Royal Navy admiral who, during World War II, was...
Pierre Boulle

Pierre Boulle

male, deceased (1994)
Pierre Boulle was a French novelist largely known for his combination of psychology and adventure, most famously in "The Bridge over the River...

Félix Éboué

male, deceased (1944)
Félix Adolphe Éboué was a Black French (French Guianan-born) colonial administrator and Free French leader.
Paul Legentilhomme

Paul Legentilhomme

male, deceased (1975)
Paul Legentilhomme (born 1884; died 1975) was an officer in the French Army during World War I and World War II. After the fall of France in 1940,...

Andrée Borrel

female, deceased (1944)
Andrée Raymonde Borrel was a French heroine of World War II. Andrée Borrel was born into a working-class family at Natzwiller, Bas-Rhin, in the su...