Guy Môquet

male, deceased (1941)
Guy Môquet was a young French Communist militant. During the German occupation of France during World War II, he was taken hostage by the Nazis a...
Jean Moulin

Jean Moulin

male, deceased (1943)
Jean Moulin (June 20, 1899-July 8, 1943) was a high-profile member of the French Resistance during World War II. He is remembered today as an...
Marc Bloch

Marc Bloch

male, deceased (1944)
Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch was a French historian of medieval France in the period between the First and Second World Wars, and a founder of the A...
Charles Delestraint

Charles Delestraint

male, deceased (1945)
Charles Delestraint (March 12,1879 - April 19, 1945) was a French general and member of the French Resistance during World War II. He was born in...
Édith Piaf

Édith Piaf

female, deceased (1963)
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...
Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

female, deceased (1975)
Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, most noted for her singing career, while in her early...
Lucie Aubrac

Lucie Aubrac

female, deceased (2007)
Lucie Samuel née Bernard, better known as Lucie Aubrac, was a French history teacher and member of the French Resistance. In 1939 Lucie Bernard, t...
Albert Camus

Albert Camus

male, deceased (1960)
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher. Although he is often associated with existentialism, Camus...
Henri Frenay

Henri Frenay

male, deceased (1988)
Henri Frenay was a French military officer and French resistance member. Henri Frenay was born in Lyon, France on November 11, 1905, into a...
Jacques Lusseyran

Jacques Lusseyran

male, deceased (1971)
Jacques Lusseyran (1924-1971) was a blind French author. Jacques Lusseyran was born on September 19th, 1924, in Paris, France. He became totally...