Paul Doumer

Paul Doumer

male, deceased (1932)
Paul Doumer was the President of France from June 13, 1931 until his assassination. Born in Aurillac, in the Cantal "département", in France. He w...
Henri Gouraud

Henri Gouraud

male, deceased (1946)
Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud was a French general, best known for his leadership of the French Fourth Army at the end of the First World War. Born i...
Louis Mizon

Louis Mizon

male, deceased (1899)
Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon (1853-1899) was a French explorer and colonial administrator. Born in Paris in 1853, Mizon entered in the French Navy...
Saint-John Perse

Saint-John Perse

male, deceased (1975)
Saint-John Perse (pseudonym of Alexis Léger, also Alexis Saint-Legér Léger was a French poet and diplomat who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Lit...
Joseph François Dupleix

Joseph François Dupleix

male, deceased (1763)
Joseph François Dupleix was governor general of the French establishment in India, and was the great rival of Robert Clive. Dupleix was born in L...
Pierre Messmer

Pierre Messmer

male, 93 years old
Pierre Messmer (born Vincennes, March 20, 1916) is a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974.
Joost van Vollenhoven

Joost van Vollenhoven

male, deceased (1918)
Joost van Vollenhoven (born 21 July 1877, Rotterdam – died 20 July 1918, Parcy-et-Tigny, Aisne "département") was a Dutch-born French soldier and...
Thomas Arthur comte de Lally

Thomas Arthur comte de Lally

male, deceased (1766)
Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, baron de Tollendal (January, 1702 - 1766), French general, was born at Romans, Dauphin, being the son of Sir Gerald...
Bernard Jauréguiberry

Bernard Jauréguiberry

male, deceased (1887)
Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry was a French admiral and statesman. A native of Bayonne, Jauréguiberry entered the French Navy in 1831. He rose st...
Xavier Coppolani

Xavier Coppolani

male, deceased (1905)
Xavier Coppolani was a French military and colonial leader, who was instrumental in the colonial occupation and creation of modern-day Mauritania....