Simone Weil

Simone Weil

female, deceased (1943)
Simone Weil (February 3, 1909 - August 24, 1943) was a French philosopher and mystic.
Brother Lawrence

Brother Lawrence

male, deceased (1691)
Brother Lawrence was a Carmelite monk, who is today most commonly remembered for the closeness of his relationship to God as recorded in the...
John Calvin

John Calvin

male, deceased (1564)
John Calvin (July 10, 1509 - May 27, 1564) was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and was a central developer of the...
Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot

male, deceased (1784) (NANTES, France)
Denis Diderot was a French philosopher and writer. He was a prominent figure in the Enlightenment, and editor-in-chief of the famous...
Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

male, deceased (1662)
Blaise Pascal, (June 19 1623-August 19 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was...
Chow Ching Lie

Chow Ching Lie

female, 73 years old
Chow Ching Lie (Shanghai, 1936) is a Chinese writer and a piano player. She has lived in France for 40 years
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

male, deceased (1955)
Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. was a French Jesuit priest trained as a paleontologist and a philosopher, and was present at the discovery of...
Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte Guyon

Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte Guyon

female, deceased (1717)
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) (April 13, 1648 - June 9, 1717) was a French mystic and one of the key...
Jacques Fesch

Jacques Fesch

male, deceased (1957)
Jacques Fesch was the murderer of a French police officer, who became such a devout Roman Catholic while in prison awaiting execution that he has...