André-Marie Ampère

male, deceased (1836)
André-Marie Ampère, was a French physicist who is generally credited as one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism. The SI unit of me...
Abbé Pierre

Abbé Pierre

male, deceased (2007)
L'Abbé Pierre was a French Catholic priest, member of the Resistance during the World War II, and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement (MRP). H...

Epipodius

male, deceased (178)
Saint Epipodius (Epipode) and his companion Alexander (d. 178 AD) are venerated as Christian saints. Their feast day is April 22. Epipodius was a...
Louise Labé

Louise Labé

female, deceased (1566)
Louise Labé, also identified as La Belle Cordière, was a female French poet of the Renaissance, born at Lyon, the daughter of a rich ropemaker, Pi...
Jules Favre

Jules Favre

male, deceased (1880)
Jules Claude Gabriel Favre was a French statesman. He was born in Lyon, and began his career as an advocate. From the time of the revolution of...
Jacques Martin

Jacques Martin

male, 76 years old
Jacques Martin is a French TV host and producer. In the late sixties he formed a comical duet of hosts on radio Europe 1 with French actor Jean...
Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier

male, 68 years old
Bertrand Tavernier (b. April 25, 1941 in Lyon) is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He was married to Colo O'Hagen from 1965 to...
Hector Guimard

Hector Guimard

male, deceased (1942)
Hector Guimard (Lyon, March 10 1867 - New York, May 20 1942) was an architect, who is widely considered today to be the most prominent...
Alexis Carrel

Alexis Carrel

male, deceased (1944)
Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon, biologist and eugenicist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912. He was also a...
Olivier Panis

Olivier Panis

male, 43 years old
Olivier Panis, born in Oullins, Lyon, 2 September, 1966, is a retired French Formula One racing driver. Panis, like most drivers, raced karts early...