Nicolas Grollier de Servière

male, deceased (1689)
Nicolas Grollier de Servière was a French inventor and ornamental turner who became well-known for creating a series of fantastic machines. G...
Stefan Meller

Stefan Meller

male, 67 years old
Stefan Meller (born July 4, 1942, Lyon, France) is a Polish diplomat. He served as foreign minister of Poland from October 31, 2005 to May 5, 2006...
Antoine Coysevox

Antoine Coysevox

male, deceased (1720)
Charles Antoine Coysevox (September 29, 1640 - October 10, 1720), French sculptor, was born at Lyon, and belonged to a family which had emigrated...
Suleiman Pasha

Suleiman Pasha

male, deceased (1860)
Suleiman Pasha (born Joseph Anthelme Sève, also known as "Süleyman Paşa", "Soliman Al Fransawi Pasha", or "Colonel Sève"; May or July 1788 - Cair...
Jean Grolier de Servières

Jean Grolier de Servières

deceased (1565)
Jean Grolier de Servières, viscount d'Aguisy was a famous bibliophile, whose library was dispersed in 1675. The bindings of the books being o...
Estienne de la Roche

Estienne de la Roche

male, deceased (1530)
Estienne de La Roche was a French mathematician. Sometimes known as Estienne de Villefranche, La Roche was born in Lyon, but his family also owned...

Gérard Larrousse

male, 69 years old
Gérard Larrousse is a former sports car racing and Formula One driver from France. Larrousse was born in Lyon. He participated in two Grands Prix, d...
Antoine de Jussieu

Antoine de Jussieu

male, deceased (1758)
Antoine de Jussieu was a French naturalist. Jussieu was born in Lyon, the son of Christophe de Jussieu (or Dejussieu), an apothecary of some...

Jean-Étienne Montucla

male, deceased (1799)
Jean-Étienne Montucla was a French mathematician
Jean Martinon

Jean Martinon

male, deceased (1976)
Jean Martinon was a French conductor and composer. He was born in Lyon, where he began his education, going on to Paris to study under Albert...