Marie-Madeleine Fourcade

female, deceased (1989)
second world war, lyon, French Resistance, hedgehog, Noah's Ark, Légion d'honneur…resistance member of World War II, occupation of France, GermanoccupationofFranceduringWorldWarII
Marie-Madeleine Fourcade (1909 - 1989) was, during the occupation of France in the Second World War, the leader of the French Resistance network...

René Le Bègue

male, deceased (1946)
Accidental death, French, Indy 500 driver, Grand Prix driver, racecar driver, maserati…GermanoccupationofFranceduringWorldWarII, 12 hours of Paris
René Le Bégue was a Parisian-born French race car driver in Rally and Grand Prix motor racing. In his first year of top level racing, his best sh...
Jean Baptiste Perrin

Jean Baptiste Perrin

male, deceased (1942)
sedimentation equilibrium, Ecole Normale Superieure, sorbonne, Nobel Laureate, physical chemistry, French…Alumni of the École Normale Supérieure, University of Paris, Order of Léopold recipient, GermanoccupationofFranceduringWorldWarII
Jean Baptiste Perrin was a French physicist and Nobel laureate. He was born in Lille, France where he attended the École Normale Supérieure. He be...

Guy Môquet

male, deceased (1941)
French Resistance member, French, communist, Communism, French Resistance, GermanoccupationofFranceduringWorldWarII
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...
Walter Gay

Walter Gay

male, deceased (1937)
The New York Times, Forest of Fontainebleau, GermanoccupationofFranceduringWorldWarII, legion of honor, Saratoga Race Course, Paris Salon…metropolitan museum of art, Officer of the Legion of Honor, Society of Secession
Walter Gay (January 22, 1856 - July 15, 1937) was an American painter born at Hingham, Massachusetts. He married heiress Matilda E. Travers, the...
Pierre David-Weill

Pierre David-Weill

male, deceased (1975)
Jewish, Business Person, banker, investment bank, Jewish person, ramkesh…GermanoccupationofFranceduringWorldWarII
Pierre David-Weill was a French investment banker. Born Pierre Sylvain Désiré Gérard David-Weill in Paris, France, he was the son of Flora Rap...