Maurice Papon

Maurice Papon

male, deceased (2007)
French collaborationists, Paris massacre of 1961, Charonne, Torture during the Algerian War, Sud Aviation, Collaborationism…convicted of crimes against humanity, prefect of police, prefectures of France, LegionofHonour, chief of the Paris police
Maurice Papon was a French civil servant, known for his collaboration with Nazi Germany during the Second World War, later reconverted as a...

René Lévesque

male, deceased (1987)
French Quebecer, Roman Catholic, war correspondent, American military personnel of World War II, quebec mna, politician…LegionofHonour, Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year
René Lévesque (August 24, 1922 - November 1, 1987) was a reporter, a minister of the government of Quebec, Canada, (1960 - 1966), the founder of th...
Lucien Bouchard

Lucien Bouchard

male, 70 years old
Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Quebec lieutenant, Quebec lawyer, Parti Québécois MNAs, from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Region, French Quebecer…Bachelor of Laws, member of the Canadian House of Commons, Canadian House of Commons, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MP, LegionofHonour
Lucien Bouchard, PC, B.Sc, LL.B (born December 22, 1938 in Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Quebec, Canada) is a Quebec lawyer, diplomat and politician. He...
Carolus-Duran

Carolus-Duran

male, deceased (1917)
painter, Eugène Guillaume, Lady with the Glove, Charles Auguste Émile Durand, Société Nationale des Beaux Arts, Luxembourg Museum…LegionofHonour
Carolus-Duran was the name adopted by the French painter Charles Auguste Émile Durand, who was born at Lille. He studied at the Lille Academy and t...
Pomare V

Pomare V

male, deceased (1891)
tahiti, monarch, alcoholism, Crown Prince, LegionofHonour, heir apparent…king of Tahiti, Agricultural Merit of France, Pōmare V, King of Tahiti, Tomb of the King
Pōmare V, King of Tahiti was the last king of Tahiti, reigning from 1877 until his forced abdication in 1880. He was the son of Queen Pōmare IV. He...
Michel Platini

Michel Platini

male, 54 years old
Le Roi Michel, Le Roi, 1998 FIFA World Cup, Michel François Platini, fifa, Non-Italian football player in Italy…LegionofHonour, President of UEFA, Olympic footballer of France, European Footballer of the Year, Three-time European Footballer of the Year
History: Michel Platini (June 21, 1955, Joeuf, Departement Meurthe-et-Moselle) is a former French football player, widely regarded as one of the...
Michel Barnier

Michel Barnier

male, 58 years old
Isère, Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1992 Winter Olympics, Prodi Commission, LegionofHonour, La Tronche…Legion of Honour distinction, son of an industrial man, Council of State member, Government minister of France, Member of the Union for a Popular Movement
Michel Barnier is a conservative French politician. Michel Barnier was born in La Tronche in the Isère "département" of the Rhône-Alpes "ré...

Jules Dupré

male, deceased (1889)
painter, Landscape artist, French, constable, wallace collection, plymouth…LegionofHonour
Jules Dupré, French painter, was one of the chief members of the Barbizon school of landscape painters. If Corot stands for the lyric and Rousseau f...

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin

male, deceased (1833)
painter, French, louis xviii, sulla, aurora, hippolytus…LegionofHonour
Pierre-Narcisse, baron Guérin, French painter, was born in Paris. Becoming a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Regnault, he carried off one of the three "...