Gilles Deleuze

Gilles Deleuze

male, deceased (1995)
Gilles Deleuze, (January 18, 1925 - November 4, 1995) was a French philosopher of the late 20th century. From the early 1960s until his death,...
Michel Jouvet

Michel Jouvet

male, 84 years old
Michel Jouvet is Emeritus Professor of Experimental Medicine at the University of Lyon. He spent one year in the laboratory of the Pr Magoun in...
Nicolas Hayek

Nicolas Hayek

male, 81 years old
Nicolas George Hayek (born February 19, 1928 in Beirut, Lebanon) is the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Swatch Group, with...
Shusaku Endo

Shusaku Endo

male, deceased (1996)
Shūsaku Endō was a renowned 20th century Japanese author who wrote from the unique perspective of being both Japanese and Catholic. (The po...
Edmond Locard

Edmond Locard

male, deceased (1966)
Dr. Edmond Locard (1877-1966) was a pioneer in forensic science who became known as the Sherlock Holmes of France. He formulated the basic...
Ioannis Kasoulides

Ioannis Kasoulides

male, 61 years old
Ioannis Kasoulides (born August 10 1948 in Nicosia) is a Cypriot politician, one of the leading officials of the right-wing Democratic Rally party...
Jules Violle

Jules Violle

male, deceased (1923)
Jules Louis Gabriel Violle was a French physicist and inventor. He is notable for having determined the solar constant at Mont Blanc in 1875, and,...
Roger Guillemin

Roger Guillemin

male, 85 years old
Roger Guillemin received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and Nobel prize for medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones. Completing his...
Michael Riffaterre

Michael Riffaterre

male, deceased (2006)
Michael or Michel Riffaterre was an influential French literary critic and theorist. He pursued a generally structuralist approach. He is well...