- male, deceased (1970)
- Marie Pierre Kœnig was a French general. He commanded a Free French Brigade at the Battle of Bir Hakeim in North Africa in 1942. Marie Pierre K...
- male, deceased (1898)
- Eugène Boudin was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors. Boudin was a marine painter, and expert in the rendering of all t...
- male, deceased (1925)
- Satie and furniture music: not all of Satie's music is "furniture music". In the strict sense the term applies only to five of his compositions,...
- male, deceased (1430)
- Alain Chartier (c. 1392 - c. 1430) was a French poet and political writer. He was born at Bayeux, into a family marked by considerable ability. His...
- male, deceased (1917)
- Octave Mirbeau was a French journalist, art critic, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among...
- male, deceased (1128)
- Ranulf Flambard, or Ralph (died September 5, 1128) was Bishop of Durham and an influential government minister of William Rufus. He was the son of...
- male, deceased (1836)
- Pierre Simon Girard was a French mathematician and engineer, who worked on fluids. Girard worked as an engineer at the École Nationale des Ponts e...
- male, deceased (1905)
- Alphonse Allais was a French writer and humorist born in Honfleur, Calvados. He is the author of many collections of whimsical writings. A poet as...
- male, deceased (1701)
- Anne Hilarion de Contentin, comte de Tourville (1642-1701) was a French naval commander who served under King Louis XIV. Aged 17, a Knight of...
- male, deceased (1611)
- Jean Bertaut, French poet, was born at Caen. He figures with Philippe Desportes in the disdainful couplet of Boileau on Ronsard: <blockquote> "Ce...
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