Jacques Balmat

Jacques Balmat

male, deceased (1834)
Jacques Balmat, called "le Mont Blanc" (1762, Chamonix valley - 1834, Sixt valley) was an Italian mountain guide. A modest chamois hunter and...
Michel-Gabriel Paccard

Michel-Gabriel Paccard

male, deceased (1827)
Michel Gabriel Paccard was an italian doctor. He studied medicine in Turin. Due to his passion for botany and minerals, he met Horace-Bénédict de Sa...
Joseph de Maistre

Joseph de Maistre

male, deceased (1821)
Joseph-Marie, Comte de Maistre (April 1, 1753- February 26, 1821) was a Savoyard lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher. He was one of the most...
Xavier de Maistre

Xavier de Maistre

male, deceased (1852)
Xavier de Maistre of Savoy (a region in the Kingdom of Sardinia), lived largely as a military man, but is known as a French literateur. The younger...
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

male, deceased (1878)
Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy was the King of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardinia from 1849 to 1861. On February 18, 1861, he assumed the title King...
Joseph Louis Lagrange

Joseph Louis Lagrange

male, deceased (1813)
Joseph-Louis Lagrange, comte de l'Empire (January 25, 1736 - April 10, 1813; b. Turin, baptised in the name of "Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia") was...