Denise Bloch

Denise Bloch

female, deceased (1945)
Denise Madeleine Bloch was a heroine of World War II. Bloch was from a Jewish family who were rounded up by the Gestapo by the middle of 1942 in...
Alexandre Soumet

Alexandre Soumet

male, deceased (1845)
Alexandre Soumet, French poet, was born at Castelnaudary, "département" of Aude. His father wished him to enter the army, but an early-developed l...

Édouard Depreux

male, deceased (1981)
Édouard Depreux was a French socialist journalist, essayist, and politician of the French Fourth Republic; he was born in Viesly ("département" of...
François Tanguy-Prigent

François Tanguy-Prigent

male, deceased (1970)
François Tanguy-Prigent was a French politician. He was born in Saint-Jean-du-Doigt, in the Finistère "département" of Bretagne, France (The nam...
Charles Lory

Charles Lory

male, deceased (1889)
Charles Lory was a French geologist. He was born at Nantes. He graduated D. Sc. in 1847; in 1852 he was appointed to the chair of geology at the...
Odette Sansom

Odette Sansom

female, deceased (1995)
Odette Marie Celine Sansom, GC, MBE, Chevalier de la légion d'honneur, (April 28, 1912 - March 13, 1995) was an Allied heroine of World War II. O...
Jean Djorkaeff

Jean Djorkaeff

male, 70 years old
Jean "Tchouki" Djorkaeff is a retired French football player. He was born in the French commune of Charvieu, located in the "département" of I...
Gérard Paul Deshayes

Gérard Paul Deshayes

male, deceased (1875)
Gérard Paul Deshayes was a French geologist and conchologist. He was born in Nancy, his father at that time being professor of experimental p...
Philippe Buchez

Philippe Buchez

male, deceased (1866)
Philippe-Joseph-Benjamin Buchez was a French author and politician. He was born at Matagne-la-Petite, now in Belgium, then in the French...
Claude Favre de Vaugelas

Claude Favre de Vaugelas

male, deceased (1650)
Claude Favre de Vaugelas was a French grammarian and man of letters. Born at Meximieux, in the Ain "département" of France, he became g...