Pierre Benoît Dumas

male
Pierre Benoît Dumas was born in 1668 and died in 1745 was French Governor General for Pondichéry and Réunion. Predecessor of La Bourdonnais to the...
Warren Benbow

Warren Benbow

male, 54 years old
Warren Benbow (b. December 22 1954 in New York City) is a jazz drummer who has worked with Nina Simone, Larry Willis, Eddie Gomez, Olu Dara, Walter...
Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell

Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell

male, deceased (1864)
Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell, 1783-1864, was a French admiral and the governor (May 1838 - October 1841) of the "Isle de Bourbon" in the Indian O...
Josias Rowley

Josias Rowley

male, deceased (1842)
Admiral Sir Josias Rowley Bt., GCB, GCMG, (born 1765 in Leitrim, Ireland, died January 10 1842) was a naval officer who commanded the campaign...
Alfred Grandidier

Alfred Grandidier

male, deceased (1921)
Alfred Grandidier was a French naturalist and explorer. From a very wealthy family, he and his brother, Ernest Grandidier (1833-1912), undertook a...

Terry Jordan

male
Terry Jordan is a Canadian writer, based in Saskatchewan. His short story collection, "It's a Hard Cow," won the 1994 Saskatchewan Book Award, and...
Gabriel Guist'Hau

Gabriel Guist'Hau

male, deceased (1931)
Gabriel Guist'hau, was a French politician (born in Saint-Pierre in Réunion in 1863, and died in Nantes, France in 1931). Guist'hau left Réunion fo...
Paul du Chaillu

Paul du Chaillu

male, deceased (1903)
Paul du Chaillu, traveller and anthropologist, was born in either Paris or New Orleans (accounts conflict). (According to his friend Edward Clodd,...
Daniel Constantin

Daniel Constantin

male, 69 years old
Daniel Auguste Constantin, is a French colonial administrator. He was the "préfet" of Réunion from 1989 until 1991 and the high commissioner of Ne...
Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent

Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent

male, deceased (1846)
Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent was a French naturalist. (His personal name is variously reported, including "Jean Baptiste Marcellin" and...