- Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq (real name Michel Thomas), born 26 February 1958 (birth certificate) or 1956, on the French island of Réunion is a controversial and award-winning French novelist. He left France and lived in Ireland for some years. He currently lives in Spain.
- Maud Fontenoy
Maud Fontenoy is a French sailor known for her rowings across the Atlantic (2003) and Pacific (2005) oceans. Most recently, she completed a sailing trip around the Antarctic alone, against prevailing winds. Departed from the Réunion island on October 15, 2006, she crossed the finish line on March 14, 2007, having sailed for 14,500 km (9,000 miles). However, this sailing trip is not accepted as an official sailing "around the globe".
- Paul Vergès
Paul Vergès is a Réunionese politician. Vergès founded the Communist Party of Réunion in 1959, a party which he led until he retired in 1993. He made a political comeback at the 2004 European Parliament elections, when he was elected as the third candidate on the list of the French Communist Party, which is part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group. Vergès sits in the European Parliament's Committee on Development.
- Dave Annable
Dave Annable (born September 15, 1979) is an American actor. He was born in Suffern, New York. ... Dave Annable (born September 15, 1979) is an American actor. He was born in Suffern, New York. He attended SUNY Plattsburgh and participated in the student-run Plattsburgh State Television as talent and behind the camera.
- Randy Wayne
Randy Wayne (born 7 August 1981) is an actor based in Hollywood. He lived in Moore, OK. He first found 15 seconds of fame by appearing in UK reality-TV show Shipwrecked in 2002, standing out from the crowd as one of the few American contestants amongst a predominantly British group. After the show ended, things went quiet for Randy for a few years. In 2005 he was prolific in getting parts in several low-budget movie productions ("The Surfer King", …
- Huguette Bello
Huguette Bello is a politician from Reunion, member of the Reunionese Communist Party (PCR). In the 2007 French elections she was elected to the National Assembly in the 2nd constituency of Reunion, with 34 911 votes (59,6%) at the second round. She sieges today at the Parliament in the "Gauche démocrate et républicaine" parliamentary group (Parliamentary and Republican Left), which includes the Greens, …
- Dennis Edwards
Dennis Edwards (born February 3, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American soul and R&B singer, most noted for being one of Motown act The Temptations' lead singers. A member of The Contours during the late-1960s, Edwards soon replaced David Ruffin as lead singer of The Temptations in 1968 after Ruffin was fired for what has been deemed unprofessional behavior. Edwards had been a friend of the group before hand and in particular had been a friend of Ruffin's.
- Chyler Leigh
Chyler Leigh (born Chyler Leigh Potts on April 10, 1982) is an American actress.
- Amanda Righetti
Amanda Righetti (born April 4 1983 in St. George, Utah and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American actress. She subsequently moved to Los Angeles to seek further acting opportunities. After securing a role in the pilot No Place Like Home, Righetti caught the eye of Fox executives. She played a regular guest character Hailey Nichol in the American teen drama "The O.C." In the season finale of Season 2 of The O.C., …
- Alexa Davalos
Alexa Davalos was born in France on May 28, 1982, and is of Greek and Spanish descent. She started out as a model. Davalos speaks Greek, Spanish, and French fluently. Alexa's mother is Greek American actress Elyssa Davalos, her father is photographer Jeff Dunas and her grandfather is actor Richard Davalos. Alexa Davalos made her feature film debut starring in "The Chronicles of Riddick" as Kyra.
- Will Estes
Will Estes (born William Estes Nipper, October 21, 1978, Los Angeles, California) is an American actor best known for his role as JJ Pryor, on the NBC drama "American Dreams". His break-out movie role was Seaman Ronald 'Rabbit' Parker on "U-571". The former soap star only recently came back from a long hiatus as a popular child actor despite making several minor stand in parts various television shows. Will was appeared in the last Full House Episode and Harry and the Hendersons
- Jennifer Johnson
Jennifer Johnson is an American television writer and producer who has written episodes of television series such as "Providence", "The Guardian", "Reunion", "Lost" and "Cold Case".
- Leon Dierx
Leon Dierx was a French poet born in the island of Réunion in 1838. He came to Paris to study at the Central School of Arts and Manufactures and subsequently settled there, taking up a post in the education office. He became a disciple of Leconte de Lisle and one of the most distinguished of the Parnassians. In the death of Stéphane Mallarmé in 1898 he was acclaimed prince of poets by les jeunes.
- Margie Sudre
Margie Sudre is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for France's "Outre-mer". Before her election to the European Parliament, she held several political mandates, both local and national: chairwoman of the Réunion Island regional Council (1993-1998, member since 1998), Secretary of State for the French-Speaking World (1995-1997). She is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's Party, …
- Pierre Poivre
Pierre Poivre (August 23, 1719 - January 6, 1786) was a French horticulturalist born in Lyon. In his early 20s he was a missionary in Far Eastern locations such as Cochinchina, Guangzhou and Macao. In 1745 as member of the French East India Company, on a journey to the East Indies he was involved in a naval battle with the British when he was struck by a cannonball on the wrist. This injury required amputation of part of his right arm.
- Fred Uhlman
Fred Uhlman (January 19, 1901 - April 11, 1985) was a German lawyer of Jewish origin, who in September 1936 arrived in England virtually penniless and unable to speak English, married Diana Croft, the daughter of a Conservative Member of Parliament, Sir Henry Page Croft, and went on to become a celebrated painter and novelist. Fred Uhlman was born in 1901, in Stuttgart, Germany, into a prosperous middle-class Jewish family.
- Charles Cooper
Charles Cooper is an actor who has played a wide variety of television and movie roles for over 50 years, from 1950 to 2001. Cooper is perhaps best remembered for his appearances in Star Trek related roles. Cooper played the Klingon Chancellor K'mpec in Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "Sins of the Father" and "Reunion". He also played the Klingon General Korrd in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
- Laurent Robert
Laurent Robert (born May 21, 1975 in Saint Benoît, Réunion, French Overseas Departments) is a French left winger who currently plays for Levante UD of the Spanish La Liga.
- Gregory Harrison
Gregory Harrison (born May 31, 1950 in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California) is an actor. He is probably best known for his role as Dr. George Alonzo 'Gonzo' Gates, the young surgeon of Pernell Roberts's character on the CBS series "Trapper John, M.D.". He was also the title character on the 1977-78 sci-fi series "Logan's Run".
- Sarah Blasko
Sarah Blasko is an Australian musician. She was born in Sydney soon after her family returned from French-speaking Réunion where her parents had been missionaries. An original and largely self-reliant musical artist, Blasko is known for her writing and production skills, as well as her unique voice and stage presence.
- Mathew St. Patrick
Mathew St. Patrick (born March 17, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. He has starred in the television soap opera "All My Children" (1998-2000), starred (2001-2005) as Keith Charles on HBO drama "Six Feet Under", was the first voice of Skulker (2004) on "Danny Phantom" and starred as the principal detective in the Fox fall drama, "Reunion" (2005).
- Lazare Picault
Lazare Picault was a French explorer known for his exploration of islands in the Seychelles. Although Arab, Portuguese and British sailors visited the Seychelles prior to Picault, he was the first to do any extensive exploration. In 1742 on an expedition of exploration of the Indian Ocean, Picault discovered the largest island of the Seychelles which he named "L’Île d’Abondance" {Isle of Abundance). Also a smaller island to the east he called Ste.
- Amy Hill
Amy Hill (born May 9, 1953 in Deadwood, South Dakota) is a Japanese-Finnish-American actress who is most known for her roles as Mrs. DePaulo in "That's So Raven", the babysitter Mrs. Kwan in "The Cat in the Hat", and the voice of Jasmine Lee (aka "Ah-Mah") on "The Life and Times of Juniper Lee". Hill became an acclaimed actress working with the famed "Asian American Theatre Company" in San Francisco, California.
- Jon Harmon Feldman
Jon Harmon Feldman is an American screenwriter and director. He has created and worked on TV series "Tru Calling" and "Reunion". He wrote and directed the romantic comedy "Lovelife" in 1996, starring Matt Letscher, Sherilyn Fenn, Saffron Burrows, Carla Gugino, Bruce Davison and Jon Tenney. He also worked as a writer on "American Dreams" and "Roswell".
- Gérald de Palmas
Gérald De Palmas is a French singer. His father was a land surveyor from France and his mother was a French teacher from Réunion. At the age of 10, De Palmas' family left Réunion, to live in Aix-en-Provence, France. At the age of 13, he discovered ska music, and became a fan of the UK band The Specials. Then he met Étienne Daho and formed a group called "Les Max Valentins". But De Palmas was uncomfortable with this group, and went solo.
- David Tudor
David Eugene Tudor was an American pianist and composer of experimental music. Tudor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied piano with Stefan Wolpe and became known as one of the leading performers of avant garde piano music. He gave the first American performance of the "Piano Sonata No. 2" by Pierre Boulez in 1950, and a European tour in 1954 greatly enhanced his reputation. Karlheinz Stockhausen dedicated his "Klavierstück VI" (1955) to Tudor.
- Jean-Pierre Azéma
Jean-Pierre Azéma, born in 1937, is a French historian, and the son of the Réunionese poet Jean-Henri Azéma. A specialist of World War II, and more specifically of the Vichy Regime and the French Resistance, Jean-Pierre Azéma is a university lecturer and teaches history at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris. He is a member of the scientific counsel for the Institut François Mitterrand, …
- Pedro Mascarenhas
Pedro Mascarenhas (1470- June 23, 1555) was a Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. He was the first European to discover the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia in 1512. He also encountered the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius in 1512, although he may not have been the first Portuguese explorer to do so; earlier expeditions by Diogo Dias and Alfonso de Albuquerque may have encountered the islands.
- Shurik'N
Shurik'n Chang-Ti is a French hip hop artist from Marseille, born in 1966. He is one of the members of the highly successful group IAM, as well as a major solo artist. With his brother Faf Larage (Raphaël Mussard), he also forms the group La Garde. Mussard was born in Marseille on 11 March 1966, with Malagasy and Réunionnais origins. In 1988, he met Akhenaton, with whom he formed IAM.
- Dominique Vian
Dominique Vian is a French overseas departments administrator. He was prefect of French Guiana from February 1997 to August 1999, prefect of Guadeloupe from August 2002 to July 2004, and prefect of Réunion since August 2004.
- Christien Anholt
Christien Alexis Anholt (born February 25, 1971 in London, England) is an English stage, television and film actor best known for his role as Nigel Bailey on the television series "Relic Hunter". He is the son of actor Tony Anholt. Christien Anholt began his acting career in 1988 at the age of 17 after winning the coveted role of 'Hans' in the motion picture Reunion directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Jason Robards.
- Bertrand-François Mahé de la Bourdonnais
Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais (comte de La Bourdonnais was a French naval officer and administrator, in the service of the French East India Company. La Bourdonnais was born on February 11 1699 in Saint-Malo, Brittany. He went to sea when a boy, and in 1718 entered the service of the French East India Company as a lieutenant.
- Joey Levine
Joey Levine is a prolific songwriter, producer and performer of pop music starting around 1966. He sang lead vocals on several charted Top-40 pop singles, including "Run Run Run" by The Third Rail (1966), "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by The Ohio Express (1968) and "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" by Reunion (1974). He specialized in what was known as "bubblegum pop" music.
- Louis Price
Louis Bernhardt Price (born on March 29, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American R&B, soul singer, and actor notable for being the lead singer of the first post-Dennis Edwards led version of The Temptations from 1977 to 1980. Price moved to Los Angeles at a young age and sung in various groups before being asked to replace Dennis Edwards of The Temptations after group leader Otis Williams fired Edwards.
- Leif Tilden
Leif Tilden (born March 20, 1964) is an American actor who played Donatello in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and its sequel "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze", Robbie Sinclair in the sitcom "Dinosaurs", and gorillas in various films including "George of the Jungle", "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" and "Buddy".
- Olivier Levasseur
Olivier Levasseur, was a pirate, nicknamed "La Buse" or "La Bouche" ("The Buzzard") in his early days, called thus because of the speed with which he threw himself on his enemies. His name first appears in 1716, when he joined the Benjamin Hornigold pirate company. Oliver was a good climber, and had a scar across one eye, limiting his view. After a year of successful looting, the Hornigold party split, …
- Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle
Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle was a French poet of the Parnassian movement.
- Jim Pike
Jim Pike was raised in the state of Idaho with his two brothers, Donny Pike and Gary Pike. He started his professional career at the age of 4 singing with his fathers radio band, "Russ Pike and the Prarie Knights". At the beginning of each program, he would sing "God Bless America". He graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1954. His continuing desire to sing progressed when he did his version of an Al Jolson song before his class mates at IF High.
- François Leguat
François Leguat was a French explorer and naturalist. Leguat was a huguenot who fled to Holland after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. In 1690 he boarded a ship with a group of other Huguenots bound for the Indian Ocean. They intended to start a new life on the island of Réunion, which they believed had been abandoned by the French, but on finding them still there landed instead on the uninhabited island of Rodrigues.
- Merle Miller
Merle Miller was an American novelist best known for his biographies of Presidents Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson. Three years before his best-selling book "Plain Speaking, An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman" (1974), he wrote a personal account "What It Means to Be a Homosexual" published in "The New York Times Magazine" January 17, 1971.