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┿ ▪ Peter ABELARD ‧ 1079-1142 ‧ philosopher ‧ [ ⌘] ‧ ┿ ▪ Edmond François Valentin ABOUT ‧ 1828-1885 ‧ novelist‧journalist ‧ [ ⌘] ‧ ┿ ▪ Marie Catherine Sophie d'AGOULT, comtesse ‧ alias Daniel STERN ‧ 1805-1876 ‧ author ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jehan Ariste ALAIN ‧ Fra 1911-1940 ‧ composer ‧ organist ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ Marietta ALBONI ‧ Italy 1826-1894 ‧ opera singer ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jean-Charles Adolphe ALPHAND ‧ 1817-1891 ‧ civil engineer ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ Miguel Ángel ASTURIAS Rosales ‧ 1899-1974 ‧ diplomat‧author ‧ NOBEL Prize ‧ ┿ ▪ Daniel AUBER ‧ x ‧ composer ‧⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ Hubertine AUCLERT ‧ x ‧ feminist‧activist women's suffrage ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ Pierre AUGEREAU ‧ x ‧ military commander ‧ Marshal of France ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jean-Pierre AUMONT ‧ x ‧ actor ‧ father of Tina AUMONT ‧ husband of Maria MONTEZ ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jane AVRIL ‧ x ‧ dancer ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿
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┿ Salvador BACARISSE Chinoria ‧ 1898-1963 ‧ composer ‧ ┿ ▪ Sarah BERNHARDT ‧ ‧ stage~film actress ‧ ┿ ▪ Alphonse BERTILLON ‧ ‧ anthropologist ‧ father of anthropometry ‧ ┿ ▪ Julien BESSIÈRES ‧ ‧ scientist ‧ diplomat ‧ politician ‧ ┿ ▪ Ramón Emeterio BETANCES ‧ ‧ Puerto Rican nationalist ‧ ┿ ▪ Marie François Xavier BICHAT ‧ ‧ anatomist ‧ physiologist ‧ ┿ ▪ Fulgence BIENVENÜE ‧ ‧ civil engineer ‧ 'Father of the Paris Métro' ‧ ┿ ▪ Samuel BING ‧ ‧ art dealer ‧ ┿ ▪ Georges BIZET ‧ ‧ composer ‧ conductor ‧ ┿ ▪ Louis BLANC ‧ ‧ historian ‧ statesman ‧ ┿ ▪ Sophie BLANCHARD ‧ ‧ 1e prof. female balloonist ‧ first woman died in aviation accident ‧ ┿ ▪ Auguste BLANQUI ‧ ‧ statesman ‧ ┿ ▪ Rosa BONHEUR ‧ ‧ painter ‧ ┿ ▪ Ludwig BÖRNE ‧ ‧ political writer ‧ satirist ‧ ┿ ▪ Pierre BOURDIEU ‧ ‧ sociologist ‧ ┿ ▪ Alexandrine-Caroline BRANCHU ‧ ‧ opera singer ‧ ┿ ▪ Édouard BRANLY ‧ ‧ scientist ‧ ┿ ▪ Pierre BRASSEUR ‧ ‧ comedian ‧ ┿ ▪ Jean Anthelme BRILLAT-SAVARIN ‧ ‧ lawyer ‧ politician ‧ epicure ‧ gastronome ‧ ┿ ▪ Alexandre-Théodore BRONGNIART ‧ ‧ architect ‧ design layout of Pėre Lachaise Cemetery ‧ ┿ ▪ Pierre BROSSOLETTE ‧ ‧ journalist ‧ politician ‧ Résistance leader ‧ ┿ ▪ Jean de BRUNHOFF ‧ ‧ author 'Babar the Elephant' ‧ ┿ ▪ Auguste-Laurent BURDEAU ‧ ‧ politician ‧ plaintiff in the Drumont-Burdeau trial ‧ ┿
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┿ Joseph-Marie–Auguste CAILLAUX ‧ 1863-1944 ‧ statesman ‧ ┿ Gustave CAILLEBOTTE ‧ 1848-1894 ‧ impressionist painter ‧ ┿ Frédéric François CHOPIN ‧ Poland 1810-1849 ‧ composer ‧ heart entombed within a pillar at the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw ‧ ┿ Alain CLÉMENT ‧ x ‧ journalist‧writer ‧ ┿ Jean-Baptiste CLÉMENT ‧ painter‧activist ‧ ┿ Jean-Baptiste Auguste CLÉSINGER ‧ 1814-1883 ‧ painter‧sculptor ‧ ┿ Émile COHL ‧ 1857-1938 ‧ cartoonist ‧ ┿ Sidonie-Gabrielle COLETTE ‧ 1873-1954 ‧ litterateur ‧ ┿ Count Alexandre Joseph COLONNA-WALEWSKI ‧ 1810-1868 ‧ statesman‧son of Napoleon I ‧ ┿ Auguste COMTE ‧ 1798-1857 ‧ thinker‧father Positivism ‧ ┿ Henri-Benjamin CONSTANT de Rebecque ‧ 1767-1830 ‧ Swiss‧liberal philosopher ‧ ┿ Bruno COQUATRIX ‧ 1910-1979 ‧ lyricist‧music impresario ‧ ┿ Jean-Baptiste-Camille COROT ‧ 1796-1875 ‧ painter ‧ ┿ Ramón CORRAL ‧ 1854-1912 ‧ Mexico ‧ politician‧vice-pres.1904-1911 ‧ ┿ Jean-Pierre CORTOT ‧ 1787-1843 ‧ sculptor ‧ ┿ Benoît baron COSTAZ ‧ 1761-1842 ‧ bishop ‧ ┿ Georges COURTELINE ‧ 1858-1929 ‧ playwright ‧ ┿ Thomas COUTURE ‧ 1815-1879 ‧ painter ‧ ┿ Rufino José CUERVO Urisarri ‧ 1844-1911 ‧ Colombia ‧ writer‧philologue ‧ ┿ Nancy Clara CUNARD ‧ 1896-1965 ‧ Eng ‧ poet‧activist ‧ ┿ Henri CURIEL ‧ 1914-1978 ‧ Egypt‧politician ‧ ┿ Georges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert CUVIER ‧ 1769-1832 ‧ founder paleontology ‧ ┿
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┿ Jarosław DABROWSKI ‧ exiled Polish revolutionary Nationalist ‧ last Commander-in-Chief - 1871: Paris Commune ‧ body never found‧memory honored on Federated Wall in northeast corner of the Père Lachaise Cemetery ‧ on monument erected outside the wall in the Square Samuel de Champlain ‧ ┿ ▪ Pierre DAC ‧ humorist ‧ ┿ ▪ Édouard DALADIER ‧ Radical-Socialist politician of the 1930s ‧ signatory of the Munich Agreement in 1938 ‧ Prime Minister of France at the outbreak of the WWII ‧ ┿ ▪ Alexandre DARRACQ ‧ automobile manufacturer ‧ ┿ ▪ Isadora DUNCAN ‧ 1877-1927 ‧ ▪ Henri DUPARC ‧ composer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Éléonore DUPLAY ‧ friend of revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Guillaume DUPUYTREN ‧ surgeon ‧ ‧ ┿
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┿ Paul ÉLUARD ‧ surrealist poet ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ George ENESCU ‧ Romania ‧ composer ‧ pianist ‧ violinist ‧ conductor ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Camille ERLANGER ‧ composer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Max ERNST ‧ Germany ‧ artist ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧
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┿ Alexandre FALGUIÈRE ‧ sculptor ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Félix FAURE ‧ President of France ‧ ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Émile Henry FAURÉ LE PAGE ‧ small-arms manufacturer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Robert de FLERS ‧ playwright ‧ journalist ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Suzanne FLON ‧ actress ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Pierre François Léonard FONTAINE ‧ neo-classical architect ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jean de La FONTAINE ‧ litterateur ‧ o.a. fairy tales ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Joseph FOURIER ‧ mathematician ‧ physicist ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jean FRANÇAIX ‧ composer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Pierre FRANK ‧ Trotskyist politician ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ William Temple FRANKLIN ‧ grandson Benjamin Franklin ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Loie FULLER ‧ dancer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Laurent FIGNON ‧ cyclist ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Marie-Madeleine FOURCADE ‧ also 'Madeline' of the Resistance-leader of the Resistance network 'Alliance' during WWII ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧
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┿ Antonio de La GANDARA ‧ painter ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Louis-Antoine GARNIER-PAGÈS ‧ statesman ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Joseph Louis GAY-LUSSAC ‧ chemist ‧ physicist ‧ ‧ ┿
▪ Pierre GEORGES ‧ Resistance leader ‧ 'Colonel Fabien' ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Théodore GÉRICAULT ‧ romantic painter ‧ 'the Raft of the Medusa' reproduced on his tomb by sculptor Antoine Étex ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Sophie GERMAIN ‧ mathematician ‧ physicist ‧ philosopher ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Abdul Rahman GHASSEMLOU ‧ leader Democratic Party Iranian Kurdistan ‧ ┿ ▪ André GILL ‧ caricaturist ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Manuel de GODOY ‧ Spanish prime minister ‧ court favorite ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Yvan GOLL ‧ French-German ‧ poet ‧ his wife Claire Goll ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Enrique GÓMEZ CARRILLO ‧ Guatemala ‧ novelist ‧ journalist ‧ war correspondent ‧ chronicler ‧ diplomat ‧ lived in Europe ‧ correspondent to important newspapers in Spain‧Argentina ‧ published 86 books ‧ novels ‧ chronicles of his journeys to faraway places ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Laurent de GOUVION Saint-Cyr ‧ military commander ‧ Marshal of France ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Zénobe GRAMME ‧ Inventor Direct Current -DC- Dynamo ‧ statue on the grave of Zénobe sitting‧looking at a dynamo rotor ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Stéphane GRAPPELLI ‧ jazz violinist ‧ member Quintette du Hot Club de France ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ André GRÉTRY ‧ Belgian-born ‧ composer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Maurice GRIMAUD ‧ Prefecture of Police during May 1968 ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Giulia GRISI ‧ Italia ‧ opera singer ‧ grave is marked under her married name Giulia de Candia ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Félix GUATTARI ‧ militant ‧ institutional psychotherapist ‧ philosopher ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jules GUESDE ‧ statesman ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Yvette GUILBERT ‧ actress ‧ singer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Joseph-Ignace GUILLOTIN ‧ proposed guillotine as official method of execution in France ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Yılmaz GÜNEY ‧ Kurdish/Turkish actor, film director ‧ scenarist ‧ novelist ‧ ‧ ┿
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┿ Melanie HAHNEMANN ‧ homeopathist ‧ 1e female doctor in homeopathy ‧
▪ Samuel HAHNEMANN ‧ Germany ‧ physician ‧ founder homeopathy ‧ ▪ Georges HAUSSMANN ‧ civil engineer ‧ town planner ‧ ▪ Jeanne HÉBUTERNE ‧ artist ‧ common-law wife artist Amedeo Modigliani ‧ ▪ Sadeq HEDAYAT ‧ Iran ‧ modern writer ‧ prose fiction & short stories ‧ ▪ HELOÏSE ‧ abbess ‧ scholar ‧ love affair with Peter Abelard ‧ ▪ Ticky HOLGADO ‧ actor ‧ ▪ Jean-Nicolas HUYOT ‧ architect ‧ Arc de Triomphe ‧
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┿ Jean Auguste Dominique INGRES ‧ painter ‧
▪ Jean-Baptiste ISABEY ‧ painter ‧
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┿ Claude JADE ‧ actress ‧
▪ Léon JOUHAUX ‧ FR‧Paris 01-07-1879 | 28-04-1954 ‧ leader trade union ‧ Nobel Peace Prize 1951 ‧ ⌘‧ ‧ ‧
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┿ Jérôme LALANDE ‧ astronomer ‧ writer ‧ ‧
▪ René LALIQUE ‧ ‧ glass designer ‧ ‧ ▪ Édouard LALO ‧ composer ‧ ‧ ▪ Theophanis LAMBOUKAS ‧ actor ‧ singer ‧ husband of Édith Piaf ‧ ‧ ▪ Francisco LARGO Caballero ‧ Former president of the Spanish II Republic ‧ ‧ ▪ Dominique Jean LARREY ‧ ‧ military surgeon ‧ ‧ ▪ Clarence John LAUGHLIN ‧ American Surrealist photographer from New Orleans‧Louisiana ‧ published: Ghosts Along the Mississippi ‧ ‧ ▪ Marie LAURENCIN ‧ painter ‧ ‧ ▪ Charles-François LEBRUN ‧ statesman ‧ ‧ ▪ Jean LE PAGE ‧ arquebusier ‧ fourbisseur du Roi et de l'Empereur ‧ ‧ ▪ Alexandre LEDRU-ROLLIN ‧ politician ‧ ‧ ▪ Louis James Alfred LEFÉBURE-Wély ‧ organist ‧ composer ‧ ‧ ▪ François Joseph LEFEBVRE ‧ ‧ military commander ‧ Marshal of France ‧ ‧ ▪ Ferdinand de LESSEPS ‧ ‧ Diplomat French developer of the Suez Canal‧ ‧ ▪ Pierre LEVEGH ‧ ‧ racing driver killed in the 1955 Le Mans disaster ‧ ‧ ▪ Jean-François LYOTARD ‧ philosopher ‧ ‧
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┿ Jacques MACDONALD ‧ military commander ‧ Marshal of France ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ William MADOCKS ‧ English landowner ‧ statesman ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Milosz MAGIN ‧ Polish composer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Nestor MAKHNO ‧ Ukrainia ‧ anarchist revolutionary ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jacques-Antoine MANUEL ‧ lawyer ‧ statesman ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Auguste MAQUET ‧ author ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Marcel MARCEAU ‧ mime artist ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Angelo MARIANI ‧ chemist ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Célestine MARIÉ ‧ opera singer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ André MASSÉNA ‧ military commander ‧ Marshal of France ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Georges MÉLIÈS ‧ filmmaker ‧ producer 'a Trip to the Moon' ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Émile-Justin MENIER ‧ chocolatier ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Henri MENIER ‧ chocolatier ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Antoine Brutus MENIER ‧ chocolatier ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Maurice MERLEAU-Ponty ‧ philosopher ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Cléo de MÉRODE ‧ dancer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Stuart MERRILL ‧ America ‧ symbolist poet ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Charles MESSIER ‧ astronomer, publisher of Messier's catalogue ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jules MICHELET ‧ historian ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Joachim MURAT ‧ Napoleonic general ‧ Marshal of France ‧ ┿ ▪ Alfred de MUSSET ‧ poet ‧ novelist ‧ dramatist ‧ love affair with George Sand ‧ from his point of view in autobiographical novel 'la Confession d'un Enfant du Siècle' ‧ ‧
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┿ Félix NADAR ‧ photographer ‧ caricaturist ‧ journalist ‧ novelist ‧ balloonist ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Étienne de NANSOUTY ‧ General of Division ‧ commander of the Guard cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Francine NAVARRO ‧ crown princess Montenegro ‧ wife of prince Nikola II ‧ Petrović-Njegoš ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Gérard de NERVAL ‧ poet ‧ ‧ ‧ ▪ Michel NEY ‧ marshal of France ‧ Prince of the Moskowa ‧ fought in the Revolutionary Wars ‧ the Napoleonic Wars ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Alwin NIKOLAIS - America ‧ choreographer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Anna de NOAILLES ‧ poetess ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Charles NODIER ‧ writer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Victor NOIR ‧ journalist killed by Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte in a dispute over a duel with Paschal Grousset. The tomb, designed by Jules Dalou, is notable for the realistic portrayal of the dead Noir ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Cyprian NORWID ‧ Polish poet ‧ ‧ ┿
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▪ Pascale OGIER ‧ actress ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Virginia OLDOINI ‧ Countess of Castiglione ‧ Italia ‧ courtesan ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Max OPHÜLS ‧ Germany ‧ film director ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Louis-Guillaume OTTO ‧ diplomat ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Gholam Ali OVEISSI ‧ Iran ‧ military commander ‧ statesman ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Andranik Toros OZANIAN ‧ Armenia ‧ military commander ‧ statesman ‧ ‧ ┿
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┿ Antoine PARMENTIER ‧ agronomist ‧ enunciating ‧ dietary value of potatoes ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Alexandre Ferdinand PARSEVAL-Deschenes ‧ admiral ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ François-Auguste PARSEVAL-Grandmaison ‧ poet ‧ uncle of the above ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Christine PASCAL ‧ actress ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Marcel PROUST ‧ novelist ‧ essayist ‧ critic ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Pierre-Paul PRUD'HON ‧ painter ‧ ‧ ┿
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┿ Mademoiselle RACHEL ‧ actress ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ François-Vincent RASPAIL ‧ scientist ‧ statesman ‧ remains later moved to the Panthéon ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Pierre-Joseph REDOUTÉ ‧ Belgian botanic illustrator ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Henri de RÉGNIER ‧ poet ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Norbert RILLIEUX ‧ America ‧ engineer ‧ invented multiple-effect evaporator ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Étienne-Gaspard ROBERT ‧ Belgie ‧ magician who performed under the stage name of Robertson ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jacob ROBLÈS ‧ Famous grave for the medallion Silence -1842- by Antoine-Augustin Préault ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Georges RODENBACH ‧ poet ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jean ROLLIN ‧ director ‧ novelist ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jules ROMAINS ‧ writer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Gioachino ROSSINI ‧ composer ‧ 1887:Rossini's remains moved to Florence ‧ the crypt -dedicated to his memory- is still in Perè Lachaise ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Salomon James de ROTHSCHILD ‧ 1835-1864 ‧ ┿ ▪ Raymond ROUSSEL ‧ writer ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Alphonse ROYER ‧ ‧ poet ‧ dramatist ‧ ‧
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┿ Gholam-Hossein SA'EDI ‧ socialist novelist ‧ playwright ‧ ┿ ▪ countess Consuelo de SAINT EXUPÉRY ‧ writer ‧ wife of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ‧ ┿ ▪ Étienne Geoffroy SAINT-HILAIRE ‧ naturalist ‧ ┿ ▪ Claude Henri de ROUVROY‧comte de SAINT-SIMON ‧ sociologist ‧ founder 'Saint-Simonian' movement ‧ ┿ ▪ Henri SALVADOR ‧ singer ‧ ┿ ▪ Yuliya SAMOYLOVA ‧ aristocrat ‧ ┿ ▪ Gertrude STEIN ‧ author ‧ ┿ ▪ Elisabeta Alexandrovna STROGANOVA ‧ Francophile Russian aristocrat ‧ ┿ ▪ Louis Gabriel SUCHET ‧ military commander ‧ Marshal of France ‧ ‧ ┿
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┿ Eugenia TADOLINI ‧ opera singer ‧ ┿ ▪ François-Joseph TALMA ‧ actor ‧ ┿ ▪ Pierre Alexandre TARDIEU ‧ engraver ‧ ┿ ▪ Gerda TARO ‧ war photographer ‧ love Robert CAPA ‧ one of the iconographers of the Spanish Civil War ‧ monument by Alberto Giacometti ‧ ┿ ▪ Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy TATA in 1993 ‧ India ‧ businessman Tata Group ‧ Bharat Ratna ‧ Legion of Honour ‧ ┿ ▪ Tapa TCHERMOEFF ‧ 1e Prime Minister Mountainous Rep. of Northern Caucasus ‧ ┿ ▪ Thomas TELLEFSEN ‧ pianist‧composer ‧ ┿ ▪ Ruben TER-MINASIAN ‧ Armenian politician ‧ a revolutionary ‧ member of Armenian Revolutionary Federation ARF Tashnag ‧ ┿ ▪ Adolphe THIERS ‧ historian ‧ statesman ‧ ┿ ▪ Maurice THOREZ ‧ communist politician ‧ ┿ ▪ Isaac TITSINGH ‧ surgeon ‧ scholar ‧ VOC trader ‧ ambassador to Qing China ‧ Tokugawa Japan ‧ ┿ ▪ Alice B. TOKLAS ‧ America ‧ author ‧ partner Gertrude Stein ‧ Toklas' name ‧ information is etched on the other side of Stein's gravestone in the same sparse style ‧ font ‧ ┿ ▪ Marie TRINTIGNANT ‧ actress ‧ ┿ ▪ Maurice TOURNEUR ‧ film director ‧ ┿ ▪ Rafael Leónidas TRUJILLO ‧ dictator ‧ the Dominican Republic ‧ ┿ ▪ Ramfis TRUJILLO ‧ Lt. Gen. ‧ Dominican Republic ‧ son of dictator gen.Trujillo ‧ ┿ ▪ J.R.D. TATA ‧ aviation pioneer ‧ former head of Tata ‧ ‧ ┿
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┿ Paul VAILLANT-COUTURIER ‧ 1892-1937 ‧ political journalist ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ Pierre-Henri de VALENCIENNES ‧ 1750-1819 ‧ painter ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ Jules Louis Joseph VALLÈS ‧ 1832-1885 ‧ writer ‧ [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Vallès ⌘] ‧ ┿ ▪ Louis Jacques Marie Collin du BOCAGE ~ Louis VERNEUIL ‧ 1893-1952 ‧ playwright ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ Claude-VICTOR PERRIN ‧ 1764-1841 ‧ military commander ‧ Marshal of France ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ [ Louis Tullius Joachim VISCONTI] ‧ 1791-1853 ‧ architect ‧ designing modern Louvre ‧ Napoleon's tomb at Les Invalides ‧ ⌘ ‧ ┿ ▪ Dominique VIVANT ‧ baron de Denon ‧ artist ‧ writer ‧ diplomat ‧ archaeologist ‧ close to Chopin's grave ‧ ‧ ┿
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┿ Countess Marie WALEWSKA ‧ Napoleon's mistress ‧ credited for pressing Napoleon to take important pro-Polish decisions during the Napoleonic Wars ‧ Only her heart is entombed here ‧ other remains returned to her native Poland ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Sir Richard WALLACE ‧ English art collector ‧ philanthropist ‧ ‧ ┿ ▪ Eduard WIIRALT ‧ Estonia ‧ artist ‧ ┿ ▪ Oscar WILDE ‧ Irish ‧ novelist ‧ poet ‧ playwright ‧ by tradition, Wilde's admirers kiss the Art Deco monument while wearing lipstick ‧ died 1900 ‧ initially buried in the Cimetière de Bagneux ‧ remains transferred in 1909 to Père Lachaise ‧ tomb is resting place of the ashes of Robert Ross ‧ who commissioned the monument ‧ ┿ ▪ Jeanette WOHL ‧ literary editor, longtime friend ‧ correspondent of Ludwig Börne ‧ ┿ ▪ Richard WRIGHT ‧ American author ‧ 'Native Son' ‧ ‧ ┿
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┿ Achille ZAVATTA ‧ comedian ‧ ┿ ▪ Félix ZIEM ‧ painter ‧ ‧
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