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Rene Doumic, French literary critic and man of letters, 1922. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 8th album, Editions MD, Paris
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, French, 1855Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin in 1855, (1855-1915). Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) has been described as the father of modern conjuring
Rodolphe Salis, French artist, 1897. Salis (1851-1897) opened Le Chat Noir, a cabaret, in Montmartre in 1881. It had a wealth of famous patrons but closed in 1897
Charles Maurice Donnay, French, 1908Charles Maurice Donnay in 1908, (1855-1915). A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 8th album, Editions MD, Paris
Etienne-Jules Marey, French physiologist and pioneer of cinematography, 1901. Marey (1830-1904) was a French physiologist who pioneered the use of photography to record and analyse movement
Romain Rolland, French dramatist, author, art historian and mystic, 1921. Rolland (1866-1944) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915
Charles Mangin, French soldier, 1918. Mangin was a general in the French Army during the First World War. Nicknamed the Butcher by his troops
Ferdinand Foch, French soldier and hero of World War I, 1922. Foch (1851-1929) was chosen as supreme commander of the Allied armies on 26 March, 1918
Raoul Pugno, French musician and composer, 1905. Pugno (1852-1914) earned a worldwide reputation for his performances of Mozarts piano and organ works
Henry Bataille, French dramatist and poet, 1913. Batailles (1872-1922) works were very popular between 1900 and the First World War
Paul Doumer, French statesman, 1908. Doumer (right) with his five sons, four of whom were killed in the First World War. He served as Governor-General of French Indochina from 1897-1902
Jose-Maria de Heredia, Cuban-born French poet, 1902. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 8th album, Editions MD, Paris
Jean-Louis Forain, French artist, 1897. Forain (1852-1931) was one of the Impressionist painters, participating in four of their exhibitions between 1879 and 1884
Louise Michel, French schoolteacher, medical worker and anarchist, 1899. Louise Michel (1830-1905) was active in the Paris Commune and as a result was deported to New Caledonia in 1873
Jules Ferry, French statesman, 1884. Jules Francois Camille Ferry (1832-1893) served as Prime Minister of France on two occasions
Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian, French writers, 1887. Erckmann (1822-1899) and Chatrian (1826-1890) both came from Alsace-Lorraine
Henri d Orleans, Duc d Aumale, 1890. Henri of Orleans, Duke of Aumale (1822-1897), was the fifth son of Louis-Philippe, the last King of France
Charles Garnier, French architect, 1882. Garnier (1825-1898) designed the Palais Garnier, the opera house in Paris, as well as the casino, opera house and the Grand Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo
Jean-Marie Vianney, Cure d Ars, French priest, 1858. Vianney (1786-1859) was a Catholic parish priest who was made a saint and is the patron saint of all parish priests
Eugene Delacroix, French artist, 1854. Delacroix (1798-1863) was one of the leading figures of the French Romantic school
Victor Hugo, French novelist, in exile in Guernsey, 1866. Victor Hugo with, amongst others, Juliette Drouet, and his grandchildren Georges and Jeanne Hugo
Paul Deroulede, French author and politician and Jean Mounet-Sully, French actor, 1899. Deroulede was a leading figure on the right wing of French politics in the 1880s and 1890s
Emile Zola, French novelist, with his family, 1899. An influential writer, Zola (1840-1902) was also an important figure in the liberalisation of French society at the end of the 19th century
Alphonse Allais, French writer and humourist, 1895. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris
Emile Ollivier, French statesman, 1895. Although he was a republican, Ollivier (1825-1913) served as a cabinet minister in the regime of Napoleon III
Benoit-Constant Coquelin, French actor, 1895. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris
Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, 1895. Possibly the pre-eminent French sculptor, Rodin (1840-1917) is best known for his The Thinker (1902)
Francois Coppee, French poet and novelist, 1892. Coppee (1842-1908) was an extreme nationalist and was one of the founders of the Ligue de la Patrie Francaise
Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, President of France, 1887. Carnot (1837-1894) became President of the French Third Republic in 1887 after the resignation of Jules Grevy
Jules Grevy, President of France, 1880. Grevy (1807-1891) was President ot the French Third Republic from 1879-1887. A leading Opportunist Republican
Jules Amedee Barbey d Aurevilly, French novelist and short story writer, 1889. Barbey d Aurevillys (1808-1889) novels and stories, set in his native Cotentin
Alfred Grevin, French illustrator and caricaturist, 1887. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris
Emile Augier, French dramatist, 1885. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris
Ethelie Madeleine Brohan, French actress, 1885. Madeleine Brohan (1833-1900) starred with the Comedie Francaise. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres
Alexandre Dumas the Younger, French playwright and novelist, 1884. Dumass (1824-1895) novel La dame aux camelias (The Lady of the Camellias)
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, French explorer, 1882. Brazzas (1852-1905) explorations of the Congo paved the way to the establishment of French colonies in West Africa
Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, with his family, 1882. Eiffels (1832-1923) most historic and best-known work is the Eiffel Tower, built for the Paris Exposition of 1889
Gustave Nadaud, French songwriter, 1880. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonnier, French painter and sculptor, 1880. Meissonier (1815-1891) was famous for his military paintings depicting Napoleon and his armies
Theodore de Banville, French poet and writer, 1873. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris
Victor Hugo, French author, 1872. Born in Besancon, Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a central figure in the French Romantic movement
Francois Certain Canrobert, French general, 1869. After serving in Africa, Canrobert (1809-1895) was appointed aide-de-camp to President Louis-Napoleon
Alphonse Daudet, French novelist, 1869. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris
Emile Littre, French philosopher and lexicographer, 1869. Littre (1801-1881) compiled the Dictionnaire de la langue francaise (Dictionary of the French language)
Emile de Girardin, French journalist, publicist and politician, 1866. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French Neoclassical artist, 1841. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris
Jerome Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, 1858. Jerome (1784-1860) was King of Westphalia from 1807-1813. He served in Napoleons Russian campaign and at the Battle of Waterloo
Louis Napoleon, French Prince Imperial, in British uniform, 1871-1879. Louis Napoleon (1856-1879) was the only child of the Emperor Napoleon III