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Frederic Joliot and Irene Joliot-Curie, French scientists, 1935. Joliot (1900-1958) became assistant to Marie Curie in 1925
Victor Hugo, French author, on his deathbed, 22nd May 1885. Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a central figure in the French Romantic movement
Jean Bouin, French soldier and athlete, 1912. Bouin (1888-1914) competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Games in Stockholm, where he won a silver medal in the 5000 metres
Professor Rene Leriche, French surgeon and physiologist, 1939. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8
Japanese warlord Minamoto no Yoritomo, 1845. Artist: Utagawa KuniyoshiJapanese warlord Minamoto no Yoritomo, 1845. The leader of the Minamoto clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147-1199) defeated the rival Taira clan in the Genpei War (1180-1185)
Professor Charles Laubry, French cardiologist, 1940. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1855-1915
Louis Lumiere, French photographer and cinematographer, 1937. In collaboration with his brother Auguste, Louis Lumiere (1864-1948) was a pioneer of cinematography
Dr Thierry de Martel, French surgeon, 1935. Martel (1875-1940) was one of the pioneers of the field of neurosurgery in France
Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French explorer, 1910. Charcot (1867-1936) commanded the French Antarctic Expeditions of 1904-1907 and 1908-1910
Marthe Chenal, French soprano, 1918. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1855-1915
Jean Jaures, French socialist politician, 1914. Jaures (1859-1914) became leader of the French Socialist Party in 1902. An antimilitarist
Marshal Lyautey, French soldier, 1930. Lyautey (1854-1934) commanded French troops in the invasion and conquest of Madagascar in 1896-1898
Francisque Sarcey, French journalist and drama critic, late 19th century. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, Editions MD
Edouard Herriot, French Radical politician, playing the piano, 1925. Herriot (1872-1957) was Prime Minister of France three times (1924-1925, 1926, 1932)
Dr Charles Coutela, French opthalmologist, 1934. Coutela treated the Impressionist painter Claude Monet when he was suffering from cataracts in the 1920s
Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter, 1923. Monet (1840-1926) in front of one of the vast canvases of the waterlilies in his garden at Giverny that he painted in the last years of his life
Georges Clemenceau, French statesman, 1925. Clemenceau (1841-1929) served as Prime Minister of France from 1906-1909 and returned to the premiership in 1917 during the First World War
Anna de Noailles, French author, 1930. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1855-1915
Louis Barthou, French politician, 1931. Barthou (1862-1934) was Prime Minister of France from March to December 1913. A photograph from Album de Photographies
Aristide Bruant, French cabaret singer, comedian and nightclub owner, 1901. Bruant (1851-1925) was a friend of the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and featured on a famous poster by the artist
Marshal Joffre, French soldier, 1920. Joseph Joffre (1852-1931) was declared the saviour of France when the German advance was halted at the Battle of the Marne in September 1914
Alexandre Ribot, French statesman, 1916. Ribot (1842-1923) was Prime Minister of France on four occasions (1892-1893, 1895, 1914, 1917)
Pierre Petit, French photographer, 1891. Petit (1832-1909) was the official photographer of the Exposition Universelle staged in Paris in 1867
Sully Prudhomme, French poet, 1905. Rene Francois Armand Sully-Prudhomme, (1839-1907) was awarded the first Nobel prize for Literature in 1901
Victor Schoelcher, French anti-slavery campaigner, 1880. Schoelcher (1804-1893) campaigned tirelessly in the 1830s and 1840s for the abolition of slavery in Frances colonies
Georges Bizet, French composer, 1874. Bizet (1838-1875) is best known as the composer of the opera Carmen. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres
Louis Blanc, French politician and historian, 1870. A socialist who favoured reform, Blanc (1811-1882) was actively involved in the Revolution of 1848
Jean Francois Millet, French artist, 1858. Millet (1814-1875) was one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France
Francois Arago, French scientist and statesman, 1853. Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786-1853) made important discoveries in the fields of astronomy, magnetism and optics
Francois Coppee, French poet and novelist, 1907. Coppee (1842-1908) was an extreme nationalist and was one of the founders of the Ligue de la Patrie Francaise
Jules Cambon, French diplomat, 1911. Cambon served as Governor General of Algeria from 1891 before being appointed Ambassador to the United States in 1897
Goron, 1895. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1860-1920
Octave Mirbeau, French writer, 1905. Mirbeau (1848-1917) was a journalist, art critic, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright. His writings have been translated into thirty languages
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French statesman, 1902. Waldeck-Rousseau (1846-1904) was Prime Minister of France from 1899 until 1902
Henri Bergson, French philosopher, 1910. Bergson (1859-1941) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920
Rejane, French actress, 1905. Rejane was the stage name of French actress Gabrielle-Charlotte Reju, (1856-1920). A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres
Pierre Loti, French naval officer and novelist, 1908. Pierre Loti was the pseudonym of Julien Viaud (1850-1923). A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French artist, 1917. Renoir (1841-1919) was one of the foremost painters of the Impressionist movement
Jules Cheret, French artist, 1895. Cheret (1836-1932) was one of the finest exponents of Belle Epoque poster art, and has been described as the father of the modern poster
Jean Paul Habans ( Paulus ), French, 1905Jean Paul Habans ( Paulus ) in 1905, (1860-1920). Paulus (1845-1908) was one of the biggest stars of the cafe-concert in France in the late 19th and early 20th century
Alphonse Daudet, French novelist, 1890. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1860-1920
Rosa Bonheur, French Realist painter and sculptor, 1882. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8
Victorien Sardou, French dramatist, 1898. Sardou (1831-1908) wrote La Tosca (1887), which starred Sarah Bernhardt. The play formed the basis for Puccinis opera of the same title
Felix Dupanloup, French clergyman, 19th century. Dupanloup (1802-1878) was appointed Bishop of Orleans in 1849 and was influential in the campaign that led to the canonisation of Joan of Arc
Georges Courteline, French dramatist and novelist, 1900. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8
Jean Mounet-Sully, French actor, 1910. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1860-1920
Fernand Forest, French inventor, 1888. Forest (1851-1914) played an important role in the development of the internal combustion engine and the motor car
Judith Gautier, French poet and historical novelist, 1900. Judith Gautier (1845-1917) was the daughter of the author Theophile Gautier
