Angers - People From Angers

People From Angers

List of people born in Angers
  • René I of Naples (1409–1480)
  • Jean Bodin (1529–1596), philosopher and jurist, author of Six Livres de la République
  • Michel Eugène Chevreul, (1786–1889), chemist
  • Joseph Louis Proust, (1754–1826), chemist responsible for "Proust's law"
  • Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, (1788–1856), sculptor
  • Prosper Ménière (1799–1862), physician
  • Édouard Cointreau, (1849–1923), creator of the "Cointreau" orange-flavoured liquor
  • René Bazin (1853–1932), writer and educator
  • Fernand Charron (1866–1921), one of the first cars constructors (Octave Mirbeau dedicated to Charron La 628-E8, 1907).
  • André Bazin (1918–1958), critic of the French New Wave
  • Hervé Bazin (1911–1996), writer
  • Henri Dutilleux (born 1916), composer
  • Joseph Wresinski (born 1917), humanitarian activist
  • Paul Poupard (born 1930), Roman Catholic cardinal
  • Jacques Loussier (born 1934), composer and jazz pianist
  • Francis Le Jau, (1665–1717), Anglican missionary to West Indies and South Carolina, worked for the humane treatment of slaves.
  • Nicolas Mahut (born 1982), tennis player
  • Juliana Mialoundama, basketball player
  • Eriq Ebouaney (Born 1967), actor
  • Valerie Trierweiler (Born 1965), political journalist and domestic partner of François Hollande, the 24th President of the French Republic.

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