Personalities
Biarritz was the birthplace of:
- Ernest Fourneau (1872–1949), chemist
- Arnaud Massy (1877–1950), golfer
- Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey (1877–1963), British civil servant
- Jean Borotra (1898–1994), tennis player
- Maurice Journeau (1898–1999), composer
- Jacques Bergerac (born 1927), actor
- Léopold Eyharts (born 1957), astronaut
Other:
- Eugénie de Montijo (1826–1920), the wife of Napoléon III, built the villa Eugénie, today the Hôtel du Palais.
- Coco Chanel, (1883-1970) owned a famous clothing boutique on 2 boulevard Edouard VII (1915-1939). Mademoiselle Chanel is a world known fashion designer.
- Aaron Bank (1902–2004), World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agent and co-founder of the U.S. Army's Special Forces Group (later, Green Berets), was a lifeguard and medical (physical) therapist's aide at Biarritz before he enlisted in the army in the late 1930s.
- Aimée de Heeren, born Soto-Maior de Sá (1903–2006) mistress of President Getúlio Vargas, owned the villa La Roseraie, 12 rue Martias, where she spent the summer for half a century, receiving kings, heads of states and many famous guests.
- Pablo de Sarasate (10 March 1844 – 20 September 1908), who was a well known Romantic Era Spanish composer born in Pamplona, Spain, died in this city.
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