Le Havre - People

People

Le Havre was the birthplace of:

  • Georges de Scudéry (1601–1667), novelist, dramatist and poet;
  • Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701), writer;
  • Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814), writer and botanist;
  • Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778–1846), naturalist, artist and explorer;
  • Casimir Delavigne (1793–1843), poet and dramatist;
  • Gabriel Monod (1844–1912), historian;
  • Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines (1845-c.1935), artist;
  • Louis Bachelier (1870–1946), mathematician;
  • Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), painter;
  • André Caplet (1878–1925), composer and conductor;
  • René Coty (1882–1962), French president (1954–1959);
  • Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), composer, a member of Les Six;
  • Thomas Roberts (1893–1976), Roman Catholic archbishop;
  • Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985), artist;
  • Raymond Queneau (1903–1976), poet and novelist;
  • Jacques Leguerney (1906–1997), composer;
  • Tristan Murail (1947 - ), composer;
  • Laurent Ruquier (1963 - ), journalist;
  • Jérôme Le Banner (1972 - ), K-1 Fighter;
  • Olivier Durand (1967 - ), Guitarist for Elliott Murphy;
  • Eugenia DeLamare (1824–1907) - Guilherme Schüch - Wife - Baron Von Capanema;
  • Vikash Dhorasoo,(1973 -), International footballer;
  • Gueïda Fofana, footballer;
  • Olivier Davidas, footballer;
  • Dimitri Dragin, judoka;
  • Sylvain Poirier, mathematician;
  • Julien Faubert, footballer;
  • Fouleymata Camara, handball player;
  • Kevin Anin, footballer;
  • Hadja Sawaneh, handball player.
  • Edouard (Eddy) Bonutto, (1931 - 2012) baker;

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