Reims - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

Those born in Reims include:

  • Merolilan of Rheims, Irish cleric.
  • Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683), who served as the French minister of finance from 1665 to 1683 during the reign of King Louis XIV
  • Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1651–1719), Catholic saint, teacher and educational reformer
  • Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703), organist and composer
  • Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Count d'Erlon (1765–1844), marshal of France and a soldier in Napoleon's army
  • Nicolas Eugène Géruzez (1799–1865), critic
  • Adolphe d'Archiac (1802–1868), geologist and paleontologist
  • Eugène Courmeaux (1817–1902), librarian of Reims and a fervent republican
  • Paul Fort (1872–1960), poet
  • Henri Marteau (1874–1934), violinist and composer
  • Maurice Halbwachs (1877–1945), philosopher and sociologist
  • Roger Caillois (1913–1978), intellectual
  • Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007), cultural theorist and philosopher
  • Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (born 1947), television journalist and writer
  • Robert Pirès (born 1973), World Cup winner, footballer for Arsenal and for Villarreal CF
  • Adeline Wuillème (born 8 December 1975), foil fencer
  • Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377), composer and poet (Machaut was most likely born in Reims or nearby, and spent most of his adult life there)

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