Aisne - Celebrity Connections

Celebrity Connections

  • The artist Henri Matisse spent his childhood at Bohain-en-Vermandois.
  • Alexandre Dumas grew up in Aisne
  • The fictional character Jean Valjean was born in Faverolles, Aisne

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