Carpentras - Personalities

Personalities

Carpentras was the birthplace of:

  • Carpentras (also known as Elzéar Genet) (c.1470–1548), prominent early Renaissance composer
  • Louis Archimbaud (1705–1789), composer and organist of Carpentras Cathedral
  • Joseph Duplessis (1725–1802), portraitist
  • Alexis-Vincent-Charles Berbiguier de Terre-Neuve du Thym, (1765–1851), author and demonologist
  • François-Vincent Raspail (1794–1878), chemist, physiologist, and socialist
  • Édouard Daladier (1884–1970) politician and Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War
  • Christophe Maé(1975–), super star, musician, performer, singer, artist, and composer won many prizes in NRJ Music Award.

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