Meudon - Personalities

Personalities

  • Rodin's villa des Brillants, now a museum of his art, is located here, as is his grave.
  • Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia lived here in exile in Château Sans-Souci (in Bellevue), from 1920.
  • Richard Wagner was a resident (No. 27 Av. du Château), and here composed The Flying Dutchman.
  • Louis-Ferdinand Céline lived here until his death, and is buried in Bas Meudon.
  • Painter May Alcott lived here until her death.
  • Artists Jean Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp were resident here from 1929-1940. Their neighbours were the artist and architect Theo van Doesburg and his wife Nelly.
  • The town has a monument to Rabelais who died here as canon of Meudon, where he held the benefice from 1551-1552.
  • Charle-Michel Marle, mathematician, born in 1934, has lived in Meudon since 1970.
  • Jean-Luc Marion was born in 1946.
  • Clémence Poésy, French actress best known for her portrayal of Fleur Delacour in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie.
  • Lionel Jospin, former France prime minister was born here.
  • André Kertész, photographer legend, took a famous photo of the train viaduct in Meudon.
  • Marcel Dupré, perhaps the most famous French organist of the 20th century, lived and worked in Meudon. He transformed his home into a small concert hall; the current owners of the home still hold public concerts there.
  • Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, footballer
  • Gregoire Defrel, footballer
  • Adama Soumare, footballer

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