Famous Persons Connected With Saint-Tropez
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Saint Torpes of Pisa
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Portrait of Hasekura Tsunenaga.
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Statue of Admiral de Suffren de Saint Tropez
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Brigitte Bardot at St. Tropez, 1963
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Louis de Funès during film making
Probably the most famous should be the semi-legendary martyr which given an name to the town : Saint Torpes of Pisa. Hasekura Tsunenaga - the first probably Japanese in Europe, landed in Saint-Tropez as early as in 1615. Hero of the American Revolutionary War: admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez is a person with place in history. Icon of modern Saint-Tropez is Brigitte Bardot, who started the clothes-optional revolution and still lives in Saint-Tropez area. Louis de Funès who played the character of gendarme(police officer) in French comedy film series Le gendarme de Saint Tropez made also the international recognisable image of Saint-Tropez as a calm town with modern jet-set holiday target.
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