Vence - Personalities

Personalities

  • D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930), writer
  • James Baldwin (writer) died in the near-by St Paul de Vence
  • Maurice Boitel (1919–2007), artist
  • Henri Calet (1904–1956), writer
  • Marc Chagall, artist
  • Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), theatre practitioner, actor, producer, director and scenic designer died here
  • Émile Delavenay (1901–2003), anglicist
  • Raoul Dufy, artist
  • Célestin Freinet, French educator, who established his school in Vence
  • Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969), writer, died in his home here
  • Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955), Hungarian leader
  • Henri Matisse (1869–1954), artist
  • Jacques (artist) and Gwen Raverat (artist and writer)
  • Ida Rubinstein, ballerina
  • Émile Hugues (1901-1966), politician, was born in Vence. The art museum is named after him.
  • Jacques Morali (1947-1991), Disco music author (Village People, YMCA), born in Paris and buried in Vence.

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