Père Lachaise Cemetery

Vivant Denon

1747–1825 (age 78)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

1758–1823 (age 65)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758-1823) was a French Romantic painter known for his allegorical works and portraits during the ...

Charles Messier

1730–1817 (age 87)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean-Antoine Lépine

1720–1814 (age 94)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean-Antoine Lépine (1720-1814) was a French figure from Challex buried at the Grave of Lépine.

Michel Ney

1769–1815 (age 46)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Simon Laplace

1749–1827 (age 78)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Simon Laplace was a French mathematician and astronomer who made fundamental contributions to celestial mechanics...

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon

1760–1825 (age 65)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon (1760-1825) was a French political and economic theorist from Paris who fo...

François Joseph Lefebvre

1755–1820 (age 65)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François Joseph Lefebvre was a distinguished French military officer whose leadership and valor earned him prominence d...

Jean-Xavier Lefèvre

1763–1829 (age 66)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre de Ruel, marquis de Beurnonville

1752–1821 (age 69)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French general and diplomat who served during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

François Étienne de La Roche

1781–1813 (age 32)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François Étienne de La Roche was a French individual from Geneva who died young at age 32 during the Napoleonic period...

Daniel de La Roche

1743–1812 (age 69)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Daniel de La Roche (1743-1812) was a Geneva-born individual who spent his later life in France and was buried in the Gra...

Abraham-Louis Breguet

1747–1823 (age 76)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823) was a Swiss-born French horologist and watchmaker from Neuchâtel, renowned for his pr...

Jean Noël Hallé

1754–1822 (age 68)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French physician and professor of hygiene who contributed to public health and medical education in Revolutionary France...

Jean Denis François Camus

1752–1814 (age 62)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean Denis François Camus (1752-1814) was a French individual from Chartres active during the late 18th century.

Jérôme Lalande

1732–1807 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jérôme Lalande was a prolific French astronomer whose observations and astronomical tables made significant contributi...

André Morellet

1728–1820 (age 92)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Augustin-Jean Fresnel

1788–1827 (age 39)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French physicist and engineer who made groundbreaking contributions to the wave theory of light and optical physics.

Gaspard Monge

1746–1818 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Gaspard Monge (1746-1818) was a French mathematician from Beaune who founded descriptive geometry and served as a minist...

André Grétry

1741–1813 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

André Grétry was a celebrated French composer and writer whose musical and literary works enriched French cultural lif...

Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth

1760–1829 (age 69)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth (1760-1829) was a French politician and military officer active during the R...

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

1738–1814 (age 76)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was a French physician whose name became historically associated with a mechanical device of the...

Sophie Blanchard

1778–1819 (age 41)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Sophie Blanchard was a French aeronaut who became the first woman to work as a professional balloonist and the first wom...

André Masséna

1758–1817 (age 59)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

André Masséna was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon, renowned as one of the greates...

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre

1749–1822 (age 73)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Georges Jacob

1739–1814 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Georges Jacob (1739-1814) was a renowned French ébéniste and furniture maker from Cheny who crafted pieces for the roy...

Jacques-Antoine Manuel

1775–1827 (age 52)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jacques-Antoine Manuel (1775-1827) was born in Barcelonnette, France and was buried in the Grave of Manuel-Béranger.

André Thouin

1747–1824 (age 77)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

André Thouin (1747-1824) was a French botanist and horticulturist who served as head gardener at the Jardin des Plantes...

Helen Maria Williams

1759–1827 (age 68)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Françoise de Châlus

1734–1821 (age 87)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Françoise de Châlus was a lady-in-waiting who served in the French royal court during the ancien régime.

Angelo Tarchi

1760–1814 (age 54)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Angelo Tarchi (1760-1814) was an Italian composer born in Naples known for his operas during the Classical period.

Jean-Louis Baudelocque

1745–1810 (age 65)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean-Louis Baudelocque (1745-1810) was a French obstetrician who pioneered modern midwifery techniques and wrote influen...

François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud

1718–1805 (age 87)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud (1718-1805) was a French novelist and dramatist known for his sentimental wo...

Denis Decrès

1761–1820 (age 59)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Denis Decrès (1761-1820) was a French naval officer and Minister of the Navy under Napoleon Bonaparte.

Julien Louis Geoffroy

1743–1814 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Adélaïde Dufrénoy

1765–1825 (age 60)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Adélaïde Dufrénoy was a French writer whose literary work contributed to the intellectual culture of late 18th-centur...

Aimée de Coigny

1769–1820 (age 51)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Aimée de Coigny (1769-1820) was a French aristocrat and socialite from Paris, known for inspiring André Chénier's poe...

Alexandre Edme Pierre Villetard

1755–1824 (age 69)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Alexandre Edme Pierre Villetard was a French politician whose career spanned the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods.

Augustin Gabriel d'Aboville

1774–1820 (age 46)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Augustin Gabriel d'Aboville was a French artillery officer from the prominent d'Aboville military family who served duri...

Augustin de Lespinasse

1737–1816 (age 79)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Augustin de Lespinasse was a French military officer whose career extended through the ancien régime and Revolutionary ...

Benoît-François Boselli

1768–1826 (age 58)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Benoît Georges de Najac

1748–1823 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Benoît Georges de Najac was a French aristocrat from Versailles who lived through the Revolution and Napoleonic period.

Bernard-Georges-François Frère

1762–1826 (age 64)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Bernard-Georges-François Frère (1762-1826) was a French-Canadian figure from Montreal whose life spanned the late colo...

Bernard Poyet

1742–1824 (age 82)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Bernard Poyet (1742-1824) was a French architect who designed numerous neoclassical buildings in Paris including work on...

Camille Jordan

1771–1821 (age 50)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles-François Mazurier

1798–1828 (age 30)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles-François Mazurier was a celebrated French mime artist known for his expressive pantomime performances in early ...

Charles-Jean-Marie Alquier

1752–1826 (age 74)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles-Jean-Marie Alquier (1752-1826) was a French diplomat and politician from Talmont-Saint-Hilaire who served during...

Charles-Étienne-François Ruty

1774–1828 (age 54)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles-Étienne-François Ruty was a French figure from Besançon who lived during the tumultuous period spanning the F...

Charles Bouchard des Carneaux

1768–1824 (age 56)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles Bouchard des Carneaux (1768-1824) was a French individual from Plailly who was buried in the Grave of Bouchard d...

Charles Clément Bervic

1756–1822 (age 66)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles Clément Bervic was a French engraver renowned for his precise and elegant reproductive prints.