Père Lachaise Cemetery

Paris, Île-de-France

Est. 1804 110 acres 6,500+ memorials
The largest cemetery in Paris and one of the most visited in the world. Home to the graves of Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, and Frédéric Chopin.

Memorials

Charles Lefebvre
1867–1924 (age 57)
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French architect whose designs shaped the built environment and contributed to architectural heritage.
Antonin Durand
1840–1928 (age 88)
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Architect Antonin Durand is remembered at Père Lachaise Cemetery for shaping Paris.
Frédéric Boitel
1852–1928 (age 76)
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Frédéric Boitel (1852-1928) was a French individual who lived through the Third Republic era.
Charles-Eugène Maxant
1862–1928 (age 66)
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Charles-Eugène Maxant was a Parisian who lived from 1862 to 1928 and was buried in the Grave of Maxant in France.
Apolline Pigeon
d. 1924
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Apolline Pigeon is remembered at Père Lachaise Cemetery for the quiet grace she shared.
Paul d’Estrée
1838–1922 (age 84)
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Paul d'Estrée was a French writer who lived from 1838 to 1922.
Louis-Victor Rousseau
1861–1921 (age 60)
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Physician Louis-Victor Rousseau rests at Père Lachaise Cemetery, remembered for his compassionate care.
Edgar Dall'Orso
1866–1923 (age 57)
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Edgar Dall'Orso was a French resident who lived during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Ernest Thurnauer
1862–1926 (age 64)
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Ernest Thurnauer was a German-born individual who lived in France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Ernest Pacra
1862–1925 (age 63)
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Ernest Pacra (1862-1925) was a Parisian resident who lived during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Gabriel Pierné
1863–1937 (age 74)
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Gabriel Pierné was a French composer who lived from 1863 to 1937.
Franc-Nohain
1872–1934 (age 62)
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Franc-Nohain was a French writer and librettist from Corbigny who lived from 1872 to 1934.
Raymond Roussel
1877–1933 (age 56)
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Raymond Roussel was a French writer and poet who lived from 1877 to 1933.
Jean Longuet
1876–1938 (age 62)
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Jean Longuet was a French socialist politician and journalist born in London, grandson of Karl Marx, who continued his f...
Juliette Adam
1836–1936 (age 100)
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Juliette Adam was a French writer and intellectual who lived from 1836 to 1936.
Louis Barthou
1862–1934 (age 72)
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Louis Barthou (1862-1934) was a French politician and statesman from Oloron-Sainte-Marie who served as Prime Minister an...
Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild
1864–1934 (age 70)
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Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild (1864-1934) was a wealthy French socialite and philanthropist of the Rothschild banking...
Charles Andler
1866–1933 (age 67)
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Charles Andler (1866-1933) was a French figure from Strasbourg active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Émile Ogier
1862–1932 (age 70)
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Gustave Le Bon
1841–1931 (age 90)
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Physician and social theorist noted for pioneering studies of crowds and cultures.
Henri Duparc
1848–1933 (age 85)
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Paul Signac
1863–1935 (age 72)
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Painter and advocate of Neo-Impressionism who celebrated light and civic ideals.
Georges Méliès
1861–1938 (age 77)
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Georges Méliès (1861-1938) was a pioneering French filmmaker and illusionist known as one of the fathers of cinema and...
Louis-Lucien Klotz
1868–1930 (age 62)
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Lawyer and statesman who steered France’s finances through postwar recovery.
Alexandre Stavisky
1886–1934 (age 48)
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Anna de Noailles
1876–1933 (age 57)
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Anna de Noailles was a French writer and poet born in Paris's 7th arrondissement who lived from 1876 to 1933.
Henri Barbusse
1873–1935 (age 62)
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Henri Barbusse was a French novelist, journalist, and communist activist best known for his World War I novel 'Under Fir...
Théophile Cart
1855–1931 (age 76)
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Esperantist educator dedicated to fostering international understanding through a shared tongue.
Harry Graf Kessler
1868–1937 (age 69)
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Harry Graf Kessler was a German-British writer, diplomat, and art patron who lived from 1868 to 1937 and died in Paris.
Gerda Taro
1910–1937 (age 27)
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Photographer whose courageous images of the Spanish Civil War echoed compassion and activism.
Jules Richard
1848–1930 (age 82)
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Ferdinand Humbert
1842–1934 (age 92)
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Jean Allemane
1843–1935 (age 92)
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Jean Allemane was a French socialist politician and activist from Sauveterre-de-Comminges who lived from 1843 to 1935.
Henri de Régnier
1864–1936 (age 72)
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Henri de Régnier (1864-1936) was a French writer and poet from Honfleur, member of the Académie française.
Joseph Roffo
1879–1933 (age 54)
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Joseph Roffo was a passionate rugby union player whose steady presence on the pitch helped shape the early French enthus...
Eugène Lautier
1867–1935 (age 68)
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Eugène Montfort
1877–1936 (age 59)
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Eugène Montfort was a writer whose thoughtful observations and literary craft provided compassionate reflection on his ...
Eugène d'Eichthal
1844–1936 (age 92)
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French poet whose literary contributions shaped nineteenth-century French cultural life.
Fernand Jacopozzi
1877–1932 (age 55)
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Fernand Jacopozzi was an engineer whose technical vision helped sustain the growth of infrastructure in early twentieth-...
François Martroye
1852–1933 (age 81)
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French historian whose scholarly contributions advanced the study of European history.
Félix Galipaux
1860–1931 (age 71)
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Félix Galipaux was an actor celebrated for his warm portrayals and enduring connection with Parisian theatergoers.
Gaston de Pawlowski
1874–1933 (age 59)
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Gaston de Pawlowski (1874-1933) was a French writer and humorist from Joigny known for his satirical works and science f...
Georges Dalmeyda
1866–1932 (age 66)
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Georges Dalmeyda (1866-1932) was a French individual from Bordeaux who was interred at the Grave of Dalmeyda.
Georges Haret
1874–1932 (age 58)
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Georges Haret (1874-1932) was a French individual buried at the Grave of Haret.
Georges Tiret-Bognet
1855–1935 (age 80)
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Georges Tiret-Bognet was an illustrator whose evocative art enhanced the storytelling of his contemporaries.
Robert Proust
1873–1935 (age 62)
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Robert Proust (1873-1935) was a French surgeon from Paris and the younger brother of novelist Marcel Proust, with whom h...
Adeline Dudlay
1858–1934 (age 76)
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Adeline Dudlay (1858-1934) was a resident of the Brussels metropolitan area who was buried in France.
Marcelle Romée
1903–1932 (age 29)
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Marcelle Romée was a French woman who lived in the Parisian suburbs during the early 20th century and died at the young...
Marie-Augustin Zwiller
1850–1939 (age 89)
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Marie-Augustin Zwiller was a poet whose reflective verses captured the delicate rhythms of human experience.
Mary Kalb
1854–1930 (age 76)
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Stage actor whose performances contributed to late nineteenth-century French theatre.