Père Lachaise Cemetery

Marc Chevalier

1920–2013 (age 93)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Marc Chevalier (1920–2013) was a French actor who performed in theatrical and cinematic productions.

Maria Mauban

1924–2014 (age 90)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Karel Vasak

1929–2015 (age 86)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Karel Vasak was a Czechoslovakian-born legal scholar and human rights expert who lived in France from 1929 to 2015.

María Klonári

1948–2014 (age 66)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Film director María Klonári crafted intimate, poetic cinema that honored resilience and human connection.

Maud Linder

1924–2017 (age 93)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Maud Linder was a French resident of Paris's 16th arrondissement who lived from 1924 to 2017.

Michel Bongrand

1921–2014 (age 93)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Writer Michel Bongrand illuminated French life with reflective prose that balanced honesty and compassion.

Michel Boujut

1940–2011 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Michel Boujut (1940-2011) was a French journalist and cultural critic from Jarnac.

Michel Holley

1924–2022 (age 98)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Architect Michel Holley valued humane, contextual design, creating buildings that supported and uplifted communities.

Michel Lang

1939–2014 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Micheline Attoun

1936–2024 (age 88)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Micheline Attoun managed theatres with devotion and breathed life into productions for decades.

Michelle Senlis

1933–2020 (age 87)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Michelle Senlis (20 July 1933 – 21 July 2020) was a French lyricist and songwriter.

Mickey Finn

1947–2013 (age 66)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Miguel Abensour

1939–2017 (age 78)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean Rollin

1938–2010 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean Rollin was a French cult film director from Neuilly-sur-Seine known for his vampire and horror films, who lived fro...

Yves Boisset

1939–2025 (age 86)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Yves Félix Claude Boisset (14 March 1939 – 31 March 2025) was a French film director and screenwriter.

Michaël Denard

1944–2023 (age 79)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Michaël Denard guided dancers with elegance and a deep belief in the expressive power of ballet.

Maciej Niemiec

1953–2012 (age 59)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Maciej Niemiec (1953–2012) was a Polish-born writer whose literary works contributed to European culture.

DJ Mehdi

1977–2011 (age 34)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

DJ Mehdi was a French hip-hop and house music producer and DJ known for his work with Ed Banger Records and collaboratio...

Alain Decaux

1925–2016 (age 91)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Roger Grenier

1919–2017 (age 98)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Edward Meeks

1931–2022 (age 91)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Edward Meeks (1931–2022) was an American actor whose performances enriched theatrical and cinematic arts.

Frédéric Sylvestre

1953–2014 (age 61)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Frédéric Sylvestre kept French jazz vibrant through inventive guitar work and generous collaborations.

Martial Solal

1927–2024 (age 97)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Martial Solal was a legendary French jazz pianist and composer whose innovative style shaped European jazz for over seve...

Mano Solo

1963–2010 (age 47)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jacques Higelin

1940–2018 (age 78)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin (French pronunciation: [ʒak ʒozɛf viktɔʁ iʒlɛ̃]; 18 October 1940 – 6 April 2018)...

Jean Guillou

1930–2019 (age 89)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean Victor Arthur Guillou (18 April 1930 – 26 January 2019) was a French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue.

Richard Descoings

1958–2012 (age 54)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Richard Descoings was a French civil servant and director of Sciences Po Paris from 1996 to 2012, known for modernizing ...

Yves Coppens

1934–2022 (age 88)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Yves Coppens (9 August 1934 – 22 June 2022) was a French anthropologist and co-discoverer of "Lucy".

Simone Boisecq

1922–2012 (age 90)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Simone Boisecq was an Algiers-born individual who lived in France from 1922 to 2012.

Pierre Bonte

1942–2013 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre Bonte brought communities to life through empathetic ethnology and storytelling.

Nguyen-Thien Dao

1940–2015 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Nguyen-Thien Dao was a Vietnamese-French composer who lived from 1940 to 2015, bridging Eastern and Western musical trad...

Olivier Raoux

1961–2011 (age 50)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Olivier Raoux was a French individual whose specific accomplishments are not widely documented in available sources.

Oscar Rabin

1928–2018 (age 90)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Oscar Rabin (Russian: Оскар Яковлевич Рабин; 2 January 1928 – 7 November 2018) was a major Russian ...

Osman Necmi Gürmen

1927–2015 (age 88)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Patrice-Flora Praxo

1966–2024 (age 58)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Patrice-Flora Praxo was a talented photographer whose artistic vision and technical skill created a meaningful body of w...

Paula Delsol

1923–2015 (age 92)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Paule Lejeune

1925–2014 (age 89)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Paule Lejeune was a French writer whose literary works contributed significantly to twentieth-century French culture.

Paweł Korzec

1919–2012 (age 93)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Paweł Korzec honored the past with a historian’s clarity and care.

Philippe Cohen

1953–2013 (age 60)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Philippe Cohen (1953-2013) was a French individual from Beni Saf, Algeria.

Philippe Gildas

1935–2018 (age 83)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Philippe Gildas (born Philippe Leprêtre; 12 November 1935 – 28 October 2018) was a French journalist.

Philippe Levillain

1940–2021 (age 81)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Philippe Levillain (27 November 1940 – 4 October 2021) was a French historian and academic.

Jacques Ménard

1922–2013 (age 91)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jacques Ménard (1922-2013) was a person from Pontvallain, France.

Claude Dufourmentel

1915–2012 (age 97)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Claude Dufourmentel was a French plastic surgeon born in Paris in 1915 who practiced until his death in 2012.

Étienne Mougeotte

1940–2021 (age 81)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Étienne Mougeotte (4 March 1940 – 7 October 2021) was a French journalist and media director.

Patrice Laffont

1939–2024 (age 85)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Patrice Laffont (21 August 1939 – 7 August 2024) was a French television presenter and actor.

Frank Alamo

1941–2012 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Frank Alamo (1941-2012) was a French singer born in Paris's 15th arrondissement.

Marcel Moreau

1933–2020 (age 87)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Marcel Moreau (16 April 1933 − 4 April 2020) was a Belgian writer.

Terry Haass

1923–2016 (age 93)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Terry Haass (1923-2016) was a person born in Český Těšín who lived and was buried in France.

Adolfo Kaminsky

1925–2023 (age 98)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Adolfo Kaminsky (or Adolphe; 1 October 1925 – 9 January 2023) was an Argentine-born member of the French Resistance, ...

Elisabeth Chojnacka

1939–2017 (age 78)

Père Lachaise Cemetery