Deaths in the 2010s
23,000+ memorials
Xavier Goupy
1946–2011 (age 65)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Xavier Goupy was a French individual from Neuilly-sur-Seine who lived from 1946 to 2011.
Philippe Chat
1954–2012 (age 58)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Philippe Chat was a French individual born in Paris who lived during the latter half of the 20th century.
Žibuntas Mikšys
1923–2013 (age 90)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Žibuntas Mikšys was a Lithuanian printmaker whose artistic work significantly contributed to printmaking traditions.
Serge Raseev
1916–2011 (age 95)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Serge Raseev (1916-2011) was a person born in Odesa who lived in France.
Reza Moaven
1935–2013 (age 78)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Reza Moaven was an Iranian-born individual who lived in France during the latter half of the 20th and early 21st centuri...
Marcus Klingberg
1918–2015 (age 97)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Marcus Klingberg (1918-2015) was a Warsaw-born Soviet spy who worked in Israeli biological weapons research and was buri...
Jean Topart
1922–2012 (age 90)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Jean Topart was a French actor who performed in theater, film, and television from 1922 to 2012.
Grace Renzi
1922–2011 (age 89)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Grace Renzi (1922-2011) was an American-born artist who spent her later life in France and was buried in the Grave of Ka...
Pierrette Fleutiaux
1941–2019 (age 78)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Pierrette Fleutiaux (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁɛt fløtjo]; 9 October 1941, in Guéret – 27 February 2019, in Pari...
Geneviève Claisse
1935–2018 (age 83)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Geneviève Claisse (French pronunciation: [ʒənvjɛv klɛs]; 17 July 1935 – 30 April 2018) was a French geometrical a...
Tsilla Chelton
1919–2012 (age 93)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Tsilla Chelton was a French actress born in Jerusalem, known for her distinctive character roles in French cinema and th...
Jean-Pierre Kahane
1926–2017 (age 91)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
George Whitman
1913–2011 (age 98)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
George Whitman was an American-born bookseller who founded the iconic Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris, living...
Vitaly Statsinsky
1928–2010 (age 82)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Vitaly Statsinsky was an individual born in Kyzylorda who lived from 1928 to 2010 and was buried in France.
Stanley Greene
1949–2017 (age 68)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Photographer Stanley Greene was revered for his courageous documentation of conflict and unwavering commitment to human ...
Suzanne Durrenberger
1922–2011 (age 89)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Suzanne Durrenberger was a Parisian who lived from 1922 to 2011.
Sylvie Joly
1934–2015 (age 81)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Tignous
1957–2015 (age 58)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Tignous was a French cartoonist born in Paris's 14th arrondissement in 1957 who was killed in the Charlie Hebdo attack i...
Willy Rizzo
1922–2013 (age 91)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Édith Girard
1949–2014 (age 65)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Éric Jouan
1964–2018 (age 54)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Journalist Éric Jouan was respected for his calm integrity and for bringing thoughtful clarity to the stories he told.
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 Lang
1939–2014 (age 75)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
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...
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
Frédéric Sylvestre
1953–2014 (age 61)
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Frédéric Sylvestre kept French jazz vibrant through inventive guitar work and generous collaborations.
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 ...
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
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.