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== Notable people == [[File:Catherine Guillouard, PDG de la RATP.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Catherine Guillouard]], 2017]] [[File:S.Kragujevic, Gérard Philipe 1955.JPG|thumb|140px|[[Gérard Philipe]], 1955]] [[File:2014-08-22 Culture Club (OL TV) (8).JPG|thumb|140px|[[Sarah Bouhaddi]], 2014]] [[File:Gravure Jean-Baptiste Dumas chimiste.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Jean-Baptiste Dumas]]]] [[File:Alexis de Tocqueville (Théodore Chassériau - Versailles).jpg|thumb|140px|[[Alexis de Tocqueville]], 1850]] === Public service === * [[Dante Livio Bianco]] (1909–1953), Italian civil lawyer and wartime partisan leader. * [[Anne Spoerry]] (1918–1999), French-Kenyan doctor and pilot * [[Karan Singh]] (born 1931), former ruler of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], Indian diplomat and politician * [[Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz]] (1936–2020), Spanish royal and Grandee of Spain * [[Jean-Charles Terrassier]] (1940–2022), psychologist, specialized in childhood [[intellectual giftedness]] * [[Norbert Turini]] (born 1954), prelate of the Catholic Church, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montpellier|archbishop of Montpellier]]. * [[Catherine Guillouard]] (born 1965), CEO of [[RATP Group]], state-owned public transport operator === The arts === * [[Amédée de Vallombrosa]] (1880–1968), classical organist * [[Gérard Philipe]] (1922–1959), theater and film actor * [[Claude Mercier-Ythier]] (1931–2020), French harpsichord maker * [[James de Beaujeu Domville]] (1933–2015), theatrical producer and Commissioner of the [[National Film Board of Canada]] * [[Gabriel Tacchino]] (born 1934), French classical pianist and piano teacher * [[Vojislav Stanimirović (criminal)|Vojislav Stanimirovic]] (1937–2022), reformed criminal, writer, journalist, and artist * [[Jean-Jacques Kantorow]] (born 1945), violinist and conductor * [[Jacques Israelievitch]] (1948–2015), a French violinist * [[Paolo Barzman]] (born 1957), French-American film director * [[Frédéric Boyer]] (born 1961), author of novels, poems, and essays * [[Cécilia Cara]] (born 1984), French actress and singer === Sport === * [[Bernard Casoni]] (born 1961), a former footballer with 488 club caps and 30 for [[France national football team|France]] * [[Yann Bonato]] (born 1972), basketball player * [[Johan Micoud]] (born 1973), footballer with 485 club caps and 17 for [[France national football team|France]] * [[Cyrille Sauvage]] (born 1973), racing driver * [[Sébastien Vieilledent]] (born 1976), rower and gold medallist at the [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls]] * [[Sarah Bouhaddi]] (born 1986), footballer with over 300 club caps and 149 for [[France women's national football team|France women]] * [[Anthony Modeste (footballer, born 1988)|Anthony Modeste]], (born 1988), football player with over 400 club caps * [[Tony Ramoin]] (born 1988), snowboarder, bronze medallist at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]]. * [[Élodie Lorandi]] (born 1989), a swimmer and medallist at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008]] and [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] * [[Johann Zarco]] (born 1990), Grand Prix motorcycle racer * [[Norman Nato]] (born 1992), racing driver * [[Brandon Maïsano]] (born 1993), racing driver * [[Dylan Bronn]] (born 1995) a footballer with over 200 club caps and 35 for [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] * [[Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot]] (born 1995), [[NBA]] player * [[Dorian Boccolacci]] (born 1998), racing driver === Died in Cannes === * [[Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux]] (1778–1868), British statesman & [[Lord Chancellor]].<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Brougham and Vaux, Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron |volume= 4 | pages = 652–655 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg]] (1778–1866), a Scottish politician and colonial administrator.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Glenelg, Charles Grant |volume= 12 | page = 121 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Victor Cousin]] (1792–1867), a French philosopher, founded "[[eclecticism]]".<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Cousin, Victor | volume= 7 |last= Veitch |first= John |author-link= John Veitch (poet) | pages = 330–335 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Jean-Baptiste Dumas]] (1800–1884), a French chemist, worked on organic analysis and synthesis.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Dumas, Jean Baptiste André |volume= 8 | pages = 657–658 |short= 1}}</ref> *[[T. E. Ellis]] (1859-1899), Welsh politician, leader of [[Cymru Fydd]]. * [[Prosper Mérimée]] (1803–1870), a French [[Romanticism]] writer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Mérimée, Prosper | volume= 18 |last= Saintsbury |first= George |author-link= George Saintsbury | pages = 166–167 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Alexis de Tocqueville]] (1805–1859), aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist & philosopher, and historian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Tocqueville, Alexis Henri Charles Maurice Clerel, Comte de |volume= 26 | page = 1043 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Louis Blanc]] (1811–1882), a French socialist politician and historian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Blanc, Louis |volume= 4 | page = 39 |short= 1}}</ref> * Sir [[Monier Monier-Williams]] (1819–1899), an Oxford scholar who taught Asian languages.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Monier-Williams, Sir Monier |volume= 18 | page = 722 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[John Francis Campbell]] (1821–1885), a Scottish author and scholar.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Campbell, John Francis |volume= 5 | page = 130 |short= 1}}</ref> * Sir [[Henry James Sumner Maine]] (1822–1888), a British Whig comparative jurist and historian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner | volume= 17 |last= Pollock |first= Frederick |author-link= Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet | pages = 432–433 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Charilaos Trikoupis]] (1832–1896), Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece seven times, 1875–1895.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Tricoupis, Charilaos | volume= 27 |last= Fyfe |first= Henry Hamilton|author-link= Henry Hamilton Fyfe | page = 267 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire]] (1833–1908), a British statesman.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Devonshire, Earls and Dukes of | volume= 8 |last= Chisholm |first= Hugh |author-link= Hugh Chisholm | pages = 130–132;see page 131|quote=Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th duke (1833–1908)...|short= 1}}</ref> * [[Benjamin Godard]] (1849–1895), a French violinist and Romantic-era composer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Godard, Benjamin Louis Paul |volume= 12 | page = 170 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany]] (1853-1884), eighth child of [[Queen Victoria]] and [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]] * [[Nubar Gulbenkian]] (1896–1972), [[Armenians|Armenian]] business magnate and socialite * [[Jacques Monod]] (1910–1976), French microbiologist and biochemist, Nobel prizewinner
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