Norwegian politician of the Labour Party who was State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1971 to 1972 during the first…
Norwegian sociologist and social psychologist specialising in communication and dialogue. In 1973 he became professor of sociology at the University of Oslo. He is a…
German police officer and SS leader, the son of a detective and younger brother of Rudolf Braschwitz who became head of the Berlin Police Department.…
French artist and painter. A graduate of the l’Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts he had his first Parisian exhibition in 1959. He has worked in diverse…
Hungarian photographer, sculptor, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who…
French actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. Link to Wikipedia biography
French stage actress, known for playing ‘grandes amoureuses’ and ‘femmes fatales.’ She made her debut at the Th‚ƒtre du Vaudeville, then had a career at…
French physicist and astronomer who, in 1984, discovered the rings of Neptune, five years before they were photographed by Voyager 2. He has a bad…
Norwegian actress who was one of the leading actresses of revue and comedy in the 1940s and 50s. She had her stage debut in 1934.…
Norwegian actor, author and radio personality, best known for his many theatre and television roles. He was also a decorated writer of children’s songs and…
Brazilian actress who was on TV by 14, and then starred in a series of Brazilian soap operas. Sensuous, she went on stage at 17,…
Norwegian textile artist and designer known for her works with ceremonial apparel, uniforms, costumes, rugs, and other textiles. She calls herself an ‘apparel anthropologist’ and…
Norwegian actress, children’s writer, and songwriter who made her stage debut at the Oslo theatre Masken in 1938, and worked the next twelve years as…
Norwegian landscape painter who held several exhibitions and participated at the Autumn Exhibition (the country’s largest marking of contemporary art, that takes place annually in…
Norwegian painting conservator who is a professor at Gothenburg University, Department of Cultural Conservation, and a senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage…
French medical doctor who works as research director in the CRASH Foundation, a research centre of M‚decins Sans FrontiŠres (MSF).
Andrée Brabant: A Stellar Journey Through Silent Cinema with a Unique Human Design Born on May 23, 1901, in Reims, France, Andrée Brabant was a…
French Catholic priest, who served as Bishop of Nevers since August 2011. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French screenwriter best known for his collaborations with the film directors Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud. At the beginning of the 1970s he twice tried…
Mexican art director who designed the sets for over a hundred film productions. The younger brother of the actress Andrea Palma and the film director…
French composer and violinist, noted as one of the most prolific composers of chamber music for wind instruments. Bozza’s large ensemble works include five symphonies,…
French Romantic sculptor (marble and plaster), a contemporary of EugŠne Delacroix. He died on 2 May 1863. Link to Wikipedia biography
Norwegian shipowner and aviation man who was a central figure in the development of Norwegian aviation. He was the son of entrepreneur Ludvig G. Braathen…
French novelist first published in 1896. He wrote a series of penetrating studies on his native region. Boylesve’s sensitive and ironic works dealt mainly with…
Peruvian sports shooter and Olympic medallist, he won a silver medal in trap shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and came fourth…
French professional road bicycle racer, who finished in 5th place in the overall classification in the 1988 Tour de France. Boyer won a stage in…
French screenwriter and novelist. He collaborated with Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost on adaptation of his novel “Forbidden Games”. Died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France on…
French chef and restaurateur, renowned for Les Crayeres, his chateau restaurant in Reims, which boasted three Michelin stars.
French rower who won a Silver medal in the women’s lightweight double sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics on 29 July 2021 at the…
French farmer, politician, and syndicalist. Link to Wikipedia biography
French graphic designer, illustrator and poster designer, who began his career as a layout artist for various Parisian advertising agencies. During his career at the…
French entomologist, carcinologist, and professor at the Mus‚um national d’histoire naturelle, known for his 1918 book Vie psychique des insectes (The Psychic Life of Insects,…
French racehorse trainer.
French Thoroughbred horse trainer. He began riding horses at a young age and competed in show jumping and cross-country equestrianism. He began his professional racing…
French pharmacist, chemist, and the author of numerous studies in the 19th century on the quality of water from sources or rivers used for human…
French government employee; appointed General Secretary of the Vichy police by Prime Minister Pierre Laval during WW II, 1942, a post he held until the…
French documentary filmmaker, producer and director. He is the son of the philosopher and economist Pierre Boutang’s half-brother Yann Moulier Boutang. He died on 20…
French swimming champion and a record holder for speed in the freestyle. On April 26, 2009 in the French championships, he set the record for…
French poet and paraplegic who suffered major spinal cord trauma during the war on 27 May 1918. He lived paralyzed for 32 years. Bousquet died…
French chemist and professor of pharmacy at the University of Paris, who became the Chief Pharmacist at the La‰nnec Hospital in 1887, where he established…
French footballer (soccer player). He currently plays for FC Lorient in Ligue 1, the top division in French soccer. Link to Wikipedia biography
French cartoonist and comic book writer. He died in Paris on 12 June 1997. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French doctor and ecologist, a humanist and an inquisitive spirit, who simultaneously pursued two careers, as a gerontologist and an ecologist. He died on 10…
French neurologist, he worked as interne at the Salp‚triŠre and then as pediatric at Bicˆtre. Link to Wikipedia biography
French businessman, sports leader and politician. He was the president of AJ Auxerre from 24 May 2011 to 19 April 2013. Link to Wikipedia biography…
French criminal profiler and writer. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French sculptor of statues, who died on 30 October 1924 in Paris. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French physician, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst known for his work in France. Link to Wikipedia biography
French politician and statesman, an ardent promoter of the League of Nations, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1920. Trained in law,…
French journalist, essayist, editor and radio/television executive. In 1982 he became President of Radio France International and held several subsequent high-level jobs in the media.…