Jean Guiton
The mayor of La Rochelle, who died at the Repose-Pucelle estate in La Jarne, during the Great Siege of 1628, was buried in a small cemetery that no longer exists, near the western walls of the city, at the level of the beginning of the current siege. street… Jean-Guiton.
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
Although the inventor of the thermometer was born in 1683 on Rue des Augustins in La Rochelle, he is not buried there. René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur lives in Saint-Julien-du-Terroux in the province of Mayenne.
Louis-Benjamin Fleuriau of Bellevue
Member of Parliament and naturalist Louis-Benjamin Fleuriau de Bellevue was born in La Rochelle in 1761 and died in the same city on February 9, 1852. He was buried in the Saint-Éloi cemetery.
Louis-Benjamin Fleuriau de Bellevue, Guillaume Étienne André Brossard, 1852.
La Rochelle art and history reproduction museum
Aime Bonpland
Botanist doctor Aimé Bonpland, born in La Rochelle in 1773, passed away in Paso De Los Libres, Argentina, where his grave is located.
Victor-Guy Duperré
Born in La Rochelle in 1775, the famous admiral was granted a national funeral in Paris. Victor-Guy Duperré was buried in Les Invalides and his name is engraved in the Arc de Triomphe.
Eugene Fromentin
The author of “Dominique” and the orientalist painter, who was born in La Rochelle in 1820, was buried in the Saint-Maurice cemetery in 1876 and his grave can still be seen.
A bronze bust of the orientalist painter and writer Eugène Fromentin stands on a high stone plinth in the Place de Petits-Bancs in La Rochelle.
Pascal Couillaud Archives
Léonce Vieljeux
Deported and shot at the Struthof camp in Alsace on 2 September 1944, Léonce Vieljeux was cremated there and his ashes were never returned to La Rochelle. In January 1945, a funeral service was held in the Protestant temple in memory of the former mayor.
Guy Laroche
Fashion designer Guy Laroche was born in La Rochelle in 1921 and died in Paris in 1989. He lies in a family cemetery near Toulouse.
Hervé Guibert
Although the author of “Compassion Protocol” and “To the Friend Who Didn’t Save My Life” is not a native of La Rochelle, he spent his entire youth there; He learned comedy, writing and photography. Hervé Guibert, who died of AIDS in 1991, was buried on the island of Elba.
Hervé Guibert (1955-1991) spent all his youth in La Rochelle.
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Michel Crépeau
The former mayor, who died in 1999, is buried in the Saint-Maurice cemetery, not far from Eugène Fromentin.
George of Caunes
The former television reporter, who died in 2004 in La Rochelle, where he spent the last years of his life, lies in the family cemetery in Coursan in Aude. However, his religious burial took place in the cathedral of La Rochelle.
Colette Besson
Former Olympic champion Colette Besson, originally from Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, died at her home in Angoulins in 2005. Georges de Caunes’ funeral took place in La Rochelle cathedral, but he was buried in little Angoulins. cemetery.
Colette Besson is an Olympic champion. On October 16, 1968, during the Olympic Games in Mexico, the young athlete from Saint-Georges-de-Didonne burst into tears on the podium after winning the 400 meter race.
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Jean Duvignaud
Born in La Rochelle in 1921, sociologist, playwright and author Jean Duvignaud spent the last years of his life there and died there in 2007. However, he was buried in the small cemetery of Maillé, in the heart of the Marais Poitevin. He had a family home in the Vendée.
