Le Havre - People

People

Le Havre was the birthplace of:

• Georges de Scudéry (1601–1667), novelist, dramatist and poet;
• Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701), writer;
• Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814), writer and botanist;
• Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778–1846), naturalist, artist and explorer;
• Casimir Delavigne (1793–1843), poet and dramatist;
• Gabriel Monod (1844–1912), historian;
• Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines (1845-c.1935), artist;
• Louis Bachelier (1870–1946), mathematician;
• Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), painter;
• André Caplet (1878–1925), composer and conductor;
• René Coty (1882–1962), French president (1954–1959);
• Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), composer, a member of Les Six;
• Thomas Roberts (1893–1976), Roman Catholic archbishop;
• Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985), artist;
• Raymond Queneau (1903–1976), poet and novelist;
• Jacques Leguerney (1906–1997), composer;
• Tristan Murail (1947 - ), composer;
• Laurent Ruquier (1963 - ), journalist;
• Jérôme Le Banner (1972 - ), K-1 Fighter;
• Olivier Durand (1967 - ), Guitarist for Elliott Murphy;
• Eugenia DeLamare (1824–1907) - Guilherme Schüch - Wife - Baron Von Capanema;
• Vikash Dhorasoo,(1973 -), International footballer;
• Gueïda Fofana, footballer;
• Olivier Davidas, footballer;
• Dimitri Dragin, judoka;
• Sylvain Poirier, mathematician;
• Julien Faubert, footballer;
• Fouleymata Camara, handball player;
• Kevin Anin, footballer;
• Hadja Sawaneh, handball player.
• Edouard (Eddy) Bonutto, (1931 - 2012) baker;