Anne-Henri Cabot, Viscount of Dampmartin
(1755/1825 )
French military officer, writer and politician.
Antoine Alexis Cadet de Vaux
(1743/1828)
A chemist and agronomist, he made a significant contribution to spreading potato cultivation.
René Cagnat
(1852/1937)
Epigrapher, archaeologist and philologist, specialist in Roman antiquity.
Samuel Cahen
(1796/1862)
A Hebraist and founder of the Archives israélites, he produced the first translation of the Jewish Bible into French.
Good Claude Gerville Notebook
(1751/1796)
Minister of the Interior (Nov. 1791 – Mar. 1792).
Albéric Cahuet
(1877/1942)
A journalist at L'Illustration and a writer, he draws inspiration from history for his novels.
Antoine Bernard Caillard
(1737/1807)
As a diplomat, he served as interim Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1801 and signed the peace treaty with Bavaria.
Gaston Caillavet (Arman de)
(1869/1915)
Playwright, close friend of Proust who drew inspiration from him for Robert de Saint-Loup.
Louis Cailletet
(1832 /1913)
French physicist and chemist. He was the first to liquefy nitrogen and oxygen.
Georges Cain
(1856/1919)
Painter and illustrator, curator of the Carnavalet Museum.
Floriano Caldani
(1772/1836)
Italian anatomist, physiologist and naturalist, author of Icones anatomicae, one of the most famous books of anatomical iconography of all time (1801-1814).
Charles Antoine Callamard
(1776/1821)
Sculptor, student of Pajou, Prix de Rome (1797).
Suzanne de Callias
(1883/1964)
A journalist and feminist writer, she co-authored several novels with Henry Gauthier-Villars, known as Willy, under the pseudonym Ménalkas.
François de Callières
(1645/1717)
French diplomat and man of letters. He is the author of the book: On the manner of negotiating with sovereigns.
Albert Calmette
(1863/1933)
A bacteriologist, he developed several vaccines, including BCG. Member of the Academy of Sciences (1927), deputy director of the Pasteur Institute.
Italo Calvino
(1923/1985)
Italian writer and philosopher, author of The Baron in the Trees.
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
(1753/1824)
Prince archchancellor of the Empire, regicide member of the National Convention, member of the French Academy (excluded).
Paul Cambon
(1843/1924)
Diplomat and administrator, ambassador to Constantinople and London, promoter of the Entente Cordiale.
Jules Cambon
(1845/1935)
Diplomat and administrator, Governor-General of Algeria (1891), member of the French Academy (1918).
Camille Borghese
(1775/1832)
General of the Empire, Prince and brother-in-law of I.Napoleon
Jeanne Louise Henriette Genet Campan (Mme)
(1752/1822)
Première femme de chambre de Marie-Antoinette, elle ouvre un pensionnat où se presse la haute société du Premier empire.
Alexander Campbell (sir)
(1759/1824)
Général anglais, gouverneur de Madras, commandant les îles Maurice et Bourbons durant l’occupation britannique ; il fit presque toute sa carrière en Inde.