Jacques Pierre Charles Abbatucci
(1791/1857)
Member of Parliament and later Minister of Justice.
El Hadj Abd-el-Kader
(1807/1883)
An Algerian Sufi emir and theologian, he fought for fifteen years against the French occupation army.
Otto Abetz
(1903/1958)
German diplomat, ambassador of the Third Reich to Paris during the Occupation. A Francophile, he had worked, in the interwar period, for Franco-German reconciliation.
Jean Ablancourt (Jacobé de Frémont d')
(1621/1696)
Diplomat, writer, geographer and historian.
Laure Junot Abrantès (Duchess of)
(1784/1838)
A memoirist, friend of Josephine, wife of General Junot, her Memoirs on the Revolution, the Empire and the Restoration were a considerable success.
André Joseph Abrial
(1750/1828)
Minister of Justice under the Consulate, he was one of the drafters of the Civil Code.
John Quincy Adams
(1767/1848)
American statesman, sixth president of the United States for a single term, from 1825 to 1829.
Adelaide of France
(1732/1800)
Dauphine of France, daughter of Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska, nicknamed "Madame Adélaïde".
Aga Khan III
(1877/1957)
Leader of the Nizari Ismailis, president of the General Assembly of the League of Nations in 1937 and 1938, he succeeded his father, Aga Khan II, at the age of 8.