Charles Lock Eastlake
(1793/1865)
A painter and collector, a member of the Royal Academy, he was the first director of the prestigious National Gallery in London.
Jean Echenoz
(born in 1947)
French writer and novelist. He was the recipient of numerous awards, notably the Prix Médicis in 1983 for his work Cherokee, and then the Prix Goncourt in 1999 for Je m'en vais.
Albert Edelfelt
(1854 /1905 )
Finnish painter. Student of Jean-Léon Gérôme. He painted a famous portrait of Louis Pasteur.
Jean Edeline
(1607/1672)
Vicar General of the Bishop of Chartres, canon and prior of Chartres Cathedral, chamberlain (1556-1672).
Thomas Edison
(1847/1931)
American inventor, scientist and industrialist. Founder of General Electric, prolific inventor (more than 1,000 patents),pioneer of electricity and cinema.
Albert Edouard
(born in 1845)
Genre and history painter, student of Gogniet and Gérôme.
William Frederic Edwards
(1777/1842)
Ethnology, founder of the Ethnological Society of Paris (1839); remained famous for his study, On the Physiological Characteristics of Human Races, in which he established comparisons between the different races.
Nicolas Mathieu Eekman
(1889/1973)
Belgian surrealist and later expressionist painter.
Jean Effel
(1908/1982)
A cartoonist and illustrator, close to the Communist Party, he received the Lenin Peace Prize (1968). His real name was François Lejeune (hence FL).
Francis Henry Egerton
(1756/1829)
Naturalist and antiquarian, also a great collector of autographs – his collection is now in the British Museum.
Henri Charles Abraham Eichstädt
(1772/1848)
German philologist, one of Goethe's correspondents.
Gustave Eiffel
(1832/1923)
Engineer specializing in metal constructions. One of the founders of aerodynamics.
Mircea Eliade
(1907/1986)
Romanian historian of religions, mythologist, philosopher and novelist.
Léonce Elie de Beaumont
(1798/1874)
Geologist, permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences.
Pauline Elisabeth of Romania
(1843/1916)
Queen of Romania (1881). She wrote under the pseudonym Carmen Silva.
Marie Vincent Talochon Elisée (the father)
(1753/1817)
Physician, chief surgeon to Louis XVIII.
Duke Ellington
(1899/1974)
American jazz pianist and composer. He is considered one of the greatest American jazzmen.
Oliver Ellsworth
(1745/1807)
American revolutionary and politician. He was one of the drafters of the United States Constitution, then a senator from Connecticut and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Toussaint-Bernard Emeric-David
(1755/1839)
Art historian, archaeologist and scholar, mayor of Aix during the Revolution, member of the Institute (Inscriptions).
Adolphe Empis (also known as Simonis)
(1795/1868)
Playwright, general administrator of the Comédie-Française, member of the French Academy.
Prosper Enfantin
(1796/1864)
A utopian philanthropist and leader of the Saint-Simonian school, he founded a model community in Ménilmontant with forty disciples.
Arthur Engel
(1855/1920)
As a numismatist, he has published numerous reference works, including, with Raymond Serrure, a Treatise on the Numismatics of the Middle Ages and a Treatise on Modern and Contemporary Numismatics.
Frédéric Engelhardt
(1796/1874)
Director of the Niederbronn forges and later deputy for Bas-Rhin in the Constituent Assembly, he had acquired great popularity among the workers to whom he provided free courses.
Roland Engerand
(1892/1951)
A writer, he is the author of poems, essays and novels. He was an instructor officer at Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole and then settled in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire until his death.
Victor Ennery (Carpenter, Count of)
(1732/1776)
Governor of Martinique (1765), Governor General of the Windward Islands (1768) then Commander General of the French Leeward Islands (1775), he did much for the prosperity of the Antilles.
Adolphe Ennery (d')
(1811/1899)
A novelist and playwright, he wrote more than two hundred plays or opera libretti and enjoyed great success.
William Ensom
(1796/1832)
Awarded a silver medal by the Society of Arts for a portrait of William Blake, he is known for his very fine engravings and watercolors.
Charles Geneviève Eon de Beaumont (The Knight of Eon)
(1728/1810)
A skilled diplomat, he negotiated the treaty ending the Seven Years' War with the Duke of Nivernais. He maintained the mystery surrounding his female gender from 1769 until his death.
Charles Michel Epée (Abbot of)
(1712/1789)
Philanthropist, pioneer of specialized education for the deaf.
Jacques François Epée (of the)
(1710/1792)
Architect to the king, elder brother of the Abbot of the Sword.