Honoré Valant
(1763/1829)
Poet and educator from Perpignan. He campaigned very early on for the abolition of the death penalty.
Fernando Valera
(1899/1982)
Spanish politician and writer. He was thelast president of the Spanish government in exile.
Jeannie Valéry (Gobillard, Mrs. Paul)
(1877/1970)
Pianist, niece of Berthe Morisot, wife of Paul Valéry (1900) with whom she had 3 children.
Xavier Vallat
(1891/1972)
Director of the General Commissariat for Jewish Affairs at its creation in 1941, he was dismissed from his position because of his policy, which was considered too lenient by the Germans.
René Valléry-Radot
(1853/1933)
As Pasteur's son-in-law, collaborator and biographer, he participated in the inauguration of the Pasteur Institute (1888).
Thomas Valleteau de Chabrefy
(born in 1778)
French geographical engineer. Knight, student of the first class of the Polytechnic school, he was mayor of Chançay and prefectural councillor of Indre-et-Loire.
Alfred Vallette
(1858/1935)
Writer and publisher, founder of Mercure de France, which he directed from 1890 to 1935.
Alfred Vallette
(1858/1935)
French man of letters and publisher, founder of Mercure de France.
Marquis de Morès
(1858 /1896 )
Explorer, adventurer, cattle rancher and founder of the American city of Medora (North Dakota).
Joseph Vallot
(1854/1925)
Glaciologist, astronomer and geographer, he founded an observatory in Chamonix dedicated to the study of Mont Blanc and glaciers.
Félix Vallotton
(1865 /1925)
Franco-Swiss painter, engraver, illustrator, sculptor and art critic.
Jacques Christophe Valmont de Bomare
(1731/1807)
Naturalist, mineralogist and traveler, author of the Dictionnaire raisonné d'histoire naturelle (1800).
Henri Valois (of)
(1603/1676)
Historian, philologist and scholar, historiographer to the king (1660).
Corneille Richard Antoine Van Bommel
(1790/1852)
Bishop of Liège (1829-1858), he worked to ensure the unity of Belgian Catholics, notably by establishing the episcopal hierarchy.
Didier Van Cauwelaert
(born in 1960)
Writer. Goncourt Prize in 1994 for "Un aller simple", French Academy Theatre Prize in 1983 for "L'Astronome".
Maxence Van der Meersch
(1907/1951)
French writer, winner of the Goncourt prize for his novel L'Empreinte du dieu, in 1936.
Kees Van Dongen
(1877/1968)
Portrait painter, one of the great representatives of Fauvism.
Ernest Van Dyck
(1861/1923)
Belgian tenor, famous for his interpretations of the Wagnerian repertoire.
Arthur Van Gehuchten
(1861/1914)
Neurologist and biologist, pioneer of medical photography and cinematography.
Gérard Van Spaendonck
(1746/1822)
A flower painter, attached to the Museum (chair of natural iconography, in 1793), he had Redouté as a student.
Gerard van Swieten
(1700/1772)
Dutch physician and scientist. He was the first physician to Maria Theresa of Austria.
Alfred Vanauld
(1813/1846)
Romantic poet and playwright, pseudonym of Alfred Van Hold, author of Vision of Tasso, published and performed many times. Several of his manuscripts were published posthumously.
Henri Vandeputte
(1877/1952)
A French-speaking Belgian writer primarily known for his naturist poetry. He is also an editor for the Coq Rouge collection and founder of the magazine "l'Art jeune", which is inspired by the naturist theories of Saint-Georges de Bouhélier.
Pol Vandromme
(1927/2009)
Écrivain belge. Il a été administrateur de la RTBF, éditorialiste, essayiste, critique littéraire, romancier, mémorialiste, correspondant de journaux belges et étrangers, journaliste, rédacteur du quotidien de tendance sociale-chrétienne « Rappel ».
Luigi Vanvitelli
(1700/1773)
Peintre et un architecte baroque italien, célèbre pour avoir construit le palais royal de Caserte.
Edgar Varèse
(1883/1965)
Compositeur de musique électro-acoustique, naturalisé américain.
Antoine Varillas
(1626/1696)
Historiographe de Gaston d’Orléans et bibliothécaire français. Il fut chargé par Colbert de collationner la copie des manuscrits de Brienne avec les originaux de la bibliothèque du Roi.