Death of Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan at age 90
Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan, a Pakistani politician who served as president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, died on November 7, 2026, aged 90. He held the presidency from August 25,…
Famous Dead People from France
Over 4,000 obituaries for famous people from France who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Death of Lucette Lousteau at age 77
Lucette Lousteau, a French politician who served as a deputy from 2012 to 2017, died on November 7, 2026, aged 77. Born in Oran, Algeria, on December 20, 1948, she…
Nimeño I passed away at age 81
Alain Montcouquiol, the French torero known as Nimeño I, died in Nîmes on November 5, 2026, aged 81. Born in Ambert on September 4, 1945, he moved with his family…
Death of Georges Werler at age 73
Georges Werler, a French actor and stage director, died on November 4, 2026, aged 73. Born Georges Wojazer on January 1, 1953, he trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art…
FC Metz dead at age 93
FC Metz, a French businessman and president of FC Metz, died on November 4, 2026, aged 93. Tags Politicians, 04 November 2026, France, Metz, FC, November 2026, November 4
Obituary: Carlo Molinari, dead at age 93
Carlo Molinari, the French businessman and president of FC Metz, died November 4, 2026, aged 93. Born Charles Molinari in Villerupt on February 28, 1933, he was of Italian origin…
Fred Forest dies at 93
Fred Forest, a French media artist, died November 4, 2026, aged 93. Born July 6, 1933, in Mascara, he worked across video, photography, print media, mail, radio, television, telephone, telematics…
Paul-Henri Rebut died at age 90
Paul-Henri Rebut, a French nuclear physicist whose work was in nuclear fusion, died November 3, 2026, aged 90. He studied physics at the École polytechnique in Paris and the École…
Death of Jacques Bolognesi at age 79
Jacques Bolognesi, the French jazz musician and longtime member of the Orchestre National de Jazz, died November 1, 2026, aged 79. Born in Gap on January 6, 1947, he studied…
Jean-Claude Passeron dies at 95
Jean-Claude Passeron, the French sociologist, died October 30, 2026, aged 95. Born in Nice on November 26, 1930, he studied philosophy and sociology at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.…
Michel Pineda passed away at age 62
Michel Pineda, the French footballer who played as a striker, died October 29, 2026, aged 62. Born Michel Pineda Ozaeta in Gien, France, on June 9, 1964, he was the…
Jean-Baptiste Motroni died at age 91
Jean-Baptiste Motroni, a French politician who served as senator for Haute-Corse from 1997 to 1998, died October 28, 2026, aged 91. Born on November 10, 1934, Motroni served in the…
Victor Anicet dies at 88
Victor Anicet, a French visual artist and ceramist, died October 26, 2026, aged 88. Born April 18, 1938, in Le Marigot, a commune in northern Martinique, he was identified as…
Antoine Spire dies at 80
Antoine Spire, a French essayist and journalist, died on October 26, 2026, aged 80. Born in Paris on March 31, 1946, he studied at HEC Paris and was a member…
René Belletto dies at age 81
René Belletto, the French writer, novelist and screenwriter, died October 25, 2026, aged 81. Born in Lyon on September 11, 1945, he was educated at the lycée du Parc. Belletto…
Ali Haroun death at age 99
Ali Haroun, an Algerian politician and member of the High Council of State, died October 24, 2026, aged 99. Also known as Mohamed Ali Haroun, he was born on February…
Christian Piquemal dies at age 85
Christian Piquemal, a French military officer and army corps general of the French Army, died October 23, 2026, aged 85. Born in Huos, Haute-Garonne, France, on December 17, 1940, he…
Judith Blegen dies at age 85
Judith Blegen, an American soprano associated with light lyric roles in French, Italian and German repertories, died October 23, 2026, aged 85. Born in Lexington on April 27, 1941, Blegen…
Wm. Roger Louis dies at 90
Wm. Roger Louis, an American historian and professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, died October 23, 2026, aged 90. Born in Detroit on May 8, 1936, he…
Jean-Paul Huchon death at age 80
Jean-Paul Huchon, a French politician and retired civil servant who led the Regional Council of Île-de-France, died of cancer on October 23, 2026, aged 80. Born in Paris’s 1st arrondissement…
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji dead at age 93
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, a French physicist and Nobel laureate, died on October 22, 2026, aged 93. Born on April 1, 1933, in Constantine, then part of French Algeria, he built an…
Mélanie Berger-Volle dies at 105
Mélanie Berger-Volle, an Austrian-born French veteran of World War II and member of the French Resistance, died October 22, 2026, aged 105. Born in Vienna, she grew up in the…
Jaume Pont death at age 79
Jaume Pont, the Spanish poet, literary critic and academic, died in Lleida on October 22, 2026, aged 79. Born in the city on March 24, 1947, Pont studied philosophy and…
Obituary: Jozef Deleu, dead at age 89
Jozef Deleu, the Belgian writer, poet and editor, died October 21, 2026, aged 89. Born in Roeselare, he was also a prose writer, essayist and anthologist, with a career that…
Paul Barril has died at age 80
Paul Barril, a French military officer and former National Gendarmerie officer, died on October 20, 2026, aged 80. Born on April 13, 1946, in Vinay, he studied at the Académie…
Kalju Kruusa dies at 53
Kalju Kruusa, the Estonian poet, editor and translator, died October 20, 2026, aged 53. Born Jaanus Valk in Tallinn on October 10, 1973, he became known by the name Kalju…
Henry Dougier dies at age 90
Henry Dougier, a French publisher, died October 18, 2026, aged 90. Born on December 27, 1936, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Dougier was associated with two publishing ventures: the magazine Le Management…
Lee Kwan-Young passes away at age 80
Lee Kwan-Young, a South Korean taekwondo practitioner and former military officer, died October 18, 2026, aged 80. Born in Seoul on April 19, 1946, he worked in taekwondo as a…
Obituary: Benito di Paula, dead at age 84
Benito di Paula, the Brazilian singer-songwriter, composer and pianist, died of prostate cancer on October 18, 2026, aged 84. Born Uday Vellozo in Nova Friburgo, he became known professionally as…
Jacques Charlin has died at age 77
Jacques Charlin, a French mathematician and professor of mathematics at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, died on October 17, 2026, aged 77. Born on November 2, 1948, he was described…
Obituary: Pierre-Yves Collombat, dead at age 81
Pierre-Yves Collombat, a French politician who represented the Var department in France’s Senate as a member of the Socialist Party, died October 17, 2026, aged 81. Born in Voiron on…
Michèle Magny passes away at age 82
Michèle Magny, a Canadian actress and theatre director, died October 17, 2026, aged 82. Tags Actors, Politicians, Writers, 17 October 2026, Canada, Capricorn, France, Magny, Michèle, October 17, October 2026
Alpay has died at age 91
Alpay, the Turkish singer born Ahmet Alpay Nazikioğlu, died October 14, 2026, aged 91. Born in Ankara on January 1, 1935, he studied at Ankara University Law School before pursuing…
André Ledran death at age 93
André Ledran, a French politician and member of the Socialist Party, died in Caen on October 14, 2026, aged 93. Born in Carentan on January 16, 1933, he held public…
Bernard Pagès has died at age 86
Bernard Pagès, a French sculptor, died October 13, 2026, aged 86. Born September 21, 1940, in Cahors, France, he pursued sculpture after failing the entrance examination to the Beaux-Arts de…
René-Pierre Signé passed away at age 96
René-Pierre Signé, the French politician who served as mayor of Château-Chinon and as a senator, died October 12, 2026, aged 96. Born on September 16, 1930, he was a member…
Jean Borella passed away at age 96
Jean Borella, a French philosopher and theologian, died October 11, 2026, aged 96. Born in Nancy on May 21, 1930, he received a Catholic education and attended traditional public secondary…
Pierre Joliot, died aged 94
Pierre Joliot, a French biologist and member of the French Academy of Sciences, died October 10, 2026, aged 94. Born in Paris on March 12, 1932, he pursued research focused…
Jean-Max de Chavigny passes away at age 60
Jean-Max de Chavigny, a French windsurfer, died October 10, 2026, aged 60. Born in Schœlcher on October 12, 1965, he represented France in windsurfing. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he…
Jean Geney, died aged 87
Jean Geney, a French politician and automotive technician who served as mayor of Étupes and as a deputy in the National Assembly, died October 9, 2026, aged 87. Born in…
Patrice Warrener died at age 78
Patrice Warrener, a French light artist, died October 9, 2026, aged 78. He was best known for Chromolithe, his polychromatic illumination system, through which he brought colored light to buildings.…
Elisabeth Fontan-Binoche obituary: died at age 100
Elisabeth Fontan-Binoche, a French harpist, died October 9, 2026, aged 100. She was also a harp teacher and the aunt of French actress Juliette Binoche. Her musical training began in…
Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche dies at age 100
Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche, a French harpist and harp teacher, died on October 9, 2026, aged 100. Her musical training began in Paris, where she started studying harp with Marcel Tournier at…
Stephen A. Schuker died at age 87
Stephen A. Schuker, an American historian who served as William W. Corcoran Professor of History at the University of Virginia, died October 8, 2026, aged 87. He studied at Cornell…
Xosé Manuel Beiras passed away at age 90
Xosé Manuel Beiras, a Spanish politician, economist and Galician nationalist, died in Santiago de Compostela on October 8, 2026, aged 90. Born Xosé Manuel Hixinio Beiras Torrado in Santiago on…
Jean-Pierre Péroncel-Hugoz has died at age 86
Jean-Pierre Péroncel-Hugoz, a French journalist and essayist associated with Le Monde, died in Aix-en-Provence on October 7, 2026, aged 86. Born in Marseille on March 16, 1940, he graduated from…
Brice Tarvel dies at age 80
Brice Tarvel, a French author and comics artist, died October 7, 2026, aged 80. Born Jean Pol Laselle in Reims on August 5, 1946, he became known professionally by the…
Bisera Alikadić, died aged 87
Bisera Alikadić, a Bosnian poet and author, died on October 6, 2026, aged 87. Born in Podhum near Livno, she built a body of work that included poetry, romance novels…
Juarez Machado passes away at age 85
Juarez Machado, the Brazilian painter, died October 6, 2026, aged 85. Born in Joinville, Santa Catarina, in 1941, he studied fine arts at the School of Art in Paraná, in…
Boualem Boualem death at age 73
Boualem Boualem, an Algerian jurist and politician, died on October 5, 2026, aged 73. Born in Aïn Sefra, then part of French Algeria, on October 16, 1952, he was affiliated…
Hélène Hazera death at age 74
Hélène Hazera, a French journalist and transgender rights activist, died October 5, 2026, aged 74. Born in Paris in 1952, she grew up in a violent household. At 17, she…
Michel de Guillenchmidt dies at 85
Michel de Guillenchmidt, a French civil servant and politician, died in Paris on October 5, 2026, aged 85. Born in Paris on August 19, 1941, he studied at Sciences Po…
Obituary: Olivier Mourgue, dead at age 87
Olivier Mourgue, a French industrial designer, died October 5, 2026, aged 87. Born in Paris in 1939, he studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. His work spanned…
Death of Denis Zacharopoulos at age 74
Denis Zacharopoulos, a Greek art historian, died in Athens on October 4, 2026, aged 74. Born in Athens on June 11, 1952, he studied music there before moving to France…
Prince Waly died at age 34
Prince Waly, a French rapper, died of paraneoplastic pemphigus on October 4, 2026, aged 34. Born Moussa Magassa in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, on December 24, 1991, he began his rap career…
Louis Erlo death at age 97
Louis Erlo, the French stage director who led the Opéra de Lyon from 1969 to 1995, died October 4, 2026, aged 97. Born Louis Jean Marie Camerlo in Lyon on…
Death of Clément Atangana at age 85
Clément Atangana, a Cameroonian magistrate who served as a counsellor of the Supreme Court from 1991 to 2014, died in Paris on October 4, 2026, aged 85. He was born…
Antoine Ciosi passes away at age 94
Antoine Ciosi, a French singer and composer, died on October 4, 2026, aged 94, in Corbara, Corsica. Born on December 15, 1931, in Sorbo-Ocagnano, he grew up in a rural…
Joseph Yegba Maya, died aged 82
Joseph Yegba Maya, a Cameroonian footballer associated with Marseille, Valenciennes and the national team, died on October 4, 2026, aged 82. Born in Otélé, Cameroon, on April 8, 1944, Maya…
Death of Callixte Mbarushimana at age 63
Callixte Mbarushimana, a Rwandan computer scientist indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity, died October 4, 2026, aged 63. Born in Ndusu, in…
Joël Manglou passed away at age 68
Joël Manglou, a French musician, died October 3, 2026, aged 68. Born on June 14, 1958, in Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion, he grew up in a family of nine children. He initially…
Henri Maler died at age 79
Henri Maler, a French political activist and academic, died on October 3, 2026, aged 79. Born in Toulouse on November 26, 1946, he graduated from the University of Paris, where…
Hubert Colin de Verdière death at age 84
Hubert Colin de Verdière, a French diplomat who served as ambassador to Russia and Algeria, died on October 2, 2026, aged 84. Born in Roubaix on October 31, 1941, during…
Obituary: Jérôme Bignon, dead at age 77
Jérôme Bignon, a French politician and senator, died on September 30, 2026, aged 77. A member of the Union for a Popular Movement, he represented the Somme department in French…
Obituary: Gabriel Serville, dead at age 67
Gabriel Serville, the French Guianan politician who served as president of the Assembly of French Guiana, died on September 30, 2026, aged 67. Born in Cayenne on September 27, 1959,…
Dominique Foata, died aged 91
Dominique Foata, a French mathematician whose work helped shape enumerative combinatorics, died September 30, 2026, aged 91. Born in Damascus on October 12, 1934, he studied at the University of…
Gonzalo Suárez has died at age 92
Gonzalo Suárez, the Spanish film director, writer and screenwriter associated with Rowing with the Wind, Epilogue and The Detective and Death, died September 29, 2026, aged 92. Born in Oviedo…
Amos Rapoport passed away at age 97
Amos Rapoport, the Polish-American architect and professor, died September 29, 2026, aged 97. He was one of the founders of Environment-Behavior Studies (EBS) and produced more than 200 academic publications…
Janine Boissard dies at 93
Janine Boissard, the French author, died on September 28, 2026, aged 93. Born in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, she built a career as a writer and was best known…
Obituary: Jean-François Le Nail, dead at age 80
Jean-François Le Nail, a French archivist and historian, died on September 28, 2026, aged 80. Born in Toulouse on December 23, 1945, he trained at the École des chartes and…
Damien Girard death at age 24
Damien Girard, the French cyclist, died on September 28, 2026, aged 24. Born on December 14, 2001, he was a professional racing cyclist from France whose career included riding for…
Bernard Verley dies at 86
Bernard Verley, the French actor and film producer, died on September 27, 2026, aged 86. Born in Lille on October 4, 1939, he studied at the Beaux-Arts in Lille before…
Pierre Ferrazzi dies at 80
Pierre Ferrazzi, the French footballer and manager who played as a forward, died on September 26, 2026, aged 80. He was best known for his time with FC Grenoble, where…
André Guy obituary: died at age 85
André Guy, a French footballer who played as a forward, died on September 25, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Bourg-en-Bresse on March 3, 1941, he was known…
Peter May dies at 74
Peter May, the Scottish television screenwriter, novelist and crime writer, died on September 25, 2026, aged 74. Born in Glasgow and educated at Eastwood High School, he built a career…
Obituary: Marina Vlady, dead at age 88
Marina Vlady, the French actress, singer and writer, died on September 24, 2026, aged 88. Born Marina Catherine de Poliakoff-Baydaroff in Clichy, France, she built a long career in film…
Philippe Huet death at age 84
Philippe Huet, the French journalist and writer who served as deputy editor-in-chief of Paris-Normandie, died on September 23, 2026, aged 84. Born in Le Havre on April 24, 1942, he…
Maurice de Germiny passed away at age 86
Maurice de Germiny, the French Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Blois from 1997 to 2014, died on September 23, 2026, aged 86. Born in Saint-Maurice-du-Désert on November…
Death of Arnaud Denis at age 43
Arnaud Denis, the French actor and stage director, died on September 22, 2026, at age 43. Born in the 16th arrondissement of Paris on May 31, 1983, he trained at…
Lucien Lazare died at age 101
Lucien Lazare, the French-Israeli history teacher and French Resistance fighter, died on September 22, 2026, aged 101. Born in Strasbourg on November 24, 1924, he studied at the University of…
Bernard Brizay died at age 85
Bernard Brizay, a French historian and academic, died on September 22, 2026, aged 85. Born in August 1941 in Mont-Saint-Aignan, he studied history and earned a master’s degree in history…
Rodolphe has died at age 78
Rodolphe, the French comic book writer known professionally as Rodolphe and born Rodolphe Daniel Jacquette, died on September 22, 2026, aged 78. Born in Bois-Colombes in 1948, he built a…
Rodolphe has died at age 78
Rodolphe, the French comics writer known professionally by that name, died on September 22, 2026, at age 78. Born Rodolphe Daniel Jacquette in Bois-Colombes on May 18, 1948, he built…
Jean-Paul Desprat obituary: died at age 79
Jean-Paul Desprat, the French writer and historian, died on September 21, 2026, aged 79. Born in Drancy, France, on June 13, 1947, he became a specialist in the 17th and…
André Bon obituary: died at age 80
André Bon, a French composer, died on September 20, 2026, aged 80. Born in Lille on August 17, 1946, he studied music and composition at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de…
Gérard Jouault dies at age 74
Gérard Jouault, a French volleyball coach who worked with the French women’s national team and the Rwandan men’s national team, died on September 20, 2026, aged 74. Born on January…
Richard Giragosian, died aged 61
Richard Giragosian, an Armenian-American academic and political scientist, died on September 19, 2026, aged 61. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, on January 8, 1965, he became known as a contributing…
Jacques Leveugle death at age 79
Jacques Leveugle, a French teacher, died on September 19, 2026, aged 79. Born in Annecy in 1946, he worked as a foreign-language teacher and sports instructor in Europe, Asia and…
Death of Patrick Zelnik at age 79
Patrick Zelnik, the French music publisher who helped shape the country’s recording industry, died on September 17, 2026, at age 79 in Paris. Born on November 10, 1946, he began…
Pierre Constant passes away at age 93
Pierre Constant, a French actor and stage director, died on September 16, 2026, aged 93. Born in Toulouse in 1933, he was primarily active in the theatre, where he took…
Pierre Collin obituary: died at age 69
Pierre Collin, the French painter, engraver, illustrator and sculptor, died on September 15, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Paris on September 27, 1956, he studied at the…
René Aphing Kouassi dead at age 78
René Aphing Kouassi, an Ivorian politician and magistrate, died on September 15, 2026, aged 78. Born in Abidjan on July 2, 1948, he was associated with the Democratic Party of…
Didier Billet death at age 68
Didier Billet, the French footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on September 14, 2026, aged 68. Born on August 17, 1958, in Bordj El Kiffan, he began his career…
Louis Caron obituary: died at age 84
Louis Caron, the Canadian journalist, writer and screenwriter best known for co-creating and writing the television drama series He Shoots, He Scores, died on September 14, 2026, of a heart…
Obituary: Catherine Ringer, dead at age 68
Catherine Ringer, the French singer and musician best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Les Rita Mitsouko, died on September 14, 2026, aged 68. Born in Suresnes on…
Marc de La Ménardière obituary: died at age 44
Marc de La Ménardière, a French environmental activist and filmmaker, died on September 13, 2026, at age 44. He was known for work that bridged activism and film, including the…
René Bianchi passed away at age 92
René Bianchi, the French Olympic cyclist who won a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 1956 Summer Olympics, died on September 13, 2026, aged 92. Born in Conflans-sur-Seine…
Marcel Carfantan dead at age 93
Marcel Carfantan, the French racing cyclist who rode in the 1957 Tour de France, died on September 11, 2026, aged 93. Born on February 21, 1933, Carfantan was part of…