Axel Ganz has died at age 88
Axel Ganz, the German journalist who helped shape magazines at Bunte and Gruner + Jahr, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Auggen on July…
Famous Dead People from France
Over 4,000 obituaries for famous people from France who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Jean-Marc Sylvestre dead at age 79
Jean-Marc Sylvestre, the French journalist known for his long career in economics reporting on TF1, i>Télé and RT France, died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 79. Born…
Philippe Chaulet has died at age 84
Philippe Chaulet, a French politician associated with the RPR, died on July 21, 2026. Born on July 28, 1942, in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, he built a political career in France while…
Françoise Coquet dies at 83
Françoise Coquet, a French television producer and screenwriter, died on July 20, 2026, of complications from dementia with Lewy bodies. She was 83. Born on September 12, 1942, in Vosges,…
Obituary: Philippe Josse, dead at age 65
Philippe Josse, a French civil servant and member of the Conseil d'État since 2011, died on July 19, 2026. Born on September 23, 1960, in Saintes, he studied at Sciences…
Venceslas Kruta, died aged 86
Venceslas Kruta, a French archaeologist and historian, died on July 19, 2026. Born in Saumur on November 4, 1939, he specialized in the protohistory of Europe and the commercial and…
Bruno Recoura dies at 78
Bruno Recoura, a French basketball player and coach, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 78. He played as a small forward and spent much of his career…
Obituary: Clément Schertzinger, dead at age 89
Clément Schertzinger, the French sporting director who served as president of the Fédération internationale catholique d’éducation physique et sportive from 2003 to 2009, died on July 17, 2026, aged 89.…
René Urtreger, died aged 92
René Urtreger, the French bebop pianist and composer, died on July 16, 2026. He was 92. Born in Paris on July 6, 1934, Urtreger became known as a jazz musician…
Obituary: Jean-Jacques Naudo, dead at age 67
Jean-Jacques Naudo, the French rugby league player known as "Jacquouille la Fripouille," died on July 16, 2026. Born on February 8, 1959, in Perpignan, he was mainly active during the…
Elena Baranová, died aged 80
Elena Baranová, a Slovak linguist and philologist, died on July 14, 2026. Born on October 12, 1945, in Martin, then part of Czechoslovakia, she focused much of her scholarly work…
Béatrice Altariba passes away at age 87
Béatrice Altariba, the French actress known for roles in Monsieur Robinson Crusoe, Totò Diabolicus and Les Misérables, died on July 14, 2026, aged 87. Born Béatrice Florence Andree Altariba-Homs in…
Marcel Deneux obituary: died at age 97
Marcel Deneux, a French politician and senator, died on July 13, 2026, at the age of 97. Born on August 16, 1928, in Beaucamps-le-Vieux, he served in the Senate of…
Gérald Guillemin dies at 77
Gérald Guillemin, the French organ builder based in Vaucluse, died on July 13, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Paris in 1948, he established his organ-building business in…
Jean-François Coste dead
Jean-François Coste, a French sailor, died on July 13, 2026. He took part in and completed the inaugural Vendée Globe in 1989, a feat that placed him among the early…
Melaine Favennec passes away at age 75
Melaine Favennec, the French singer and musician known also as Mélaine Favennec, died on July 13, 2026, in Pont-l'Abbé. Born in Quimperlé in 1950, he began his musical career on…
Jean-Paul Pigasse, died aged 86
Jean-Paul Pigasse, a French journalist and media proprietor who served as director-general of ADIAC since 1997, died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Toulouse on…
Obituary: Albert Mamy, dead at age 86
Albert Mamy, the French lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Sorèze for more than four decades, died on July 10, 2026. He was 86. Born in Toulouse on…
Claude Halmos dies at 80
Claude Halmos, a French psychoanalyst and essayist, died on July 9, 2026. He was 80. Born in Châteauroux on April 30, 1946, Halmos was known for writings on abuse, neglect…
Sylvie Grare dead at age 73
Sylvie Grare, a French singer, died on July 8, 2026, at the age of 73. A heavy metal vocalist, she began with classical music studies in her youth before turning…
François About obituary: died at age 86
François About, the French film director and photographer, died on July 7, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Nancy on September 1, 1939, he trained at the École…
Death of Marie-Madeleine Dieulangard at age 89
Marie-Madeleine Dieulangard died July 2, 2026. She was a French politician. Tags Politicians, 02 July 2026, Cancer, Dieulangard, France, July 2, July 2026, Marie-Madeleine
Christian Lambert obituary: died at age 80
Christian Lambert died on July 2, 2026. Tags Other, 02 July 2026, Christian, France, Gemini, Lambert, July 2, July 2026
Bertrand Grébaut, died aged 44
Bertrand Grébaut died on July 2, 2026. He was a French restaurateur. Tags Other, 02 July 2026, Bertrand, France, Sagittarius, Grébaut, July 2, July 2026
Jean-Pierre Tagliaferri dies at 77
Jean-Pierre Tagliaferri died on July 2, 2026. He was a French actor. Tags Actors, 02 July 2026, France, Libra, Tagliaferri, Jean-Pierre, July 2, July 2026
Death of Lilly Marcou at age 89
Lilly Marcou, a French historian and researcher, died on July 1, 2026, aged 89. Of Romanian origin, she specialised in the history of communism and built much of her career…
Obituary: Yves-Marie Bercé, dead at age 89
Yves-Marie Bercé died on June 30, 2026. He was a French historian. Tags Scientists, 30 June 2026, France, Bercé, June 2026, June 30, Yves-Marie
Frank Polson dead at age 74
Frank Polson died on June 30, 2026. He was a French painter and sculptor. No other details about his life or career were immediately available. Tags Artists, 30 June 2026,…
Jean-Paul Jauffret death at age 95
Jean-Paul Jauffret, a French oenologist, tennis player and businessman, died on June 27, 2026. He was 95. Born in Bordeaux on August 22, 1930, he became one of the notable…
Gilbert Emptaz obituary: died at age 76
Gilbert Emptaz died on June 27, 2026. He was a French Olympic sport shooter. Born on February 12, 1950, Emptaz represented France in sport shooting at the Olympic level. Tags…
Věra Linhartová has died at age 88
Věra Linhartová, the Czech writer and art historian, died on June 26, 2026, at age 88 in Paris. Born in Brno on March 22, 1938, she studied art history at…
Annie Baglin dies at age 87
Annie Baglin died on June 26, 2026. She was a French astrophysicist. Tags Scientists, 26 June 2026, Annie, Baglin, France, June 2026, June 26
Alain Roux died at age 91
Alain Roux died on June 26, 2026. He was a French historian and sinologist who taught at Paris 8 University and the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales. Born…
Gérard Brémond has died at age 88
Gérard Brémond, the French businessman who founded the Pierre & Vacances-Center Parcs group, died on June 25, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on September 22, 1937, in Boulogne-Billancourt,…
Eriamel death at age 73
Eriamel died on June 25, 2026. He was a comics writer. Tags Actors, Writers, 25 June 2026, Eriamel, France, June 2026, June 25
En Avant Guingamp death at age 21
En Avant Guingamp died on June 24, 2026. He was a French footballer. Tags Athletes, 24 June 2026, En, France, Guingamp, June 2026, June 24
Élisabeth Pochon, died aged 71
Élisabeth Pochon, a French politician and former deputy in the National Assembly, died on June 24, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Constantine, Algeria, on April 19, 1955,…
Charlie Nelson dead
Charlie Nelson, a French actor, died on June 24, 2026. A graduate of the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, he worked in both theater and film during his career. He…
Maurice-Ruben Hayoun dies at age 75
Maurice-Ruben Hayoun, a French philosopher, historian and writer, died on June 23, 2026, at the age of 75. Born on September 21, 1950, in Agadir, he was known for his…
François Taillandier dead at age 71
François Taillandier, the French writer and journalist, died on June 23, 2026, in Paris at the age of 71. Born in Clermont-Ferrand on June 20, 1955, he built a career…
Kenzo Kies dies at age 21
Kenzo Kies died on June 22, 2026. Tags Athletes, 22 June 2026, Aquarius, France, Kenzo, Kies, June 2026, June 22
Jean-Claude Biojout obituary: died at age 86
Jean-Claude Biojout, a French basketball player who spent his entire career with CSP Limoges, died on June 22, 2026. Born in Limoges in 1939, he played as a point guard…
Saïd Haddou death at age 43
Saïd Haddou, a French road bicycle racer, died on June 22, 2026. He was 43. Born in Issy-les-Moulineaux on November 23, 1982, Haddou competed as a professional road cyclist and…
Guesch Patti passed away at age 80
Guesch Patti, the French singer best known for “Étienne,” died on June 22, 2026. She was 80. Born Patricia Porrasse on March 16, 1946, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, she built a career…
Noël Deschamps death at age 83
Noël Deschamps, a French singer, died on June 21, 2026, in Châteauroux, France, one day before his 84th birthday. Born on June 22, 1942, in Villefranche-sur-Saône, then in German-occupied France,…
Alain MacMoy died at age 99
Alain MacMoy, a French actor whose career spanned film, stage and television, died on June 21, 2026, at the age of 99. Born in Morbihan on October 16, 1926, he…
Habib Touhami died at age 78
Habib Touhami, a Tunisian politician who served as minister of health from 1983 to 1984, died on June 20, 2026, in Tunis. He was 78. Born on May 2, 1948,…
Death of Yves Lacoste at age 96
Yves Lacoste, the French geographer and geopolitician whose work helped shape modern geopolitics, died on June 20, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Fez, Morocco, on September 7,…
Akihiro Miwa death at age 91
Akihiro Miwa, the Japanese singer, actor and drag queen whose career spanned more than seven decades, died on June 20, 2026, at age 91. Born Akihiro Maruyama in Nagasaki on…
Désiré N’Kaoua dies at 93
Désiré N'Kaoua died on June 19, 2026. Tags Musicians, 19 June 2026, France, Gemini, Bois-d'arcy, Désiré, June 19, June 2026, N'Kaoua
Obituary: Claude Guillemot, dead at age 69
Claude Guillemot, the French businessman who co-founded Ubisoft, died on June 19, 2026, in a plane crash. He was 69. Born in Carentoir, France, on October 30, 1956, he grew…
Charles-Henri de Fouchécour dies at age 100
Charles-Henri de Fouchécour died on June 19, 2026. Tags Other, 19 June 2026, France, Charles-Henri, Fouchécour, June 19, June 2026
Death of François Englert at age 93
François Englert, the Belgian theoretical physicist who shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Etterbeek, near Brussels, on…
Death of Éric Roy at age 58
Éric Roy, the French football player and manager who led Brest in Ligue 1, died on June 17, 2026, at age 58. Born Éric Serge Armand Roy on September 26,…
Daniel Senet passes away at age 72
Daniel Senet, a French Olympic weightlifter and silver medalist at the 1976 Summer Olympics, died on June 16, 2026. He was 72. Born in Amiens on June 26, 1953, Senet…
Hervé Larrue, died aged 90
Hervé Larrue, a French rugby union and rugby league player, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 90. Born on July 5, 1935, in Tarn, he represented France…
Claude Bardos passes away at age 86
Claude Bardos, a French mathematician who specialized in mathematical physics, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on April 4, 1940, he earned a doctorate from…
Jacky Haran dies at age 83
Jacky Haran, a French racing driver, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on May 12, 1943, in Mansigné, then in German-occupied France, he began his…
Philippe Labarde death at age 86
Philippe Labarde, a French economic journalist and writer, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Agen on September 26, 1939, he was educated at the…
Gilbert Azibert passes away at age 79
Gilbert Azibert, a French magistrate and jurist, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on February 2, 1947, in Marseille’s 6th arrondissement, he served on the…
Christian Bujeau dies at age 81
Christian Bujeau, a French actor, died on June 15, 2026, at the age of 81. Born on October 14, 1944, in Charron, Charente-Maritime, he trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur…
Ronell Johnson died at age 49
Ronell Johnson, an American trombonist with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, died on June 15, 2026. He was 49. Johnson was identified in reports as a member of the long-running…
Patrick Céleste, died aged 78
Patrick Céleste, a French architect, died on June 14, 2026, at the age of 78–79. After earning his Diplôme d'études approfondies, he became a senior lecturer at the École nationale…
Chantal Deruaz died at age 76
Chantal Deruaz, a French actress known for her work on stage and in films including Diva and The Return of Martin Guerre, died on June 14, 2026. She was 76.…
François Gall dies at 103
François Gall, the French film director and author behind the long-running television series "Amazing Train Journeys," died on June 13, 2026. He was 103. Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on November 9,…
Annick Chartreux dies at age 83
Annick Chartreux, a French composer, died on June 13, 2026, at the age of 83. Born Anne-Marie Chartreux in Nancy in 1942, she studied at the Conservatoire Régional du Grand…
Jean-Claude Meyer dead at age 80
Jean-Claude Meyer, a French business banker and investment banker, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine on June 16, 1945, he studied at HEC…
Alain Blondel passes away at age 86
Alain Blondel, a French art dealer and gallerist, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 86. Specialising in Art Deco and contemporary art, he studied architecture at the…
Obituary: André Doms, dead at age 94
André Doms, a Belgian essayist, poet and writer, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Brussels on March 9, 1932, he built a long career…
Arlette Testyler passes away at age 93
Arlette Testyler, a French Holocaust survivor, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Arlette Reiman on March 30, 1933, in Paris’s 12th arrondissement, she came from…
Christian Laurissergues dies at 86
Christian Laurissergues, a French politician who served as a deputy from 1973 to 1988, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Bordeaux on August 7,…
Obituary: Philip Booth, dead at age 66
Philip Booth, a British-Canadian singer known for the song “Ulterior Motives,” died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 66. Born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on…
Charlie Dalin death at age 42
Charlie Dalin, a French offshore sailor who won the 2024–25 Vendée Globe and later shared the 2025 World Sailing World Sailor of the Year award, died on June 11, 2026,…
Jean Ziegler dies at 92
Jean Ziegler, the Swiss politician, died on June 10, 2026, at the age of 92. Born Hans Ziegler on April 19, 1934, in Thun, he built a public career that…
Death of Manu Lann Huel at age 77
Manu Lann Huel, a French singer-songwriter and poet, died on June 10, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in 1949 and known for writing and performing in both Breton…
Mehdi Charef passes away at age 73
Mehdi Charef, the French film director and screenwriter, died on June 9, 2026. He was 73. Born on October 21, 1952, in Maghnia, Algeria, he built a career in French…
Jean Fourié passes away at age 81
Jean Fourié, a French writer and community activist, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Espéraza on November 20, 1944, he worked for the Caisse…
Alain Schifres, died aged 87
Alain Schifres, a French journalist who worked for Réalités and Le Nouvel Observateur, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Montmorency on February 14, 1939,…
Jeannette Weiss Gruber dies at 91
Jeannette Weiss Gruber, a French glass painter, died on June 7, 2026. Tags Artists, 07 June 2026, France, Gruber, Jeannette, June 2026, June 7
Death of Louis Donnadieu at age 96
Louis Donnadieu died on June 7, 2026. He was a French politician. Tags Politicians, 07 June 2026, Donnadieu, France, Louis, June 2026, June 7
Bernadette Chirac dead at age 93
Bernadette Chirac, the French politician and widow of former president Jacques Chirac, died on June 5, 2026, at age 93. Born Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chodron de Courcel in Paris on…
Christiane Cohendy obituary: died at age 86
Christiane Cohendy, a French actress known for The Creator, The Horseman on the Roof and The Passerby, died on June 5, 2026. She was 86. Born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Cohendy…
Marjane Satrapi dies at age 56
Marjane Satrapi, the French-Iranian author of Chicken with Plums and director of Persepolis and Dear Paris, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 56. Born in Rasht County,…
Matthieu d’Epenoux obituary: died at age 60
Matthieu d'Epenoux, a French businessman and board game designer, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 60. Born on October 10, 1965, he founded the board game publishing…
Death of Patrick Négrier at age 70
Patrick Négrier, a French philosopher who specialized in the study of Western esotericism and Freemasonry, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Aubusson, France, on…
Daniel Costelle passes away at age 90
Daniel Costelle, the French documentarist and film director behind the "Apocalypse" series on World War II and World War I, died on June 2, 2026. He was 90. Born in…
Death of André Santini at age 85
André Santini, the French politician who served as a deputy from 2009 to 2017 and as mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux from 1980, died on June 1, 2026. He was 85. Born…
Areski Belkacem death at age 86
Areski Belkacem, a French singer, musician and composer, died on June 1, 2026, at the age of 86. Also known simply as Areski, he was born on January 23, 1940,…
Obituary: Pierre Izard, dead at age 90
Pierre Izard, the French politician who served as a member and later president of the general council of Haute-Garonne and as mayor of Villefranche-de-Lauragais, died on June 1, 2026. He…
Richard Mettler death at age 56
Richard Mettler died on June 1, 2026, of cancer. He was a French-born American film editor whose credits included "Desert Warrior," "Anthropoid" and "I.S.S.". Tags Journalists, 01 June 2026, America,…
François Vezin death at age 89
François Vezin died on May 31, 2026. He was a French philosopher and translator. Tags Scientists, 31 May 2026, Aquarius, France, Loches, Vezin, François, May 2026, May 31
Julio Le Parc obituary: died at age 97
Julio Le Parc, the Argentine-French artist whose experiments in painting, sculpture and visual art helped shape modern kinetic and op art, died on May 30, 2026. He was 97. Born…
Bryan Bergougnoux dead at age 43
Bryan Bergougnoux, the French football midfielder and manager known for his spells with Tours, Toulouse and Thonon Evian, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 43. Born in…
Edgar Morin passed away at age 104
Edgar Morin, the French philosopher and sociologist whose work on complexity and “polycrisis” shaped debates across the social sciences, died on May 29, 2026. He was 104. Born Edgar Nahoum…
Michel Stievenard passed away at age 88
Michel Stievenard, a French footballer, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Waziers on September 21, 1937, he spent his club career with RC Lens…
S. Sathyendra death at age 64
S. Sathyendra, an Indian actor and film director, died on May 28, 2026. He was 64. Known also as an actor in Tamil and Kannada cinema, he began his screen…
Gaël Da Silva has died at age 41
Gaël Da Silva, a French Olympic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, died on May 26, 2026. Born on December 30, 1984, in Vaulx-en-Velin, France, he represented the…
Béatrice Bellamy dies at 59
Béatrice Bellamy, a French politician and member of parliament since 2022, died on May 24, 2026, of cancer. She was 59. Bellamy served in the National Assembly for Vendée’s 2nd…