48°49′20″N 2°19′9″E / 48.82222°N 2.31917°E Montrouge Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Montrouge) is a cemetery in the south of the 14th arrondissement of Paris, located between the Boulevards of the Marshals and Boulevard Périphérique. It was created in 1819 in the commune of Montrouge, but was transferred to the City of Paris in 1925 following a border change.
Whilst the most visited grave is that of Coluche, there are many other graves of interest,[1] as well as a crypt. Despite being a Parisian cemetery, the influence of Montrouge is noteworthy, most notably through the granite stele commemorating 96 soldiers from Montrouge fallen on World War I battlegrounds.
Selection of personalities buried in the cemetery
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Grave | Name | Dates | Désignation |
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Maurice Arnoux | 1895–1940 | aviator |
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Odile Astié | 1941–1980 | first French stunt woman |
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Michel Audiard | 1920–1985 | dialoguist, screenwriter and director |
Jurgis Baltrušaitis | 1873–1944 | Lithuanian symbolist poet and translator | |
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Émile Bégin | 1802–1888 | physician and historian |
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István Beöthy | 1897–1961 | sculptor and architect of Hungarian origin |
Georges Biscot | 1889–1944 | actor and singer | |
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Eugénie Buffet | 1866–1934 | singer of music hall |
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Cécile Cerf Marcel Cerf |
1916–1973 1911–2010 |
Resistant historian |
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Pierre Clerget | 1875–1943 | engineer and inventor |
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Coluche | 1944–1986 | comedian and actor |
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René Crevel | 1900–1935 | surrealist writer and poet |
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Gabriel Cromer | 1873–1934 | photographer and collector |
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Georges Cusin | 1902–1964 | stage and film actor |
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Jules Déchin | 1869–1947 | statuary (buried with his stepfather Louis Noël) |
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Emmanuel Dolivet | 1854–1910 | sculptor |
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Maurice Escande | 1892–1973 | stage and film actor |
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Félix Fourdrain | 1880–1923 | organist and composer |
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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes | 1932–2007 | physicist, Collège de France faculty, Nobel prize |
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Gustave Geffroy | 1855–1926 | journalist, art critic, historian and novelist |
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Henri Ginoux | 1909–1994 | mayor of Montrouge |
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Albert Kazimirski de Biberstein | 1808–1887 | orientalist of Polish origin |
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Grégory Ken | 1947–1996 | singer |
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Alphonse Kirchhoffer | 1873–1913 | foil fencing master |
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Georges Kirsch | 1892–1969 | aviator and test pilot |
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Ernest La Jeunesse | 1874–1917 | journalist and drama critic |
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Lina Margy | 1914–1973 | singer |
Jacques Paul Migne (called Abbé Migne) | 1800–1875 | priest and publisher (buried in the crypt) | |
Germaine Montero | 1909–2000 | comedian and singer | |
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Henri Mouillefarine | 1910–1994 | racing cyclist |
Dimitri Navachine | 1889–1937 | Russian politician and economist | |
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Louis Noël | 1839–1925 | sculptor (buried with his son in law Jules Déchin) |
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Charles Pélissier | 1903–1959 | racing cyclist |
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Henri Queffélec | 1910–1992 | writer |
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Lucien Rosengart | 1881–1976 | car manufacturer |
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Albert Simonin | 1905–1980 | writer and scriptwriter |
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Nicolas de Staël | 1914–1955 | painter of Russian origin |
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André Tollet | 1913–2001 | union leader |
References
- ^ Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs – Montrouge (92) : cimetières, sur landrucimetieres.fr. Consulté le 16 février 2013.
External links
Media related to Cimetière de Montrouge at Wikimedia Commons
- Le cimetière de Montrouge, sur le site des amis et passionnés du Père-Lachaise
- Montrouge Cemetery at Find a Grave