Places in Paris where French and international political or artistic figures had lived.
Writers, musicians, artists, politicians, find out a non-exhaustive list of these building, to be discovered during your walks in Paris (map with locations on the right column).
- Richard Wagner lived from October 1860 to July 1861 3 rue d’ Aumale, in “New Athens” neighborhood, 9th arrondissement. And from 1861 to 1862 in the Hôtel Wogue (now Hotel du Quai Voltaire ) 19, quai Voltaire.
- Jules Michelet spent the last years of his life 76, rue d’Assas. He died at Hyères February 9, 1874 .
- Molière died February 17, 1673 in a house that no longer exists today , ” Today, the current level of 40, rue de Richelieu.
- Jean-Baptiste Corot died February 22, 1875 56, rue du Faubourg Poissoniere .
- Corneille was buried in St. Roch Church, Boileau in Saint-Germain-des-Prés church .
- Saint- Simon died March 10, 1755 at the location of 102 , rue de Grenelle.
- Square Avenue Foch (16th), a private road that starts at the 80 Avenue Foch : Debussy died March 26, 1918 at n°24, Marcel Pagnol lived at n° 16.
- Mirabeau died April 2, 1791 in a house that where at the level of n°42 Rue de la Chaussee d’Antin.
- Émile Zola was born April 2, 1840 10 rue St. Joseph.
- Anatole France was born April 16, 1844 , 19 quai Malaquais .
- Racine died 21 April 1699 24 , Rue Visconti, formerly known as “Rue des Marais”.
- Alfred de Musset died May 2, 1857 in the house that bears the No. 6 rue du Mont-Thabor.
- Voltaire died May 30, 1778 at 29 Quai Voltaire .
- Beaumarchais died May 18, 1790 in a hotel that no longer exists, formerly located at the No. 2 Boulevard Beaumarchais. From 1776 to 1778 he had lived in the Hôtel des Ambassadeurs de Hollande, 17, rue Vieille -du- Temple, where he wrote The Marriage of Figaro.
- Lafayette died May 20, 1834 at 8, rue d’Anjou , in Mazin hotel.
- Alexandre Dumas, fils, was born July 27, 1824 1 Place Boïeldieu .
- Diderot died July 31, 1784 39, rue de Richelieu.
- In 1804 , Simon Bolivar made a trip to Paris and lived 4, rue Vivienne.
- Sainte-Beuve died October 13, 1869 at No. 11, rue du Montparnasse .
- Chopin died October 17, 1849 12, place Vendôme. He also lived with George Sand at Square d’ Orleans, 9th arrondissement.
- Eugène Delacroix lived from 1844 to 1857 at No. 58 rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. Paul Gauguin was born in No. 56
- Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, lived from 1756 to 1782 at n° 17 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.
- Théodore Géricault lived 21 rue des Martyrs.
- Adolphe Thiers, the first President of the Third French Republic , lived 27, place Saint-Georges.
- Vincent Van Gogh lived with his brother Théo at 54 rue Lepic in Montmartre.
- Victor Hugo lived from 1832 to 1848 at 6, Place des Vosges. The apartment is now a museum.
