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Montparnasse cemetery

Created from three farms in 1824, the Montparnasse cemetery was originally known as Le Cimetière du Sud. Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the shutting down of the Cimetière des Innocents in 1786 on the fringe of Les Halles food market on the grounds that it presented a health hazard. Several new cemeteries outside of the precincts of the capital replaced all the Parisian ones in the early 19th century, Cimetière de Montmartre in the north, Le Cimetière Père Lachaise in the east and Cimetière du Montparnasse in the south. At the heart of the city, and today, sitting in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, is Cimetière de Passy. Fair use of an image from: members. ... Fair use of an image from: members. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Les Halles is an area of Paris, France, located in the 1er arrondissement. ... Cimetière de Montmartre is a famous cemetery located at 37 Avenue Samson, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. ... The Cimetière du Père Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris, and one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. ... The Eiffel Tower (French: la Tour Eiffel) is a metallic tower built on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, and is nowadays the most famous landmark and symbol of Paris. ... The Cimetière de Passy is a famous cemetery located in 2, rue du Commandant Schœlsing, in the quarter of Passy in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. ...

Montparnasse Cemetery is the eternal home of many of France's intellectual and artistic elite as well as publishers and others who promoted the works of writers and artists. There are also monuments to police and firefighters killed in the line of duty in the city of Paris.

Because of the many notable people buried there, it is a highly popular tourist attraction.

Among the people buried here are:

• Alexandre Alekhine, Russian-born chess world champion
• Jean-Michel Atlan, poet and painter
• Georges Auric, composer, member of Les Six
• Frédéric Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty
• Maryse Bastié (1898-1952), pioneer aviatrix
• Jane Bathori, opera singer
• Charles Baudelaire
• Louis Gustave Binger (1856-1936), explorer
• William-Adolphe Bouguereau, painter
• Antoine Bourdelle, sculptor
• Jacques Becker (1906-1960), filmmaker
• Samuel Beckett, Irish writer
• Simone de Beauvoir, feminist philosopher
• Constantin Brancusi, sculptor
• Brassaï, photographer
• Roger Caillois (1913-1978), writer
• Jean Carmet, actor
• André Citroën automobile manufacturer
• Gaspard Coriolis (1792-1843), mathematician
• Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801-1877), economist
• Jules Dalou (1838-1902), sculptor
• Jacques Demy (1931-1990), film director
• Robert Desnos, poet
• Porfirio Díaz, longest serving Mexican President
• Alfred Dreyfus, military officer
• Jules Dumont d'Urville, explorer
• Marguerite Duras, writer
• Henri Fantin-Latour, painter
• Léon-Paul Fargue, poet and essayist
• Ernest Flammarion (1846-1936), publisher
• César Franck, composer
• Othon Friesz (1879-1949), painter
• Charles Garnier, builder of the Paris Opera
• Serge Gainsbourg, poet and singer
• François Gérard, painter
• Clara Haskil (1895-1960), pianist
• Jean Antoine Houdon, sculptor
• Joris-Karl Huysmans, writer
• Eugène Ionesco, playwright
• Joëlle (1953-1982), American born French singer
• Henri Langlois (1914-1977), film preservationist
• Pierre Larousse, French author of a well-known dictionary
• Henri Laurens sculptor, engraver
• Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922), physician, parasitologist
• Sylvia Lopez (1931-1959), actress
• Guy de Maupassant, writer
• Adah Menken (1835-1868), actress, poet
• Mireille (1906-1996), singer, composer
• Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian leader
• Jean Pierre Rampal, Flutist
• Man Ray, photographer
• Maria Montez (1912-1951), actress
• Maurice Pialat (1925-2003), film director
• Jean Poiret (1926-1992), actor, film director
• François Rude, sculptor
• Jean Sablon (1906-1994), singer
• Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, literary critic, author
• Camille Saint-Saëns, composer
• Georges Sand, writer
• Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher
• Claude Sautet (1924-2000), film director
• Jean Seberg, American actress
• Delphine Seyrig (1932-1990), actress
• Tristan Tzara, poet and essayist
• César Vallejo (1892-1938), Peruvian poet
• Adolphe Willette (1857-1926), painter
• Ossip Zadkine, Russian-born sculptor

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Simone de Beauvoir Simone de Beauvoir (January 9, 1908 - April 14, 1986) was a French author, philosopher, and feminist. ... Constantin Brancusi (February 19, 1876 - March 16, 1957), originally Constantin Brâncuşi, is the most famous Romanian sculptor, born in Hobiţa, Gorj, near Târgu Jiu, where he placed his sculptural ensemble with The Table of Silence, The Gate of the Kiss and The Endless Column. ... Brassaï was the pseudonym of Gyula Halász (1899-1984), a Parisian photographer. ... Roger Caillois (March 3, 1913 - December 21, 1978), was a French intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together literary criticism, sociology, and philosophy by focusing on subjects as diverse as gems and the sacred. ... Jean Carmet, born July 25, 1920 in Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France, died April 20, 1994 in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, was an actor. ... Citroën is a French automobile manufacturer, started in 1919 by André Citroën. ... Antoine Augustin Cournot (28 August 1801‑ 31 March 1877) was a French philosopher and mathematician. ... Aimé-Jules Dalou, born December 31, 1838 - died April 15, 1902, was a French sculptor. ... The director and screenwriter Jacques Demy (1931 - 1990) was one of the most approachable filmmakers of the French New Wave. ... Robert Desnos (July 4, 1900 - June 8, 1945) was a French surrealist poet. ... Term of Office: 29 November 1876 - 30 November 1880 (first term) – 1 December 1884 - 25 May 1911 (second term) Preceded by: Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1876), Manuel Gonzalez (1884) Succeeded by: Manuel Gonzalez (1880), Francisco León de la Barra interim (1911) Date of birth: 15 September 1830 Place of birth... Alfred Dreyfus in an army uniform, wearing a mustache. ... Rear Admiral Jules Sébastien César Dumont dUrville (May 23, 1790 – May 8, 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. ... 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Jean-Antoine Houdon (March 20, 1741 - July 15, 1828) was a French sculptor. ... Joris-Karl Huysmans (February 5, 1848 - May 12, 1907) was a French novelist. ... Eugène Ionesco (Romanian spelling: Eugen Ionescu) (November 26, 1909 – March 29, 1994) was one of the foremost playwrights of the theatre of the absurd. ... Joëlle Mogensen (February 3, 1953 – May 15, 1982) was a popular singer of French songs. ... Henri Langlois (November 13, 1914 - January 13, 1977) was, with George Franju and Jean Mitry, the co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française (a Paris-based film theater and museum) in 1936 and is regarded as a pioneer in film preservation and restoration. ... Larousse Gastronomique is the most respected of all the food encyclopedias, produced by the French publishing company founded by Pierre Larousse (1817-1875). ... Manual of Specialised Lexicography, Henning Bergenholtz/Sven Tarp (eds. ... Henri Laurens (1885-1954), was a French sculptor and illustrator. ... 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External links

• Cimetière du Montparnasse (http://www.insecula.com/musee/M0139.html/)
• A collection of photos of the cemetery's many sculpted monuments (http://members.lycos.co.uk/jcspix2/grv.htm)
• A list of many buried at the cemetery (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/famousSearch.cgi?mode=cemetery&FScemeteryid=639007)