Cimetière de Montmartre is a famous cemetery located at 37 Avenue Samson, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. ... The 18e arrondissement is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

Montmartre cemetery

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 replaced all the Parisian ones, outside the precincts of the capital, in the early 19th century: Montmartre in the north, Le Cimetière du Père Lachaise in the east, Cimetière de Passy in the west and Cimetière du Montparnasse in the south. Fair use of an image from: www. ... Fair use of an image from: www. ... 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. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cimetière du Père Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris, and one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. ... 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. ... The Cimetière du Montparnasse is a famous cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, France. ...

Located west of the Butte, near the beginning of Rue Caulaincourt in Place Clichy, the cemetery in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris is built below street level in the hollow of an old quarry with its entrance on Avenue Rachel under Rue Caulaincourt. The cemetery epitomizes the artsy, quixotic, gentle, almost whimsical Paris that every romantic visitor secretly cherishes. (1897), a painting by Camille Pissarro of the boulevard that led to Montmartre as seen from his hotel room. ...

A popular tourist destination, it is the final resting place for many famous artists who lived and worked in the Montmartre area. A few of the famous buried in the Montmartre Cemetery are:

• Adolphe Adam, composer
• Charles-Valentin Alkan, composer
• André-Marie Ampère, physicist (electrical unit ampere named for him)
• Hector Berlioz, composer
• Lili Boulanger, composer
• Václav Brožík, painter
• Antoine Carême, the "King of chefs"
• Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballerina
• Dalida, singer/actress
• Edgar Degas, painter, sculptor
• Leo Delibes, composer
• Maria Deraismes, social reformer, feminist
• Alexandre Dumas, fils, novelist, playwright
• Georges Feydeau, playwright
• Léon Foucault, scientist
• Carole Fredericks, African-American singer
• Pauline Garcia-Viardot, opera singer, composer
• Theophile Gautier, poet, novelist
• Edmond de Goncourt, author/publisher (patron of the Prix Goncourt)
• La Goulue, Cancan dancer
• Jean-Baptiste Greuze, painter
• Sacha Guitry, actor/director
• Heinrich Heine, poet
• Louis Jouvet, actor
• Marie Pierre Koenig, Free French Field-Marshal
• Eugène Labiche, writer
• Frédérick Lemaître, actor
• Mary Marquet, actress
• Auguste de Montferrand, architect
• Gustave Moreau, painter
• Vaslav Nijinsky, dancer
• Jacques Offenbach, composer
• Francisque Poulbot, painter
• Adolphe Sax, musical instrument maker
• Stendhal, writer
• François Truffaut, film-maker
• Horace Vernet, painter
• Alfred de Vigny, poet, playwright, novelist
• Émile Zola, author (for six years, moved to the Panthéon in 1908)
• Jean Marie Joseph Farina (1785-1864), manufacturer of Eau de Cologne

Adolphe Charles Adam (1803 – 1856) was a French composer and critic. ... Charles-Valentin Alkan (November 30, 1813–March 29, 1888) was a French composer and one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of his day. ... André-Marie Ampère (January 22, 1775 – June 10, 1836), was a French physicist who is generally credited as one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism. ... Amp re can refer to: Amp re (car) Ampere (unit) Andr -Marie Amp re This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Portrait of Berlioz by Signol, 1832 Louis Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer best known for the Symphonie Fantastique, first performed in 1830, and for his Requiem of 1837, with its tremendous resources that include four antiphonal brass choirs. ... Lili Boulanger (Marie-Juliette Olga Lili Boulanger, 21 August 1893–15 March 1918) was a French composer, the younger sister of the noted composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger. ... Václav Brožík (5 March 1851 – 15 April 1901) was the greatest Czech academic painter. ... Marie Antoine (Antonin) Carême ( June 8, 1784– January 12, 1833), was a French chef and author. ... Dalida as shown on a French stamp issued in 2001 Dalida (January 17, 1933 - May 3, 1987) was an Egyptian-born singer, of Italian origin, making her career in France. ... Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917) was a Faggot buttlicker and ballsucker. ... (Clément Philibert) Leo Delibes (February 21, 1836 – January 16, 1891) was a French composer of Romantic music. ... Maria Deraismes, born August 17, 1828 - February 6, 1894, was a French author and major pioneering force for womens rights. ... Alexandre Dumas, fils (July 27, 1824 – November 27, 1895) was the son of Alexandre Dumas, père, who followed in his fathers footsteps becoming a celebrated author and playwright. ... Georges Feydeau, (born December 8, 1862, in Paris, France, and died there on June 5, 1921), was a playwright of La Belle Epoque. ... J. B. Léon Foucault Jean Bernard Léon Foucault ( 18 September 1819– 11 February 1868) was a French physicist best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earths rotation. ... Pauline Garcia-Viardot (July 18, 1821 - May 18, 1910) was a 19th century French mezzo-soprano and composer. ... Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 31, 1811 - October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist and literary critic. ... Edmond de Goncourt (May 26, 1822 – July 16, 1896), writer, critic, book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt. ... The Prix Goncourt is the most prestigious prize in French language literature, given to the author of the best imaginary prose work of the year. Edmond de Goncourt, a successful author, critic, and publisher, bequeathed his entire estate for the foundation and maintenance of the Académie Goncourt. ... La Goulue, born 1866 – died January 30, 1929, is the stage name of Louise Weber, a French Cancan dancer. ... Jean-Baptiste Greuze (August 21, 1725 - March 4, 1805), French painter, was born at Tournus, in Burgundy. ... Sacha Guitry, born February 21, 1885 in St. ... Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (December 13, 1797 - February 17, 1856) was one of the most significant German romantic poets. ... Louis Jouvet (December 24, 1887 - August 16, 1951) was a French actor and producer. ... Marie Pierre Koenig (October 10, 1898—September 2, 1970) was a French general. ... Eugène Marin Labiche (May 5, 1815-1888), was a French dramatist. ... Monferrands cathedral was the largest Orthodox church in the world at the time it was completed. ... Orpheus by Gustave Moreau (1865) Gustave Moreau (April 6, 1826 - April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. ... Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky (Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, Polish language: Wacław Niżyński) (March 12, 1890 – April 8, 1950) was a Polish-born Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. ... Missing image Image:JacquesOffenbach. ... Life-size statue of Adolphe Sax outside his birthplace in Dinant, Belgium. ... Marie-Henri Beyle (January 23, 1783 - March 23, 1842), better known as Stendhal, was a 19th century French writer. ... François Truffaut François Roland Truffaut (February 6, 1932–October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (June 30, 1789 - January 17, 1863) was a French painter of battle panoramas, sporting, and Arab themes. ... Alfred Victor de Vigny (March 27, 1797 – September 17, 1863) was a French poet, playwright, and novelist. ... Émile Zola ( April 2, 1840 – September 29, 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism (literature), and a major figure in the political liberalization of France. ... The Panthéon The Panthéon is a building in the Latin Quarter in Paris, France. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

See also

• List of famous cemeteries

This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. ...

External links

• A more comprehensive list (http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=639013)