Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

born in Paris in 1844. Oscar Wilde wrote Salome for her. Died 1923.

Person, Seriously Famous, Theatre, France

1 memorial
Marcellin Berthelot

Marcellin Berthelot

Organic and physical chemist. Born and died in Paris. Very successful and well-known in his lifetime. Achieved high office in the Chemical Society of Paris and in the French Academy of Sciences.

Person, Science, France

1 memorial
Noelle Lydie Berti

Noelle Lydie Berti

Noelle Lydie Berti was born on 24 December 1947 in the 9th Arrondissement, Paris, France, the daughter of Jacqueline Campbell. The Clipper Crew website gives many details of her life, including th...

Person, Aviation, Tragedy, France, Scotland, USA

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Lieutenant Frank Robson Best

Lieutenant Frank Robson Best

Lieutenant in the 1/4th (Territorial) Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action, aged 21. He is buried in plot B. 72 at the Authuile Military cemetery on the Somme. Frank ...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Louis Claud Bigot

Louis Claud Bigot

Minister Plenipotentiary for the King of France in Sweden.

Person, Politics & Administration, France, Sweden

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Rifleman Robert Howard Bishop

Rifleman Robert Howard Bishop

Robert Howard Bishop was born on the 15 March 1894; the eldest of the six children of Robert Bishop (b.1864) and Annie Bishop née Howard (1873-1919) and his birth was registered in 2nd quarter of 1...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell

The first woman to be accepted by the register of the General Medical Council, and also the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. Born in Bristol, her family emigrated to th...

Person, Medicine, France, USA

1 memorial
James Blanks

James Blanks

James Blanks was born on 12 March 1896 in Bethnal Green, one of the nine children of George Samuel Blanks (1861-1925) and Jane Blanks née Elliott (1857-1932). His father was a blacksmith. On 5 Apr...

Person, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Ensign Denise Madeleine Bloch, Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre

Ensign Denise Madeleine Bloch, Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre

Denise Madeleine Bloch was born on 21 January 1916 in Paris, France to a Jewish family. Her father was Jacques Henri Bloch and her mother was Suzanne Levi-Strauss. She had three brothers. Her Wiki...

Person, Armed Forces, Espionage, Execution, France, Germany

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Lance Corporal Joseph John Bolton

Lance Corporal Joseph John Bolton

Joseph John Bolton was born on 8 January 1889, the eldest of the five children of Joseph George Bolton (1863-1942) and Emily Bolton née Challis (1859-1947). His birth was registered in the 1st quar...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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