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Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville
(French Bookseller, Printer, and Inventor)
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3
Birthdate: April 25, 1817
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris
Died: April 26, 1879
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Francoise Mouly
(Designer, Publisher, and Editor)
15
3
Birthdate: October 24, 1955
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
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François Coty
(French Businessman, Perfumer, Politician, Newspaper Publisher, and Patron of the Arts)
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3
Birthdate: May 3, 1874
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ajaccio, France
Died: July 25, 1934
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Claude Garamond
(French Publisher, Type Designer, and Punch-Cutter)
14
3
Birthdate: 1480 AD
Birthplace: Kingdom of France
Died: 1561 AD
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Leo Taxil
(French Journalist and Writer)
13
3
Birthdate: March 21, 1854
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Died: March 31, 1907
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Jean-Paul Enthoven
(French Journalist and Publisher)
13
3
Birthdate: January 11, 1949
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mascara, Algeria
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Robert I Estienne
(French Printer)
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3
Birthdate: 1503 AD
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 7, 1559
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Jérôme Lindon
(French Publisher)
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2
Birthdate: June 9, 1925
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 9, 2001
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Edmond de Goncourt
(French Writer, Literary Critic, Art Critic, Book Publisher and the Founder of the 'Académie Goncourt')
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2
Birthdate: May 26, 1822
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nancy, France
Died: July 16, 1896
Edmond de Goncourt was a French writer, book publisher, art critic, and literary critic. He is credited with founding the popular French literary organization, the Goncourt Literary Society. Between 1856 and 1875, he published essays on 18th-century art, which helped revive appreciation for the Late Baroque.
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Marcel Boussac
(French Entrepreneur)
10
2
Birthdate: April 17, 1889
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Châteauroux, France
Died: March 21, 1980
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Maurice Girodias
(French Publisher)
10
2
Birthdate: April 12, 1919
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 3, 1990
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Christophe Plantin
(French Book Printer, Publisher, and Renaissance Humanist)
9
2
Birthdate: 1520 AD
Birthplace: Kingdom of France
Died: July 1, 1589
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Étienne Dolet
(French Printer, Scholar, and Translator)
9
2
Birthdate: August 3, 1509
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Orléans, France
Died: August 3, 1546
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Jean-Luc Lagardère
(French Businessman)
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2
Birthdate: February 10, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Aubiet, France
Died: March 14, 2003
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Charles Forbes René de Montalembert
(Publicist)
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2
Birthdate: April 15, 1810
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England
Died: March 13, 1870
Charles Forbes René de Montalembert was a French publicist and historian. He was the Count of Montalembert, Deux-Sèvres. Born into a prominent family, he was educated at the Collège Sainte-Barbe in Paris. He was a liberal and wished to see the Church free from the control of the state. He was an eloquent orator and a prolific writer.
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Pierre Attaingnant
(French Music Publisher)
8
2
Birthdate: 1494 AD
Birthplace: France
Died: 1552 AD
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Henri II Estienne
(French Classical Scholar and Printer)
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2
Birthdate: 1528 AD
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1598 AD
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Laure Adler
(Journalist, TV and Radio Producer, Publisher, and Writer)
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1
Birthdate: March 11, 1950
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Caen, France
Laure Adler is a French journalist, TV and radio producer, publisher, and writer. Over the course of her writing career, Adler has written several biographies and numerous essays. Laure Adler achieved popularity as a radio and TV figure when she began interviewing famous personalities like Pierre Vital Georges Bergé, Francis George Steiner, and Pierre de Bénouville.
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Émile de Girardin
(French Politician, Journalist, and Publisher)
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1
Birthdate: June 22, 1802
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 27, 1881
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Gaston Gallimard
(French Publisher)
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1
Birthdate: January 18, 1881
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 25, 1975
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Jean Cayrol
(French Publisher, Poet, and Writer)
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1
Birthdate: June 6, 1910
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bordeaux, France
Died: February 10, 2005
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André Schiffrin
(French-American Socialist, Author, and Publisher)
7
1
Birthdate: June 14, 1935
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 1, 2013
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Richard Pynson
(British-French Printer )
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1
Birthdate: 1448 AD
Birthplace: Normandy, France
Died: 1529 AD
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Simon de Colines
(Parisian Printer, Editor, and Publisher)
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1
Birthdate: 1480 AD
Birthplace: Gentilly, France
Died: 1546 AD
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Beatus Rhenanus
(German Classical Scholar, Humanist, Religious Reformer, and Book Collector)
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1
Birthdate: August 22, 1485
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Sélestat, France
Died: July 20, 1547
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Robert Hersant
(French Newspaper Mogul)
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Birthdate: January 30, 1920
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vertou, France
Died: April 21, 1996
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Louis-Christophe-François Hachette
(French Publisher)
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Birthdate: May 5, 1800
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rethel, France
Died: July 31, 1864
