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Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, marquise de Montespan
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Born October 5, 1641 • France
Died May 27, 1707 or May 28, 1707 • France
Role In Affair of the Poisons
Marie-Madeleine-Marguérite d’Aubray, marquise de Brinvilliers
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Olympe Mancini, comtesse de Soissons
Italian-French noble
Alfred-Guillaume-Gabriel, Count d’Orsay
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Édouard Michelin
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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
French aviator
Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
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André Siegfried
French political scientist
Charles-Marie Vanel
French actor
Étienne-Marcel Decroux
French mime
Henri Toutin
French artist
Thomas Bangalter
French musician
Jérôme Tharaud
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Christian Lacroix
French fashion designer
Louis Chantereau Le Febvre
French historian
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
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Auguste Lumière
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Serge Klarsfeld
French political activist
Louis-Alexandre Chatrian
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Jacques Caffiéri
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Catherine Arnauld
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