LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.cannes.fr/

Population:
69,700 (2004 estimate)

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas	Chemist	14-Jul-1800	10-Apr-1884	Pioneer of organic chemistry
Conrad Hubert	Business	15-Apr-1856	12-Mar-1928	Flashlights
Jean Marais	Actor	11-Dec-1913	8-Nov-1998	Beauty and the Beast
Prosper Mérimée	Author	28-Sep-1803	23-Sep-1870	Carmen
Jacques Monod	Scientist	9-Feb-1910	31-May-1976	Operon theory of genetic control
Edith Piaf	Singer	19-Dec-1915	11-Oct-1963	Internationally-renowned French chanteuse
Alexis de Tocqueville	Historian	29-Jul-1805	16-Apr-1859	Democracy in America
Terence Young	Film Director	20-Jun-1915	7-Sep-1994	Dr. No

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