LOCATION

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

Population:
339,000 (2004 estimate)

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Henry Cavendish	Chemist	10-Oct-1731	24-Feb-1810	Discovered hydrogen
José Eber	Business	?		Hair stylist to the stars
René Lefèvre	Actor	7-Mar-1898	4-May-1991	The Million
André Masséna	Military	6-May-1758	4-Apr-1817	Napoleon's greatest marshal
Michèle Mercier	Actor	1-Jan-1939		Angélique, Marquise des Anges
Henri Poincaré	Mathematician	29-Apr-1854	17-Jul-1912	Poincaré Conjecture
Maurice Ronet	Actor	13-Apr-1927	14-Mar-1983	Elevator to the Gallows
Christian Wolff	Composer	8-Mar-1934		Burdocks

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alexander Berkman	Anarchist	21-Nov-1870	28-Jun-1936	A.B.C. of Anarchism
Bruce Chatwin	Author	13-May-1940	18-Jan-1989	In Patagonia
Isadora Duncan	Dancer	27-May-1877	14-Sep-1927	Mother of modern dance
Fromental Halévy	Composer	27-May-1799	17-Mar-1862	La Juive
Frank Harris	Author	14-Feb-1856	26-Aug-1931	My Life and Loves
René Lefèvre	Actor	7-Mar-1898	4-May-1991	The Million
Maurice Maeterlinck	Playwright	29-Aug-1862	6-May-1949	Pelléas et Mélisande
Henri Matisse	Painter	31-Dec-1869	3-Nov-1954	Free, expressive French painter
W. Somerset Maugham	Novelist	25-Jan-1874	16-Dec-1965	Of Human Bondage
Niccolo Paganini	Violinist	27-Oct-1782	27-May-1840	Italian violinist and composer
Viviane Romance	Actor	4-Jul-1912	25-Sep-1991	Any Number Can Win

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