LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.mairie-lyon.fr/

Population:
468,300 (2004 estimate)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Lyon

OPERA

Opera	Founded
Opéra de Lyon	1831

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
André-Marie Ampère	Physicist	22-Jan-1775	10-Jun-1836	Explored electromagnetism
David Charvet	Actor	15-May-1972		Matt Brody on Baywatch
Claudius	Royalty	1-Aug-10 BC	13-Oct-54 AD	Roman Emperor, 41-54 AD
Natalie Dessay	Singer	19-Apr-1965		Coloratura soprano
Joseph-Marie Jacquard	Inventor	7-Jul-1752	7-Aug-1834	Jacquard loom
Jean-Michel Jarre	Electronic Musician	24-Aug-1948		Oxygene and Equinoxe
Maurice Jarre	Composer	13-Sep-1924	29-Mar-2009	Score to Lawrence of Arabia
Jean Martinon	Conductor	10-Jan-1910	1-Mar-1976	Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1963-68
Louis Néel	Physicist	22-Nov-1904	17-Nov-2000	Magnetic properties of solids
Christine Pascal	Actor	29-Nov-1953	30-Aug-1996	Let Joy Reign Supreme
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	Author	29-Jun-1900	31-Jul-1944	The Little Prince
Louis Gabriel Suchet	Military	2-Mar-1770	3-Jan-1826	Napoleonic General
Bertrand Tavernier	Film Director	25-Apr-1941		'Round Midnight
Jean-Claude Trichet	Business	20-Dec-1942		President, European Central Bank
Charles-Marie Widor	Composer	21-Feb-1844	12-Mar-1937	Toccata

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Georges d'Amboise	Religion	1460	25-May-1510	Prime Minister under Louis XII
Klaus Barbie	Government	25-Oct-1913	25-Sep-1991	The Butcher of Lyon
Marie-François-Xavier Bichat	Doctor	11-Nov-1771	22-Jul-1802	Anatomie générale
Victor Grignard	Chemist	6-May-1871	13-Dec-1935	Grignard Reaction
Irenaeus	Religion	c. 130 AD	c. 200 AD	Ante-Nicene theologian
Auguste Lumière	Inventor	19-Oct-1862	10-Apr-1954	Co-Inventor of motion pictures
Bonaventure des Périers	Poet	1500	1544	Nouvelles récréations
Moana Pozzi	Pornstar	27-Apr-1961	15-Sep-1994	Backdoor Summer 2

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