LOCATION

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

Population:
518,316 (1999 census)

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Pierre Corneille	Playwright	6-Jun-1606	1-Oct-1684	Le Cid
Marcel Dupré	Organist	3-May-1886	30-May-1971	French organist and composer
King Edward IV	Royalty	28-Apr-1442	9-Apr-1483	King of England, 1461-83
Gustave Flaubert	Novelist	12-Dec-1821	8-May-1880	Realist novelist, Madame Bovary
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle	Author	11-Feb-1657	9-Jan-1757	Nouveaux Dialogues des Morts
François Hollande	Politician	12-Aug-1954		President of France
Maurice Leblanc	Novelist	11-Dec-1864	6-Nov-1941	Creator of Arsène Lupin
Charles Nicolle	Scientist	21-Sep-1866	28-Feb-1936	Found that lice transmit typhus
Isaac Oliver	Painter	c. 1556	2-Oct-1617	English miniature painter
Jacques Rivette	Film Director	1-Mar-1928	29-Jan-2016	La Belle Noiseuse
Philippe Torreton	Actor	13-Oct-1965		It All Starts Today

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lord Clarendon	Government	18-Feb-1609	9-Dec-1674	The Clarendon Code
Joan of Arc	Military	6-Jan-1412	30-May-1431	Maid of Orleans, burned at the stake
William the Conqueror	Royalty	c. 1027	9-Sep-1087	Invaded, conquered England in 1066

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