HONOR

French award given to students by competitive examination.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Georges Bizet	Composer	25-Oct-1838	3-Jun-1875	Carmen
Adolphe-William Bouguereau	Painter	30-Nov-1835	19-Aug-1905	The Abduction of Psyche
Gustave Charpentier	Composer	25-Jun-1860	18-Feb-1956	Louise
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers	Sculptor	12-Mar-1789	4-Jan-1856	Sculpted pediment of the Panthéon
Jacques-Louis David	Painter	30-Aug-1748	29-Dec-1825	French Neoclassical painter
Claude Debussy	Composer	22-Aug-1862	25-Mar-1918	French Impressionist composer
Alan Dugan	Poet	12-Feb-1923	3-Sep-2003	Poems
Marcel Dupré	Organist	3-May-1886	30-May-1971	French organist and composer
Jean-Honoré Fragonard	Painter	5-Apr-1732	22-Aug-1806	The Swing
Charles Gounod	Composer	17-Jun-1818	18-Oct-1893	Faust
Fromental Halévy	Composer	27-May-1799	17-Mar-1862	La Juive
Anthony Hecht	Poet	16-Jan-1923	20-Oct-2004	The Hard Hours
Jean-Antoine Houdon	Sculptor	20-Mar-1741	15-Jul-1828	French Rococo sculptor
Jacques Ibert	Composer	15-Aug-1890	5-Feb-1962	Escales
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres	Painter	29-Aug-1780	14-Jan-1867	Odalisque
Jules Massenet	Composer	12-May-1842	13-Aug-1912	Manon
Louis Simpson	Poet	27-Mar-1923		At The End of the Open Road

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