Emile Chataignier division 26 Pere-Lachaise

While details of his life are sketchy, Emile probably died during the Great War. His mother was the painter Anna Chataignier Cabibel.

Clementine Hoffman-Tanska division 26 Pere-Lachaise

Coulson division 26 Pere-Lachaise

Anatole de Montaiglon (1824-1895) division 25 Pere-Lachaise

Anatole Montaiglon (1824-1895) was a French librarian and historian. Death mask sculpture by Francois Sicard (1862-1934).

Sarah Bernhardt division 44 Pere-Lachaise

Dominique Catherine, Comte et Marquis de Perignon (1756-1818) division 24 Pere-Lachaise

Marshal of France and politician and supporter of Napoleon, Dominique Perignon eventually supported the restoration of the Bourbons and Louis XVIII. He also voted for the execution of Marshal Michel Ney (division 29). Bas-relief of military accouterments by Jean-Baptiste-Louis Plantar (1790-1879).

Foure-Muller division 20 Pere-Lachaise

Eugene Spuller division 65

Leon Noel (1844-1913) division 20 Pere-Lachaise

French actor and comedian. For what it's worth, "Leon" is "Noel" spelled backwards and, "Noel" is, well, you get it. Bust by Gustave Deloye.

Francois Vincent Raspail (1794-1878) division 18 Pere-Lachaise

French chemist and republican politician, Francois Raspail was imprisoned during the reign of Louis Philippe (1830-1848) and again shortly after the aborted revolution in 1848. It was while he was in prison that his wife died. Sculpture representing the spirit of his dead wife attempting to visit him in prison is by Antoine Etex, buried in division 8 Montparnasse Cemetery.

Monument aux Morts in division 4 Pere-Lachaise

Created by Paul-Albert Bartholome (1848–1928), who is buried just a few meters away, also in division 4.

Charles-Angélique Comte de La Bedoyere (1786-1815) division 16 Pere-Lachaise

A supporter of Napoleon's return from exile, Charles La Bedoyere was eventually tried for treason and executed by a firing squad in 1815 (as was another supporter, Marshal Ney, buried in division 29).

Georges Rodenbach (1855-1898) division 15 Pere-Lachaise

A Symbolist poet, Georges Rodenbach certainly has one of the more intriguing sculptures in the cemetery. His epitaph reads:

Seigneur, donnez-moidonc cet espoir de revivre
Dans la melancolique eternite du livre

Moliere and La Fontaine in division 25 Pere-Lachaise

Ever since the bodies were removed here in 1817, this has been and still is one of the most popular stops for the flaneur seeking to connect with French history and culture at Pere-Lachaise. Indeed, this is but one of so many graves that draws people from all over the world to Pere-Lachaise. (Although there is distinct possibility that their bones don't actually reside here, but that's a story best left to the cynics.)