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.)

Marguerite LaCressoniere division 12 Pere-Lachaise

Actress.

Eugene Pottier in division 95 Pere-Lachaise - update February 25

Eugene Pottier, buried in division 95 of Pere-Lachaise, authored the lyrics to the "Internationale," the revolutionary socialist song (music by Pierre Degeyter, buried in cemetery of Saint-Denis), not hte "Marseillaise" as I originally posted. The creator of the words of "Marseillaise" is Claude Rouget de l' Isle, who was buried in the cemetery of Choisy-le-Roi before being transferred to the Pantheon.  Thanks to Philippe Landru for the correction!

Jean-Joseph Carries (1855-1894) division 12 Pere-Lachaise

A sculptor, Jean Carries was a noted miniaturist and ceramist. Sculpture by Carries himself.

Detail:

Jean-Antoine Louis Théodore Gericault (1791-1824) division 12 Pere-Lachaise

One of the pioneers of the romantic school of painting in France, Theodore Gericault is perhaps most well-known for his profoundly moving "Raft of the Medusa" (see relief below). Based on one of the most disastrous shipwrecks in the 19th century, the creation of the canvas is a tale all its own and one well-told by Jonathan Smiles in his masterful The Wreck of the Medusa (2007, Atlantic Monthly Press).

Sculpture of Gericault reclining with brush in one hand and his palette in another, was created by Antoine Etex (1808-1888), who is buried in division 8 Montparnasse. 



The statue is surrounded by three bronze bas-reliefs, representing his most well-known work:

"Raft of the Medusa":



"The Charging Chasseur"

Memorial to the Victims of 20 June 1832 division 6 Pere-Lachaise

Erected by the city of Paris, this memorial pays homage to members of the municipal and national guard who perished during the uprising of 20 June 1832.

Their names are listed on the obelisk, largely illegible today, and bodies were interred in the open space in front of memorial:

Pierre Hippolyte Aubert, Francois Michel Bellier, Nicolas Beranger, Jean Cartier, Jacques Louis Leonard Chollet, Charles Joseph Cocquelet, Pierre Condamine, Claude Duc, Henri Fauchier, Joseph Folenfant, Bernard Forest, Pierre Gaultier, Jean Julien Geoffroy, Felix Gilles, Gravet, Pierre Joseph Guenifet, Charles Herera, Jean Francois Hervet, Francois Kolleter, Jean Baptiste Ladroix, Eugene Lavrilliere, Emile Lefort, Louis Victor Lemoine, Jean Lhubert, Jean Louis Lointier, Dominique Morge, Antoine Marquez, Etienne Mathieux, Louis Menard, Jean Moder, Pierre Auguste Mousseau, Francois Munerel, Jean Pargala, Francois Xavier Pernot, Jean Baptiste Honore Prevost, Louis Pussier, Jean Raud, Mathias Reybel, Francois Xavier Sattlair, Dominique Schmitt, Pierre Georges Senegon, Charles Louis Vanherseque, Claude Weber

For more information plus an illustration of the monument circa 1840 see Les Principeaux Monuments Funeraires du Pere-Lachaise, de Montmartre, du Mont-Parnasse et autres Cimetieres de Paris (1840) by Rousseau, Lassalle and Marty.

There seems to be a bit of confusion about this monument. As noted above, Marty et al make it clear it was erected for the victims of 1832, yet more recent sources, particularly in Valverde and Hughes "Le Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise" and in Philippe Landru's exhaustive website, the monument supposedly honors those killed in the 1848 uprising. And Bertrand Beyern writes that the monument honors those killed in 1832, 1834, 1835 and 1848.

A very small but nonetheless perplexing puzzle. . . 

Fernand Arbelot (1880-1942) division 11 Pere-Lachaise

Sculpture in bronze by Adolphe Wansart (1873-1954).

"Ils furent emerveilles du beau voyage
Qui les mena jusqu'au bout de la vie."

"They were filled with wonder at the beautiful voyage
Which carried them until the end of life."