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Born 1239
Died 1305 (aged 66) • Lyon • France
John IV
duke of Brittany [1340–1399]
Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, duke de Mercoeur
French prince
Charles of Blois
Charles
duke of Brittany
John V
duke of Brittany [1389-1442]
John
duke of Brittany [died 1345]
Peter II
duke of Brittany
John III
duke of Brittany
Auguste Lumière
French inventor
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
French chemist
Serge Klarsfeld
French political activist
Alfred-Guillaume-Gabriel, Count d’Orsay
French noble
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
French aviator
Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
French aviator
Édouard Michelin
French industrialist
André Siegfried
French political scientist
Étienne-Marcel Decroux
French mime
Louis Chantereau Le Febvre
French historian
Jérôme Tharaud
French writer
Henri Toutin
French artist
Charles-Marie Vanel
French actor