I've highlighted some of the most famous people buried at Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Here are some more you might want to look for when you visit Père-Lachaise:

—Jane Avril, French Can Can dancer and Montmartre star

—Writer Honoré de Balzac

— Alexandre Brongniart, architect of Père-Lachaise

—Jean de Brunoff, author of the Babar stories

— Jean-François Champollion, Egyptologist who deciphered hieroglyphics

—French novelist Colette

— Eugène Delacroix, painter

—American dancer Isadora Duncan

—Max Ernst, German artist

—André Gill, caricaturist of Montmartre

—Painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

— René Lalique, glass artist and designer

— Marie Laurencin, painter, contemporary of Picasso and Apollinaire

— Ferdinand de Lesseps, diplomat, designer of Suez Canal

—French Resistance leader Jean Moulin (his ashes were transferred to the Panthéon in 1964)

—Composer Francis Poulenc

— Georges Seurat, Impressionist painter

—Actress Simone Signoret (with Yves Montand)

—American author Gertrude Stein (with Alice B. Toklas)

— Louis Visconti, architect (Louvre and Napoléon's tomb)

It's an impressive list, and only the beginning. Start planning your visit to Père-Lachaise to see these beautiful monuments and this lovely park!

Métro: Gambetta (recommended) or Père-Lachaise

Père-Lachaise Cemetery website

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