Montrouge Cemetery

The Montrouge cemetery is a cemetery belonging to the town of Montrouge, but geographically located in the south of the 14th arrondissement of Paris, bordering the boulevard périphérique.

While the most visited grave is that of Coluche, there are many other graves of interest[1] and a crypt.

Some personalities buried in the cemetery
Entrance of the cemetery
View of the northern part of the cemetery
View of the south dominated by the tomb of Maurice Arnoux
Coluche's grave, always flowery
GraveNameDatesDésignation
Maurice Arnoux1895–1940aviator
Odile Astié1941–1980first French stunt woman
Michel Audiard1920–1985dialoguist, screenwriter and director
Jurgis Baltrušaitis1873–1944Lithuanian symbolist poet and translator
Émile Bégin1802–1888physician and historian
István Beöthy1897–1961sculptor and architect of Hungarian origin
Georges Biscot1886–1945actor and singer
Eugénie Buffet1866–1934singer of music hall
Cécile Cerf
Marcel Cerf		1916–1973
1911–2010		Resistant
historian
Pierre Clerget1875–1943engineer and inventor
Coluche1944–1986comedian and actor
René Crevel1900–1935surrealist writer and poet
Gabriel Cromer1873–1934photographer and collector
Georges Cusin1902–1964stage and film actor
Jules Déchin1869–1947statuary (buried with his stepfather Louis Noël)
Emmanuel Dolivet1854–1910sculptor
Maurice Escande1892–1973stage and film actor
Félix Fourdrain1880–1923organist and composer
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes1932–2007physicist, Collège de France faculty, Nobel prize
Gustave Geffroy1855–1926journalist, art critic, historian and novelist
Henri Ginoux1909–1994mayor of Montrouge
Albert Kazimirski de Biberstein1808–1887orientalist of Polish origin
Grégory Ken1947–1996singer
Alphonse Kirchhoffer1873–1913foil fencing master
Georges Kirsch1892–1969aviator and test pilot
Ernest La Jeunesse1874–1917journalist and drama critic
Lina Margy1914–1973singer
Jacques Paul Migne (called Abbé Migne)1800–1875priest and publisher (buried in the crypt)
Germaine Montero1909–2000comedian and singer
Henri Mouillefarine1910–1994racing cyclist
Dimitri Navachine1889-1937Russian politician and economist
Louis Noël1839-1925sculptor (buried with his son in law Jules Déchin)
Charles Pélissier1903–1959racing cyclist
Henri Queffélec1910–1992writer
Lucien Rosengart1881–1976car manufacturer
Albert Simonin1905–1980writer and scriptwriter
Nicolas de Staël1914–1955painter of Russian origin
André Tollet1913–2001union leader

References
  1. Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs – Montrouge (92) : cimetières, sur landrucimetieres.fr. Consulté le 16 février 2013.
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