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Mélanie Thierry was born on 17 July 1981 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. She is an actress and director, known for The Zero Theorem (2013), Da 5 Bloods (2020) and Babylon A.D. (2008).

Claude Debussy was born in St. Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, France. His father was a salesman and kept a china shop. His mother was a seamstress. Some traumatizing events in his childhood caused him a depression and he never spoke about his early years. Later he could not compose without having his favorite porcelain frog.

Debussy's piano teacher, Mme. Maute, had been a student of Frédéric Chopin. She sent Debussy to the Paris Conservatory, where he studied from 1872-84 with César Franck, Ernest Guiraud and others. He lived at the castle of Nadezhda von Meck and taught her children. She was a wealthy patroness of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and eventually Debussy played all pieces by Tchaikovsky in addition to other classical repertoire. She also took Debussy on trips to Venice, Vienna and Moscow. In Vienna he heard "Tristan und Isolde" by Richard Wagner and later admitted that it had influenced him for a number of years.

Debussy won the Prix de Rome twice--in 1883 and 1884--and the money covered his studies at the Villa de Medici in Rome for the next four years. In Rome he met Franz Liszt and Giuseppe Verdi and heard more of Wagner's music, which made a strong impression on him. In 1888 and 1889 he went to listen to yet more of Wagner's music at the Bayreuth Festspiehaus. There he was very impressed by "Parsifal" and other of Wagner's works. He used the Wagnerian chromaticism for upgrades to his own tonal harmony in "Cinq poems de Baudelaire" (1889).

Debussy became influenced by the impressionist poets and artists in the circle of Stéphane Mallarmé. In 1890 he wrote his most famous music collection for piano, "Suite bergamasque", containing "Clair de Lune". His "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" (1892) continued the most productive 20-year period in his life. He composed orchestral "Nocturnes", "La Mer", "Images" (1899-1909), and the intricate ballet "Jeux" (1912) for "Ballets Russes" of Sergei Diaghilev. He was fascinated with Maurice Maeterlinck's play "Pelleas et Melisande", which inspired him to compose the eponymous symbolist opera which was praised by Paul Dukas and Maurice Ravel.

In 1908 Debussy married singer Emma Bardac after they had a daughter, Claude-Emma. Debussy called her Chou-Chou and composed for her the collection of piano pieces "Children's Corner Suite" (1909). His piano masterpiece "Preludes" were composed in 1910-1913. The twelve preludes of the first book are alluding to Frédéric Chopin, with more provocative harmonies, especially the "La Cathedrale Engloutie". In the second book of twelve preludes Debussy explored avant-garde, with deliciously dissonant harmonies and mysterious images.

The beginning of WW I and the onset of cancer depressed Debussy. He left unfinished opera, ballets and two pieces after stories by Edgar Allan Poe that later were completed by his assistants. He died on March 25, 1918, in Paris.

Lannick Gautry was born on 3 March 1976 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. He is an actor, known for The Gilded Cage (2013), District 13: Ultimatum (2009) and Rogue City (2020).

Héléna Soubeyrand was born on 4 November 1984 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. She is an actress, known for Taken (2008), Borgia (2011) and Parents d'élèves (2020).

French novelist, screenwriter and film director. He grew up in Cannes (France), where he shot his first short films and was involved in theatre. After graduating in political science, he started working as a screenwriter before writing his first feature Dead End (2003) in English. He made his directorial debut in LA, and has written scripts in both English and French.

Steve Tran was born on 22 April 1985 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. He is an actor, known for So Woman! (2009), Fountain of Youth (2025) and Leila (2010).

Jaque Catelain was born on 9 February 1897 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France. He was an actor and director, known for La galerie des monstres (1924), L'inhumaine (1924) and The Secret Spring (1923). He was married to Suzanne Catelain. He died on 5 March 1965 in Paris, France.

André Cheron was born on 24 August 1880 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France. He was an actor, known for One Hour with You (1932), The Fighting Demon (1925) and Navy Secrets (1939). He died on 26 January 1952 in San Francisco, California, USA.

Arlette Gilbert was born on 24 December 1926 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. She was an actress, known for Au théâtre ce soir (1966), L'ami Maupassant (1986) and La caméra explore le temps (1957). She died on 12 July 2019 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France.

Amélie Mauresmo is a French former world No. 1 tennis player and tournament director. Mauresmo won two major singles titles at the 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships, and also won the silver medal in singles at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Mauresmo first attained the top ranking on 13 September 2004, holding it for five weeks on that occasion. She was known for her powerful one-handed backhand and strong net play. She officially announced her retirement from professional tennis on 3 December 2009, ending a career of 15 years. The following year, she started coaching several WTA and ATP players, including Andy Murray.

Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 - 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis Le Grand) or the Sun King (Le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in history. Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the age of absolutism in Europe, the King surrounded himself with a variety of significant political, military and cultural figures, such as Mazarin, Colbert, Louvois, the Grand Condé, Turenne, Vauban, Boulle, Molière, Racine, Boileau, La Fontaine, Lully, Charpentier, Marais, DE Lalande, Le Brun, Rigaud, Bossuet, Le Vau, Mansart, Charles Perrault, Claude Perrault and Le Nôtre.

Cécile Magnet was born on 9 September 1958 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. She was an actress, known for Joan of Arc, the Power and the Innocence (1989), Tom et Lola (1990) and Hôtel de police (1985). She died on 4 September 2021 in Cachan, Val-de-Marne, France.

Karen Chéryl was born on 19 July 1955 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France. She is an actress, known for J'ai rencontré le Père Noël (1984), Choice of Arms (1981) and Cluedo (1993).

Pierre Douglas was born on 17 August 1941 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France. He is an actor, known for Sous le soleil (1996), Fantômas (1980) and The Lookout (2012).

Robert Hommet was born on 22 April 1909 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France. He was an actor, known for Le client du numéro 16 (1933), La dernière berceuse (1931) and Sextette (1948). He died on 10 March 1958 in Paris, France.

Pascal Nègre was born on 4 August 1961 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France. He is an executive and producer, known for -M- en rêvalité au cinéma (2023), Jamel... en vrai! (2002) and Lancelot: Madame (2024).

Ivan Fegyveres was born on 13 June 1973 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. He is an assistant director and director, known for La Forêt des disparus (2022), Section Zéro (2016) and Blood Coast (2023).

Elizabeth Strong Cuevas was born on 22 January 1929 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. She was an actress, known for The Last Days of Disco (1998) and Strong-Cuevas Sculpture II: I Like to Be Awed (2021). She was married to Joel Carmichael and Hubert Faure. She died on 19 March 2023 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

José Artur was born on 20 May 1927 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France. He was an actor, known for La dame de chez Maxim (2008), Mr. Orchid (1946) and Les gosses mènent l'enquête (1947). He was married to Marie-Christine and Colette Castel. He died on 24 January 2015 in Paris, France.

Tennessee Maquignon was born on 29 January 2001 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. She is an actress, known for Pleurer des larmes d'enfance (2015), Café de Flore (2011) and La haie d'épine (2007).

Colette Borelli was born on 2 September 1923 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. She was an actress, known for Saint Theresa of Lisieux (1938), The Pearls of the Crown (1937) and Paris (1937). She died on 25 May 1997 in Dinard, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.

Édouard Bourdet was born on 26 October 1887 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France. He was a writer and actor, known for Vient de paraître (1949), Fric-Frac (1939) and Hyménée (1947). He was married to Denise Bourdet and Catherine Pozzi. He died on 17 January 1945 in Paris, France.

Olivier Alain was born on 3 August 1918 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. He was a composer, known for L'athlète aux mains nues (1952) and Grâce à la musique (1979). He died on 28 February 1994 in Paris, France.

Marion Maréchal Le Pen was born on 10 December 1989 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.

Isabelle Duverger is an award winning French interdisciplinary artist born in St Germain En Laye, France. She has a Masters Degree in Communication and Arts Management from the Audencia Nantes, France and ASB, Aarhus, Denmark and is also a graduate of the Estienne School of Art in graphic communications in Paris. Her expertise is in animation and projection mapping, and she works between New York and Europe. For the past nine years, she has been working as projection designer and illustrator/animator for theater plays such as the theater festival Inspiracion (Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, NYC, 2008), the multimedia plays La Jaula Bajo El Trapo (King Juan Carlos Center of NYU, NYC, 2008), Playing Equality (NYC, 2009 and Valencia, Spain, 2010), Mapping Mobius (La Mama Theater, NYC, 2010), Road to Happiness (Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC, 2011), Garden of Delights" (Theater for the New City, NYC, 2012), Cosmicomics, by Italo Calvino (Dixon Place, NYC, 2014), Night by Charles Mee, (Theater For the New City, NYC, 2015), Ronensbourgh by Beatriz Cabur (IATI theater, NYC, 2015), Emilie by Radegund Hain (TNC, 2015), Sincronizada by Mar Gómez Glez (Teatro Del Canal, Festival Talent Madrid Finalist, 2016), in collaboration with filmmaker and video-artist Laia Cabrera. As a visual artist, she has created drawing animations, still photography and illustrations for video-art pieces by Laia Cabrera such as Is there an edge of Belief? (Jaen Femenino, Spain 2009 - Biennale of Art of Venezuela, Merida, 2010), the video-performance-concert Walk-Pasa-Bouge (New York - Brussels, 2009-2011), the installation-performances Claim Your Place (Centro Español NYC - Tournefeuille, France, 2010), Shifting Gaze (Spain Art Fest '10, Times Square, New York, 2010, Region Ø, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center of NYU, 2011 and Georgetown Glow Festival, Washington DC, 2016), Resonant Streams (The Value of Water series in the Cathedral Saint John The Divine in New York, 2011), and the virtual set for the performance Landscapes of the Soul (La Mama, October 2012). She also designed projection mappings such as Untitled Mind, a video-dance piece by Laia Cabrera, implemented as an indoor/outdoor video and sound installation in Nuit Blanche-Art All Night (Washington DC, 2013), a one-year video installation with Mapping for the Pop-Up Store Pikolinos in the Meatpacking district (NYC, 2013), the visual concert Aire presented at the Tempietto di Bramante Roma, Italy, 2014, Art All Night Washington DC, 2015, and in Poughkeepsie, 2016... Recent animation works include Telly Award winner "Jim", Communicator Award winner "Patient Portal", NYIT nominee "Distance to the moon" as part of Cosmicomics multimedia play, the opening and closing credits drawings and animations for feature film "White Alligator", "City In Motion" curated by Reebok Creative Lab, Beefsteak animations "Stop the Hangry" and "Vegetable Unleashed" ... Isabelle Duverger is a three-time New York Innovative Theater Awards nominee for Outstanding Innovative Design (Projection Design, Video-Art and Animations) in 2015 for "Night" at the Theater for the New City, in 2014 for "Cosmicomics" at Dixon Place, and in 2013 for "Garden of Delights" at the Theater for the New City, 2013, and 2015 NYIT award winner for "Night" Outstanding Performance Art Production with the New Stage Theatre Company. She is also the recipient of the AVA digital Awards 2013, Telly Awards 2013 and Communicator Awards 2014 for best Animations, Telly Awards 2014 for Outstanding Art Direction and Telly Awards 2016 for Outstanding Directing.