09 Iulie 2012;<br />Births;<br />The birthplace of Victor Hugo in Besançon<br />Besançon was the birthplace of:<br />Claude Goudimel (1510–1572) – Musician, Teacher of Palestrina. Composer of the music for Protestant hymns<br />Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517–1586) – Cardinal, statesman and humanist. Counsellor of Charles V, Viceroy of Naples<br />Jean-Baptiste Besard (1567-1625?) - Lawyer, Doctor of Medicine and Composer for the Lute<br />Jean Mairet (1604–1686) – Dramatist<br />Charles Fourier (1772–1837) – Inventor of socialist "phalansteries" (vast communal buildings surrounded by a highly cultivated agricultural area)<br />Charles Nodier (1780–1844) – Writer. Leader of the Romantic movement<br />Jean Claude Eugène Péclet (1793–1857) – physicist, gave his name to the Péclet number<br />Victor Hugo (1802–1885) – Writer and poet<br />Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865)- Journalist (Le Peuple) and author of world-renowned anarchist theories<br />Adolphe Braun (1812–1877) - Early photographer<br />Hilaire de Chardonnet (1838–1924) – Inventor of artificial silk<br />Louis-Jean Résal (1854–1920) – Engineer who built the Pont Mirabeau and the Pont Alexandre III in Paris<br />Auguste and Louis Lumière, (1862–1954) and (1864–1948) – Inventors of cinematography<br />Tristan Bernard (1866–1947) – Journalist and Humorist<br />Albert Seitz (1872–1937) – composer and violist<br />Ludovic Arrachart (1897–1933), aviator<br />Jean de Gribaldy (1922–1987) – Professional racing cyclist and directeur sportif<br />Raymond Blanc (1949– ) – Chef<br />Morrade Hakkar (1972– ) – Boxer<br />Gaspard Augé (1979– ) – One half of electro group Justice<br />Cyril Kali footballer<br />Yohann Lasimant footballer<br />Lucien Laurent footballer
