Charles, duc d’Orléans: Quick Facts

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French musician

Louis Chantereau Le Febvre

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George de Benneville

American religious leader

Charles-Marie Vanel

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Pierre Ayraut

French jurist

Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie

French geographer

Catherine Arnauld

French nun

Nicolas-Sébastien Adam

French sculptor

Alfred-Guillaume-Gabriel, Count d’Orsay

French noble

François Furet

French historian

Jérôme Tharaud

French writer

Henri Toutin

French artist

Auguste Lumière

French inventor

Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier

French aviator

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier

French aviator

Édouard Michelin

French industrialist

François Didot

French printer and bookseller

Caresse Crosby

French poet and publisher

Charles Couperin

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