Historical figures in Vallauris
The atlas holds 18 people and 36 moments here, from 1815 to 2018. The most recorded lives are Pablo Picasso, Édith Piaf and Akira Kurosawa. Among them Writers, Military Leaders and Performers, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Akira Kurosawa
from 1980 to 1982
2 moments here
Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, editor, and painter. Kurosawa directed 30 feature films between 1943 and 1993, including Rashomon, Seven…
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
in 1931
1 moment here
French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) pioneered airmail flying in Europe, Africa, and South America, wrote works including…
Brigitte Bardot
in 1953
1 moment here
French actress, singer, model, and animal-rights activist. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot became an international film star in the 1950s and 1960s…
Charlie Chaplin
in 1971
1 moment here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Claude Simon
in 1956
1 moment here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Claudia Cardinale
in 2010
1 moment here
Italian-Tunisian actress whose career ranged from postwar Tunis through Italian, French, British, American, and international cinema, as well as…
Édith Piaf
in 1963
3 moments here
French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…
Grace Kelly
in 1955
1 moment here
American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
H. G. Wells
in 1924
1 moment here
Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…
Italo Calvino
in 1940
1 moment here
Italian novelist, short-story writer, editor, journalist, and member of Oulipo. Born in Cuba, raised chiefly in Sanremo, and active across Italy,…
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
in 1944
1 moment here
Central African military officer and politician who seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966, served as president, and proclaimed himself…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1941
1 moment here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Kelly Preston
in 2018
1 moment here
Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress whose career spanned film and television from 1980 to 2020.…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1970
1 moment here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Napoleon Bonaparte
in 1815
1 moment here
French military commander and statesman who rose during the French Revolution, became First Consul in 1799, and ruled as Emperor of the French in…
Olivia de Havilland
from 1953 to 1965
2 moments here
Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…
Pablo Picasso
from 1920 to 1973
15 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Pedro II of Brazil
in 1889
1 moment here
Pedro II (1825–1891) was the second and final emperor of Brazil, reigning from 1831 until the 1889 coup that abolished the monarchy.…
Moments
- 1815 Returns to France at Golfe-Juan Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1889 Settlement in Cannes Pedro II of Brazil
- 1920 First stay at Juan-les-Pins Pablo Picasso
- 1923 Stays at Cap d'Antibes Pablo Picasso
- 1924 Residence at Lou Pidou H. G. Wells
- 1931 Marriage at Grasse Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- 1933 Summer at Cannes and the Majestic Pablo Picasso
- 1936 Resides at Juan-les-Pins with Marie-Thérèse and Maya Pablo Picasso
- 1940 Italian invasion of the French Riviera Italo Calvino
- 1941 Resistance-support journey to the French Riviera Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1944 Operation Dragoon landing Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- 1946 Works at Château Grimaldi Pablo Picasso
- 1946 Visits the Madoura pottery Pablo Picasso
- 1948 Establishes Villa La Galloise Pablo Picasso
- 1953 Cannes Film Festival appearance Brigitte Bardot
- 1953 Cannes Film Festival visit Olivia de Havilland
- 1954 Returns to Vallauris with Jacqueline Pablo Picasso
- 1955 Settles at La Californie Pablo Picasso
- 1955 United States delegation at Cannes Grace Kelly
- 1956 Visit to Picasso at Antibes Claude Simon
- 1957 Paints Las Meninas series at Cannes Pablo Picasso
- 1961 Celebrates his eightieth birthday in Vallauris Pablo Picasso
- 1961 Marries Jacqueline in Vallauris Pablo Picasso
- 1961 Settles at Notre-Dame-de-Vie Pablo Picasso
- 1963 Move to La Gatounière near Mougins Édith Piaf
- 1963 Final move to Plascassier Édith Piaf
- 1963 Death at Plascassier Édith Piaf
- 1965 President of the Cannes Film Festival jury Olivia de Havilland
- 1968 Urgent museum meeting at Mougins Pablo Picasso
- 1970 President of Cannes Film Festival jury Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1971 Honoured at Cannes Film Festival Charlie Chaplin
- 1973 Dies at Notre-Dame-de-Vie Pablo Picasso
- 1980 Palme d'Or ceremony for Kagemusha Akira Kurosawa
- 1982 Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony Akira Kurosawa
- 2010 The Leopard screening at Cannes Claudia Cardinale
- 2018 Cannes Film Festival appearance Kelly Preston