Meudon
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Meudon is a municipality in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is in the département of Hauts-de-Seine. It is located 9.1 km from the center of Paris.
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Personalities
- Madame de Pompadour lived in the Chateau de Bellevue, built for her by Louis XV in 1750; it was demolished in 1823.
- Rodin's villa des Brillants, now a museum of his art, is located here, as is his grave.
- Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia lived here in exile in Château Sans-Souci (in Bellevue), from 1920.
- Richard Wagner was a resident (No. 27 Av. du Château), and here composed The Flying Dutchman.
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline lived here until his death, and is buried in Bas Meudon.
- Painter May Alcott lived here until her death.
- The artist Jean Metzinger lived and works in Meudon from around 1911, during the crucial years of Cubism (i.e., at its outset).
- The painter Gwen John lived in Meudon from 1911 until just before her death in 1939.
- Artists Jean Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp were resident here from 1929-1940. Their neighbours were the artist and architect Theo van Doesburg and his wife Nelly.
- The town has a monument to Rabelais who died here as canon of Meudon, where he held the benefice from 1551-1552.
- Charle-Michel Marle, mathematician, born in 1934, has lived in Meudon since 1970.
- Jean-Luc Marion was born in 1946.
- Clémence Poésy, French actress best known for her portrayal of Fleur Delacour in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie.
- Lionel Jospin, former France prime minister was born here.
- André Kertész, photographer legend, took a famous photo of the train viaduct in Meudon.
- Marcel Dupré, perhaps the most famous French organist of the 20th century, lived and worked in Meudon. He transformed his home into a small concert hall; the current owners of the home still hold public concerts there.
- Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, footballer
- Gregoire Defrel, footballer
- Souleymane Doukara, footballer
- Adama Soumare, footballer
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See also
- Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department
- A statue of François Rabelais by Georges Saupique stands in front of the Meudon town hall. François Rabelais was the parish priest of Meudon from 1551 to 1553
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