Jesús Fernández Duro, born 1878 in
La Felguera (Spain), died 1906 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, noted flyer, received the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
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Pierre Etchebaster
Pierre Etchebaster (8 December 1893 – 24 March 1980) was a French real tennis player, (in French ''jeu de paume''), the original racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis is descended.
Life
Born in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France, a Ba ...
, born 1893 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz died 1980, seven times
Real Tennis
Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (also called "lawn tennis") is derived. It is also known as court tennis in the United Sta ...
World Champion;
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Louis Paulhan
Isidore Auguste Marie Louis Paulhan (; 19 July 1883 – 10 February 1963), was a French aviator. He is known for winning the first ''Daily Mail'' aviation prize for the first flight between London and Manchester in 1910.
Biography
Paulhan was b ...
, born 1883 in
Pézenas
Pézenas (; Languedocien: ''Pesenàs'') is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Name
The name "Pézenas" is derived from the older name ''Piscenae'', probably from the Latin word ''piscenis'', meanin ...
died 1963 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a French aviation pioneer;
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Jean Sébédio, born 1890 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz died 1951 in
Carcassonne
Carcassonne (, also , , ; ; la, Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the department.
Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the Aud ...
, French rugby player who played for Tarbes and the French national side
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André Pavlovsky, born 1891 in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
died 1961 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, was a famous French architect;
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Ramiro Arrue, born 1892 in
Bilbao
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(Spain) died 1971 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a painter, illustrator, and ceramic designer whose work celebrated Basque culture;
;20th century
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Julio Urquijo Ibarra, born 1871 in
Deusto
Deusto, also known as Deustu in Basque and formerly known as ''San Pedro de Deusto'', is one of the eight districts of Bilbao,
(Spain). It is located on the right side of the Bilbao estuary, in the northwestern part of the city and bordering t ...
died 1950 in
San Sebastián
San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It lies on the coast of the ...
, Basque linguist
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René Lacoste
Jean René Lacoste was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" because of how he dealt with his opponents; he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929, and e ...
, born 1904 in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
died 1996 à Saint-Jean-de-Luz, French tennis champion;
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José Antonio Aguirre, born 1904 in
Bilbao
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, died 1960 in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
buried in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, leading Basque politician and political figure;
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William Biehn, born
Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand ...
in 1911 and died in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in 1997 a painter specialising in Orientalist art;
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Michel Etcheverry
Michel Etcheverry (16 December 1919 – 30 March 1999) was a French actor. First a teacher, he was fired in 1941 for refusing to make the Maréchal children sing, here we come! . He began his career in the theater as a stage manager, then joined ...
, born 1919 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz died 1999 in Paris, French actor;
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Jean Diharce, born 1920 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a Basque poet with the pseudonym ''Iratzeder''
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Marie Sabouret
Marie Sabouret (31 January 1924 – 23 July 1960) was a French stage and film actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or i ...
, born 1924 in
La Rochelle
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died 1960 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a French actress
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Franz Duboscq, born 1924 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, French politician
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Jacques Pavlovsky, born 1931 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a French photographer
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Charles Ducasse, born 1932 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a French footballer;
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Philippe Ogouz, born 1939 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, French actor and director
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Miguel Boyer
Miguel Boyer (5 February 1939 – 29 September 2014) was a Spanish economist and politician, who served as minister of economy, treasury and commerce from 1982 to 1985.
Early life and education
Boyer was born in St. Jean de Luz, France, on 5 F ...
, born 1939 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, economist and Spanish politician;
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Michèle Alliot-Marie, born 1946 in
Villeneuve-le-Roi
Villeneuve-le-Roi () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. The early 19th-century French orientalist Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1780–1831) was born in Villeneuve-le-Roi on the boat that ...
, French politician who was Mayor of Saint-Jean-de-Luz from 1995 to 2002;
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André Darrieussecq, born 1947 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a French rugby player who played for Saint-Jean-de-Luz Olympique Rugby and the French national side;
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Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian, born 1961 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, author of the famous French book series about heroine ''Tara Duncan'', followed by young people and translated into many languages;
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Jean-Marie Ecay
Jean-Marie is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Jean-Marie Abgrall (born 1950), a French psychiatrist, criminologist, specialist in forensic medicine, cult expert, and graduate in criminal law
* Jean-Marie C ...
, born 1962 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, guitarist;
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Laurence Ostolaza, born 1967 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, television journalist
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Zacarias Moussaoui (born 1968), terrorist convicted in
September 11 attacks
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Bixente Lizarazu
Bixente Jean-Michel Lizarazu (, born 9 December 1969) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left back for Bordeaux and Bayern Munich, among other teams. He also had 97 caps for the France national team.
In a twelve-year ...
, born 1969 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, French footballer and a winner of a World Cup with the French national side in 1998;
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Anne-Sophie Lapix
Anne-Sophie Lapix (born 29 April 1972 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is a French journalist and television presenter mainly for the French news program on France 2. She used to deputise for Claire Chazal, presenting the evening n ...
, born 1972 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, journalist and French TV presenter;
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Sandrine Mendiburu
Sandrine Mendiburu (born 15 October 1972) is a retired French people, French professional golfer.
In 1999 Mendiburu recorded back-to-back wins on the Ladies European Tour, winning the Donegal Irish Ladies' Open in a four-way a playoff and Ladies ...
, born 1973 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, professional golfer
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Frédéric Aranzueque-Arrieta, born 1975 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, author and essayist writing about Franco-Spanish affairs;
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Yoan Anthian, born 1979 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a rugby player who has represented the Armenian national side;
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Patxi Garat Patxi is a male given name in the Basque language area in northern Spain and south-west France, but more commonly a nickname for those officially named Francisco (or François in the French zone, ultimately cognates of Francis); the original Basque ...
, born 1981 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a French author, writer and performer discovered on the French TV version of Star Academy
Points of interest
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Jardin botanique littoral Paul Jovet
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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Jean-de-Luz
See also
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Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
The following is a list of the 546 communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[The works of Maxime Real del Sarte
This article is a list of public sculptures designed by Maxime Real del Sarte.
War Memorials using the composition entitled "Je t'ai cherché"
The plaster model entitled "Je t'ai cherché" was first exhibited in 1920 at the Salon des Artistes F ...]
References
External links
Tourist office websiteLe Festival International des Jeunes Réalisateurs
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Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Fishing communities
Port cities and towns on the French Atlantic coast