WYves Carcelle was a French businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of the LVMH subsidiary Louis Vuitton. He served from 1990 until 2012. He first joined Louis Vuitton in 1989 as a strategic director. Until his death, he was a LVMH executive committee member.
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WAngèle Delasalle was a French artist known for her painting and etching. Her works are held in the collections of many museums.
WĐỗ Hữu Vị was the first Vietnamese aviator and fighter pilot. He served in the French Army, rising to the rank of captain. He took part in the First World War and was killed at the Battle of the Somme.
WIdwal H. Edwards, born in Freedom, New York, was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force; he was a distinguished commander, rated command pilot, combat observer and aircraft observer.
WLulwa Al-Qatami, in Arabic: لولوة القطامي is an activist and educator, who was the first woman from Kuwait to attend university abroad. A former Director of Kuwait University and UNESCO ambassador, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 and in 2019 was awarded the Legion of Honour for her services to education and women's empowerment. She is a founder and former president of the Kuwait Women's Cultural & Social Society.
WLuigi Amedeo Melegari was an Italian politician and diplomat. He was minister of foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Italy from 1876 to 1877. He served in the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy. He was a recipient of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus. His daughter was the writer Dora Melegari.
WNgalifourou was a queen of the Mbé region in what is today the Republic of Congo. As a ruler she was close to French colonial authorities and was the first ruler in her region to sign a treaty with them. An important spiritual figure, as well as a royal one, her funeral was used as a tool by the French regime to try and resist its decline.
WLuigi Rava was an Italian politician. He was born in Ravenna. He served on the faculty of the University of Bologna. He was mayor of Rome (1920–1921). He served in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Kingdom of Italy. He was a recipient of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus. He died in Rome, Italy.
WMaximilien Joseph Schauenburg was a French officer who participated to the French conquest of Algeria.
WWilliam Vainchenker, born on 16 December 1947, is a French medical doctor and researcher. He is considered a specialist in hematopoiesis.