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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (n. 2 februarie 1754, Paris, Regatul Franței – d. 17 mai 1839, Paris, Monarhia din Iulie), binecunoscut ca Talleyrand, a fost un politician și diplomat francez.

Provenit dintr-o familie catolică din înalta nobilime, s-a orientat spre cariera ecleziastică, la sugestia unchiului său, arhiepiscopul de Reims. Devine preot și apoi episcop de Autun. În timpul Revoluției franceze a abandonat viața clericală și a trecut la o viață laică. A ocupat diferite înalte funcții de consilier, ambasador, ministru de externe, președinte al Consiliului de miniștri. A reprezentat Franța la Congresul de la Viena.

A servit sub mai multe regimuri, fiind o persoană controversată.

Countess Anna Charlotte Dorothea von Medem (3 February 1761 – 20 August 1821) was born a Gräfin (Countess) of the noble Baltic German Medem family and later became Duchess of Courland. Popularly known as Dorothea of Courland after her marriage to Peter von Biron, the last Duke of Courland, she hosted an aristocratic salon in Berlin and performed various diplomatic duties on behalf of her estranged husband. She would spend the rest of her life in her estate in Löbichgau, where she would invite and host many important political and cultural figures of the time and make many acquaintances, ranging from Goethe over Napoleon I of France to Talleyrand, the latter of whom she was reportedly very close.

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (n. 22 aprilie 1766, Paris, Regatul Franței – d. 14 iulie 1817, Paris, Restaurația franceză), cunoscută mai ales ca Doamna de Staël (Madame de Staël în franceză), a fost o scriitoare elvețiană de limbă franceză. A trăit la Paris și a influențat gusturile literare din Europa la cumpăna dintre secolele XVIII și XIX.

Adélaïde-Émilie (sometimes Émilie-Adélaïde) Filleul, Marquise de Souza-Botelho (14 May 1761 – 19 April 1836) was a French writer.

Dorothée Dorinville, stage name Mademoiselle Luzy (1747–1830), was a French stage actress.

She was engaged at the Comédie-Française in 1764. She became a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française in 1764. She retired in 1781.

She was most known as a soubrette, but also performed tragedy, and acted as a singer and dancer. She was described as a serious and ambitious stage artist, and was a part of the movement that wished to introduce realistic stage costumes. She was imprisoned in 1771 after having broken the censure laws in a play by Imbert.