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Samuel Jean Pozzi (3 October 1846 – 13 June 1918) was a French surgeon and gynecologist. He was also interested in anthropology and neurology. He is remembered today for John Singer Sargent's portrait of him.

After studying medicine in Paris, Pozzi volunteered to be a medic during the Franco-Prussian War. He later specialized in gynecological and abdominal surgery, establishing the first Chair of Gynecology in Paris in 1884, and performing the first gastroenterostomy in France. Pozzi was elected to the French Academy of Medicine in 1896, and co-founded the Revue de gynécologie et de chirurgie abdominale in 1897.

His personal life was marked by a tumultuous marriage, multiple affairs, and cultural interests, including friendships with notable figures such as Sarah Bernhardt and Marcel Proust. In the political arena, Pozzi served as a senator for his hometown, Bergerac, and supported Alfred Dreyfus during his trial. He died in 1918, when a disgruntled patient fatally shot him.

Georgette Leblanc (8 February 1869 – 27 October 1941) was a French operatic soprano, actress, author, and the sister of novelist Maurice Leblanc. She became particularly associated with the works of Jules Massenet and was an admired interpreter of the title role in Bizet's Carmen.

For many years Leblanc was the lover of Belgian playwright and writer Maurice Maeterlinck, and he wrote several parts for her within his stage plays. She portrayed the role of Ariane in Ariane et Barbe-bleue, both in the original 1899 stage play by Maeterlinck and in the 1907 opera adaptation by Paul Dukas, as well as La Mort de Tintagiles in 1905 in Paris. Leblanc also appeared in a couple of French films, most notably L'Inhumaine in 1924. In the last few decades of her life she turned to writing, producing two commercially successful autobiographies and several children's books and travelogues.

Sarah Bernhardt (n. 22/23 octombrie 1844, Paris, Franța - d. 26 martie 1923, Paris) a fost o renumită actriță franceză, pe numele său real Henriette-Rosine Bernard.

Fiica nelegitimă a unei curtezane, a fost încurajată să urmeze o carieră artistică de către unul dintre amanții mamei sale, ducele de Morny. După o scurtă apariție la Comedia Franceză (1862-1863), a intrat în trupa teatrului Odeon (1866-1872) unde a jucat în Kean, de Alexandre Dumas (tatăl), și în Ruy Blas, de Victor Hugo, fermecând publicul cu „vocea ei de aur". Revenind la Comedia Franceză (1872-1880), Sarah Bernhardt a jucat în Fedra (Phedre) de Jean Racine, obținând un mare succes la Paris și Londra.

În 1880 și-a înființat propria companie de teatru și a făcut un turneu în jurul lumii cu Dama cu camelii (La Dame aux camélias) de Alexandre Dumas fiul, Adrienne Lecouvreur de Eugene Scribe, patru piese scrise special pentru ea de Victorien Sardou și "Puiul de vultur" (L'Aiglon) de Edmond Rostand. În 1879 Sarah Bernard i-a invitat pe marii noștri actori Aristizza Romanescu și Grigore Manolescu la Paris, ca bursieri ai Comedie Franceze. După un accident suferit la un picior, care a dus la amputarea acestuia (în 1915), a purtat o proteză de lemn și a jucat roluri în care putea să stea așezată cât mai mult.

A fost una dintre cele mai cunoscute figuri din istoria scenei franceze, fapt pentru care a primit Legiunea de Onoare în 1914.

Gabrielle Réjane (French pronunciation: [ɡabʁijɛl ʁeʒan]), née Gabrielle Charlotte Réju (6 June 1856 – 14 June 1920), was a French actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The daughter of a former actor, Réjane studied at the Paris Conservatoire and made her stage debut in 1875. After eight seasons at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in increasingly prominent roles, she became leading lady at the Théâtre des Variétés, a position she combined with appearances in more substantial plays at other theatres. She became known chiefly for her roles in comedies, but made an impression in serious character parts from time to time. Her biggest success was as Catherine, the outspoken washerwoman who becomes a duchess in the historical comedy-drama Madame Sans-Gêne by Sardou and Moreau. She created the role in 1893 and played it frequently for much of her career. Among her other celebrated roles was Nora in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House in 1894, which gave the author his first success in France.

Réjane appeared in major cities throughout Europe, and was particularly popular in London, where she played frequently between 1877 and 1915. She twice played on Broadway, but did not become popular with American audiences. She married the director of the Vaudeville, and starred there, but after their divorce in 1905 she opened her own theatre, which she ran until 1918. Between 1900 and 1920 she appeared in six silent films, including two versions of Madame Sans-Gêne. She was widely regarded as the embodiment of the Parisienne, and when she died in 1920 Le Figaro said that Paris had lost its soul.