List of Famous people with last name Challan

René Challan

René Louis Jean Challan

First Name René

Last Name Challan

Born on December 12, 1910

Died on August 4, 1978 (aged 67)

Born in France, Île-de-France

René Louis Jean Challan was a French classical composer, impresario and art director for French record labels. René Challan was composer Henri Challan's twin brother and harpist Annie Challan's father.

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Henri Challan

Henri Edmond Émile Challan

First Name Henri

Last Name Challan

Born on December 12, 1910

Died on February 18, 1977 (aged 66)

Born in France, Île-de-France

Henri Challan was a French composer and music educator. He had a long association with the Conservatoire de Paris where he was both a student and a faculty member. He was a pupil of Jean Gallon and Henri Büsser and was appointed a professor of harmony in 1936. That same year he won both the first and second prize at the Prix de Rome. One of his notable pupils was Japanese composer Akira Miyoshi and French organist Pierre Pincemaille.

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Annie Challan

First Name Annie

Born on November 5, 1940 (age 85)

Born in France, Occitania

Annie Challan is a French harpist.

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