List of Famous people with last name Charriere

Henri Charrière was a French writer, convicted as a murderer by the French courts. He wrote the novel Papillon, a memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a penal colony in French Guiana. While Charrière claimed that Papillon was largely true, modern researchers believe that much of the book’s material came from other inmates, rather than Charrière himself. Charrière denied committing the murder, although he freely admitted to having committed various other petty crimes prior to his incarceration.

Caroline Charrière was a Swiss composer, conductor, flautist and educator. From 2000 on she concentrated on composing, creating chamber music, choral music and orchestral pieces. In 2001, she established her reputation as a composer with the oratorio Le livre de Job for mixed choir, bass, soprano and orchestra. Her works have since been performed widely in Switzerland and abroad.

François Charrière was the Roman Catholic bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg from 1945 to 1970.