List of Famous people with last name Decaux

Alain Decaux

Alain Paul Henri Decaux

First Name Alain

Born on July 23, 1925

Died on March 27, 2016 (aged 90)

Born in France, Hauts-de-France

Alain Decaux was a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française on 15 February 1979.

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Jean-Claude Decaux

First Name Jean-Claude

Born on September 15, 1937

Died on May 27, 2016 (aged 78)

Born in France, Hauts-de-France

Jean-Claude Decaux was a French entrepreneur who earned his fortune in advertising. He was the founder and honorary chair of the advertising firm JCDecaux, which is now run by his sons, Jean-François Decaux and Jean-Charles Decaux.

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Jean-François Decaux

First Name Jean-François

Born on March 8, 1959 (age 67)

Born in France, Île-de-France

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Abel Decaux

First Name Abel

Last Name Decaux

Born on February 11, 1869

Died on March 19, 1943 (aged 74)

Born in France, Normandy

Abel Decaux was a French organist and composer. He studied organ with Charles-Marie Widor and Alexandre Guilmant, and composition with Jules Massenet. He served as organist at the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, in Paris, for 25 years until 1923, when he went to the US to teach organ at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. He returned to France in 1935, to teach organ at the École César Franck and at the Institut Grégorien in Paris.

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