Famous People From Monaco
- Caroline, Princess of Hanover (Caroline Louise Marguerite Grimaldi; born 23 January 1957), is the eldest child of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and the American actress Grace Kelly. She is the elder sister of Prince Albert II and Princess Stéphanie. Until the births of her niece and nephew, Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques, in December 2014 she had been heir presumptive to the throne of Monaco since 2005, a position which she previously held from 1957 to 1958. Caroline is married to Ernst August, Prince of Hanover (born 1954), the heir to the defunct throne of the former Kingdom of Hanover, as well as the heir male of George III of the United Kingdom.
- Birthplace: Monaco, Monte Carlo
- Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi (born 3 August 1986) is the second child of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and Stefano Casiraghi, an Italian industrialist. She is eleventh in line to the throne of Monaco. Her maternal grandparents were Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and American actress Grace Kelly. She is named after her paternal great-grandmother, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois. She was christened on 20 September 1986. Her godparents are Albina du Boisrouvray and Stefano Casiraghi's brother-in-law, Massimo Bianchi.
- Birthplace: La Colle, Monaco, Monaco
- Albert II (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born 14 March 1958) is the reigning monarch of the Principality of Monaco and head of the princely house of Grimaldi. He is the son of Prince Rainier III and Grace, Princess of Monaco formerly Grace Kelly, the American actress. Prince Albert's sisters are Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and Princess Stéphanie. In July 2011, Prince Albert married Charlene Wittstock.Prince Albert II is one of the wealthiest royals in the world, with assets valued at more than $1 billion, which include land in Monaco and France. Although Prince Albert does not own the Prince's Palace of Monaco, he does own shares in the Société des bains de mer de Monaco, which operates Monaco's casino and other entertainment properties in the principality.
- Birthplace: Monaco, Prince's Palace of Monaco
- Danièle Thompson (born 3 January 1942) is a Monegasque film director and screenwriter. Thompson is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury, and actress Jacqueline Roman. She has written screenplays for a number of highly successful films including Cousin, cousine, La Boum, Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre, La Reine Margot and Jet Lag, which she also directed. She was nominated for the 1976 Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for Cousin, cousine. Her 2006 film, Fauteuils d'orchestre was France's entrant for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. She is half Jewish from her father,[1] and was on the 1986 Cannes Film Festival jury.[2]In 2010, she was with Isabelle Adjani, Paul Auster, Isabelle Huppert, Milan Kundera, Salman Rushdie, Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Pierre Thiollet and Henri Tisot among the petition's signatures for Roman Polanski when the film director was temporarily arrested by Swiss police at the request of U.S authorities.Thompson's son is the actor Christopher Thompson. They have written screenplays together, most notably those of Jet Lag and Season's Beatings.
- Birthplace: Monaco
Johan Wilhelm (Billy) Klüver (November 11, 1927 – March 20, 2004) was an electrical engineer at Bell Telephone Laboratories who founded Experiments in Art and Technology. Klüver lectured extensively on art and technology and social issues to be addressed by the technical community. He published numerous articles on these subjects. Klüver curated (or was curatorial adviser) for fourteen major museum exhibitions in the United States and Europe. He received the prestigious Ordre des Arts et des Lettres award from the French government.- Birthplace: Monaco
- Didier «Ecama» Marouani (born 14 July 1953, in Monaco) is a French composer and musician.
- Birthplace: Monaco
Sebastian Prieto
Age: 37Sebastian Prieto is a British handball player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed with the Great Britain national handball team in the men's tournament.- Birthplace: Monaco
Louis I, Prince of Monaco
Dec. at 58 (1642-1701)Louis I, Prince of Monaco (25 July 1642 in Prince's Palace of Monaco – 3 January 1701 in Rome) was Prince of Monaco from 1662 until 1701. Louis Grimaldi was the elder son of Prince Hercule of Monaco and Maria Aurelia Spinola. Louis married Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, daughter of Marshal Antoine III de Gramont, on 30 March 1660 in Pau. They had six children: Antoine Grimaldi (1661–1731), his successor. Maria Teresa Carlotta Grimaldi (14 June 1662 – 1738), a Visitandine nun at Monaco. Anna Hippolyte Grimaldi (1667 – 23 July 1700), married (1696) Jacques de Crussol, Duc d'Uzès (29 December 1675, Paris – 19 July 1739, Uzès castle). François Honoré Grimaldi (21 December 1669 – 18 February 1748, Paris), Archbishop of Besançon Jeanne Maria Grimaldi, a Visitandine nun at Monaco, later coadjutrice of the Abbey of Royallieu near Compiègne. Aurelia Grimaldi, called mademoiselle de Baux.In 1662 Louis succeeded his grandfather Honoré II as Prince of Monaco. In 1666 he distinguished himself at the Four Days' Battle between the English and Dutch fleets. On 5 July 1668 he took the oath to King Louis XIV of France in the Parlement on account of being Duke of Valentinois and a Peer of France. He was made a knight of the French royal orders on 31 December 1688. In 1699 Louis XIV sent Louis to Rome as ambassador extraordinary. There on 19 December he presented the insignia of the Order of the Holy Spirit to James Louis and Alexander Benedict Sobieski, the two sons of King John III of Poland. Louis remained in Rome, where he died 3 January 1701. His remains were transported back to Monaco.- Birthplace: Prince's Palace of Monaco, Monaco
- Gérard Lartigau was an actor.
- Birthplace: Monaco, France
Tomas Scheckter
Age: 43Tomas Scheckter (born 21 September 1980) is a South African former racing driver.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco
Dec. at 34 (1697-1731)Louise Hippolyte (10 November 1697 – 29 December 1731) was one of only two women to reign over the Principality of Monaco.- Birthplace: Prince's Palace of Monaco, Monaco
Louis Chiron
Dec. at 79 (1899-1979)Louis Alexandre Chiron (3 August 1899 – 22 June 1979) was a Monégasque racing driver who competed in rallies, sports car races, and Grands Prix. Among the greatest drivers between the two World Wars, his career embraced over thirty years, coming to light already in 1927, and ending at the end of the 1950s. This is also why he is still the oldest driver ever to have raced in Formula One, having taken 6th place in the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix when he was 55. The Bugatti Chiron takes its name from him.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt
Age: 42Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt was born in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on 12 February 1982, and is the daughter of Fuad II (last King of Egypt) by his wife, Fadila (born Dominique-France Loeb-Picard).- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Elisabeth-Anne de Massy
Age: 77Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy Noghès (born 13 January 1947) is the daughter of Princess Antoinette of Monaco and Alexandre-Athenase Noghès. She is a first cousin of the reigning Prince Albert II and niece of Rainier III. She is the godmother of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. Although Elisabeth-Anne was born out of wedlock, her parents married in 1951, thus legitimizing her, and placing her in line to the throne. . Baroness Elisabeth Anne can represent the Sovereign Prince of Monaco at official events.- Birthplace: Monaco
- Léo Ferré (24 August 1916 – 14 July 1993) was a French-born Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer, whose career in France dominated the years after the Second World War until his death. He released some forty albums over this period, composing the music and the majority of the lyrics. He released many hit singles, particularly between 1960 and the mid-seventies. Some of his songs have become classics of the French chanson repertoire, including "Avec le temps", "C'est extra", "Jolie Môme" and "Paris canaille".
- Birthplace: Monaco
- Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi (born 8 June 1984) is the elder son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and her second husband Stefano Casiraghi. He is the eldest grandchild of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and American actress Grace Kelly. Casiraghi is currently fourth in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne, following his twin cousins and his mother.
- Birthplace: La Colle, Monaco, Monaco
- Franz Schreker (originally Schrecker; 23 March 1878 – 21 March 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, teacher and administrator. Primarily a composer of operas, Schreker developed a style characterized by aesthetic plurality (a mixture of Romanticism, Naturalism, Symbolism, Impressionism, Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit), timbral experimentation, strategies of extended tonality and conception of total music theatre into the narrative of 20th-century music.
- Birthplace: Monaco
- Rainier III (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi; 31 May 1923 – 6 April 2005) ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years, making him one of the longest ruling monarchs in European history. Though internationally known for his marriage to American actress Grace Kelly, he was also responsible for reforms to Monaco's constitution and for expanding the principality's economy from its traditional casino gambling base to its current tax haven role. Gambling accounts for only approximately three percent of the nation's annual revenue today; when Rainier ascended the throne in 1949, it accounted for more than 95 percent.
- Birthplace: Monaco-Ville, Monaco
Alexandra Coletti
Age: 41Alexandra Coletti (born 8 August 1983 in La Colle, Monaco) is a Monégasque alpine skier who competed for Monaco in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She also received the silver medal in downhill skiing at the 2005 European Cup. She later competed for Monaco at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and was Monaco's flag bearer during the Opening Ceremony. Her brother Stefano Coletti is a racing driver currently racing in the IndyCar Series.- Birthplace: La Colle, Monaco, Monaco
Pierre Casiraghi
Age: 36Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi (born 5 September 1987) is the younger son and youngest of three children of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi. His maternal grandparents were Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and American actress Grace Kelly. Casiraghi is eighth in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne, following his twin cousins, his mother, brother Andrea, nephews Alexandre and Maximillian Casiraghi, and his niece India Casiraghi.- Birthplace: La Colle, Monaco, Monaco
- Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Countess of Polignac (Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth Grimaldi; born 1 February 1965) is the youngest child of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and the American actress Grace Kelly. She is the younger sister of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Caroline, Princess of Hanover. Currently 14th in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne, she has been a singer, swimwear designer and fashion model.
- Birthplace: Prince's Palace of Monaco, Monaco
- Patrice Servelle (born 20 July 1974 in Monaco) is a Monégasque Olympic bobsledder who has competed in the 2002, 2006, and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Servelle's placed 12th overall at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and was Monaco's flag bearer during the Opening Ceremony. He also finished the two-man Bobsleigh World Cup in second place, which was Monaco's first, and only World Cup medal. Servelle's best finish at the FIBT World Championships was tenth in the four-man event at St. Moritz, Switzerland in 2007.
- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Pauline Ducruet
Age: 30Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet (born 4 May 1994) is the elder daughter of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. Her maternal grandparents were Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and American actress Grace Kelly. She is the niece of Prince Albert II. Ducruet is currently 16th in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Marcel Escoffier
Dec. at 90 (1910-2001)Marcel Escoffier was a costume designer.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Tania Fédor
Dec. at 80 (1905-1985)Tania Fédor was an actor.- Birthplace: Monaco, Monte Carlo
Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach
Dec. at 63 (1864-1928)Prince Wilhelm of Urach, Count of Württemberg, 2nd Duke of Urach (Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius; German Fürst Wilhelm von Urach, Graf von Württemberg, 2. Herzog von Urach; 30 May 1864 – 24 March 1928), was a German prince who was elected in June 1918 as King of Lithuania, with the regnal name of Mindaugas II. He never assumed the crown, however, as German authorities declared the election invalid; the invitation was withdrawn in November 1918. From 17 July 1869 until his death, he was the head of the morganatic Urach branch of the House of Württemberg.- Birthplace: Monaco
- Olivier Jenot (born February 28, 1988) is an Olympic Alpine Skier from Monaco.
- Birthplace: Monaco, France
- Thomas Nathan Hateley (born 12 September 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays for Piast Gliwice. He can play as a central midfielder or right back. He has previously played for Reading, Basingstoke Town, Motherwell, Tranmere Rovers, Śląsk Wrocław and Dundee.
- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Angelique Trinquier
Age: 33Angélique Trinquier is a Monégasque Olympic swimmer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 100 metre backstroke, finishing in 45th place in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she was Monaco's flag bearer during the Opening Ceremony. Trinquier also participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics where she competed in the Girls’ 100m Freestyle event, coming in 47th place.- Birthplace: La Colle, Monaco, Monaco
Marcelle Monthil
Dec. at 57 (1892-1950)Marcelle Monthil was a Monégasque film actress. Born Marcelle Madeleine Montalenti in Monaco, she died in Paris.- Birthplace: Monaco, France
Lisa S.
Age: 49Lisa Selesner is an American model, actress and Channel V veejay and an international model based in Hong Kong.- Birthplace: Monaco, France
Bert Wynne
Dec. at 85 (1886-1971)Bert Wynne was a British actor and film director.- Birthplace: Monaco, Monte Carlo
Arnaud Alessandria
Age: 31Arnaud Alessandria is a Monegasque alpine skier.- Birthplace: Monaco
Alain Vanzo
Dec. at 73 (1928-2002)Alain Vanzo (April 2, 1928 – January 27, 2002) was a French opera singer and composer, one of few French tenors of international standing in the postwar era. He, along with such singers as Henri Legay and the Canadian Léopold Simoneau, represented a traditional French lyric style during a period when larger Italian and German vocal styles had become popular.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Brice Etès
Age: 40Brite Etès is a Monégasque athlete of French descent who is a middle-distance specialist.- Birthplace: Monaco
Mathias Raymond
Age: 38Mathias Raymond is an a Monégasque Olympic rower. He competed in the 2008, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he was Monaco's flag bearer during the Opening Ceremony.- Birthplace: Monaco
François Joseph Bosio
Dec. at 76 (1769-1845)Baron François Joseph Bosio (19 March 1768 – 29 July 1845) was a Monegasque sculptor who achieved distinction in the first quarter of the nineteenth century with his work for Napoleon and for the restored French monarchy.- Birthplace: Monaco
Aldo Crommelynck
Dec. at 76 (1931-2008)Aldo Crommelynck (26 December 1931 – 22 December 2008) was a Belgian master printmaker who made intaglio prints in collaboration with many important European and American artists of the 20th century.- Birthplace: Monaco
Louis Ducruet
Age: 31Louis Robert Paul Ducruet (born 26 November 1992) is the son of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco and Daniel Ducruet. Although he holds no title, he is a grandson of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and American actress Grace Kelly. As nephew of Prince Albert II, he is currently 15th in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
- Jeremy Bottin is an Olympic Bobsleigh athlete from Monaco.
- Birthplace: Monaco, France
Alexandre-Athenase Noghès
Dec. at 82 (1916-1999)Alexandre-Athenase Noghès (15 June 1916 – 16 February 1999) was an international tennis champion, best known as the first husband of Princess Antoinette of Monaco, whom he married as his second wife on 4 December 1951. Noghès was descended from the first Spanish commander of the Monaco garrison. His grandfather Alexandre was the founder of the Monaco Automobile Club and former general treasurer of Monaco's state finances. His father, Antony (1890–1978), created the first Grand Prix ever raced in a city, the world-famous Grand Prix de Monaco. Antony also created the renowned Rallye Monte Carlo and is credited with inventing the chequered flag. Noghès entered into a liaison with Princess Antoinette of Monaco in the mid-1940s and three illegitimate children were born to the couple: Elisabeth-Anne (born 1947), Christian Louis (born 1949) and Christine-Alix (1951–1989). They were married in a civil ceremony in Genoa on 4 December 1951, and divorced three years later in 1954. Following their divorce, Noghès lived for a time on his yacht before settling in the United States.- Birthplace: Monaco
- Clivio Piccione (born February 24, 1984 in Monte Carlo, Monaco) is a Monegasque race car driver. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series season for the Durango team and David Price Racing for 2006.
- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Stefano Coletti
Age: 35Stefano Coletti (born 6 April 1989) is a Monegasque professional racing driver who races for SMP Racing in the European Le Mans Series. His sister Alexandra Coletti is an alpine skier. He is the first Monegasque driver since Louis Chiron (1931) to have won a race in Monaco.- Birthplace: La Colle, Monaco, Monaco
Ercole, Lord of Monaco
Dec. at 42 (1562-1604)Ercole (24 September 1562 – 29 November 1604) was Lord of Monaco from 17 May 1589 until his death. Ercole was the youngest of four sons of Honoré I (1522–1581) and Isabella Grimaldi. His eldest brother Charles II became Lord of Monaco on the death of their father in 1581. Ercole's two elder brothers Francois (1557–1586) and Horace (1558–1559) died in childhood, thus leaving Ercole as heir to his brother Charles II, who died without issue in 1589 at the age of 34. Ercole was 27 years old. He married Maria Landi on 15 September 1595;:54 the marriage produced three children; Giovanna Maria Grimaldi (29 September 1596 – December 1620), married Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio, Conte di Melzo, Principe di Musocco. Honoré II (Monaco, 24 December 1597 – Monaco, 10 January 1662) married Ippolita Trivulzio. Maria Claudia Grimaldi, Carmelite nun in Genoa (1 January 1599 – 1668).Ercole was murdered in 1604 and his six-year-old son Honoré became Lord of Monaco under the regency of Ercole's brother-in-law, Frederico Landi, 4th Prince of Val di Taro. Honoré was the first Lord of Monaco to be called Prince of Monaco.- Birthplace: Monaco
Charles II, Lord of Monaco
Dec. at 34 (1555-1589)Charles II (26 January 1555 – 17 May 1589) was Lord of Monaco from 7 October 1581 to 17 May 1589. Charles was the eldest son of Honoré I (1522–1581) and Isabella Grimaldi (died 1583). He became Lord of Monaco on the death of his father in 1581. Protected by Spain, due to the Treaties of 1524, Charles was the first Lord of Monaco who refused to pay homage to the Dukes of Savoy for Mentone and Roccabruna. In 1583 he was declared, after a trial, to have forfeited those two cities. Charles ruled for only 8 years before dying at the age of 33. He left no issue and so his youngest brother Hercule became Lord of Monaco.- Birthplace: Monaco
Lucien, Lord of Monaco
Dec. at 36 (1487-1523)Lucien (1487 – 22 August 1523) became Lord of Monaco on 11 October 1505, having murdered his predecessor and brother, Jean II, and held that sovereignty until his death.- Birthplace: Monaco
Henri Gastaut
Dec. at 80 (1915-1995)Henri Jean Pascal Gastaut (April 15, 1915, Monaco – July 14, 1995 Marseille) was a French neurologist and epileptologist.- Birthplace: Monaco
- Wladimir Yordanoff is a French actor of Bulgarian origin. He has appeared in more than sixty films since 1979.
- Birthplace: Monaco, France
Torben Joneleit
Age: 37Torben Joneleit (born 17 May 1987) is a Monegasque-born German former professional footballer.- Birthplace: Monaco
Benjamin Balleret
Age: 41Benjamin Balleret (born 15 January 1983 in Monte Carlo, Monaco) is a professional tennis player from Monaco. His father, Bernard Balleret, is also a professional tennis player in the past. Balleret is a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Honoré II, Prince of Monaco
Dec. at 64 (1597-1662)Honoré II (24 December 1597 – 10 January 1662) was Prince of Monaco from 1604 to 1662. He was the first to be called Prince (in 1612), but started his reign as Lord of Monaco.- Birthplace: Monaco
- Michel Ancel (born March 29, 1972) is a Monegasque-born French video game designer for Ubisoft. He is best known for creating the Rayman franchise, for which he was the lead designer for the first two games, and the recent Rayman Origins and its sequel Rayman Legends. He is also known for the cult hit video game Beyond Good & Evil and for the video game adaptation of Peter Jackson's King Kong, which was critically acclaimed. He is currently working on Beyond Good & Evil 2 with a small team of developers, using development tools specially designed to make game development more accessible to a greater audience.
- Birthplace: Monaco
Honoré I, Lord of Monaco
Dec. at 58 (1522-1581)Honoré I or Onorato I (16 December 1522 – 7 October 1581) was Lord of Monaco from 22 August 1523 to 7 October 1581.- Birthplace: Monaco
Olivier Beretta
Age: 54Olivier Beretta (born 23 November 1969) is a professional racing driver from Monaco who raced in Formula One in 1994 for the Larrousse team, partnering Érik Comas. He participated in 10 Grands Prix, debuting on 27 March 1994. He scored no championship points, and was replaced when his sponsorship money ran out. During 2003 and 2004, he tested for the Williams team.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Pierre Roland Renoir
Age: 66Pierre Roland Renoir, born July 16, 1958, is a Canadian painter and the great-grandson of Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Born in Monaco, Pierre Roland Renoir was raised in Cagnes-sur-Mer, the town in France where his great-grandfather painted and sculpted in his final years. He developed an interest in the visual arts at a young age and by the time he was fifteen, had already begun working on metallic plates using the dry-point engraving technique. In 1978, he emigrated to Canada and made his home in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1981, after rebuilding his portfolio, his first professional art exhibition was organized in Edmonton. Encouraged by the response and appreciation of the public, he began a wider range of exhibitions throughout Canada, the United States and Europe.- Birthplace: Monaco
Stéphane Richelmi
Age: 34Stéphane Richelmi (born 17 March 1990 in Monte Carlo) is a professional racing driver from Monaco. He is the son of former World Rally Championship driver Jean-Pierre Richelmi.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Toby Scheckter
Age: 46Toby Scheckter (born 25 August 1978) is a South African racing driver. He is the son of 1979 Formula One World Champion Jody Scheckter, and the brother of IndyCar Series driver Tomas Scheckter. He won the Skusa SUPERNATS kart finals in Las Vegas in 2004. He has also competed in such series as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the British Formula Three Championship. Scheckter recently launched Scheckter's Organic Beverages Ltd and their first product, Scheckter's OrganicEnergy drink.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Fabienne Diato-Pasetti
Age: 58Fabienne Diato-Pasetti (b. October 4, 1965 in La Colle, Monaco) is a Monégasque Olympic rifle shooter, who specializes in the 10 metre air rifle advent. She has competed in the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Diato-Pasetti is one of only sixteen shooters to compete in at least six Olympic Games.- Birthplace: La Colle, Monaco, Monaco
Virginie Marsan
Age: 39Virginie Marsan is an actress.- Birthplace: Monaco, France
Alphonse de Beauchamp
Dec. at 63 (1769-1832)Alphonse de Beauchamp (1767–1832) was a French historian.- Birthplace: Monaco
- Sophiane Baghdad (born 10 September 1980 in Monaco) is a Monegasque-born Algerian retired football player, who last played for R. Union Saint-Gilloise in Belgium. He also holds French citizenship.
- Birthplace: Monaco
Jean-Charles Seneca
Age: 78Jean-Charles Seneca (born 23 October 1945) is a Monégasque fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was also Monaco's flag bearer during the Opening Ceremony.- Birthplace: La Colle, Monaco, Monaco
Hervé Falciani
Age: 52Hervé Daniel Marcel Falciani is a Franco-Italian systems engineer and whistleblower who since 2009 has been collaborating with numerous European nations by providing and allegedly illegally selling stolen information, as reported by international media relating to more than 130,000 suspected tax evaders with Swiss bank accounts - specifically those with accounts in HSBC's Swiss subsidiary HSBC Private Bank. Falciani is the person behind the "Lagarde list", so called as it is a list of HSBC clients who allegedly used the bank to evade taxes and launder money that Falciani leaked to ex-French Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde, currently the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Lagarde, in turn, sent the list to governments whose citizens were on the list. On 11 December 2014, Falciani was indicted by the Swiss federal government for violating the country's fabled bank secrecy laws and for industrial espionage. The indictment accused Falciani of stealing information from HSBC's Geneva offices and passing it on to tax authorities in France. HSBC had been indicted in France for money laundering in November 2014.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Antonio Riberi
Dec. at 70 (1897-1967)Antonio Riberi (15 June 1897 – 16 December 1967) was a Monacan Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the fifth Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland and later as Nuncio to Spain from 1962 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Camille Marie Kelly Gottlieb
Age: 26Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Countess of Polignac (Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth Grimaldi; born 1 February 1965) is the youngest child of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and the American actress Grace Kelly. She is the younger sister of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Caroline, Princess of Hanover. Currently 14th in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne, she has been a singer, swimwear designer and fashion model.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Louis Notari
Dec. at 82 (1879-1961)Louis Notari (Monaco, 1879-1961) was the pioneer of Monégasque literature. He wrote in the French and Monégasque languages.- Birthplace: Monaco
- Valerie Dore, stage name of Monica Stucchi (born May 28, 1963 in Milan), is an Italo disco artist.
- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Francesco Renzetti
Age: 36Francesco Renzetti (born 22 January 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a left left back for Cremonese. At international level, he has represented Italy's youth teams playing for the U15, U17, U20 and U21 teams.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Manuel Vallaurio
Age: 37- Birthplace: Monaco
Maurice Revelli
Age: 59Maurice Revelli (born September 4, 1964) is a Monegasque former professional footballer who played as a defender.- Birthplace: Monaco
Pierre Galet
Age: 103Pierre Galet (born January 28, 1921) is a French ampelographer and author who was an influential figure within ampelography in the 20th century and before DNA typing was widely introduced. Beginning in the 1950s, Pierre Galet introduced a system for identifying varieties based on the shape, contours and characteristics of the leaves of the vines, petioles, growing shoots, shoot tips, grape clusters, as well as the colour, size, seed content and flavour of the grapes. The impact and comprehensiveness of his work earned him the consideration as the "father of modern ampelography". He started publishing within ampelography in the 1950s and his Ph.D. thesis was presented in 1967. He has also written popular science books on grape varieties. Galet was active at the École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellier.- Birthplace: Monaco
Anouk Doria
Age: 32- Birthplace: Monaco
Susan Cummings
Age: 65Susan Cummings (born July 21, 1962 in Monte Carlo, Monaco) is an American heiress, best known for killing her boyfriend in 1997. She had been charged with homicide, but subsequently convicted of voluntary manslaughter only. She was released after serving 57 days.- Birthplace: Monaco
Othello Radou
Dec. at 96 (1910-2006)Othello Radou was a French artist of the 20th century.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Armand Forcherio
Age: 83Armand Forcherio (born 1 March 1941) is a former Monégasque footballer, who played as a defender for AS Monaco from 1961 to 1972. He then managed the same team from 1976 to 1977, the only Monégasque to manage the club. He also played for French club AC Arles-Avignon.- Birthplace: Monaco
Christian Louis de Massy
Age: 75Baron Christian Louis de Massy (born 17 January 1949) is the son of Princess Antoinette of Monaco, Baroness de Massy, and her husband, international tennis champion Alexandre-Athenase Noghès. His grandfather, Antony Noghès, created the world-famous Monaco Grand Prix. He was one of the two page boys at the wedding of his uncle Rainier III with Grace Kelly.- Birthplace: Monaco
Raphaël Casiraghi
Age: 10Raphaël Casiraghi is the son of Charlotte Casiraghi and Gad Elmaleh.- Birthplace: Monaco
Marc Giacone
Age: 70Marc Giacone is a composer, organist and improviser from Monaco. Born in 1954 at Monaco, he studied pipe organ with the masters Émile Bourdon, Canon Henri Carol, and Jean Wallet, musical improvisation with Pierre Cochereau and musical composition (harmony, counterpoint, orchestration). Composer, electroacoustic researcher, virtuoso improviser, he belongs to the new generation of contemporary musicians for which all the forms of musical expression can find their place in masterpiece and even combine (jazz, fusion, folklore, atonality, dodecaphony, sound effects, etc.). He composes many pieces for organ, harp, piano, flute, trombone, vibraphone, orchestra, synthesizer, cinema, television, radio, etc. He currently teaches articulation, traditional organ, improvisation and musical theory. On 2 July 2005, Giacone was named titular of the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Carmes' Chapel of Monaco. He got a trial, because he had made a satire about Prince Albert.Giacone, the owner of a new satirical website, featuring cartoons allegedly defaming and ridiculing the Prince Albert II and other local politicians risks a 6-month prison sentence and a fine of €1500. The website, Monaco Politic Circus, which was meant to imitate the famous French satirical political weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, has been suspended.- Birthplace: Monaco
Daniel Elena
Age: 51Daniel Elena (born 26 October 1972) is a Monégasque rally co-driver working with Sébastien Loeb. Between them, the pair have won the World Rally Championship (WRC) nine times, and currently compete with Hyundai. 79 wins make him the co-driver with the most victories in the history of the WRC.- Birthplace: Monaco
Mireille Balin
Dec. at 59 (1909-1968)Mireille Balin was an actress.- Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Gilbert Orengo
Age: 90Gilbert Orengo (born 10 March 1934) is a Monegasque fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.- Birthplace: Monaco
Henri Bini
Age: 93Henri Bini (born 11 May 1931) is a Monegasque fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.- Birthplace: Monaco
Isla Lough
Age: 17Isla Lough is the daugther of Paula Radcliffe.- Birthplace: Monaco
Shani Diluka
Age: 47Shani Diluka (born 7 November 1976 in Monaco) is a pianist of Sri Lankan parents. She was among those to benefit from a programme initiated by Princess Grace of Monaco, which allowed talented children to receive special music lessons integrated into their normal schooling. She received the first prize in the Académie de Musique (Fondation Prince Rainier III). She subsequently studied with Odile Poisson, a pupil of Pierre Sancan. Enrolled in the Conservatoire de Paris in 1997, she studied with Georges Pludermacher and François-Frédéric Guy and later with Marie-Françoise Bucquet, Nicholas Angelich and Bruno Rigutto.- Birthplace: Monaco
Yann Siccardi
Age: 38Yann Siccardi is an athlete.- Birthplace: Monaco
