''Who's Who in France'' is a

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published in France and written in French. In France it is simply "le ''Who's Who''".

History

The first edition of ''Who's Who in France'' was published in 1953 by Jacques Lafitte. In 1974, Marie-Thérèse Lafitte succeeded her husband after his death. In 1984 the company was bought by Antoine Hébrard. At the beginning of the new millennium, a special book was written by Béatrice and Michel Wattel about the deceased people who were in ''Who's Who in France'' during their lifetime. The second edition (2005, printed in 2004) is published with the title ''Qui était qui, XXe siècle'' (Who was Who, Twentieth Century). The first photographs (in black and white) appeared (after about 50 years) on paper in the 36th edition for 2005, printed in 2004. In 2011, Charles de Saint Sauveur revealed in ''

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'' a problem for ''Who's Who in France'' about the ''exact'' year of birth of the actress

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. In April 2013, it was noticed that ''Who's Who in France'' wrote falsely that

Gilles Bernheim Gilles Uriel Bernheim (; born 30 May 1952) is a French-Israeli rabbi who was formerly the Chief Rabbi of France. Born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, in 1952, he was elected by the general assembly of the Central Consistory chief rabbi of France o ...

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of France) was an "'' agrégé de philosophie''". ''Who's Who in France'' : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l'étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 44th edition for 2013 printed in October 2012, 2371 p., 31 cm, ; page 268 : "Bernheim, Gilles, Uriel" : « ..ETUDES ET DIPLÔMES école Aquiba à Strasbourg, diplôme du à Paris, université Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne,

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de philosophie. ..».

Some editions

* ''Who's Who in France'' : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l'étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 41st edition for 2010 edited en 2009, 2415 p., * ''Who's Who in France'' : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l'étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 42nd edition for 2011 edited in 2010, 2270 p., 31 cm, * ''Who's Who in France'' : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l'étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 43rd edition for 2012 edited in 2011, 2307 p., 31 cm, * ''Who's Who in France'' : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l'étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 44th edition for 2013 edited in 2012, 2371 p., 31 cm, * ''Who's Who in France'' : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l'étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 45th edition for 2014 edited in 2013, 60 year edition, 2419 p., 31 cm, * ''Who's Who in France'' : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l'étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 46th edition for 2015 edited in 2014, 2435 p., 31 cm,

References

Sources

* Barbara E. Kemp and Robert L. Wick, § 70 "Who's Who in France. Qui est qui en France: Dictionnaire biographique", pages 32–33 ''in'' Robert L. Wick and Terry Ann Mood (editors), ''ARBA Guide to Biographical Resources 1986-1997'', Libraries Unlimited Inc, 1998, 604 pages, . * http://www.linternaute.com/actualite/savoir/06/whoswho/fabrication.shtml (2007 ?) * Maud Descamps, http://www.europe1.fr/France/Who-s-who-VS-Wikipedia-293911/ « Who's who VS Wikipedia » on '' europe1.fr'', 21 October 2010. * Charles de Saint Sauveur, « Le Who's Who, de A à Z » et « Tony parker y entre », page 34 in ''

'' (on paper) n° 20871, Friday 21 October 2011. Partly on line in http://legrandmorning.rtl2.fr/2011/10/le-whos-who-de-a-%C3%A0-z.html .

External links

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