The Saint-Ouen Cemetery (french: cimetière parisien de Saint-Ouen) is located just north of

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at Saint-Ouen, near

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. The

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consists of two parts. The first, located on Rue Adrien Lesesne opened in 1860 and the second at 2 Avenue Michelet was opened on 1 September 1872.

Notable burials

Alphonse Allais Alphonse Allais (20 October 1854 – 28 October 1905) was a French writer, journalist and humorist. Life Allais was born in Honfleur, Calvados (department), Calvados. He died in Paris. Work He is the author of many collections of whimsical writ ...

(1854–1905), writer *

Yvette Andréyor Yvette Andréyor (born Yvette Louise Pauline Royé, 6 August 1891 – 30 October 1962) was a French actress most popular in the era of silent film. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1910 and 1962. Biography Yvette Louise Pauline R ...

(1891–1962), actress *

Mireille Balin Mireille Césarine Balin (born Blanche Mireille Césarine Balin; 20 July 1909, in Monte Carlo – 9 November 1968 in Paris)"Balin, Mireille (1911–1968)." ''Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages'', edited by Anne Commire ...

(1909–1968), film actress * Roland Charmy (1908–1987), violinist, husband of harpist Lily Laskine * Carmen Damedoz, née Marie Élise Provost (1819-1964), artists model, dancer and aviator * Eugène Godard (1827–1890), aeronaut *

Lily Laskine Lily Laskine (31 August 1893 in Paris – 4 January 1988 in Paris) was one of the most prominent harpists of the twentieth century. Born Lily Aimée Laskine to Jewish parents in Paris, she studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Alphonse Hassel ...

(1893–1988), harpist * Mona Goya (1909–1961), actress * Suzanne Lenglen (1899–1938), tennis champion *

Alfred Manessier Alfred Manessier (5 December 1911, Saint-Ouen – 1 August 1993, Orléans) was a non-figurative French painter, stained glass artist, and tapestry designer, part of the new School of Paris and the Salon de Mai. Biography Manessier was born am ...

(1911–1993), painter *

Jules Pascin Julius Mordecai Pincas (March 31, 1885 – June 5, 1930), known as Pascin (; erroneously or ), Jules Pascin, or the "Prince of Montparnasse", was a Bulgarian artist known for his paintings and drawings. He later became an American citizen ...

(1885–1930), artist (later re-interred) *

Henri Quittard Henri Quittard (16 May 1864 – 21 July 1919) was a French composer, musicologist and music critic. Biography A musician, composer, musicologist and music critic, Quittard was both the cousin of Emmanuel Chabrier (Quittard being the grandson ...

(1864–1919), composer, musicologist *

Émile-Alexandre Taskin Émile-Alexandre Taskin, born in Paris on 18 March 1853, and died there on 5 October 1897, was a French operatic baritone mainly active at the Paris Opéra-Comique. He was a descendant of the harpsichord maker Pascal Taskin (1723–1793). Aft ...

, (1853–1897), opera singer *

Suzanne Valadon Suzanne Valadon (23 September 18657 April 1938) was a French painter who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des ...

(1865–1938), painter The cemetery contains one British Commonwealth war grave, of a Royal Marines officer of

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.CWGC casualty record
accessed 5 March 2021.

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* 1860 establishments in France Saint-Ouen Roman Catholic cemeteries in France Buildings and structures in Seine-Saint-Denis Tourist attractions in Seine-Saint-Denis {{France-cemetery-stub