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    Fabienne Claire Nothomb (French pronunciation: [fabjɛn klɛːʁ nɔtɔ̃b]; born 13 August 1967), better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb (French: [ameli...
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  • title (non-hereditary) of baron in 1937. He was a descendant of Jean-Baptiste Nothomb. Nothomb studied at the Catholic University of Leuven from which he graduated...
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  • Amélie Nothomb for The Stranger Next Door (Les Catilinaires) (Albin Michel) 1996: Laurence Cossé for Le Coin du voile [fr] (Gallimard) 1997: Jean-Pierre...
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    Line Elvire Morelle, French, Comet Line Airey Neave, British, MI9 Jean-François Nothomb, Belgian, Comet Line Louis and Andrée Nouveau, French, Pat Line...
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    Survived the war, as did her daughter Elsie, in concentration camps. Jean-François Nothomb (also known as Franco), succeeded Andrée de Jongh as leader in France...
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    Comte Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson (16 June 1925 – 5 December 2017) was a French writer and novelist. He authored forty books...
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  • part of the political family Nothomb; his grandfather is Pierre Nothomb and his ancestors include Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, who helped draft the Belgian...
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    Jean-François Nicolas Boch Buschmann (9 March 1782 – 9 February 1858) was a Luxembourgish manufacturer. He was a member of the third generation of owners...
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    actress and author who worked with and married French director Jean-Luc Godard. François Mauriac died in Paris on 1 September 1970, and was interred in...
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    diplomat Baron Patrick Nothomb and the politician François Roelants du Vivier and a great-uncle of the writers Juliette and Amélie Nothomb. Having obtained...
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