Jean Antoine Letronne was a French archaeologist.
Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba, known professionally as Koffi Olomidé, is a Congolese singer-songwriter, dancer, producer, and founder of Quartier Latin International. Often referred to as the "King of Ndombolo", he is noted for his explosive high notes, deep baritone, and offbeat voice. Agbepa is considered one of the most significant figures in 20th-century Congolese and African popular music. His lyrics often explore themes of love, politics, technology, success, infidelity, religion, chicanery, and disillusionment. Through his music and stage performances, he introduced the slower style of soukous known as Tcha Tcho and popularized a flamboyant fashion subculture called La Sape, alongside Papa Wemba.
Gaston Baty, whose full name was Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Gaston Baty, was a French playwright and theatre director. He was born in Pélussin, Loire, France.
Louis Pauwels was a French journalist and writer.
Maurice Bénichou was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke, and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie. He has also played in Peter Brook's 1989 film version of The Mahabharata.
Claude de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux (1595–1650) was a 17th-century French diplomat and public administrator. He was sent in various missions to Venice, Rome, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Poland by Richelieu.
Jean Le Poulain was a French stage actor and stage director.
Jean-Noël Grinda is a former French international tennis player.
Marcel Claudel was a Belgian operatic tenor. He debuted at La Monnaie as Wilhelm Meister in Ambroise Thomas' Mignon in 1922. During the 1960s he taught at the Conservatoire of Mons. Musique en Wallonie issued a disc of his recordings in 2003.
Émile Sacré (1844–1882) was a Belgian painter, after whom the Prix Émile Sacré was named.
Madeleine Chapsal was a French writer and the daughter of Robert Chapsal, son of the politician Fernand Chapsal, and of Marcelle Chaumont, who made dresses for Madeleine Vionnet.
Marcel Antoine Lihau or Ebua Libana la Molengo Lihau was a Congolese jurist, law professor and politician who served as the inaugural First President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Congo from 1968 until 1975, and was involved in the creation of two constitutions for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Étienne Flaubert Batangu Mpesa was a Congolese pharmacist and scientific researcher.
Gael Bussa Obambule is a Congolese lawyer and politician. He was elected National Deputy in the constituency of Budjala, in the province of South-Ubangi, in the 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election.
The Mathilde Lefebvre letter is a hoax letter that was allegedly written by Mathilde Lefebvre, a young girl from Liévin, France who died in the sinking of the Titanic. Found in a bottle, it was forged by an anonymous individual.
The Lemera massacre, also known as the Lemera Attack or Lemera Battle, which occurred on October 6, 1996, was a massacre perpetrated by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL) at Lemera Hospital, a medical facility in the small town of Lemera, about 85 kilometers northwest of Uvira in the South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 37 individuals were killed, according to the United Nations Mapping Report.
Together for the Republic is a political party of the Democratic Republic of Congo created on 18 December 2019 by businessman Moïse Katumbi. Until his death in 2020, Pierre Lumbi was the secretary general of the party. replaced in April 2021 by Dieudonné Bolengetenge Balea.
Willy Bokonga is a Congolese politician. He was the former Minister of State, Minister of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education succeeding Gaston Musemena as the Minister of State, Minister of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education in the Ilunga government. In April 2021, Bakonga was sentenced to three years in prison without an appeal for money laundering. The case also involved the illegal transfer of funds abroad. His son was also arrested.
The Fally Ipupa Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 2013 by Congolese singer-songwriter Fally Ipupa. It aims to provide assistance to various marginalized groups in need in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including victims of sexual violence, diseases, as well as orphans.
