Reims

Miscellaneous

Births

Reims was the birthplace of:

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• Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), who served as the French minister of finance, for 22 years, under King Louis XIV
• Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1651-1719), Catholic saint, teacher and educational reformer
• Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703), organist and composer
• Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Count d'Erlon (1765-1844), marshal of France and a soldier in Napoleon's army
• Nicolas Eugène Géruzez (1799-1865), critic
• Adolphe d'Archiac (1802-1868), geologist and paleontologist
• Paul Fort (1872-1960), poet
• Henri Marteau (1874-1934), violinist and composer
• Maurice Halbwachs (1877-1945), philosopher and sociologist
• Roger Caillois (1913-1978), intellectual
• Jean Baudrillard (born 1929), is a cultural theorist and philosopher
• Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (born 1947), TV journalist and writer

Twin towns

Reims is twinned with:

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• Salzburg, Austria (1964)
• Aachen, Germany (1967)
• Canterbury, United Kingdom (1962)
• Florence, Italy (1954)
• Arlington County, Virginia, United States.