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Victor Noir | |
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![]() Illustration of Noir, 1900 | |
Born | Yvan Salmon July 27, 1848 Attigny, Vosges, France |
Died | January 11, 1870 Auteuil, Paris, France | (aged 21)
Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Journalist |
Victor Noir, born Yvan Salmon (27 July 1848 – 11 January 1870), was a French journalist. After he was shot and killed by Prince Pierre Bonaparte, a cousin of the French Emperor Napoleon III (r. 1852–1870), Noir became a symbol of opposition to the imperial regime. His tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris has become a fertility symbol.