- Jean-Michel Defaye was born on September 18, 1932 in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France. He was a composer, known for The Widow Couderc (1971), Happiness (1965) and Max and the Junkmen (1971). He died on January 1, 2025 in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, France.
- In 1953 he won second prize in composition for the Belgian Queen Elisabeth competition.
- Aged ten he entered the Paris Conservatoire and completed his musical training in theory, piano and composition, taking in Nadia Boulanger's accompaniment class.
- In 1952 he won the Premier Second Grand Prix de Rome.
- Known for his collaboration with French poet and singer-songwriter Léo Ferré.
- In 1952 he won the Premier Second Grand Prix de Rome and the following year he won second prize in composition for the BelgianQueen Elisabeth competition.
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