- Jean Villard was born on June 2, 1895 in Montreux, Switzerland. He was a writer and composer, known for The World Will Shake (1939), Nine Boys, One Heart (1948) and Le révolté (1938). He died on March 26, 1982 in Sain-Saphorin, Lavaux, Switzerland.
- Actor, he was a member of theater groups directed by Jacques Copeau. Using the stage name Gilles, he became later member of a duo called "Gilles et Julien" with Aman Maistre Julien. Becoming famous as a librettist and a composer, he directed cabarets in Paris and Lausanne where he continued to perform.
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