times Champion of France on track on 5,000 and 10,000 metres and then once France's Cross-country Champion. Jean Mailland (1937–) – writer, lyricist, actor and Director for film and television. He is also Director for the theatre and screenwriter. Matthieu Ricard (1946–) – Buddhist monk, son of the philosopher and journalist Jean-François Revel. Gilles Bernheim (1952–) – Chief Rabbi of France. Alain Lorieux – Rugby Union International who was also manager of the campsite. Di Credico (1957–) – figurative painter practice Happening, it runs throughout the world, paintings of very large dimensions, in real-time, to an audience. Alain Soral (1958–) – journalist, essayist and French political activist, brother of actress Agnès Soral. Agnès Soral (1960–) – French actress who played alongside Coluche in the film Tchao Pantin, by Claude Berri, in 1983. She is also the sister of the journalist and essayist Alain Soral. Karl Zéro (1961–) – French television host who has worked in television, radio and print media. Author and satirical political filmmaker. Thierry Tulasne (1963–) – Player of tennis in the 1980s. 1980 junior world champion. He is now the coach of Gilles Simon. Laurence Ferrari (1966–) – French journalist, presenter of the television programme 20h on TF1, after working in television (Canal+, France 2), radio (Europe 1) and in the print media. Daughter of the former Mayor of Aix Gratien Ferrari. Philippe Cerboneschi (1967–) –better known under the pseudonym of Philippe Zdar, it is part of the musical duo Cassius, he is also producer of music (Phoenix, Housse de Racket, Beastie Boys, The Rapture, Cat Power, -M-, MC Solaar) – he won a Grammy Award in 2010 with Phoenix for the album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Hervé Renard (1968–) – retired professional French footballer currently head coach of the Saudi Arabia national football team. Jean Sulpice (1978–) – French chef Christophe Lemaitre (1990–) – French athlete trains at Aix, become 2010 European champion of the 100, 200 and relay 4 × 100 meters. Many personalities have frequented Aix-les-Bains, including for spa treatment. Among the most famous is Queen Victoria who came in 1885, 1887 and 1890 with her daughter, Princess Béatrice, the Empress Sisi, the Queen-Mother of Portugal Maria Pia of Savoy, the King Leopold II of Belgium, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, many Pashas of Saudi Arabia, King Faisal of Jordan, Aga Khan III (who married in Aix), Queens Emma and Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and