(1717–1799), Pope, died here Jean-Étienne Championnet (1762–1800), general, his statue by Victor Sappey stands on the Champ de Mars Jean-Pierre Bachasson (1766–1823), Count of Montalivet, peer of France and statesman, Minister of the Interior of Napoleon and mayor of Valence. His statue stands on the Place Montalivet. Jean-Joseph Farre (1816–1887), general and Minister of War (1822–1871), politician, a boulevard of the city is named after him and his statue is installed in front of the station Louis Gallet (1835–1898), poet, novelist and librettist Louis Le Cardonnel (1862–1936), priest and poet Jules Nadi (1872–1928), politician René Alphonse Higonnet (1902–1983), engineer and co-inventor of the phototypesetting process Paul-Jacques Bonzon (1908–1978), writer, died here Paul Ricœur (1913–2005), philosopher Catherine Langeais (1923–1998), television presenter and actress Marc Aryan (1926–1985), French-Belgian singer-songwriter Jean-Claude Lamy (born 1941), writer and journalist Louis Nicollin (1943–2017), entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC Jacques Tardi (born 1946), comics artist Alain Robert (born 1962), urban climber, grew up here Éric Boisset (born 1965), children writer Anne-Sophie Pic (born 1969), master chef, 3 Michelin stars Jean-François Piège (born 1970), master chef, 2 Michelin stars Guillaume Gille (born 1976), handballer Jean-Pascal Yao (born 1977), footballer Sébastien Chabal (born 1977), rugby union player Bertrand Gille (born 1978), handballer Florent Peyre (born 1980), comedian and humorist Guillaume Bonnafond (born 1987), cyclist Axel Domont (born 1990), cyclist Dionysos (formed 1993), rock band In popular culture Valence and its kiosque A since 1982 and designed by the architect Eugène Poitoux, the is a bandstand which inspired Raymond Peynet in 1942 with his famous "lovers". These "lovers" would travel the world and adorn many objects. Raymond Peynet worked on that momentum for many newspapers. After becoming famous, Peynet returned to Valence in April 1966, to baptise the kiosk which now bears his name. The lovers of Peynet inspired the song of Georges Brassens. They were broken down into stamps in 1985 in France, cancelled by the post office of Saint-Valentin in Indre, each on 14 February, in postcards, dolls, in books, on medals, in statues (such as the one in Hiroshima in Japan). The little couple is sought by collectors around the world. Japan has two Peynet museums (Karuizawa and Sakuto), while in Hiroshima, a statue of the Lovers faces the memorial of the atomic bombing. There is also a kiosque and a museum dedicated to the artist in the small commune of Brassac-les-Mines. Isabelle Bard, the mother