Vocation : Sports : Fencing

Joanni Maurice Perronnet (19 October 1877 – 1 April 1950) was a French painter and fencer.
He was son of music composer Joanni Perronnet and Blanche Guérard, as well as grandson of the playwright and lyricist Amélie Perronnet.
He was a fencing master, the only professional allowed to compete in the Olympic Games at the time. Two such masters, Perronet and Leonidas Pyrgos of Greece, competed in a special foil fencing event at the first modern Olympics. The two faced each other in an event that consisted of a single bout to three touches. Perronet lost the bout, 3-1. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a silver medal and 3 goats.He had close links to Sarah Bernhardt, she was his godmother. In 1908, he became secretary-general of the Sarah-Bernhardt Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt.
He is known as a painter, most of his paintings are seascapes. He also designed many posters for French railway companies and painted several portraits of Sarah Bernhardt.

Gustave Buchard (17 February 1890 – 18 February 1977) was a French fencer who took part in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. Bushard won two Olympic medals in fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He came in third place in both the individual and team epee.

Gilbert or Émile Bougnol (31 August 1866 in Saint-Myon, France – 20 October 1947 in Rueil-Malmaison, France) was a French professional fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the masters épée.

Miguel de Capriles (November 30, 1906 – May 24, 1981) was a Mexican-born American fencer, a President of the FIE, a former dean of the New York University School of Law and one of the world's leading authorities on fencing.