Herculine Barbin, Jean Marais

Born: Herculine Barbin (1838)
Died: Jean Marais (1998)

Born on this day

Herculine Barbin

Raised as a girl, reclassified as a man by a court – the memoirs of this intersex teacher are one of the earliest first-person accounts of intersex life.

Died on this day

08NovDied 199828th anniversary of death

Jean Marais

An actor, sculptor and potter, Jean Marais brought Jean Cocteau’s imagined worlds to the screen and became one of France’s most recognisable stars.