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If you can’t find what you are looking for, try searching the Jersey Heritage Online Catalogue to find out about Jersey’s historical figures. Our education resources also have information on significant people from Jersey’s history.
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Check out our stories on some of Jersey's famous names
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Lillie Langtry
Every age has its own idea of beauty and in Lillie Langtry we have the epitome of a late 19th century "pinup".
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Claude Cahun and Jersey
Claude Cahun (1894-1954) was an artist, photographer and writer, best known today for surreal self-portrait photographs.
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Jean Le Capelain
Jean Le Capelain was often compared to the artist J M W Turner, and was sometimes referred to as ‘the Jersey Turner’
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Jersey Heritage TV has interviews with important figures from recent history. In the Eyewitness to History series, journalist Alastair Layzell interviews men and women who defined Jersey in the twentieth century. See all the interviews here.