Lionel Rocheman

Lionel Rocheman (18 June 1928 – 30 July 2020) was a French musician, actor, and writer.

Rocheman was born on 18 June 1928 in the 12th arrondissement of Paris to a Jewish family of Polish origin.

At the age of 16, Rocheman became one of the youngest maquisards in the Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action.

He also studied musicology and subsequently became a musician, specializing in old French songs, the first of which was originally performed by Georges Brassens.

He was the father of pianist Manuel Rocheman,[1] and a member of the Sons and Daughters of Jewish Deportees from France.