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Wikipedia: Georges-Eugène Haussmann (27 March 1809 – 11 January 1891), who called himself Baron Haussmann, was a French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris. He was born in Paris to a Protestant family from Alsace.
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![Georges-Eugène Haussmann, circa 1865 [Georges-Eugène Haussmann, circa 1865]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Portrait_haussmann.jpg)
![Avenue de la Grande Armée'', one of Haussmann's twelve grand avenues radiating from the ''Arc de Triomphe'' [Avenue de la Grande Armée'', one of Haussmann's twelve grand avenues radiating from the ''Arc de Triomphe'']](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Haussman_grandearmee_750pix_s.jpg)