Bourdeilles is a commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France.
The château de Bourdeilles, which is a complex consisting of a medieval part and a Renaissance style part, built in the 16th century. From 1273, the year in which Edward I of England invested the castle of Bourdeilles.
Pierre de Bourdeille, known as Brantôme (circa 1537 - 1614) abbot commendataire (or secular) of the abbey of Brantôme and Lord of Saint-Crépin de Richemont, is a French soldier and writer, best known for his "light" writings His life as a courtier and a soldier, and that of the illustrious personages whom he met with.
Vladimir Volkoff, born on November 7, 1932 in Paris and died on September 14, 2005 (72 years old) in his house of Bourdeilles, is a French writer, author of numerous novels relating notably to Russian history, Cold and the Algerian war, essays devoted to disinformation, but also playwright, poet, biographer and translator. His preferred language for writing is French, but he has published novels in English and texts in Russian.
Jean-Joseph Sanfourche, is a French painter, poet, draftsman and sculptor, born on 25 June 1929 in Bordeaux, and died on 13 March 2010 in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat.
He practiced art brut and was the friend of Gaston Chaissac, Jean Dubuffet, Robert Doisneau, with whom he maintained a correspondence.
René Desmaison, (April 14, 1930 - September 28, 2007) is a French climber, born in Bourdeilles, died in Marseille.
