Coco Chanel biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Coco Chanel

Author Name:

Coco Chanel

Born As:

Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel

Other Names:

Coco Chanel

Born:

19 Aug 1883

Died:

10 Jan 1971




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Fashion coutrier designer and perfumer                          
                          
Mother Jeanne Devolle
FatherAlbert Chanel
Coco never married, but had many affairs.                          
                          
There was a mispelling on her birth certificate that was recorded her surname as 'Chasnel'.

During the Nazi occupation of Paris she was criticized for having an affair with Hans Gunther von Dincklage, a German officer who arranged for her to remain in the Hotel Ritz.