Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (born 1809)

Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann, was a French official who served as prefect of Seine (1853–1870), chosen by Emperor Napoleon III to carry out a massive urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks and public works in Paris commonly referred to as Haussmann's renovation of Paris. Critics forced his dismissal in 1870, but his vision of the city still defines central Paris today.