Georges Philippar

Georges Philippar, born on 16 October 1883 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, was a French shipbuilder. He became part of the Messageries Maritimes company in 1912, becoming its chief executive officer in 1925.

Ill-fated French ocean liner MS Georges Philippar was named after him. The ship caught fire on her maiden voyage in 1932 and sank in the Gulf of Aden with the loss of 54 lives.

Georges Philippar married Marguerite Céline Jeanne Bonnet on 5 January 1907.He founded the Société Provençale de Constructions Aéronautiques, an offshoot of SPCN (Société Provençale de Construction Navale), in 1925. He died in Paris on 10 February 1959.