Georges Simenon was born on February 13, 1903 in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. He was a writer, known for Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967), Maigret (1991) and Monsieur Hire (1989). He was married to Denyse Ouimet and Régine "Tigy" Renchon. He died on September 4, 1989 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.