Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps was a French Orientalist diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869, joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and times between Europe and East Asia.
- Occupation
- diplomat, entrepreneur, writer, engineer
- Position held
- seat 38 of the Académie française, ambassador of France to Spain, Consul General of France in Barcelona, Consul General of France in Alexandria
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- November 19, 1805
- Died
