Émile Faynot
Émile Alphonse Faynot was a French industrialist, watercolourist and illustrator. He was born in in the Ardennes. A graduate of Arts and Crafts, he founded the Faynot metalworks business in Thilay in 1912. The business continues to this day. His reputation as an illustrator rests on numerous works, e.g. his collaborations with the Ardennois writer Jean Rogissart among others.
Faynot died in Thilay in 1962.