Michel Polnareff

French singer and songwriter, as popular as Elton John in France and Japan. Originally named Polnarev, he was born to Russian Jewish musician Leib Polnareff (also known as Léo Poll) and French Breton modern jazz dancer Simonne Lane. He had a half-brother, a Bulgarian scientist named Boris Polnarev (1922-2013).

Twenty-eight years after he published his last album, he released a new one titled "Enfin" (At last). In 2022, he performed in a show called Polnarêves (Dreams) at Palm Springs, California.

At age 66, he became a first-time father when his son Louka Volodia made his entrance into the world on 28 December 2010 at 5:58 AM in Los Angeles, California (birth time given by Polnareff). The child's mother was 27-year-old Danyellah. He later discovered he was not the biological father!