- For some reason, Dassault hated the color pink.
- Born to Dr. Adolphe Bloch, a physician, and Noemi Allatini Bloch, Marcel adopted the surname of Dassault, the code name of a brother in the French Resistance, soon after World War II.
- French industrialist, engineer, aviation-magazine editor, journalist, politician, motion-picture angel, publisher of popular glossy magazine Jours de France, tract-housing developer, and fan of science fiction. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre.
- Father of Serge Dassault.
- Grandfather of Olivier Dassault.
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