Noël Godin
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Noël Godin (born 13 September 1945) is a Belgian writer, critic, actor and notorious pie thrower or entarteur.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Godin gained global attention in 1998 when his group ambushed Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in Brussels, pelting the software magnate with pies.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":2">Template:Cite journal</ref> After bombarding Gates, Godin allegedly said, "My work here is done."<ref name=":3">Template:Citation</ref> He has been described as "the French-speaking world's best-known prankster."<ref name=":0" />
Philosophy
Godin insists he is non-violent and is careful to use only soft pies made of cream and sponge cake that will not physically hurt his victims, which he purchases from local bakeries.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":5">Template:Cite news</ref> He says his humor can be traced back to Bugs Bunny, Wile E. Coyote, the Marx Brothers, Norman Wisdom, and the radical "yippies" of the Youth International Party.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">Template:Cite news</ref>
A supporter of anarchist causes,<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Godin targets figures representing elites whom the public has turned against.<ref name=":0" /> One of his favorite targets is the French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, who has been pied by Godin or one of his accomplices on at least seven occasions.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Pieing targets
Since 1969, Godin has thrown pies at more than 25 people in the fields of culture, politics, and beyond.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> The list of public figures Godin and his accomplices have targeted with pies includes:
- Marguerite Duras (1969)<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" />
- Maurice Béjart (1969)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" />
- Marco Ferreri (1976)<ref name=":8">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Jean-Luc Godard (1985)<ref name=":0" />
- Bernard-Henri Lévy (at least seven times, including 1985, 1994, 2015)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" />
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- Patrick Bruel (1993)<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Jean-Pierre Elkabbach (1994)<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Hélène (1995)<ref name=":0" />
- Philippe Douste-Blazy (1995)<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" />
- Daniel Toscan du Plantier (1996)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":8" />
- Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (1996)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Priests at Nantes Cathedral (1996)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Nicolas Sarkozy (1997)<ref name=":2" />
- Bill Gates (1998)<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6" />
- Bernard Landry (2000)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Jean-Pierre Chevènement (2002)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Jean Charest (2003)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Doc Gynéco (2007)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Books
- Anthologie de la subversion carabinée, L'âge d'homme, 1989, Template:ISBN (philosophical study of political freedom), réédition revue et augmentée, 2008
- Zig zig boum boum, Le Veilleur, Toulouse, 1994
- Crème et châtiment : mémoire d'un entarteur, Albin Michel, 1995
- Godin par Godin, Yellow Now, 2001, Template:ISBN
- Armons-nous les uns les autres! (novel), Flammarion, 2003, Template:ISBN
- Entartons, entartons les pompeux cornichons!, Flammarion, 2005, Template:ISBN (The story of all his pieings).