{{Short description|French composer (1912–1990)}} {{Use British English|date=July 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Herbert Pepper | image = Herbert Pepper.png | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1912|11|14}} | birth_place = Brest, French Third Republic<!-- DO NOT LINK, see MOS:GEOLINK --> | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2000|02|22|1912|11|14}} | death_place = Châteauneuf-Grasse, France | works = {{plainlist| * ''La Renaissance'' * ''Le Lion rouge'' }} | nationality = }}
'''Herbert Pepper''' (14 November 1912 – 22 February 2000) was a French songwriter.
Born in Brest, he was the main composer of the national anthem of Senegal, "Le Lion rouge",<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dobler|first=Lavinia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sbuBAAAAMAAJ|title=National Holidays Around the World|date=1968|publisher=Fleet Press Corporation|isbn=978-0-8303-0044-0|pages=218, 47|language=en}}</ref> and that of the Central African Republic, "La Renaissance".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ambassade (U.S.)|first=Central African Republic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzcwAAAAIAAJ|title=République Centroafricaine, Unité, Dignité, Travail|date=1959|language=en}}</ref> He also served in World War II.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://oral.history.ufl.edu/2013/08/01/remembering-herbert-pepper/ | title=Remembering Herbert Pepper, WWII-030 }}</ref> He died in Châteauneuf-Grasse.
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