Henri Donnadieu

Henri Donnadieu (13 May 1943 – 12 August 2025) was a Mexican-French businessman and LGBT rights activist.

Life and career Donnadieu was born in the French Riviera on 13 May 1943. In 1976 he migrated to Mexico as a political refugee, where he met Manolo Fernández, owner of the French restaurant Le Neuf located in Mexico City's Zona Rosa.

In 1977, the couple opened , Mexico's first openly gay bar, on the premises of Fernández's former restaurant. The place attracted various Mexican personalities, such as Silvia Pinal, Pita Amor, Carlos Monsiváis, and María Félix, and became a safe space for the gay community of the Mexican capital.

Donnadieu died at his home in Cuernavaca, on 12 August 2025, at the age of 82.