This chapter takes on the questionable task of writing a biography of Gilles Deleuze - a philosopher very interested in life as such but less so in its personal delimitations. While tracing key events of his life - his birth, his family, his brother, his school years, his wife, children, and death - the main emphasis is on dimensions that are part of a bigger map of his thought - his discovery of philosophy, his friendships and collaborations, his involvement in contemporary political events and debates, his illness, his reluctance to travel, and his position vis-à-vis the philosophical and theoretical trends around him. It closes by noting a few things about his legacy.