This is a list of French people. // The French people are citizens of France and speak French (le français). ...

Actors/actresses

A

• Isabelle Adjani
• Renée Adorée
• Anouk Aimée
• Arletty
• Antonin Artaud
• Fanny Ardant
• Jeanne Aubert
• Jean-Louis Aubert
• Jean-Pierre Aumont
• Claude Autant-Lara
• Daniel Auteuil
• Charles Aznavour

La Reine Margot Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born June 27, 1955) is one of Frances best known actresses. ... Renée Adorée (September 30, 1898–October 5, 1933) was a French actress. ... Anouk Aimée (born April 27, 1932) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning French film actress. ... Arletty (born Léonie Bathiat) (15 May 1898 _ 24 July 1992) was a French model, singer, and actress. ... Antonin Artaud Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (born September 4, 1896, in Marseille; died March 4, 1948 in Paris) was a French playwright, poet, actor and director. ... Fanny Ardant in 8 femmes. ... Jeanne Aubert, (February 21, 1906 – March 6, 1988) was a French singer and actress. ... Jean-Louis Aubert (born April 12, 1955 in Nantua) is a French guitarist, singer and songwriter. ... Jean-Pierre Aumont (January 5, 1911 – January 29, 2001) was a French actor. ... Claude Autant-Lara (b. ... Daniel Auteuil (born January 24, 1950) is a French actor. ... Charles Aznavour (Armenian: Õ‡Õ¡Õ¼Õ¬ Ô±Õ¦Õ¶Õ¡Õ¾Õ¸Ö‚Ö€; born May 22, 1924) is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter and actor. ...

B-C

• Brigitte Bardot
• Emmanuelle Béart
• Jean-Paul Belmondo
• Charles Berling
• Suzanne Bianchetti
• Juliette Binoche
• Bernard Blier
• Sandrine Bonnaire
• Élodie Bouchez
• Bourvil
• Charles Boyer
• Guillaume Canet
• Capucine
• Martine Carol
• Leslie Caron
• Isabelle Carré
• Vincent Cassel
• Jean-Pierre Cassel
• Clotilde Courau
• Clemence Poesy

Brigitte Bardot (French IPA: ) (born September 28, 1934) is a French actress, former fashion model, singer, known nationalist, animal rights activist, and considered the embodiment of the 1950s and 1960s sex kitten. ... Emmanuelle Béart at Cannes in 2000 Emmanuelle Béart (born August 14, 1963) is a French actress. ... Jean-Paul Belmondo (nicknamed Bébel) (born April 9, 1933 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of Paris), is a French actor. ... Charles Berling is an actor, realizer, scenario writer and French producer born on April 30, 1958 in Saint-Mandé in Val de Marne (France). ... Suzanne Bianchetti, born February 24, 1889 in Paris, France - died October 17, 1936 in Paris, was an pioneer film actress. ... Juliette Binoche (French IPA: ) (born March 9, 1964) is a French Academy Award-winning actress. ... Bernard Blier (11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French actor. ... Sandrine Bonnaire is an internationally-famous French actress, born 31 May 1967 in the town of Gannat in the Auvergne region. ... Élodie Bouchez as Renée Rienne on Alias. ... Bourvil (July 27, 1917 - September 23, 1970), né André Bourvil, was a French actor best known for his roles in comedy most notably in his collaboration with Louis de Funès in La Grande Vadrouille (1966). ... Charles Boyer (August 28, 1899 – August 26, 1978) was a French-American actor who starred in several classic Hollywood films, TV director and TV producer. ... Guillaume Canet (born April 10, 1973) is a French actor and film director. ... Capucine (6 January 1931 – 17 March 1990) was a French actress. ... Martine Carol Martine Carol (May 16, 1920 – February 6, 1967) was a French film actress. ... Leslie Caron (IPA: ) (born July 1, 1931) is an Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-winning, and Emmy-nominated motion picture actress and dancer. ... Isabelle Carré is a French actress born on May 28, 1971 in Paris. ... Vincent Cassel (born November 23, 1966) is a French actor. ... Jean-Pierre Cassel is a french actor, born 1932 in Paris. ... Her Royal Highness Clotilde, Princess of Venize and Piedmont (born as Clotilde Courau April 3, 1969 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France) is an actress. ... Cl mence Po sy is a French Actress rumoured to play Fleur Delacour in the upcoming Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. ...

D-L

• Jessie Lehnerz
• Béatrice Dalle
• Lili Damita
• Danny
• Danielle Darrieux
• Alain Delon
• Danièle Delorme
• Julie Delpy
• Catherine Deneuve
• Gérard Depardieu
• Patrick Dewaere
• Arielle Dombasle
• Michel Drucker
• Anny Dupérey
• Romain Duris
• Nicolas Duvauchelle
• Elisa-Rachel Félix (Rachel)
• Fernandel
• Brigitte Fossey
• Louis de Funès
• Félicité du Jeu
• Jean Gabin
• Annie Girardot
• Judith Godrèche
• Eva Green
• Sacha Guitry
• Isabelle Huppert
• Irène Jacob
• Claude Jade
• Marlène Jobert
• Valérie Kaprisky
• Anna Karina
• Jean-Pierre Léaud
• Virginie Ledoyen
• Pascal Légitimus
• Max Linder

Béatrice Dalle Béatrice Dalle (born December 19, 1964) is a French actress. ... Lili Damita Lili Damita (July 10, 1904 – March 21, 1994) was a French actress. ... Danny is the 101st most common male name in the United States according to the 1990 census. ... Danielle Darrieux Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (born May 1, 1917 in Bordeaux, France) is a French singer and actress. ... Alain Delon (born 8 November 1935) is a French-born actor, one of the best known outside his native country. ... Danièle Delorme (born October 9, 1926 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France) is an actress and film producer. ... Julie Delpy at press conference for Before Sunrise at the 1995 Berlinale (photo by Michael Weiner) Julie Delpy (born December 21, 1969) is a French/American actress and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter. ... Catherine Deneuve (French IPA: ), (October 22, 1943, in Paris, France), is an Academy Award-nominated French actress. ... Gérard Depardieu. ... Patrick Dewaere (January 26, 1947 - July 16, 1982) was a French actor. ... Arielle Dombasle (born Arielle Sonnery de Fromental on April 27, 1958 in Norwich, Connecticut) is an American-born singer and actress working primarily in the Cinema of France. ... Michel Drucker (born September 12, 1942) is a popular French journalist and TV host. ... Anny Dupeey as Helen of Troy in La Guerre de Troie naura pas lieu (1981) Anny Duperey (born Annie Legras on June 28, 1947 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France) is an stage, film and television actress and best-selling author. ... Romain Duris, born May 28, 1974 in Paris, is a French actor. ... Portrait of Mlle Rachel by William Etty, 1840s Rachel (18 February 1821 - 4 January 1858) was a Franco-Jewish actress who was considered the greatest of her time. ... Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (May 8, 1903 – February 26, 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor. ... Brigitte Fossey Brigitte Fossey, born June 15, 1946 in Tourcoing, Nord, France, is an actress. ... Louis de Funès poster from Les Grandes Vacances Louis de Funès de Galarza (fyˈnɛs) (July 31, 1914, Courbevoie, France, – January 27, 1983) was a French actor who is considered by many to be one of the giants of French comedy. ... Félicité du Jeu is a French actress. ... For other uses, see Gabin. ... Annie Girardot (born 25 October 1931 in Paris) is a French actress. ... from Ridicule Judith Godrèche (born March 23, 1972) is a French actress and author, born in Paris, France. ... Eva Gaëlle Green [e-VA GREN] (born July 5, 1980) is a BAFTA award-winning French actress // Eva Green was born in Paris, France to a French mother and a Swedish father, and was raised in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. ... Sacha Guitry, born February 21, 1885 in St. ... Isabelle Anne Huppert (born March 16, 1953) is a French actress. ... Irène Marie Jacob (born July 15, 1966) is a French-born Swiss actress. ... Claude Jade Claude Jade (born Claude Marcelle Jorré on 8 October 1948 - 1 December 2006) was a celebrated French actress, best known by starring in François Truffauts films Baisers volés, Domicile conjugal and Lamour en fuite. ... Marlène Jobert (born November 4, 1943) is an actress and author. ... Valérie Kaprisky (born August 19, 1962) is a French actress. ... Anna Karina in the Jean-Luc Godard film My Life to Live (1962) Anna Karina (born Hanna Karin Blarke Bayer September 22, 1940) is a Danish born film actress who works in France. ... Jean-Pierre Léaud (born May 5, 1944) is a French actor. ... Virginie Ledoyen in 2000, at the press conference for The Beach Virginie Ledoyen (born Virginie Fernandez on November 15, 1976 in Aubervilliers, France) is a French actress. ... Max Linder (December 16, 1883 – October 31, 1925) was an influential French pioneer of silent film. ...

M-W

• Marcel Marceau
• Sophie Marceau
• Jean Marais
• Jean-Baptiste Maunier
• Miou-Miou
• Mistinguett
• Yves Montand
• Jeanne Moreau
• Michèle Morgan
• Musidora
• Gérard Philipe
• Michel Piccoli
• Jean-Luc Picard
• Alexia Portal
• Clemence Poesy
• Yvonne Printemps
• Pérette Pradier
• Gabrielle Réjane
• Jean Reno
• Pierre Richard
• Jean Rochefort
• Béatrice Romand
• Philippine de Rothschild
• Nathalie Roussel
• Michel Roux
• Cheril Sanchez
• Emmanuelle Seigner
• Delphine Seyrig
• Clément Sibony
• Simone Signoret
• Audrey Tautou
• Jean-Louis Trintignant
• Marie Trintignant
• Gaspard Ulliel
• Michael Vartan
• Hervé Villechaize
• Will Oldham

Marcel Mangel (born March 22, 1923; Strasbourg, France), better known by his stage name Marcel Marceau, is a well-known mime, among the most popular representatives of this art form world-wide. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jean Marais photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1947 Jean Marais, born Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (December 11, 1913 - November 8, 1998) was a French actor, and the lover of Jean Cocteau. ... Jean-Baptiste Maunier is the child musical prodigy who took part in the 2004s Les Choristes. ... Miou-Miou (born Sylvette Hery, February 22, 1950 in Paris, France) is a French actress. ... Mistinguett (April 5, 1875 - January 5, 1956 from Enghien-les-Bains, Val-dOise, Île-de-France, France) was a French actress and singer, with birth name of Jeanne Bourgeois. ... Yves Montand Yves Montand (October 13, 1921 – November 9, 1991) was a French/Italian actor, born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Alto, Italy. ... Jeanne Moreau (born 23 January 1928 in Paris, France) is a French actress. ... Michèle Morgan (née Simone Renée Roussel on 29 February 1920 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is a French actress. ... Musidora as Irma Vep in a screen shot of the 1915 film serial Les Vampires Musidora (February 23, 1889 - December 11, 1957) was the professional stage-name of a popular French silent film actress of the early 20th century. ... Gérard Philipe Gérard Philipe (December 4, 1922 – November 22, 1959) was a prominent French actor. ... Michel Piccoli (born December 27, 1925) is a French actor. ... Captain Jean-Luc Picard, played by Patrick Stewart, is a character from the Star Trek franchise who appears in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation, in the movies Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis, and makes a cameo appearence in... Alexia Portal is a French actress best known for her role as Beatrice Romands daughter in the 1998 film Autumn Tale. ... Cl mence Po sy is a French Actress rumoured to play Fleur Delacour in the upcoming Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. ... Yvonne Printemps (Ermont, France, July 25, 1895 – January 19, 1977 in Paris, France) was a French singer and actress. ... Perrette Pradier, born April 17, 1938, is a French actress. ... Gabrielle Réjane was the stage name of Gabrielle-Charlotte Reju, (June 5, 1856 – June 14, 1920), a French actress. ... Jean Reno (born Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez, July 30, 1948) is a French actor of Spanish descent. ... Pierre Richard (born August 16, 1934) is a French actor and director. ... Jean Rochefort (born 29 April 1930) is a French actor who has acted in more than 100 movies. ... Béatrice Romand (born 1952) is a French actress best known for her work with director Eric Rohmer in such films as Claires Knee, Chloe in the Afternoon, A Good Marriage, Summer and Autumn Tale. ... Baroness Philippine Pascale de Rothschild (born 1935 ) is a daughter of the famous vintner, Baron Philippe de Rothschild. ... Nathalie Roussel is a French actress of stage, television and film who is best known for her role in the 1991 films My Fathers Glory and My Mothers Castle. ... Michel Roux was born July 22, 1929 in Colombes and dead February 2, 2007 in Paris is a French actor. ... Emmanuelle Seigner (born June 22, 1966) is a French actress and former fashion model. ... Delphine Seyrig (April 10, 1932 - October 15, 1990) was a stage and film actress and a film director. ... Simone Signoret (March 25, 1920 - September 30, 1985), was an Academy Award-winning French actress. ... Audrey Tautou (IPA: ; , born August 9, 1978) is a French film actress, known to worldwide audiences for playing the title character in the award-winning French film Amélie (2001, Le Fabuleux Destin dAmélie Poulain) and as Sophie Neveu in The Da Vinci Code (2006). ... Jean-Louis Trintignant (born on December 11, 1930 in Piolenc, Vaucluse, France) is a French actor. ... Marie Trintignant (January 21, 1962 - August 1, 2003) was a French actress. ... Gaspard Ulliel (born November 25, 1984) is a French film actor. ... Vartan on Alias Michael Vartan (b. ... Hervé Villechaize Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize (April 23, 1943–September 4, 1993) was a French actor of Filipino ancestry who achieved worldwide recognition for his role as Mr. ... Will Oldham, a. ...

Architects

• Kirsten
• Maj-Gen Claude Martin,co-founder of Modern Lucknow
• Jacques-François Blondel
• Germain Boffrand
• Étienne-Louis Boullée
• Salomon de Brosse
• Libéral Bruant
• Jacques Androuet du Cercau
• Pierre Charreau
• Le Corbusier pseudonym for Charles Edouard Jeanneret (Swiss-born)
• Philibert Delorme
• Pierre Francois Leonard Fontaine
• Ange-Jacques Gabriel
• Charles Garnier
• Tony Garnier
• Hector Guimard
• Villard de Honnecourt
• Pierre Jeanneret (Swiss-born)
• Frantz Jourdain
• Henri Labrouste
• Claude Nicolas Ledoux
• Pierre Lescot
• André Lurçat
• Robert Mallet-Stevens
• megan
• Francois Mansart
• Jules Hardouin Mansart
• Louis Metezeau
• Pierre de Montrevil
• Jean Nouvel
• Charles Percier
• Claude Perrault
• Dominique Perrault
• Auguste Perret
• Christian de Portzamparc
• Jean Prouvé
• Alain Provost
• Henri Sauvage
• Jacques Germain Soufflot
• Louis Le Vau
• Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc

General Claude Martin. ... Jacques-François Blondel (January 17, 1705-January 9, 1774) was a French architect. ... Germain Boffrand (Nantes, 16 May 1667 — Paris 19 March 1754) was one of the most gifted French architects of his generation. ... Étienne-Louis Boullée (February 12, 1728 - February 6, 1799) was a French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects and is still influential today. ... Salomon de Brosse (1571, Verneuil-sur-Oise, France - Dec. ... Libéral Bruant (ca 1635 - Paris, November 22, 1697), was a French architect best known as the designer of the Hôtel des Invalides, Paris, now dominated by the dome erected by Jules Hardouin Mansart, his collaborator in earlier stages of the construction. ... Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was a Swiss and later French, (Swiss-born) architect and writer, who is famous for his contributions to what now is called Modern Architecture. ... The Villa Savoye near Paris Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965) was the pseudonym of Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris. ... Philibert de lOrme (c. ... Château of the Petit Trianon in the park at Versailles Ange-Jacques Gabriel (October 23, 1698 – January 4, 1782) was the most prominent French architect of his generation. ... Charles Garnier may refer to Saint Charles Garnier, a Jesuit missionary, martyred in Canada in 1649. ... Tony Garnier (August 13, 1869 Lyon, France-- January 19, 1948, Roquefort-la Bédoule, France) was a noted architect and city planner. ... Designed in 1899, the Porte Dauphine station exhibits Guimards only surviving enclosed edicule of the Paris Métro. ... Self-portrait (?) of Villard de Honnecourt from The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt (about 1230) Villard de Honnecourt was possibly a 13th century itinerant master-builder of Picardy in northern France, whose surviving portfolio of drawings (ca 1230s?) is in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (MS Fr 19093). ... Pierre Jeanneret (1896-1967) was a Swiss architect who collaborated with his more famous cousin Charles Edouard Jeanneret (who assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier) for about twenty years. ... Sainte-Geneviève library in Paris (Pierre François) Henri Labrouste (11 May 1801–24 June 1875) was a French architect from the famous École des Beaux Arts school of architecture. ... Portrait of Ledoux with his son. ... Pierre Lescot (Paris c. ... André Lurçat (1894 - 1970) was a French modernist architect, landscape architect, furniture designer and city planner, a founding member of CIAM, and active in the rebuilding in French cities after World War II. Lurçat studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, began building a series of... Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 - February 8, 1945) was a French architect and designer. ... François Mansart (January 13, 1598 in Paris - September 23, 1666 in Paris) was a French architect. ... Jules Hardouin-Mansart, marble bust by Jean-Louis Lemoyne: a full-dress Baroque portrait bust demonstrates that the Kings architect is no mere craftsman Jules Hardouin-Mansart (Paris, April 16, 1646 – Marly, France, May 11, 1708) was a French architect whose work is generally considered to be the... Jean Nouvel (born August 12, 1945) is a French architect. ... Charles Percier (Paris, August 22, 1764 - Paris, September 5, 1838) was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in such close partnership with Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, originally his friend from student days, from 1794 onwards, that it is fruitless to disentangle artistic responsibilities in... Though Claude Perrault (Paris, 1613 - Paris, 1688) is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the Louvre in Paris, he also achieved success as physician and anatomist, and as an author, who wrote treatises on physics and natural history. ... French National Library, Paris Dominique Perrault (1953, Clermont Ferrand - ) is a French architect. ... St. ... Cité de la musique building in Paris Christian de Portzamparc (born May 5, 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French architect and urbanist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Jacques Germain Soufflot (July 22, 1713 - Paris, August 29, 1780) was a French architect in the international circle that introduced Neoclassicism. ... Louis Le Vau (1612 – 1670) was a French architect who worked for Louis XIV of France. ... Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (Paris, January 27, 1814 – 1879 in Lausanne) was a French architect and theorist, famous for his restorations of medieval buildings. ...

Authors

See also: French language authors, French language poets, French novelists Chronological list of French language authors (regardless of nationality), by date of birth. ... Poets who have written in the French language: // Guillaume Apollinaire Louis Aragon Agrippa dAubigné Charles Baudelaire Jean-Antoine de Baïf Béroul Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux André Breton Andrée Brunin Blaise Cendrars Jean Chapelain René Char Chrétien de Troyes Paul Claudel Jean Cocteau Tristan Corbière... This is a list of novelists from France. ...

A

• Marcel Achard
• Guillaume Apollinaire
• Louis Aragon
• Antonin Artaud

Marcel Achard (July 5, 1899 – September 4, 1974) was a French playwright and script writer. ... Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26, 1880 – November 9, 1918) was a poet, writer, and art critic. ... Louis Aragon (October 3, 1897 - December 24, 1982), French historian, poet and novelist. ... Antonin Artaud Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (born September 4, 1896, in Marseille; died March 4, 1948 in Paris) was a French playwright, poet, actor and director. ...

B

• Honoré de Balzac -- realist author
• Henri Barbusse
• Charles Baudelaire, 19th century poet
• Pierre Beaumarchais, comedy playwright
• Simone de Beauvoir -- 20th century author
• Cyrano de Bergerac
• Georges Bernanos
• Tristan Bernard
• Maurice Blanchot
• Antoine Blondin
• Nicolas Boileau
• Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
• Pierre Boulle
• Fernand Braudel
• André Breton
• Restif de la Bretonne
• Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
• Michel Butor

Balzac redirects here. ... Literary realism most often refers to the trend, in early 19th century French literature, towards depictions of contemporary life and society as it is, in the spirit of general Realism, instead of a romanticized or similarly stylized presentation. ... Henri Barbusse (May 17, 1873 - August 30, 1935) was a French novelist and journalist. ... Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (April 9, 1821–August 31, 1867) was one of the most influential French poets. ... Beaumarchais Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (January 24, 1732 – May 17-18, 1799) was a watch-maker, inventor, musician, politician, invalid, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms-dealer, and revolutionary (both French and American). ... La Beauvoir redirects here; also see: Beauvoir (disambiguation). ... Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (March 6, 1619 – July 28, 1655) was a French dramatist and duellist born in Paris, who is now best remembered for the many works of fiction which have been woven around his life story, most notably the play by Edmond Rostand which... Georges Bernanos (February 20, 1888 – July 5, 1948) was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. Of Catholic and monarchist leanings, he was a violent adversary to bourgeois thought and to a certain defeatism that led, in his view, to Frances defeat in 1940. ... Tristan Bernard (September 7, 1866 - December 7, 1947) was a French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer. ... Maurice Blanchot (September 27, 1907-February 20, 2003) was a French philosopher, literary theorist and writer of fiction. ... Antoine Blondin (1922-1991) was a French writer. ... Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, commonly called Boileau, (November 1, 1636 - March 13, 1711) was a French poet and critic. ... Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Louvre Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 - April 12, 1704) was a French bishop, theologian, and renowned pulpit orator and court preacher. ... Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist. ... Fernand Braudel Fernand Braudel (August 24, 1902–November 27, 1985) was a French historian. ... André Breton André Breton (French IPA: ) (February 19, 1896 – September 28, 1966) was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist, and is best known as the main founder of surrealism. ... Nicolas-Edme Rétif (October 23, 1734 – February 2, 1806). ... —Brillat-Savarin Quite possibly the most famous French epicure and gastronome of all, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (April 1, 1755 - 1826) was born in the town of Belley,where the Rhine then separated France from Savoy, to a family of lawyers in whom eloquence flowed. ... Michel Butor is a French post-World War II writer. ...

C-E

• Albert Camus -- existentialist author
• Louis-Ferdinand Céline -- 20th century author
• Blaise Cendrars
• Aimé Césaire-- 20th century author
• Nicolas Chamfort
• René Char, 20th century poet
• François-René de Chateaubriand
• Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
• Emil Cioran
• Paul Claudel
• Jean Cocteau -- 20th century poet and playwright
• Colette-- 20th century author
• Benjamin Constant
• Pierre Corneille -- classicist playwright
• Darry Cowl
• Marquis de Custine -- travel writer
• Robert Desnos -- 20th century poet
• Denis Diderot
• Alexandre Dumas, père, Author
• Alexandre Dumas, fils -- Playwright/author
• Marguerite Duras - 20th century novelist
• Vanessa Duriès
• Mircea Eliade
• Paul Eluard

Albert Camus (pronounced )( ) (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was an Algerian-French author and philosopher. ... Existentialism is a philosophical movement emphasizing individualism, individual freedom, and subjectivity. ... Seline redirects here. ... Frédéric Louis Sauser (September 1, 1887 – January 21, 1961), better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss novelist and poet naturalized French in 1916. ... Aimé Fernand David Césaire (born June 25, 1913) is a French poet, author and politician. ... Nicolas Chamfort (April 6, 1741, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne France - April 13, 1794, Paris) was a French writer, best known for his witty epigrams and aphorisms. ... René Char (1907 - 1988) René Char (June 14, 1907 - February 19, 1988) was a 20th century poet. ... François-René de Chateaubriand, painting by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, beginning of 19th century. ... Pierre Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos, a French official and army general, was born on October 18, 1741 in Amiens, France and died in Taranto, Italy on September 5, 1803. ... Emil Cioran Emil Cioran (April 8, 1911 – June 20, 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist. ... Cover of Time Magazine(March 21, 1927) Paul Claudel (August 6, 1868 – February 23, 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. ... Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. ... Colette Colette [1] [2] was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (January 28, 1873 – August 3, 1954). ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Pierre Corneille (June 6, 1606–October 1, 1684) was a French tragedian tragedian who was one of the three great 17th Century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. ... Classicism door in Olomouc, The Czech Republic Teatr Wielki in Warsaw Church La Madeleine in Paris Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity, as setting standards for taste which the classicist seeks to emulate. ... Darry Cowl, born André Darricau in Vittel, (27 August 1925 - 14 February 2006) was a French musician and actor. ... Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, marquis de Custine (1790 – 1857) was a French aristocrat and writer who is best known for his travel writing, in particular his account of his visit to Russia in 1839 entitled Empire of the Czar: A Journey Through Eternal Russia. ... Robert Desnos (July 4, 1900 - June 8, 1945) was a French surrealist poet. ... Portrait of Diderot by Louis-Michel van Loo, 1767 Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784) was a French philosopher and writer. ... Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. ... Alexandre Dumas, fils (July 27, 1824 – November 27, 1895) was the son of Alexandre Dumas, père, who followed in his fathers footsteps becoming a celebrated author and playwright. ... Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras, (April 4, 1914 – March 3, 1996) was a French writer and film director. ... Vanessa Duriès Vanessa Duriès (a. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Paul Éluard was the nom de plume of Eugène Grindel (December 14, 1895 - November 18, 1952), a French poet. ...

F-J

• Frantz Fanon -- 20th century author, psychiatrist
• Léon-Paul Fargue
• Georges Feydeau
• Marc Ferro
• Amanda Filipacchi -- novelist (French and U.S. citizenship, writes in English)
• Alain Finkielkraut - essayist
• Gustave Flaubert -- realist author
• Anatole France
• Marie de France -- poet
• Romain Gary
• Jean Genet
• André Gide, Nobel Prize Winner
• Jean Giono
• Jean Giraudoux
• Françoise Giroud
• Julien Gracq
• Julien Green
• Pierre Guyotat
• Auguste Himly, historian
• Victor Hugo -- novelist, poet, and playwright
• Joris-Karl Huysmans
• Eugène Ionesco
• Jules-Gabriel Janin --author and theatre critic
• Alain Jouffroy -- poet, art critic, plastician

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Léon-Paul Fargue (March 4, 1876 - November 24, 1947) was a French poet and essayist. ... Georges Feydeau, (8 December 1862-5 June 1921) was a French playwright of the era known as La Belle Epoque. ... Marc Ferro is a French historian specialised in the history of Russia, the USSR and cinema. ... Amanda Filipacchi Amanda Filipacchi (born 1967 in Paris, France) is an American novelist based in New York City. ... Alain Finkielkraut (b. ... Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. ... Literary realism most often refers to the trend, in early 19th century French literature, towards depictions of contemporary life and society as it is, in the spirit of general Realism, instead of a romanticized or similarly stylized presentation. ... Anatole France (April 16, 1844 – October 12, 1924) was the pen name of French author Jacques Anatole François Thibault. ... Marie de France (Mary of France) was a poet evidently born in France and living in England during the late 12th century. ... Romain Gary (May 8, 1914 – December 2, 1980) was a French novelist, film director, World War II pilot, and diplomat. ... Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986), was a prominent, sometimes infamous, French writer and later political activist. ... André Gide in 1893 Gide redirects here, for other people named Gide, see Gide (disambiguation) André Paul Guillaume Gide (November 22, 1869 – February 19, 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Jean Giono (March 30, 1895 - October 9, 1970) was a French author, renowned for his works of fiction set in the Provence region of France. ... Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (October 29, 1882 - January 31, 1944) was a French dramatist who wrote internationally acclaimed plays. ... Françoise Giroud, born France Gourdji (September 21, 1916 in Genève, Switzerland - January 19, 2003 in Neuilly-sur-Seine was a French journalist, script-girl, writer et minister. ... Julien Gracq (born July 29, 1910) is the pen name of Louis Poirier, a French writer. ... Julien Green French born Catholic author of several novels including Leviathen and Each In His Own Darkness. ... Pierre Guyotat is a French writer. ... Auguste (Louis) Himly (March 28, 1823 - October 6, 1906), French historian and geographer, was born at Strasbourg. ... Victor-Marie Hugo (pronounced in French) (26 February 1802 — 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. ... Joris-Karl Huysmans. ... Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu, (November 26, 1909 – March 29, 1994) was a French-Romanian playwright and dramatist, one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd. ...

L

• Jean de La Bruyère
• Jean de La Fontaine
• Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
• Comte de Lautréamont (Isidore Ducasse)
• Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
• Leconte de Lisle -- parnassian poet
• Alphonse de Lamartine
• Jacques Lacan - psychoanalyst
• Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie - historian
• Paul Lafargue
• Jules Laforgue
• Jennifer Lamiraqui
• Valéry Larbaud
• Maurice Leblanc, created Arsène Lupin
• Gaston Leroux- journalist and author, credited with creating the locked room puzzle mystery novel Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (The Mystery of the Yellow Room) and author of Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera)

Jean de La Bruyère (August 16, 1645 - May 10, 1696), was a French essayist and moralist. ... Jean de La Fontaine (July 8, 1621 – April 13, 1695) is the most famous French fabulist and probably the most widely read French poet of the 17th century. ... Pierre Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos, a French official and army general, was born on October 18, 1741 in Amiens, France and died in Taranto, Italy on September 5, 1803. ... Comte de Lautréamont is a pseudonym for Isidore Lucien Ducasse (Montevideo, Uruguay, April 4, 1846 - Paris, November 24, 1870), a French poet and writer. ... Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (October 22, 1818 - July 17, 1894), was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. ... The Parnassians were a group of 19th-century French poets, so called from their journal, the Parnasse contemporain, itself named after Mount Parnassus, home of the Muses in Greek mythology. ... Portrait of Alphonse de Lamartine Lamartine in front of the Hôtel de Ville de Paris, on the 25 February 1848, by Philippoteaux Alphonse Marie Louise Prat de Lamartine (Alphonse-Marie-Louis de Prat de Lamartine) (October 21, 1790 - February 28, 1869) was a French writer, poet and politician, born... Jacques-Marie-Émile Lacan (French IPA: ) (April 13, 1901 – September 9, 1981) was a French psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and doctor. ... Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (born 1929) is a noted French historian whose work is focused upon Languedoc in the ancien regime focusing on the history of the peasantry. ... Paul Lafargue Paul Lafargue (1842-1911) was a French revolutionary Marxist socialist journalist, political writer and activist; he was Karl Marxs son-in-law, having married his second daughter Laura. ... Jules Laforgue (August 16, 1860–August 20, 1887) was a French poet born in Montevideo, Uruguay. ... Valéry Larbaud (29 August 1881 – 2 February 1957) was a French writer. ... Maurice Leblanc Maurice Leblanc Maurice-marie-émile Leblanc (11 December 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyles creation Sherlock... Arsène Lupin is the name of a fictional gentleman thief who appears in a book series of detective fiction / crime fiction novels written by French writer Maurice Leblanc, as well as a number of non-canonical sequels and numerous film, television, stage play and comic book adaptations. ... Gaston Leroux. ... The Mystery of the Yellow Room is a locked room mystery crime fiction novel written by Gaston Leroux, first published in France in 1908. ... The title character as depicted by Lon Chaney, Sr. ...

M-O

• Stéphane Mallarmé -- poet
• Hector Malot -- 19th century author
• André Malraux
• Matthieu Marais — 18th century lawyer and writer
• Marcel Marceau — 20th century mime (and member of the French Resistance in World War II)
• Pierre de Marivaux - playwright
• Clément Marot -- poet
• Guy de Maupassant novelist
• François Mauriac - Roman Catholic writer
• Prosper Mérimée - 19th century novelist
• Catherine Millet - art expert, editor and erotic memoirist
• Patrick Modiano
• Jean Baptiste Poquelin dit Molière -- 17th century comedic playwright and actor
• Alfred de Musset -- 19th century poet
• Anaïs Nin
• Michel Ohl-- 20th century poet and novelist

Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé by Édouard Manet. ... Hector Malot Hector Malot (May 20, 1830 - July 17, 1907) was a French writer born in La Bouille, close to Rouen. ... André Malraux, French author, adventurer, and statesman André Malraux (November 3, 1901 - November 23, 1976) was a French author, adventurer and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics and culture during his lifetime. ... Matthieu Marais. ... Marcel Mangel (born March 22, 1923; Strasbourg, France), better known by his stage name Marcel Marceau, is a well-known mime, among the most popular representatives of this art form world-wide. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (February 4, 1688 - February 12, 1763), French novelist and dramatist, was born at Paris. ... Clément Marot (1496–1544), was a French poet of the Renaissance period. ... Guy de Maupassant. ... François Mauriac (October 11, 1885 – September 1, 1970) was a French author, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Prosper Mérimée Prosper Mérimée (September 28, 1803–September 23, 1870) was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. ... Catherine Millet (born April 1, 1948) is a French art critic, curator, and founder and editor of the magazine Art Press, which focuses on modern art. ... Patrick Modiano is a French language novelist born 30 July 1945 in Boulogne-Billancourt of a father of Italian origins and a Belgian mother, Louisa Colpijn (actress). ... Molière, engraved on the frontispiece to his Works. ... Tomb of Alfred de Musset in Le Père Lachaise cemetery. ... Anaïs Nin in the mid-1970s. ...

P-R

• Marcel Pagnol
• Charles Péguy -- 20th century poet
• Charles Perrault -- Mother Goose Tales
• Georges Perec
• Saint-John Perse
• Roger Peyrefitte
• Jean Piaget - psychologist
• Christine de Pizan, historian, poet, philosopher
• Jacques Prévert -- 20th century poet
• Abbé Prévost
• Marcel Prevost
• Marcel Proust -- novelist
• Raymond Queneau
• François Rabelais -- Renaissance writer
• Raymond Radiguet
• Jean Racine -- classicist playwright
• Pauline Réage, novelist
• Arthur Rimbaud -- symbolist poet
• Alain Robbe-Grillet
• Pierre de Ronsard
• Edmond Rostand -- neo-romantic playwright
• Raymond Roussel
• Maximilien Rubel

Marcel Pagnol (February 28, 1895 - April 18, 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. ... Charles Péguy (January 7, 1873-September 4, 1914) was a noted French poet and essayist. ... Charles Perrault, 1665 Charles Perrault (January 6, 1628 – May 16, 1703) was a French author who laid foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, and whose best known tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), La Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty), Le Chat bott... Image of artist Georges Perec (March 7, 1936 - March 3, 1982) was a 20th century French novelist, filmmaker and essayist, a member of the Oulipo group and considered by many to be one of the most important post-WWII authors. ... Saint-John Perse (pseudonym of Alexis Leger) (May 31, 1887 – September 20, 1975) was a French poet and diplomat who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 for the soaring flight and evocative imagery of his poetry. ... Roger Peyrefitte (August 17, 1907 – November 5, 2000) was a French diplomat and writer. ... Piaget, by André Koehne Jean Piaget [] (August 9, 1896 – September 16, 1980) was a Swiss philosopher, natural scientist and developmental psychologist, well known for his work studying children and his theory of cognitive development. ... Christine de Pizan instructing her son. ... Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter who was born on February 4, 1900 in Neuilly-sur-Seine and died on April 11, 1977 in Omonville-la-Petite. ... Antoine François Prévost (Antoine Francois Prevost dExiles) (April 1, 1697 - December 23, 1763), usually known simply as the Abbé Prévost, was a French author and novelist. ... Eugene Marcel Prévost (1 May 1862 - 1941) was a French author, writer and dramatist. ... “Proust” redirects here. ... Raymond Queneau (February 21, 1903 – October 25, 1976) was a French poet and novelist. ... François Rabelais François Rabelais (c. ... Raymond Radiguet (June 18, 1903 - December 12, 1923) was a French author. ... Jean Racine. ... Classicism door in Olomouc, The Czech Republic Teatr Wielki in Warsaw Church La Madeleine in Paris Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity, as setting standards for taste which the classicist seeks to emulate. ... Pauline Réage, pseudonym of Anne Desclos (September 23, 1907 - April 27, 1998), was a French author. ... Rimbaud redirects here. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Alain Robbe-Grillet Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-) is a French writer and filmmaker, born in Brest, Finistère, France into a family of engineers and scientists. ... Pierre de Ronsard, commonly referred to as Ronsard (September 11, 1524 – December, 1585), was a French poet and prince of poets (as his own generation in France called him). ... Statue dedicated to Edmond Rostand in Cambo-les-Bains Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (April 1, 1868 - December 2, 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. ... The term neo-romanticism is synonymous with post-Romanticism or late Romanticism. ... Raymond Roussel (Paris, January 20, 1877–Palermo, July 14, 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, homosexual, drug addict, and probable suicide. ... Maximilien Rubel (1905 in Chernivtsi - 1996 in Paris) was famous Marxist historian. ...

S-Z

• Marquis de Sade -- erotic and philosophic author
• Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
• George Sand -- feminist author
• Jean Paul Sartre -- 20th century existentialist philosopher
• Nathalie Sarraute
• Pierre Seel, homosexual survivor of the concentration camps, activist, author
• Victor Segalen
• Madame de Sévigné
• Madame de Staël
• Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator.
• Claude Simon
• Stendhal -- novelist (born Henry Beyle)
• François Truffaut -- 20th century filmmaker
• Paul Valéry -- 20th century poet
• Vercors
• Paul Verlaine -- symbolist poet
• Jules Verne -- novelist
• Boris Vian -- 20th century author
• Alfred de Vigny -- 19th century poet
• François Villon
• Voltaire
• Marguerite Yourcenar
• Émile Zola -- naturalist author
• Andre the giant Writer and poet

Portrait of the Marquis de Sade by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (c. ... Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve. ... George Sand sewing, portrait by Eugène Delacroix (1838). ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... Jean Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Sartre (June 21, 1905–April 15, 1980) was a French existentialist philosopher, dramatist, novelist and critic. ... Nathalie Sarraute (French IPA: ) (born July 18, 1900 in Ivanovo, Russia – died October 19, 1999 in Paris, France) was a lawyer and a Francophone writer of Russian Jewish origin. ... Pierre Seel (born August 16, 1923, at the family castle of Fillate in Haguenau, died November 25, 2005, in Toulouse) is the only French person to have testified openly about his experience of deportation during World War II due to his homosexuality. ... Victor Segalen (January 14, 1878 - May 21, 1919) was a French naval doctor, ethnographer, archeologist, writer, poet, explorer, art-theorist, linguist, literary critic. ... Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (February 5, 1626 – April 17, 1696), French letter-writer, was born at Paris. ... Madame de Staël Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (April 22, 1766 – July 14, 1817) was a French-speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad who determined literary tastes of Europe at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. ... Antoine de Saint-Exupéry[1] (pronounced ) (June 29, 1900 – presumably July 31, 1944) was a French writer and aviator. ... Claude Simon (10 October 1913 – 6 July 2005) was the 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature who in his novels combined the poets and the painters creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition. ... Stendhal. ... François Roland Truffaut (French IPA: ) (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... For other people of the same name, see Valery. ... Jean Bruller (1902-1991) was a French writer and illustrator who co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit. ... Paul Verlaine illustrated in the frontispiece of , 1902 Paul Marie Verlaine (March 30, 1844 – January 8, 1896) is considered one of the greatest and most popular of French poets. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828–March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. ... Boris Vian (March 10, 1920 – June 23, 1959) was a French writer, poet, singer, and musician, who also wrote under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan. ... Alfred Victor de Vigny (March 27, 1797 – September 17, 1863) was a French poet, playwright, and novelist. ... François Villon (ca. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Marguerite Yourcenar was the pseudonym of French novelist Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour (June 8, 1903 - December 17, 1987). ... Émile Zola Émile Zola (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now often viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines of integrative organismal biology. ... André the Giant (May 19, 1946 – January 27, 1993) was a professional wrestler and actor, born André René Roussimoff in Grenoble, France. ...

Aviators

• Clément Ader
• Jacqueline Auriol
• Louis Blériot
• Henry Farman
• René Fonck
• Georges Guynemer
• Raymonde de Laroche
• Joseph Le Brix
• Marie Marvingt
• Jean Mermoz
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author and aviator.
• Roland Garros, First to cross the Mediterranean Sea. French Open is named after him.

Photograph of Ader Clément Ader (February 4, 1841 – March 5, 1926) was a French engineer born in Muret, Haute Garonne remembered primarily for his pioneering work in aviation. ... Jacqueline Auriol (November 5, 1917 - February 11, 2000) was a French aviatrix who set several world speed records. ... Louis Blériot Louis Blériot (July 1, 1872 – August 2, 1936) was a French inventor and engineer, who performed the first flight over a large body of water in a heavier-than-air craft. ... Henry Farman Henry Farman (May 26, 1874 - July 18, 1958) was a French aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer with his brother Maurice Farman. ... René Fonck wearing the Légion dhonneur. ... Georges Guynemer Georges Guynemer (December 24, 1894 - September 11, 1917) was a French aviator during World War I. Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer was born into a wealthy Compiègne family and experienced an often sickly childhood. ... Raymonde de LaRoche in August 1909 Raymonde de LaRoche (born Elise Roche on August 22, 1884 - died July 18, 1919) was the first woman to be made a pilot. ... Marie Marvingt (February 20, 1875 – December 14, 1963) was a world-class athlete who won numerous awards in swimming, fencing, shooting, ski jumping, ice skating, and bobsledding. ... Jean Mermoz (December 9, 1901 – December 7, 1936) was an aviator, viewed as a hero by many in both Argentina and his native France, where many schools bear his name. ... Antoine de Saint-Exupéry[1] (pronounced ) (June 29, 1900 – presumably July 31, 1944) was a French writer and aviator. ... Roland Garros Roland Garros (October 6, 1888 – October 25, 1918) was an early French aviator and a fighter aircraft pilot during World War I. Garros was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion. ... Composite satellite image of the Mediterranean Sea. ... The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held over two weeks between mid May and early June in Paris, France, and is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar. ...

Business

• Bernard Arnault (born 1949), entrepreneur
• Liliane Bettencourt, cosmetics, one of the richest persons in Europe
• Marcel Bich, (1914-1994), Bic pens
• Vincent Bolloré (born 1952), transportation and engineering
• Marcel Boussac, textiles, fashion, newspapers, race horse breeding
• Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947), automobile manufacturer
• André Citroën (1878-1935), automobile manufacturer
• Marcel Dassault (1892-1986), aviation
• Alexandre Darracq (1855-1931), automotive pioneer
• Louis Delâge (1874-1947) automotive pioneer
• Emile Delahaye (1843-1905), automotive pioneer
• Gerard LeBlond (born 1956), CEO & Founder of Alonyx VI, Inc.
• Philippe Camus Former EADS co-CEO
• Gerard Louis-Dreyfus (born 1932), agricultural commodities
• Eleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (1771-1834), founder of DuPont
• Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817), entrepreneur
• Jacques Foccart (19..-1997), import-export
• Léon Gaumont, pioneer film inventor
• Paul-Louis Halley (1934-2004), supermarket tycoon
• Max Hymans (1900-1961), aviation
• Gérard LeBlond (born 1956), founder and publisher of West-Gate Publishing
• Jean-Marie Messier (born 1957), former Vivendi CEO
• Gérard Mestrallet (born 1949), Chairman and CEO of SUEZ
• Gérard Mulliez, entrepreneur (Auchan, Decathlon, Flunch...), whose family is considered as one of the richest in Europe
• Charles Pathé, pioneer of film industry
• Armand Peugeot, (1849-1915) automobile manufacturer
• François Pinault (born 1936), entrepreneur
• Jacques-Donatien Le Ray (1726-1803), shipping magnate and a "Father of the American Revolution"
• Marcel Renault (1872-1903), automobile manufacturer
• James Mayer Rothschild (1792-1868), banker
• Philippe de Rothschild (1902-1988), wine maker
• Eugene Schueller (1881-1954), founder of L'Oreal
• Bernard Tapie (born 1943), entrepreneur

Bernard Arnault (born 5 March 1949) is a French businessman. ... Liliane Bettencourt (born 21 October 1922) is one the richest people in France and one of the wealthiest people in the world. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: it is patent nonsense. ... Vincent Bolloré (b. ... Marcel Boussac April 17, 1889 – March 21, 1980) was a French entrepreneur best known for his ownership of the Maison Dior and one of the most successful thoroughbred race horse breeding farms in European history. ... Bugatti is one of the fastest marques of automobile and one of the most exclusive car producers of all time. ... André-Gustave Citroën (Born February 2, 1878 and died July 3, 1935 in Paris) was a French entrepreneur of Dutch descent. ... Marcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch, (Paris, 22 January 1892 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 17 April 1986) was a French aircraft industrialist. ... Alexandre Darracq, born November 10, 1855 _ died 1931, was a French automobile manufacturer. ... Louis Delâge, born March 22, 1874 - died December 14, 1947, was a French pioneer automotive engineer and manufacturer. ... Emile Delahaye, born October 16, 1843 - died June 1, 1905, was a French automotive pioneer who founded Delahaye Automobiles. ... The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. (EADS) is a large European aerospace corporation, formed by the merger on July 10, 2000 of Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain, and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany. ... Gérard Louis-Dreyfus (born 1932), also known as William, is a French businessman and one of the richest men in the world, his and his familys net worth is estimated at $2. ... Eleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (June 24, 1771 – October 31, 1834) was born in Paris, France and emigrated with his father Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours to the United States in 1799. ... Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, or du Pont may refer to: // E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the worlds third largest chemical company Du Pont Motors Gilbert Dupont, a French stock brokerage part of retail banking network Crédit du Nord ST Dupont, a French manufacturer of fine... Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739 - 1817 August 7), born in Paris, France, was the founder of a dynamic and innovative family of entrepreneurs. ... Jacques Foccart (1914–1997) was French President Charles de Gaulles and then Georges Pompidous spindoctor for African policy, who founded in 1959 the Gaullist organization Service dAction Civique (SAC) with Charles Pasqua, which specialized in shady operations. ... Léon Gaumont, born May 10, 1864 - died August 10, 1946, was a French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry. ... Paul-Louis Halley (1934 – December 6, 2003) was a French billionaire who was killed in a light plane crash in 2003. ... Jean-Marie Messier (born December 13, 1957) is a French businessman known for his flamboyance. ... Gérard Mestrallet (born April 1, 1949, in Paris, France) is a French businessman. ... Northermost part of Gulf of Suez with town Suez on map of 1856. ... Charles Pathé (1863 – December 26, 1957) was a major French pioneer of the film and recording industries. ... Armand Peugeot (1849-1915) was an industrialist, pioneer of the automobile industry and the founder of the French firm Peugeot. ... François Pinault (born 1937) runs the retail company PPR. He lives in France and is married with four children. ... Jacques-Donatien Le Ray (1726-1803) was a French Father of the American Revolution, but later an opponent of the French Revolution. ... John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies that... Marcel Renault in 1902 Marcel Renault was a French car racing driver and industrialist, co-founder of the car maker Renault, and the brother of Louis and Fernand Renault. ... James de Rothschild, born May 15, 1792 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany – died November 15, 1868 in Paris, France , was a banker and a member of the prominent Rothschild family. ... Baron Philippe de Rothschild (13 April 1902 - 20 January 1988) was a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty who became a Grand Prix race-car driver, a scriptwriter, a theatrical producer, a poet, and the most successful wine grower in the world. ... Eugène Schueller was a chemist and the founder of LOréal, the worlds leading company in cosmetics and beauty. ... Bernard Tapie (born January 26, 1943 in Paris) is a French businessman, politician and occasional actor, singer, and TV host. ...

Chefs

• Austin Olin
• Raymond Blanc
• Paul Bocuse
• Daniel Boulud
• Michael Bras
• Alexandre Brault
• Marie-Antoine Carême
• Chiboust
• Alain Ducasse
• Adolf Dugléré
• Urbain Dubois
• Auguste Escoffier
• Pierre Gagnaire
• Michel Guérard
• Victor Hirtzler
• Laguipière
• Jacques Lameloise
• Philippe Legendre
• Jacques Pepin
• Georges Perrier
• Jean-Francois Piège
• Fernand Point
• Charles Ranhofer
• Eric Rippert
• Joël Robuchon
• Albert Roux
• Michel Roux
• Guy Savoy
• Alain Solivérès
• François Vatel
• Marc Veyrat
• Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Raymond Blanc (born November 19, 1949) is a French chef, born in Besançon, France, and now based in the United Kingdom. ... Le Nord, one of Bocuses chain of brasseries in central Lyon. ... Daniel Boulud (b. ... Marie Antoine (Antonin) Carême (June 8, 1784–January 12, 1833), was a French chef and author. ... Alain Ducasse (b. ... Georges Auguste Escoffier (28 October 1846 – 12 February 1935) was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. ... Pierre Gagnaire is a well known French chef, and is the Head Chef and owner of the eponymous Pierre Gagnaire restaurant at 6 rue Balzac in Paris. ... Jacques Pépin is a French chef working in the United States. ... The French restaurateur Fernand Point (1897 - 1955) was the father of modern French cuisine. ... Charles Ranhofer (Born November 7, 1836, St. ... Joël Robuchon (born 7 April 1945) is a celebrated French chef. ... Albert Roux (born 1936) is a French-born restaurateur working in Britain. ... Michel Roux (born 1941) is a French-born restaurateur working in Britain. ... François Vatel (1631 – April 24, 1671) was a French chef, famous for inventing Chantilly cream, a sweet, vanilla-flavoured whipped cream, for an extravagant banquet for 2,000 people hosted in honor of Louis XIV by Louis, the great Condé in April 1671 at the Château de Chantilly... Jean-Georges Vongerichten is famous for his Thai-French cuisine. ...

Colonial administrators

• Félix Éboué - Governor general of French Equatorial Africa
• Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza - French Congo
• Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac - Louisiana
• Samuel de Champlain - New France
• François Caron - First Governor of French territories of India
• François Martin - Governor for French territories in India
• Pierre Christoph Le Noir - Governor for French territories in India
• Pierre Benoît Dumas - Famous Governor for French territories in India
• Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais - French naval officer and administrator, in the service of the French East India Company.
• Joseph François Dupleix - Famous Governor for French territories in India
• Lally-Tollendal - Governor for French territories in India
• Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau - Governor for French territories in India
• Louis Faidherbe - Senegal
• Joseph Gallieni - Madagascar
• Francis Garnier - French Indo-China (Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos)
• Émile Gentil - French Congo
• Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey - Algeria
• Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville - Louisiana
• Jean Talon - Canada

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Composers

• Georges Auric
• Hector Berlioz
• Georges Bizet -- composer of Carmen
• Nicolas-Charles Bochsa
• Pierre Boulez -- avant-garde composer
• Marc Antoine Charpentier
• François Couperin
• Michel Richard Delalande
• Georges Delerue
• Claude Debussy -- Impressionist composer
• Paul Dukas -- composer of The Sorcerer's Apprentice
• Henri Duparc
• Gabriel Fauré
• César Franck -- also considered Belgian
• Jean-Jacques Goldman*
• Reynaldo Hahn
• Pierre Henry -- writer of musique concrète and electronic music
• Jean Michel Jarre
• Maurice Jarre -- film music composer
• Louis-Antoine Jullien
• Michel Legrand
• Jean François Lesueur
• Jean Baptiste Lully, court composer to Louis XIV
• Olivier Messiaen
• Darius Milhaud
• Jacques Offenbach -- noted for his operettas
• Gabriel Pierné
• Francis Poulenc
• Jean Philippe Rameau
• Maurice Ravel
• Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle -- composer of "La Marseillaise", French National Anthem
• Edmond Roussel
• Camille Saint-Saëns
• Erik Satie composer of Musiques d'ameublement
• Pierre Schaeffer -- inventor of musique concrète
• Florent Schmitt
• Les Six -- group of composers
• Germaine Tailleferre
• Charles-Marie Widor

Georges Auric (February 15, 1899 – July 23, 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. ... Portrait of Berlioz by Signol, 1832 Louis Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie Fantastique (first performed in 1830) and Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem). ... Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875) was a French composer and pianist of the romantic era. ... Poster from the 1875 premiere of Carmen Carmen is a French opera by Georges Bizet. ... Nicolas Bochsa, 1842 Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (August 9, 1789 in Montmédy, Meuse, France, died January 6, 1856 in Sydney, Australia) was a musician and composer. ... Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez (IPA: /pjɛʁ.buˈlÉ›z/) (born March 26, 1925) is a conductor and composer of classical music. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - February 24, 1704) was a French composer of the Baroque era. ... François Couperin (born Paris November 10, 1668 – September 12, 1733 in Paris) was an esteemed French composer in the Baroque style. ... Michel Richard Delalande [de Lalande] (1657 - June 18, 1726) was a prolific French Baroque composer and organist who specialized in writing orchestral suites, known in their day as Simphonies pour les Soupers du Roy, or, in an alternative spelling of the time, simply as Symphonies. Delalande also composed ballets and... Georges Delerue Georges Delerue (March 12, 1925 Roubaix - 20 March 1992 Los Angeles) was a renowned French film composer who composed over 500 scores for cinema and television. ... Claude Debussy, photo by Félix Nadar, 1908. ... See also Impressionist (entertainment): A girl with a watering can by Renoir, 1876 Impressionism was a 19th century art movement, which began as a private association of Paris-based artists who exhibited publicly in 1874. ... Paul Dukas (October 1, 1865-May 17, 1935) was a Parisian-born French composer and teacher of classical music. ... The Sorcerers Apprentice is the English name of both an 1897 symphonic poem by Paul Dukas (Lapprenti sorcier in French), and of a 1797 ballad by Goethe (Der Zauberlehrling in German), which inspired the musical work. ... Henri Duparc (January 21, 1848 – February 12, 1933) was a French composer of the late Romantic period. ... Gabriel Urbain Fauré (May 12, 1845 – November 4, 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist, and teacher. ... César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck (December 10, 1822 – November 8, 1890), a composer, organist and music teacher of Belgian origin who lived in France, was one of the great figures in classical music in the second half of the 19th century. ... Jean-Jacques Goldman (born October 11, 1951) is a French singer and songwriter. ... Reynaldo Hahn Reynaldo Hahn (born August 9, 1875 in Caracas, Venezuela, died January 28, 1947 in Paris, France) was a naturalised French composer, conductor, music critic and diarist. ... Pierre Henry (born December 9, 1927 in Paris, France) is a French composer, considered a pioneer of the musique concrète genre of electronic music. ... // Much like electroacoustic music, Musique concrète (French; literally, concrete music), has been subject to conflicting perceptions about its character. ... It has been suggested that Electronica be merged into this article or section. ... Jean-Michel André Jarre (born August 24, 1948 in Lyon, France) is a French composer, performer and music producer. ... Maurice Jarre (born in Lyon, France, September 13, 1924) is a French composer of film scores, noted for his use of the Ondes Martenot, and for the scores of many films including a series of David Lean films, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryans Daughter (1970) and A... Michel Legrand (born February 24, 1932 in Paris) is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor and pianist. ... Jean François Lesueur (January 15, 1760 or 1763 - October 6, 1837), was a French musical composer. ... Jean-Baptiste de Lully, originally Giovanni Battista di Lulli (November 28, 1632 – March 22, 1687), was an Italian-born French composer, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. ... “Sun King” redirects here. ... Olivier Messiaen It has been suggested that List of students of Olivier Messiaen be merged into this article or section. ... Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (IPA: ) (September 4, 1892 – June 22, 1974) was a French composer and teacher. ... Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880), composer and cellist of the Romantic era, was one of the originators of the operetta form. ... Operetta (literally, little opera) is a performance art-form similar to opera, though it generally deals with less serious topics. ... Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (IPA: ) (January 7, 1899 - January 30, 1963) was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. ... Jean-Philippe Rameau (September 25, 1683 - September 12, 1764) was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. ... Maurice Ravel Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist of the impressionistic period, known especially for the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. ... Rouget de Lisle, Composer of the Marseillaise, sings it for the first time. ... Charles Camille Saint-Saëns () (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor, and pianist, known especially for his orchestral works The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre, and Symphony No. ... Selfportrait of Erik Satie. ... Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (August 14, 1910–August 19, 1995) was a French composer, noted as the inventor of musique concrète. ... // Much like electroacoustic music, Musique concrète (French; literally, concrete music), has been subject to conflicting perceptions about its character. ... Le Groupe des Six, 1922, by Jacques-Emile Blanche. ... Germaine Tailleferre (April 19, 1892 - November 7, 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the famous Group Les Six. ... Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor (February 21, 1844 – March 12, 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher. ...

Criminals

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• Jacques de Bernonville (1897-1972), war criminal sentenced to death
• Jules Bonnot
• Émile Louis
• Henri Désiré Landru -- serial killer
• Jacques Mesrine
• Zacarias Moussaoui
• Maurice Papon -- politician and war criminal
• Marcel Petiot -- serial killer
• Jean-Claude Romand -- murderer
• Albert Spaggiari
• Charles Sobhraj,killer
• Paul Touvier -- One of only two Frenchman to be convicted of crimes against humanity

Jacques de Bernonville (born December 20, 1897 - died April 26, 1972), was a French traitor and senior police officer in the Vichy regime in France infamously known as the man who hunted down resistance fighters during World War II. Count Jacques Dugé de Bernonville was born in Paris, France to... The Bonnot Gang (la bande à Bonnot) was a French criminal anarchist group that operated in France and Belgium from 1911 to 1912. ... Émile Louis (born 1934) is a retired French bus driver and prime suspect in the disappearance of seven young women in the département of Yonne, Burgundy, France, in the late 1970s. ... Henri Désiré Landru (1869 – 25 February 1922) was a notorious French serial killer and real-life Bluebeard. ... Jacques Mesrine (December 28, 1936 - November 2, 1979) was a French criminal who also visited the United States and Canada. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Maurice Papon (September 3, 1910 – February 17, 2007) was a former official of the French Vichy government who collaborated with Nazi Germany in World War II and was in charge of the Paris police during the Paris massacre of 1961. ... Doctor Marcel Petiot (January 17, 1897–May 25, 1946) was a French doctor who was convicted of multiple murder after the discovery of the remains of twenty-six people in his home in Paris after World War II. // Early life Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot was born January 17... Jean-Claude Romand is a French impostor and murderer who pretended to be a medical doctor. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Charles Sobhraj in France. ... Paul Touvier (April 3, 1915 - July 17, 1996) was the only Frenchman to be convicted of war crimes against humanity. ...

Dancers

• Jane Avril
• La Goulue
• Sylvie Guillem
• Marcelle Lender
• Cléo de Mérode
• Hellé Nice
• François Perron
• Marie-Claude Pietragalla
• Roland Petit

See also Moulin Rouge and Folies Bergeres Avril by Toulouse-Lautrec Jane Avril (1868-1943), was a French can-can dancer made famous by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec through his paintings. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Sylvie Guillem (born February 25, 1965 in Paris) is a French ballet dancer who has performed with the Paris Opera Ballet and is currently a guest principal dancer with the Royal Ballet. ... Marcelle Lender (1862-1926) was a French singer-dancer and entertainer made famous in paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. ... Cléo de Mérode, born May 5, 1874 - died September 22, 1966, was a French dancer of the Belle Époque. ... Hellé Nice, born December 15, 1900 - died October 1, 1984, was a French model, dancer, and a Grand Prix motor racing driver. ... François Perron is a French ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. ... Roland Petit (January 13, 1924) is a French choreographer and dancer born in Villemomble near Paris, France. ... For other uses, see Moulin Rouge (disambiguation). ... Costume, c. ...

Economists

• Marie-Esprit-Leon Walras - Equilibrium Theory (Walrasian Markets)
• Antoine Augustin Cournot
• Maurice Allais, Nobel Prize
• Raymond Barre — Economist and Politician
• Frederic Bastiat
• Marcel Boiteux
• Fernand Braudel
• Jules Dupuit
• Gerard Debreu — Nobel memorial prize 1983
• Dominique Guellec
• Jean-Jacques Laffont
• Alain Lipietz — green economist
• François Quesnay
• Pascal Salin
• Jean-Baptiste Say
• Turgot

Antoine Augustin Cournot Antoine Augustin Cournot (28 August 1801‑ 31 March 1877) was a French philosopher and mathematician. ... Maurice Allais (born May 31, 1911) was the 1988 winner of The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his pioneering contributions to the theory of markets and efficient utilization of resources. ... Raymond Barre was born on April 12, 1924 in Saint Denis, the capital of the French island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean. ... Frédéric Bastiat Claude Frédéric Bastiat (June 30, 1801–December 24, 1850) was a French classical liberal author and political economist. ... Fernand Braudel Fernand Braudel (August 24, 1902–November 27, 1985) was a French historian. ... Jules Dupuit (18 May 1804 - 5 September 1866) was a French civil engineer and economist. ... Gerard Debreu was a naturalized US citizen from France Gerard Debreu (July 4, 1921 – December 31, 2004) was a French economist and mathematician (In July 1975, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States). ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Jean-Jacques Laffont (1947-2004) was a French economist specialized in public economics and information theory. ... Alain Lipietz (born September 19, French engineer, economist and politician, a member of the French Green Party. ... François Quesnay. ... Pascal Salin (born in 1939) is a French economist, professor at the Université Paris-Dauphine, specialist in public finance, president of the Mont Pelerin Society from 1994 to 1996. ... Jean-Baptiste Say (January 5, 1767 – November 15, 1832) was a French economist and businessman. ... Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, often referred to as Turgot (May 10, 1727 ? March 18, 1781), was a French statesman and economist. ...

Fashion

• Liliane Bettencourt, majority owner of L'Oreal, one of the wealthiest people in Europe
• Pierre Cardin -- Fashion Designer
• Coco Chanel -- fashion designer
• Hubert de Givenchy
• Christian Dior -- fashion designer
• Julien Fournié
• Jean-Paul Gaultier
• Madame Grey
• Daniel Hechter -- inventor of ready-to-wear
• Paul Poiret
• Yves Saint-Laurent -- fashion designer
• Louis Vuitton -- fashion designer
• eilizomo -- hautest in couture!

Liliane Bettencourt (born 21 October 1922) is one the richest people in France and one of the wealthiest people in the world. ... Pierre Cardin dress, 1967 For the Canadian Minister of Transport from 1940 to 1942, see Pierre Cardin (politician). ... Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (August 19, 1883 - January 10, 1971) was a French fashion designer and perfume creator. ... Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (born February 21, 1927) is a French aristocrat and fashion designer who founded the The House of Givenchy in 1952. ... Christian Dior (January 21, 1905 – October 23, 1957), was an influential French fashion designer. ... Julien Fournié is a French fashion designer who was the last creative director of the Paris-based haute couture fashion house Torrente. ... Jean-Paul Gaultier (born April 24, 1952, in Arcueil, Val-de-Marne) is a French fashion designer and past television presenter. ... Daniel Hechter (born 30 July 1938) was a French fashion designer. ... Fashon Design by Paul Poiret, 1912 Paul Poiret (20 April 1879, Paris, France - 30 April 1944, Paris) was a fashion designer based in Paris before the First World War, during the Belle Epoque. ... Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (IPA: ) (born August 1, 1936 in Oran, Algeria), is a French fashion designer, considered by many to be the greatest of his generation and the last true master of French haute couture. ... Louis vuitton was a great man he was born on fh 12 3845. ...

Fictional characters

• Astérix, Obelix and Dogmatix (French: Idéfix) (René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo) -- Gaul warriors
• Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan (Alexandre Dumas, père) -- Musketeers of the King of France
• Cyrano de Bergerac (Edmond Rostand -- not fictional but there's no better category)
• Lestat de Lioncourt -- infamous vampire creation of Anne Rice
• Louis de Pointe du Lac -- French-born vampire companion of Lestat de Lioncourt
• Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) -- Captain of three Federation starships within one television series and four motion pictures
• Le Petit Prince (Antoine de Saint Exupéry) -- A famous "little prince".
• Erik, The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux) -- The "Opera Ghost" who haunted the Palais Garnier.
• Vicomte Raoul de Chagny (Gaston Leroux) -- Childhood friend of Christine Daae and brother of Comte Phillipe. Competed for the affections of Christine Daae with Erik.
• Rastignac (Honoré de Balzac) -- The most ambitious man in Paris?
• The Man in the Iron Mask -- Not fictional either, but who knows who he was?
• Cpl. Louis LeBeau -- POW, Stalag 13
• Inspector Jacques Clouseau -- The bumbling French detective, and star of the Pink Panther movies.
• Jean Valjean -- Protagonist of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables.
• Le Peregrine - Alain Racine - Superhero in the Marvel Universe

A shrewd, cunning little warrior; all perilous missions are immediately entrusted to him. ... Obelix and his trusty menhir. ... Dogmatix is a fictional character, a tiny dog who belongs to Obelix in the Asterix comics. ... René Goscinny (August 14, 1926 – November 5, 1977) was a French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic book Astérix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the early issues of the comic book series Lucky Luke with Morris. ... Albert Uderzo Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927 in France) is a French comic book artist, and scriptwriter. ... Gaul (Latin: ) was the name given,in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... Athos is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père. ... Porthos is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas. ... René dHerblay Aramis is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père. ... The statue of dArtagnan in Auch Statue of dArtagnan in Maastricht Charles de Batz-Castelmore, Comte dArtagnan (c. ... Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. ... For other uses, see The Three Musketeers (disambiguation). ... Kings ruled in France from the Middle Ages to 1848. ... Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand based on the life of the real Cyrano de Bergerac. ... Statue dedicated to Edmond Rostand in Cambo-les-Bains Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (April 1, 1868 - December 2, 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. ... Stuart Townsend as Lestat in the film Queen of the Damned Lestat de Lioncourt (pronounced les-tat with a rather French flair, according to Blackwood Farm and Blood Canticle and page 151 in Memnoch the Devil) is a fictional character appearing in several novels by Anne Rice, including The Vampire... Anne Rice (born on October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American author of gothic and later religious themed books. ... Brad Pitt as Louis de Pointe du Lac in Interview with the Vampire. ... Stuart Townsend as Lestat in the film Queen of the Damned Lestat de Lioncourt (pronounced les-tat with a rather French flair, according to Blackwood Farm and Blood Canticle and page 151 in Memnoch the Devil) is a fictional character appearing in several novels by Anne Rice, including The Vampire... Captain Jean-Luc Picard, played by Patrick Stewart, is a character from the Star Trek franchise who appears in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation, in the movies Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis, and makes a cameo appearence in... Patrick Stewart OBE (born July 13, 1940) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated English film, television and stage actor. ... The Little Prince (French Le Petit Prince), published in 1943, is French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupérys most famous novel, which he wrote while staying at a hotel in New York. ... Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in Toulouse Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944) was a French writer and aviator. ... The title character as depicted by Lon Chaney, Sr. ... Gaston Leroux. ... The Palais Garnier, Paris The Palais Garnier, also known as the Opéra de Paris as well as the Opéra Garnier, is a 2,200 seat opera house in Paris, France. ... Raoul may refer to: Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, character in The Phantom of the Opera Raoul (song), the second single by Indie band The Automatic. ... Gaston Leroux. ... Christine Daaé is the main female character in Gaston_Lerouxs novel The Phantom of the Opera (1910), the young singer with whom the Phantom falls in love. ... Christine Daaé is the main female character in Gaston_Lerouxs novel The Phantom of the Opera (1910), the young singer with whom the Phantom falls in love. ... Eugène de Rastignac is a fictional character from La Comédie humaine series of novels by Honoré de Balzac. ... Balzac redirects here. ... The Man in the Iron Mask was a prisoner believed to have been held in the Bastille prison from an unknown date to his death on November 19, 1703. ... Inspector Jacques Clouseau is a bumbling fictional French detective who was a character in the Blake Edwardss Pink Panther series. ... The Pink Panther cartoon character. ... Jean Valjean - illustration from original publication of Les Misèrables, after a painting by Gustave Brion (1824-1877) Jean Valjean is a fictional character and the protagnost of Victor Hugos classic novel Les Misèrables. ... Victor-Marie Hugo (pronounced in French) (26 February 1802 — 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. ... Les Misérables (translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, The Victims) (1862) is a novel by French author Victor Hugo, and among the best-known novels of the 19th century. ... For the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode, see Super Hero (Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode). ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...

Filmmakers

• Olivier Assayas
• Jacques Becker
• Jean-Jacques Beineix
• Luc Besson
• Alice Guy-Blaché
• Bertrand Blier
• Catherine Breillat
• Robert Bresson
• André Cayatte
• René Clair
• René Clément
• Henri-Georges Clouzot
• Jean Cocteau
• Fabien Cousteau
• Jacques-Yves Cousteau
• Jacques Demy
• Henri Diamant-Berger
• Abel Gance
• Jean-Luc Godard
• Michel Gondry
• Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• Mathieu Kassovitz
• Jan Kounen
• Patrice Leconte
• Claude Lelouch
• Louis Malle
• André Malraux
• Georges Méliès
• Maurice Pialat
• Jean Renoir
• Alain Resnais
• Yves Robert
• Jean Rollin
• Alain Sarde
• Claude Sautet
• Jacques Tati
• Jacques Tourneur
• Maurice Tourneur
• François Truffaut
• Roger Vadim
• Agnès Varda
• Jean Vigo

Olivier Assayas (born January 25, 1955) is a French film director and screenwriter. ... Jacques Becker (September 15, 1906 - February 21, 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director. ... Jean-Jacques Beineix (born October 8, 1946) is a French film director. ... Luc Besson [IPA: lyk bÉ›sɔ̃] (born March 18, 1959) is a French film director, writer and producer. ... Alice Guy-Blaché (July 1, 1873–March 24, 1968) was a pioneer filmmaker who was the first female director in the motion picture industry and is considered to be the first ever director of a fiction film. ... Bertrand Blier (born March 14, French screenwriter and film director. ... Catherine Breillat (born July 13, 1948) is a filmmaker and director based in Paris. ... Robert Bresson (September 25, 1901–December 18, 1999) was a French film director well known for his mastery of minimalist film-making. ... André Cayatte (1909, Carcassonne–1989, Paris) was a French filmmaker and lawyer, who was known for his films on crime and justice. ... René Clair (November 11, 1898 – March 15, 1981) was a French filmmaker. ... René Clément, born on March 18, 1913 in Bordeaux, in the Gironde département of France - died on March 17, 1996, in Monte Carlo, Monaco, was a film director and screenwriter. ... Henri-Georges Clouzot (November 20, 1907 - January 12, 1977) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. ... Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. ... Fabien Cousteau (b. ... Jacques-Yves Cousteau in 1976. ... The director and screenwriter Jacques Demy (1931 - 1990) was one of the most approachable filmmakers of the French New Wave. ... Henri Diamant-Berger (June 9, 1895 - May 7, 1972) was a French Screenwriter, film director and producer. ... Abel Gance (October 25, 1889 - November 10, 1981) was a world-renowned French film director, producer, writer, actor and editor. ... Jean-Luc Godard (photograph by David Horvitz) Jean-Luc Godard (born 3 December 1930 in Paris) is a French filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the Nouvelle Vague, or French New Wave. Born in Paris to Franco-Swiss parents, he was educated in Nyon, later studying at... Michel Gondry, 2005 Michel Gondry, born May 8, 1963 (1964 according to some sources), is a French Academy Award winning screenwriter, film, commercial, and music video director noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. ... Jean-Pierre Jeunet (born 3 September 1953) is a French film director. ... Mathieu Kassovitz (born 3 August 1967 in Paris) is a French director, screenwriter, occasional actor and is considered one of contemporary Frances top emerging film talents, best known for his searing Cannes-winning drama La Haine. ... Jan Kounen is a French film director and producer born in the Netherlands. ... Patrice Leconte (born November 12, 1947, in Paris, France) is a French film director and screenwriter. ... Claude Lelouch (born October 30, 1937) is a French film director, writer and producer. ... Louis Malle (October 30, 1932 – November 23, 1995) was a French film director. ... André Malraux, French author, adventurer, and statesman André Malraux (November 3, 1901 - November 23, 1976) was a French author, adventurer and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics and culture during his lifetime. ... Georges Méliès (December 8, 1861 – January 21, 1938), full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. ... Maurice Pialat (August 21, 1925 - January 11, 2003) was a French film director and actor. ... Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (September 15, 1894 – February 12, 1979), born in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France was a film director. ... Alain Resnais (born June 3, 1922 ) is a French film director whose early works are often grouped within the New Wave or Nouvelle Vague film movement. ... Yves Robert (June 21, 1920 – May 10, 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. ... Jean Rollin on the set of La Vampire nue, 1969. ... Alain Sarde is a French film producer and actor who was born on the 28 March 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt. ... Claude Sautet - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot. ... Jacques Tourneur, born November 12, 1904 – died December 19, 1977, was a French film director. ... Maurice Tourneur, born February 2, 1873 – died August 4, 1961, was an important international film director and screenwriter. ... François Roland Truffaut (French IPA: ) (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... Roger Vadim (born Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov, Paris, France, January 26, 1928; died February 11, 2000), was a journalist, author, actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who launched Brigitte Bardots career in the film And God Created Woman. ... Agnès Varda (born May 30, 1928) is a French filmmaker and director based in Paris and one of the key figures in modern film. ... Jean Vigo (April 26, 1905 – October 5, 1934) was a short-lived French film director, who helped in the establishment of poetic realism in film in the 1930s and went on to be a posthumous influence on the French nouvelle vague of the late 1950s and early 1960s. ...

Humorists

• Coluche
• Jean-Marie Bigard
• Francis Blanche
• Alain Chabat
• Pierre Dac humorist and Resistance worker
• Jamel Debbouze
• Pierre Desproges
• Franck Dubosc
• Eric et Ramzy
• Dominique Le Fort aka "Catman"
• Thierry Le Luron
• Elie Semoun

Michel Colucci (October 28, 1944 - June 19, 1986), better known as Coluche, was a famous French comedian who went the extra mile to rock the establishment. ... Alain Chabat (born November 24, 1958 in Oran, Algeria) is a French actor who appeared in La Cité de la peur, The Taste of Others and The Science of Sleep. ... Pierre Dac (August 15, 1893-February 9, 1975) was a French humorist and Resistance leader. ... Jamel Debbouze (Arabic: ‎) (born June 18, 1975) is a French actor, comedian and producer of Moroccan descent, born in Paris. ... Pierre Desproges (May 9, 1939 - April 18, 1988) was a French humorist. ... Thierry Le Luron (April 2, 1952 - November 13, 1986) was a French impersonator and humorist. ...

Monarchs and Royals

See also French monarchs, members of the French Royal Families Coronation of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile at Reims in 1223; a miniature from the Grandes Chroniques de France, painted in the 1450s, kept at the National Library of France See also List of Queens and Empresses of France The monarchs of France ruled, first as kings and later... This is a list of non-ruling members of the French royal family. ...

• Philip IV the Fair
• King François I
• King Henri IV
• Louis XIV, the Sun King, reigned 1643- 1715.
• Henriette Marie, Queen of England, wife of Charles I of England and mother to Charles II and James II.
• Philip V of Spain, grandson of Louis XIV through male line, born and bred in France, became King of Spain aged 17.
• King Louis XV, reigned 1715- 1774.
• King Louis XVI, reigned 1774- 1792, executed in 1793 in Revolution
• Emperor Napoleon I, first to be styled 'Emperor of the French', reigned 1799- 1814 and again in 1815.
• Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of above.
• King Louis Philippe, only monarch styled King of the French. Reigned 1830- 1848.
• Napoleon III, grandson of Joesphine by her first marriage, nephew of Napoleon I, President (1848- 1852) and Emperor (1852- 1871). Last French monarch.
• Charles-Marie David de Mayréna I -- King of the Kingdom of Sedang

Philip IV the Fair (French: Philippe IV le Bel) (1268 – November 29, 1314) was King of France from 1285 until his death. ... Francis I of France - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Henry IV of France, also Henry III of Navarre (13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. ... “Sun King” redirects here. ... // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... Year 1715 (MDCCXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Henrietta Maria Henrietta Maria (November 25, 1609 - September 10, 1669) was Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (June 13, 1625 - January 30, 1649) through her marriage to Charles I. The U.S. state of Maryland (in Latin, Terra Maria) was so named in her honour by Cæcilius Calvert... Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. ... Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ... James II of England (also known as James VII of Scotland; 14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) became King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland on 6 February 1685, and Duke of Normandy on 31 December 1660. ... King Philip V of Spain (December 19, 1683 – July 9, 1746) or Philippe of Anjou was king of Spain from 1700 to 1746, the first of the Bourbon dynasty in Spain. ... Louis XV of France (February 15, 1710 – May 10, 1774), the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1715 until his death. ... Year 1715 (MDCCXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ... Louis XVI, born Louis-Auguste de France (23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. ... Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, changed his name to Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769; Ajaccio, Corsica – 5 May 1821; Saint Helena) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... Joséphine de Beauharnais (nee Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie June 23, 1763 – May 29, 1814) was the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte and thus the first Empress of the French. ... Louis-Philippe of France (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Napoléon III, born Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the first President of the French Republic from 1848 to 1851, then from 2 December 1851 to 2 December 1852 the ruler of a dictatorial government, then Emperor of the French under the name... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Marie I, King of Sedang Charles-Marie David de Mayréna I was the first King of the Kingdom of Sedang. ... Official language French/Vietnamese Headquarters Pelei Agna Last Head of State Charles-Marie David de Mayréna I The Kingdom of Sedang (sometimes referred to as the Kingdom of the Sedang) was an ephemeral political entity established in the latter part of the 19th Century by a French adventurer Charles...

Musicians, singers

• Dominique A
• Air (band)
• Alizée
• Antoine
• Charles Aznavour
• Josephine Baker, American born entertainer
• Jane Bathori, opera singer
• Barbara
• Guy Béart
• Bénabar
• Michel Berger
• Les Béruriers Noirs
• Pierre Bouvier
• Lucienne Boyer
• Georges Brassens
• Aristide Bruant
• Manu Chao
• Daft Punk
• Dalida
• Damia
• Marie Dubas
• Jacques Dutronc
• Mylène Farmer
• Jean Ferrat
• Léo Ferré
• Nino Ferrer
• Thomas Fersen
• Claude François -- popular singer 1960s-1970s
• Fréhel
• David Desrosiers
• Sebastien Lefebvre
• Chuck Comeau
• France Gall
• Charlotte Gainsbourg
• Serge Gainsbourg
• Pauline Garcia-Viardot — opera singer & composer
• Gipsy Kings
• Georgius
• Jean-Jacques Goldman
• Stéphane Grappelli -- jazz musician
• Juliette Gréco
• Gribouille (Marie-France Gaîté)
• Yvette Guilbert
• Arthur H
• David Hallyday
• Johnny Hallyday - born in Belgium, served in the French army
• Françoise Hardy
• Jacques Higelin
• IAM
• Joëlle
• Justice (French band)
• Patricia Kaas
• Kassav'
• Kiki -- "Queen of Montparnasse"
• Jossé Lajoie
• La Goulue
• Boby Lapointe
• Bernard Lavilliers
• Gérard LeBlond - musician, drummer and author
• Maxime Le Forestier
• Gérard Lenormand
• Claudine Longet
• -M-
• Christophe Maé
• La Mano Negra
• Mireille Mathieu
• Luis Mariano
• Anna Marly
• Didier Marouani — musician and composer
• Félix Mayol
• Mireille
• Mistinguett
• Ginette Neveu
• Yannick Noah
• Claude Nougaro
• NTM
• Noir Désir
• Vanessa Paradis
• Pierre Perret
• Pierpoljak
• Michel Petrucciani
• Édith Piaf
• Michel Polnaref
• Lily Pons — opera singer (naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1940)
• Tino Rossi
• Les Têtes Raides
• TTC (band)
• Rene Rancourt
• Renaud
• Jean Sablon
• Alain Souchon
• Mano Solo
• Miossec
• Jeff Stinco
• Charles Trenet
• Christian Vander
• Sylvie Vartan
• Boris Vian
• Benjamin Warren
• Zazie

Dominique Ané (born October 6, 1968), better known as Dominique A, is a French songwriter and singer. ... Air is a French music duo, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. ... Alizée Jacotey (IPA: ) (born August 21, 1984) is a French singer. ... Antoine is French given name (from Latin Antonius) Antoine (automobile), a Belgian automobile Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician Antoine Arnauld, French theologian, philosopher and mathematician Antoine, bastard of Burgundy Antoine Béchamp, French biologist Antoine Bibesco, Romanian prince, lawyer and writer Antoine Alexandre Barbier, French librarian Antoine Baumé, French chemist Antoine... Charles Aznavour (Armenian: Õ‡Õ¡Õ¼Õ¬ Ô±Õ¦Õ¶Õ¡Õ¾Õ¸Ö‚Ö€; born May 22, 1924) is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter and actor. ... Josephine Baker (or Joséphine Baker in francophone countries) (June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975)[1] was an American-born entertainer, most noted for her singing career, while in her early career she was a celebrated dancer (she is often credited as a movie star, although she only starred in... Jane Bathori (June 14, 1877 - January 25, 1970) was a French opera singer. ... Barbara was a popular French female singer born as Monique Andrée Serf (June 9, 1930 - November 25, 1997) best known under her stage name . ... Guy Béart (born July 16, 1930) is a French singer and songwriter. ... Bénabar (Bruno Nicolini, b. ... Michel Berger (28 November 1947, Neuilly-sur-Seine - 2 August 1992, Ramatuelle), born Michel-Jean Hamburger, was a very successful French singer and songwriter. ... Pierre Charles Bouvier (9 May 1979) is a Quebecois musician, who is the lead singer for the Canadian pop punk band Simple Plan. ... Lucienne Boyer, born August 18, 1903 in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France - died on December 6, 1983 in Paris, was a singer. ... Georges Brassens (French IPA: ) (October 22, 1921 - October 29, 1981) was a French acoustic singer and songwriter. ... Aristide Bruant (May 6, 1851 – February 10, 1925) was a French cabaret singer, comedian, and nightclub owner who is best recognized as the man in the red scarf and black cape on the famous posters by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. ... Manu Chao (born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on June 21, 1961 in Paris, France) is a French, Spanish, Galician-Portuguese, English language singer of Galician origins. ... Daft Punk is the collective name of Paris house musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974)[1] and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975). ... Dalida as shown on a French stamp issued in 2001 Dalida (January 17, 1933 - May 3, 1987) was an Egyptian-born singer, of Italian origin, making her career in France. ... Marie-Louise Damien (December 5, 1889 – January, 1978) was a French singer and actress best known under the stage name Damia. ... Marie Dubas, born September 3, 1894 – died February 21, 1972, was a music-hall singer and comedienne. ... Jacques Dutronc (b. ... Mylène Farmer (September 12, 1961), born Mylène Jeanne Gautier,[1] is a Canadian-born French singer and songwriter. ... Jean Ferrat, author, poet and singer, born 26 December 1930. ... Léo Ferré (August 24, 1916 - July 14, 1993) was a poet and a musician. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Thomas Fersen (b. ... Claude François Claude François (February 1, 1939 in Ismaïlia, Egypt - March 11, 1978 in Paris, France) was a French pop singer. ... Fréhel, born Marguerite Boulch on July 14, 1891 – died February 3, 1951, was a French singer and actress. ... David Phillipe Desrosiers (29 August 1980-) is a Quebecois musician best known as the bassist for Pop-Punk band Simple Plan. ... This article is about a French Canadian rock band. ... Charles-Andre Chuck Comeau (born in September 17, 1979 in Montreal, Canada) He is the drummer and one of the two main songwriters in the pop punk band Simple Plan. ... France Gall (born Isabelle Genevieve Marie Anne Gall on October 9, 1947 in Paris) is a popular French singer. ... Charlotte Gainsbourg (born July 21, 1971) is a French actress and singer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Pauline Garcia-Viardot (July 18, 1821 – May 18, 1910) was a 19th century French mezzo-soprano and composer. ... The Gipsy Kings are a group from Arles and Montpellier in France. ... Georges Guibourg (June 3, 1891 - January 8, 1970) was a French singer, author, writer, playwright, and actor, George Guibourg, alias Georgius, alias Theodore Crapulet, was one of the most popular and versatile performers in Paris for more than 50 years. ... Jean-Jacques Goldman (born October 11, 1951) is a French singer and songwriter. ... Stéphane Grappelli (January 26, 1908 – December 1, 1997) was a French pioneer jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt. ... Juliette Gréco on the cover of her album Bonjour tristesse Juliette Gréco (born February 7, 1927) is a French actress as well as a very popular chanson singer. ... Marie-France Gaîté, a singer better known as Gribouille, was born on July 17, 1941 in Lyon, France and died on January 18, 1968 in Paris, France. ... Yvette Guilbert, born January 20, 1867 in Paris, France – died February 4, 1944 in Aix-en-Provence, was a music-hall singer and actress. ... Arthur Higelin, better known under his screen name Arthur H, is a French musician born in 1966. ... David Hallyday David Hallyday (born David Michael Benjamin Smet on August 14, 1966) is a French Singer/Song Writer/Pilote in european GT-series. ... Johnny Hallyday Johnny Hallyday (born June 15, 1943 in Paris, France) is a French singer and actor. ... Françoise Hardy (born Françoise Madeleine Hardy, January 17, 1944 in Paris) is a French singer, actress and astrologer. ... Jacques Higelin is born in 1940. ... IAM may refer to: Maroc Telecom (Arabic transliteration: Ittisalat Al Maghrib), the main telecommunication company in Morocco IAM (band), a French rap band from Marseille created in 1989 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, a North American labor union Institute of Advanced Motorists, a charity based in the UK... Joëlle Mogensen (February 3, 1953 – May 15, 1982) was a popular singer of French songs. ... Justice are a French electro house duo consisting of Gaspard Augé (b. ... Patricia Kaas Patricia Kaas (born December 5, 1966 in Forbach, France) is a French singer and actress. ... Kassav is a Francophone Zouk band which was formed in 1979. ... Alice Ernestine Prin (October 2, 1901 – April 29, 1953), was a French artists model, nightclub singer, actress, and painter best [] known as Kiki de Montparnasse. ... The Montparnasse Tower, which at 209m was the tallest building in Western Europe when it was built. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Robert (Boby) Lapointe (April 16, 1922 - June 29, 1972) was a French singer, noted for his humorous texts and plays on words. ... Bernard Lavilliers (born October 7, 1946) is a French singer. ... Maxime Le Forestier (born February 10, 1949) is a French singer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Matthieu Chedid (born December 21, 1971 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a Lebanese descendent French rock singer-songwriter, who performs under the pseudonym -M-. Matthieu Chédid He is the son of singer Louis Chedid, and the grandson of the writer and poetess Andrée Chedid who has written lyrics to... Christophe Maé is a french singer who has been playing the role of Monsieur in the hit musical Le roi soleil since 2005. ... La Mano Megra (Spanish), in English, The Black Hand) was a supposed secret and violent Anarchist organization that was founded in Andalucia, Spain in the end of the 19th century. ... Mireille Mathieu (album) Mireille Mathieu (born July 22, 1946) is a French singer, who besides being very successful in her own country, became a star of international stature, recording in several languages. ... Luis Mariano (1914-1970) was a famous Basque operetta singer, actor and TV performer. ... Anna Marly, (October 30, 1917 – February 15, 2006), was a Russian born French singer-songwriter. ... Didier Marouani is a French composer and musician. ... Félix Mayol (November 18, 1872 - November 1, 1941) was a French singer and entertainer. ... Mireille Hartuch (born September 30, 1906 in Paris, France - died December 29, 1996 in Paris, France) was a singer, composer, and actress known as Mireille. ... Mistinguett (April 5, 1875 - January 5, 1956 from Enghien-les-Bains, Val-dOise, ÃŽle-de-France, France) was a French actress and singer, with birth name of Jeanne Bourgeois. ... Ginette Neveu, born August 11, 1919 – died October 27, 1949, was a French concert violinist. ... Yannick Noah (born May 18, 1960, Sedan, Ardennes, France) is a former professional tennis player from France. ... Claude Nougaro (September 9, 1929 Paris – March 4, 2004 Toulouse) was a French songwriter and singer. ... NTM is a three letter acronym that may refer to the following: National Technical Means, a euphemism for intelligence gathering by reconnaissance satellites. ... Noir Désir is a French rock band, currently on hiatus. ... Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born December 22, 1972 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France) is a French singer and actress. ... Pierre Perret (born July 9, 1934 in Castelsarrasin), is a French singer and composer Biography He spent a long part of his childhood in the café which his parents owned, where he learned work jargon and slang. ... Michel Petrucciani (December 28, 1962, Orange, France – January 6, 1999, Manhattan), was a French Jazz pianist. ... Édith Piaf (December 19, 1915–October 11, 1963) was one of Frances most beloved singers,[1] and became a national icon. ... MICHEL POLNAREF born in France on July 3 1944 is a great modern ballad singer . ... Lily Pons as Rosina Lily Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976) was a French-born U.S. coloratura soprano. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Tino Rossi (April 29, 1907 — September 26, 1983) was a singer and film actor. ... Les Têtes Raides is a French group whose music reunites elements of French poetry, theater, visual arts and the Big Top circus antics to create a very particular brand of contemporary French folk rock. ... TTC is a four member hip-hop and twisted electronic band from Paris, France. ... Rene Rancourt singing at the Massachusetts Alzheimers Association Memory Walk (10/4/2003) Rene Rancourt, native to Lewiston, ME and a resident of Natick, MA has sung the National Anthem at the Boston Bruins home hockey games for over 30 years. ... Renaud Séchan, known as Renaud, (born May 11, 1952) is a popular French singer, born in Paris. ... Jean Sablon (Nogent-sur-Marne March 25, 1906 – February 24, 1994 at Cannes-La-Bocca was a popular French singer. ... Alain Souchon (born Alain Kienast on May 27, 1944, Casablanca, Morocco) is a French singer, songwriter and actor. ... Mano Solo (born Emmanuel Cabut in Châlons-sur-Marne on avril 24th, 1963) is a french singer. ... Christophe Miossec is a French singer and songwriter born in Brest, Brittany, France on December 24, 1964. ... // Jean-François (Jeff) Stinco is the lead guitarist in the pop punk band Simple Plan. ... Charles Trenet (May 18, 1913, Narbonne, France – February 19, 2001, Créteil, France) was a French singer and songwriter, most famous for his recordings from the late 1930s through the mid-1950s, though his career continued through the 1990s. ... Christian Vander (1948-) is a drummer and musician and founder of the band Magma, which sings songs in Kobaian, a constructed language. ... Sylvie Vartan Sylvie Vartan (born 1944) is a French pop singer and music hall impressario of Hungarian and Armenian origin. ... Boris Vian (March 10, 1920 – June 23, 1959) was a French writer, poet, singer, and musician, who also wrote under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan. ... Benjamin Warren (7 May 1879 – 15 January 1917) was an England international footballer who played as a half-back for Derby County and Chelsea. ... Zazie (born Evi Moechel in Homburg, Germany), is a German cyberartist based in Austria. ...

Painters

• Jean René Bazaine
• Maurice Boitel
• François Boucher
• Pierre Brissaud
• Bernard Buffet
• Gustave Caillebotte
• Paul Cézanne
• Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
• Jules Chéret
• Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
• Gustave Courbet
• Thomas Couture
• Jacques Louis David
• Edgar Degas
• Georges de la Tour
• Eugène Delacroix
• Robert Delaunay
• André Derain
• Marcel Duchamp
• Suzanne Duchamp
• Henri Fantin-Latour
• Jean-Honoré Fragonard
• Antonio de La Gandara
• Paul Gauguin
• Jean-Baptiste Gros
• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
• Charles de La Tour
• Georges Lacombe
• Gerard LeBlond
• Fernand Léger
• Edouard Manet
• Henri Matisse
• Claude Monet
• Gustave Moreau
• Berthe Morisot
• Gen Paul
• Francis Picabia
• Camille Pissarro
• Nicolas Poussin
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir
• Georges Seurat
• Nicolas de Staël
• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
• Maurice Utrillo
• Suzanne Valadon
• Horace Vernet
• Jacques Villon
• Philippe Watteau
• Félix Ziem

Stained glass window by Bazaine in the church of Saint-Séverin Jean René Bazaine (21st December, 1904 - 4th March 2001) was a French painter, designer of stained glass windows, and writer. ... Maurice Boitel in 1980 Maurice Boitel (born July 31, 1919) is a French painter. ... François Boucher The Toilet of Venus (1751) typifies the superficially pleasing elegance of Bouchers mature style. ... Pierre Brissaud (December 23, 1885- 1964) was a French Art Deco illustrator, painter and engraver. ... Bernard Buffet (July 10, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was a French painter who was highly acclaimed by the age of twenty. ... Self-portrait Gustave Caillebotte (August 19, 1848 – February 21, 1894), was a French painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as Impressionists, stamp collector, and yacht engineer. ... Paul Cézanne (IPA: , January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. ... The Poor Fisherman Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, (December 14, 1824 – October 24, 1898) was a French painter. ... Jules Chéret, born May 31, 1836 – died September 23, 1932, was a French painter and lithographer who became a master of poster art. ... Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (portrait by Nadar) Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (July 26, 1796 – February 22, 1875) was a French landscape painter. ... Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (10 June 1819 – 31 December 1877) was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. ... Thomas Couture (December 21, 1815 – March 30, 1879) was an influential French history painter and teacher. ... Self portrait Jacques-Louis David (August 30, 1748 - December 29, 1825), most usually known as David (pronounced Dah-veed rather than Day-vid), was a French painter. ... Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917), born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (IPA ), was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. ... St Joseph, 1642, Louvre Georges de La Tour (March 13, 1593–1652) was a painter from the Duchy of Lorraine, now in France. ... Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798 – August 13, 1863) was the most important of the French Romantic painters. ... Image:300px-Delaunay ChampDeMars. ... Charing Cross Bridge, London (1906). ... Marcel Duchamp. ... Suzanne Duchamp (October 20, 1889 – September 11, 1963) was a French Dadaist painter. ... Self Portrait by Henri Fantin-Latour (1859), at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Henri Fantin-Latour Henri Fantin-Latour (January 14, 1836 - August 25, 1904) was a French painter and lithographer. ... The Bathers, 1765 Inspiration, 1769 The Reader, c. ... Antonio de La Gandara (December 16, 1861 - June 30, 1917) was a painter, pastellist and draughtsman. ... Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 – May 9, 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist artist. ... Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (pronounced (Ang, rhymes with bang, with a hint of the r, but the final es is not pronounced) (August 29, 1780 - January 14, 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. ... Georges Lacombe (June 18, 1868 - June 29, 1916) was a French sculptor and painter. ... Still Life with a Beer Mug, 1921. ... Édouard Manet (portrait by Nadar) Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 - April 30, 1883) was a noted French painter. ... Henri Matisse, Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt 1906, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist, noted for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. ... Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926)[1] was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movements philosophy of expressing ones perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein... Self portrait of Gustav Moreau, 1850 Gustave Moreau (April 6, 1826 – April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. ... Berthe Morisot in a portrait by Édouard Manet, 1872 Berthe Morisot (January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was an Impressionist painter. ... Gen Paul, born Eugène Paul on July 2, 1898 in Montmartre, France - died on April 30, 1975 in Paris, France, was a painter and engraver. ... Francis Picabia in his studio. ... The garden of Pontoise, painted 1875. ... Les Bergers d’Arcadie, set in Ancient Greece. ... Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841–December 3, 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. ... Le Chahut was painted by Seurat from 1889 to 1890. ... Nicolas de Staël (January 5, 1914, Saint Petersburg - March 16, 1955, Antibes) (French nationality, of Russian origin) was a painter known for his use of a thick impasto and his highly abstract landscape painting. ... Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec [äNrÄ“ du tOOlOOz lōtrek] (November 24, 1864 – September 9, 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draftsman, and illustrator, whose immersion in the decadent and theatrical life of fin de siècle Paris yielded an oeuvre of provocative images of modern life. ... Maurice Utrillo, born Maurice Valadon, (December 25, 1883 - November 5, 1955) was a French painter who specialized in cityscapes. ... Suzanne Valadon (September 23, 1865 – April 7, 1938) was a French painter. ... Self-portrait Judas and Tamar, 1840. ... Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 - June 9, 1963) was a French Cubist painter and printmaker. ... Félix Ziem (February 26, 1821 – November 10, 1911) was a French painter in the style of the Barbizon School. ...

Philosophers

• Pierre Abélard
• Louis Althusser
• Raymond Aron — sociologist & philosopher
• Jean le Rond d'Alembert
• Gaston Bachelard
• Georges Bataille
• Roland Barthes
• Jean Baudrillard -- philosopher and sociologist
• Pierre Bourdieu, sociologist
• Julien Benda
• Henri Bergson
• Emile Boutroux
• Michel de Certeau
• André Comte-Sponville
• Jean de Crèvecoeur
• Guy Debord
• Gilles Deleuze
• Jacques Derrida
• René Descartes -- scientist and philosopher
• Denis Diderot -- Enlightenment author and atheist philosopher
• Michel Foucault
• Félix Guattari
• Vladimir Jankelevitch
• Étienne de La Boétie -- philosopher and politician
• Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
• Henri Lefèbvre
• Marcel Légaut - Christian philosopher
• Jean de Léry -- corsaire and ethnologist, anti-racism acivist
• Emmanuel Lévinas
• Jean-François Lyotard
• Nicolas Malebranche
• Gabriel Marcel -- philosopher
• Maurice Merleau-Ponty -- phenomenologist
• Michel de Montaigne -- philosopher essayist
• Montesquieu, political philosopher
• Edgar Morin
• Emmanuel Mounier -- philosopher
• Jean Luc Nancy -- philosopher
• Blaise Pascal -- scientist, Christian philosopher and author
• Jean-François Revel
• Paul Ricoeur
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Jean-Paul Sartre -- existentialist philosopher
• Michel Serres
• François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) -- Enlightenment author, deist/agnostic philosopher
• Eric Weil -- philosopher
• Simone Weil

Abaelardus and Heloïse surprised by Master Fulbert, by Romanticist painter Jean Vignaud (1819) Pierre Abélard (in English, Peter Abelard) or Abailard (1079 – April 21, 1142) was a French scholastic philosopher. ... Louis Pierre Althusser (Pronunciation: altuË¡seʁ) (October 16, 1918 – October 23, 1990) was a Marxist philosopher. ... Raymond-Claude-Ferdinand Aron (March 14, 1905 — October 17, 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist and political scientist. ... Jean le Rond dAlembert, pastel by Maurice Quentin de La Tour Jean le Rond dAlembert (November 16, 1717 – October 29, 1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. ... Gaston Bachelard (June 27, 1884 – October 16, 1962) was a French philosopher and poet who rose to some of the most prestigious positions in the French academy. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Roland Barthes Roland Barthes (November 12, 1915 – March 25, 1980) (pronounced ) was a French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher, and semiotician. ... Jean Baudrillard (July 29, 1929 – March 6, 2007) (IPA pronunciation: [1]) was a French cultural theorist, philosopher, political commentator, and photographer. ... Pierre Bourdieu (August 1, 1930 – January 23, 2002) was an acclaimed French sociologist whose work employed methods drawn from a wide range of disciplines: from philosophy and literary theory to sociology and anthropology. ... Julien Benda (December 26, 1867 - June 7, 1956) was a French philosopher and novelist. ... Henri-Louis Bergson (October 18, 1859–January 4, 1941) was a major French philosopher, influential in the first half of the 20th century. ... Emile Boutroux, French philosopher Éteinne Émile Marie Boutroux (July 28, 1845 - November 22, 1921) was an eminent 19th century French philosopher of Science and Religion, and an historian of Philosophy. ... Michel de Certeau (Chambéry, 1925- Paris, 9 January 1986) was a French Jesuit and scholar whose work combined psychoanalysis, philosophy, and the social sciences. ... André Comte-Sponville (born 1952) is a French philosopher, proponent of atheism and materialism. ... Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur (December 31, 1735 – November 12, 1813) was a French-American writer. ... Guy Ernest Debord (December 28, 1931, in Paris – November 30, 1994, in Champot) was a writer, film maker, hypergraphist and founding member of the groups Lettrist International and Situationist International (SI). ... Gilles Deleuze (IPA: ), (January 18, 1925 – November 4, 1995) was a French philosopher of the late 20th century. ... Jacques Derrida (July 15, 1930 – October 8, 2004) was an Algerian-born French philosopher, known as the founder of deconstruction. ... René Descartes (French IPA: ) (March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650), also known as Renatus Cartesius (latinized form), was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. ... Portrait of Diderot by Louis-Michel van Loo, 1767 Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784) was a French philosopher and writer. ... ... Michel Foucault (IPA pronunciation: ) (October 15, 1926 – June 25, 1984) was a French philosopher and historian. ... Pierre-Félix Guattari (1930 - 1992) was a French pioneer of institutional psychotherapy, as well as the founder of both Schizoanalysis and the science of Ecosophy. ... ... Étienne de La Boétie (Sarlat, November 1st, 1530 - Germignan, August 18, 1563) was a French judge and writer, friend of Montaigne, author of the Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Discours de la servitude volontaire). ... Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (born 1940) is a contemporary French philosopher, literary critic, and translator. ... Henri Lefebvre, born June 16, 1901, died 1991 was a French Marxist sociologist, intellectual and philosopher. ... Marcel Légaut (Paris, 1900 - Avignon, 1990). ... Emmanuel Levinas (January 12, 1906 - December 25, 1995) was a Jewish philosopher originally from Kaunas in Lithuania, who moved to France where he wrote most of his works in French. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nicolas Malebranche. ... Gabriel Honoré Marcel (December 7, 1889 Paris – October 8, 1973 Paris) was a French philosopher, a leading Christian existentialist, and the author of about 30 plays. ... Maurice Merleau-Ponty (March 14, 1908 – May 4, 1961) was a French phenomenologist philosopher, strongly influenced by Edmund Husserl. ... Michel Eyquem de Montaigne-Delecroix (IPA pronunciation: []) (February 28, 1533–September 13, 1592) was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. ... Montesquieu in 1728. ... Edgar Morin is a French philosopher and sociobiologist who was born in Paris on July 8, 1921 under his original name Edgar Nahoum. ... Emmanuel Mounier (philosophe français 1905-1950) Mounier was the guiding spirit in the French personalist movement, and founder and director of Esprit, the magazine which is the organ of the movement. ... Jean-Luc Nancy. ... Blaise Pascal (pronounced ), (June 19, 1623–August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. ... Jean-François Revel (Marseille, France, January 19, 1924 – April 30, 2006 in Kremlin-Bicêtre) was a conservative French politician, journalist, author, prolific philosopher and member of the Academie Francaise since June 1998. ... Paul RicÅ“ur (February 27, 1913 Valence France – May 20, 2005 Chatenay Malabry France) was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic interpretation. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism. ... Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 – April 15, 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (pronounced: ), was a French existentialist philosopher and pioneer, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist and critic. ... Michel Serres (born September 1, 1930) is a French philosopher and author with an unusual career. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Age of Enlightenment (French: ; German: ) was an eighteenth century movement in European and American philosophy, or the longer period including the Age of Reason. ... Deism is belief in a God or first cause based on reason, rather than on faith or revelation, and thus a form of theism in opposition to fideism. ... The term agnosticism and the related agnostic were coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Photographers

• Yann Arthus-Bertrand
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Raymond Depardon
• Robert Doisneau
• Bernard Plossu

Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born March 13, 1946) is a photographer who specializes in aerial photography. ... Portrait of Henri Cartier-Bresson taken by George Platt Lynes. ... Robert Doisneau by Tyroon Win Robert Doisneau (April 14, 1912 - April 1, 1994) was a French photographer noted for his frank and often humorous depictions of Parisian street life. ...

Politicians

See also: Prime Ministers of France, Presidents of France This page is a list of French prime ministers. ... The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ...

• Robert Badinter -- lawyer, statesman and anti death sentence activist
• François Bayrou -- UDF party leader
• Léon Blum -- politician, Socialist party leader, prime minister
• José Bové -- altermondialist
• Aristide Briand
• Jacques Chirac -- politician, member of center-right wing party, former city mayor of Paris, two-term French president
• Georges Clemenceau
• Gaspard de Coligny
• Bertrand Delanoë
• Jacques Delors
• Félix Faure, President of France who died of a heart attack while making love to his mistress
• Charles de Gaulle -- World War II general, commander of the Free French Forces, heroic French president
• Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
• Guizot, Prime Minister
• Gisèle Halimi lawyer and feminist activist
• François Hollande -- PS (Socialist Party) leader
• Jean Jaurès, politician, pacifist
• Lionel Jospin
• Bernard Kouchner -- founder of Medecins du Monde and other "French Doctors"
• Jean-Marie Le Pen -- Leader of the extreme right party in France, Front National, presidential candidate
• Jean-Claude Martinez, lawyer and European deputy
• Émile Loubet, President of France that elected in 1899, after the death of Félix Faure
• Pierre Mendès-France -- Lawyer and Statesman, prime minister
• Honoré Mirabeau
• François Mitterrand -- Lawyer and Statesman, president
• Jean Monnet
• Henri Philippe Pétain -- Head of Vichy France
• Alexandre de Prouville, Viceroy of New France
• Ségolène Royal -- politician, Socialist party, presidential candidate
• Nicolas Sarkozy -- politician, President of the right wing party, current French president
• Victor Schoelcher -- anti-slavery activist
• Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
• Maurice Thorez
• Jacques Toubon
• Dominique de Villepin -- Prime Minister of France
• Dominique Voynet -- Physician and Green party politician
• Marthe Richard

Robert Badinter (born March 30, 1928) is a French politician (after being a high-profile criminal lawyer and a university professor in Law). ... François Bayrou François Bayrou (IPA: ) is a leading candidate for the French Presidental election of 2007. ... Léon Blum Léon Blum (9 April 1872 - 30 March 1950), was the Prime Minister of France three times: from 1936 to 1937, for one month in 1938, and from December 1946 to January 1947. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Aristide Briand (March 28, 1862 – March 7, 1932) was a French statesman who served several terms as Prime Minister of France and won the Nobel Peace Prize. ... Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932) is a French politician and a former President of France. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Georges Clemenceau, by Nadar. ... Gaspard de Coligny Gaspard de Coligny (February 16, 1519 – August 24, 1572), Seigneur (Lord) de Châtillon held the office of Admiral of France and is best remembered as a Huguenot leader. ... Bertrand Delanoë Bertrand Delanoë (born May 30, 1950) ( ) is a French politician, and has been the mayor of Paris since 2001. ... Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born July 20, 1925 in Paris) is a French economist and politician, the only person who served two terms as President of the European Commission (between 1985 and 1995). ... Félix Faure (30 January 1841–16 February 1899) was President of France from 1895 until his death. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Free French Forces under review during the Battle of Normandy. ... Valéry Marie René Giscard dEstaing (born 2 February 1926) is a French center-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981. ... François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (October 4, 1787 -September 12, 1874) was a French historian, orator and statesman. ... Gisèle Halimi (born 1927) is a Tunisian lawyer, activist, and author. ... François Hollande (born August 12, 1954) is a French politician. ... Jean Jaurès. ... Lionel Robert Jospin (born July 12, 1937 in Meudon, a suburb of Paris) is a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997-2002. ... Bernard Kouchner (born November 1, 1939 in Avignon) is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. ... Médecins du monde (MDM), also known as Doctors of the World, is a non-governmental humanitarian aid organisation created in march 1980 by 15 French doctors, including Bernard Kouchner after he had left Médecins sans frontières (MSF, Doctors Without Borders), the aid society which he had founded... Jean-Marie Le Pen Jean-Marie Le Pen (born June 20, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer France) is a French far-right nationalist politician, founder and president of the Front National (National Front) party, and a candidate for the French presidency. ... Jean-Claude Martinez (born 30 July 1945 in Sète, Hérault) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. ... Painting of French statesman Émile Loubet by Fernand-Anne Piestre Émile François Loubet (December 30, 1838 - December 20, 1929) was a French politician, 7th president of the French republic. ... Félix Faure (30 January 1841–16 February 1899) was President of France from 1895 until his death. ... Pierre Mendès France Pierre Mendès France (Paris, 11 January 1907 - 18 October 1982), French politician, was born in Paris, into a family of Portuguese Sephardic Jewish origin. ... Portrait of Mirabeau Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, (often referred to simply as Mirabeau) (March 9, 1749 - April 2, 1791) was a French writer, popular orator and statesman. ...   IPA: (October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996) was President of France from 1981 to 1995, elected as representative of the Socialist Party (PS). ... Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (November 9, 1888 – March 16, 1979) is regarded by many as the architect of European Unity. ... Philippe Pétain Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain (April 24, 1856 - July 23, 1951), generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain, was a French soldier and leader of Vichy France. ... Marquis Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy (1603-1670) was an aristocrat statesman and military leader born in France. ... Capital Quebec Language(s) French Religion Roman Catholicism Government Monarchy King See List of French monarchs Governor See list of Governors Legislature Sovereign Council of New France Historical era Ancien Régime in France  - Royal Control 1655  - Articles of Capitulation of Quebec 1759  - Articles of Capitulation of Montreal 1760  - Treaty... Marie-Ségolène Royal (born 22 September 1953 in Dakar, Senegal), known as  , (IPA: ) is a French politician. ... Nicolas Sarkozy (IPA: —  ), (born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa on 28 January 1955 in Paris, France) is the current President of France and ex officio Co-prince of Andorra. ... Victor Schoelcher (1804 - 25 December 1893) was a French abolitionist writer in the 1800s and the main spokesman for a group from Paris who worked for the abolition of slavery, and formed an abolition society in 1834. ... Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (February 2, 1754 - May 17, 1838) was a French diplomat. ... Maurice Thorez Maurice Thorez (April 28, 1900–July 11, 1964) was a French statesman and longtime leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1930 until his death. ... Jacques Toubon is a conservative French politician. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Dominique Voynet Dominique Voynet (born 4 November 1958 in Montbéliard, Doubs département, France) is a French senator for the département of Seine-Saint-Denis, and a member of the The Greens. ... Marthe Richard[1], née Betenfeld (1889–1982) was a former prostitute and spy. ...

Popes

See List of French popes Sixteen popes have had French ancestry, all in the second half of the medieval era. ...

Resistance workers

Resistance workers during the German occupation of France in World War II The German occupation of France in World War II occurred during the period between May of 1940 to December of 1944. ...

• Lucie Samuel-Aubrac(1912-2007), human rights activist
• Raymond Aubrac (born 1914), statesman
• Robert Benoist (1895-1944), SOE operative, champion race car driver
• Denise Bloch (1915-1945), SOE operative: King's Commendation for Brave Conduct, Legion of Honor, French Resistance Medal
• Andrée Borrel (1919-1944), SOE operative: Croix de Guerre
• Madeleine Damerment (1917-1944), SOE operative: Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre, Médaille combattant volontaire de la Résistance
• Marie Louise Dissard (1880-1957), U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
• William Grover-Williams (1903-1945), SOE operative, champion race car driver
• Cecily Lefort (1900-1945), SOE operative: Croix de Guerre
• Pierre Mendès-France (1907-1982), lawyer, statesman
• Jean Moulin (1899-1943), statesman
• Abbé Pierre (1912-2007), Priest and founder of Emmaus
• Christian Pineau(1904-1995), statesman
• Eliane Plewman (1917-1944), SOE operative: Croix de Guerre
• Germaine Ribière (1917-1999)
• Élise Rivet (1890-1945), nun executed by Nazis for aiding the resistance
• Lilian Rolfe (1914-1945), SOE agent executed by the Nazis
• Odette Sansom (1912-1995), SOE operative: George Cross, MBE, Legion of Honor
• Suzanne Spaak, Belgian-born agent: "Red Orchestra" intelligence network; executed 1944
• Violette Szabo (1921-1945), SOE operative: George Cross, Croix de Guerre
• Jean-Pierre Wimille (1908-1949), SOE operative, champion race car driver

• See also French Resistance

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Lucie Aubrac (born June 29, 1912) is a French history teacher and member of the French Resistance. ... Robert Marcel Charles Benoist, (March 20, 1895 – September 9, 1944) was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Denise Madeleine Bloch, born in 1915 in France - died February 5, 1945 in Ravensbrück, Germany, was a heroine of World War II. From a Jewish family, by the middle of 1942 in occupied France they were being rounded up by the Gestapo. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Andrée Raymonde Borrel, born in France on November 18, 1919 - died July 6, 1944 at Natzwiller, Bas-Rhin, France. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Madeleine Zoe Damerment (November 11, 1917 - September 11, 1944) is a heroine of World War II. Madeleine Damerment was born in the city Lille in the Nord département of France. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Marie Dissard (?-?) was a member of French Resistance who took over the escape network of Ian Garrow and Albert Guérisse and arranged for over 250 Allied airmen to return to Britain. ... The Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States and is bestowed by the President of the United States (the other award which is considered its equivalent is the Congressional Gold Medal, which is bestowed by an... Charles Frederick William Grover-Williams (16 January 1903 – 18 March 1945), was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Cecily Margot Lefort (April 30, 1900 – May 1, 1945) was a heroine of World War II. Born in London, England of Scottish ancestry, Lefort lived on the coast of Brittany in France from the age of 24 with her French husband, Dr. Alex Lefort. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Pierre Mendès France Pierre Mendès France (Paris, 11 January 1907 - 18 October 1982), French politician, was born in Paris, into a family of Portuguese Sephardic Jewish origin. ... An artists rendition of Jean Moulins most famous depiction, with a scarf (see below) Jean Moulin (June 20, 1899–July 8, 1943) was a high-profile member of the French Resistance during World War II. He is remembered today as an emblem of the Resistance because of his... LAbbé Pierre (born August 5, 1912) was born as Henri Grouès in Lyon is a French Catholic priest. ... Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio, 1601 Emmaus is the name of two places in Palestine. ... Christian Pineau, French resistance leader and statesman Christian Pineau (October 14, 1904 - April 5, 1995) was a noted French Resistance fighter. ... Eliane Plewman (1917-1944) was a French SOE agent and member of French resistance. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Élise Rivet born January 19, 1890, in Draria, Algeria – died March 30, 1945, Ravensbrück, Germany, was a Roman Catholic nun and war heroine. ... Lilian Vera Rolfe, born April 26, 1914 in Paris, France - died February 5, 1945 at Ravensbrück, Germany was a heroine of World War II. A twin to sister Helen Fedora Rolfe, she was the daughter of George Rolfe, an British chartered accountant working in Paris. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Odette Sansom while in service of the SOE Odette Marie Celine Sansom (April 28, 1912 - March 13, 1995) was an Allied heroine of World War II. Biography Odette Marie Celine Brailly was born in Amiens in the Somme département of France. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Suzanne Spaak (c. ... Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo, G.C., M.B.E., CdG (June 26, 1921 – February 5?, 1945) was a World War II secret agent. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Jean-Pierre Wimille (February 26, 1908 - January 28, 1949) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Scientists

A-B

• Jean-Loup Bertaux, (CNRS)
• Marcelin Berthelot -- chemist
• Ben Burridge--Ultra Scientist for NASA

Marcellin Berthelot Marcellin Pierre Eugène Berthelot (October 29, 1827 - March 18, 1907) was a French chemist and politician. ...

C-K

• Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot -- physicist and military engineer
• Georges Charpak -- physicist, Nobel prize winner 1992
• Alain Connes -- mathematician; Fields Medalist 1982
• Pierre Curie -- physicist and chemist
• Jean Dausset -- biologist, Nobel prize winner 1980
• Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre -- mathematician and astronomer
• Guillaume Delisle -- cartographer
• René Descartes -- scientist and philosopher
• Girard Desargues -- mathematician
• Pierre Drossard -- astrophysician
• Georges Duby -- historian
• Robert Debré -- physician
• Pierre de Fermat -- mathematician
• Hervé Faye -- astronomer
• Joseph Fourier -- mathematician and physicist
• Pierre Gassendi -- philosopher mathematician
• Pierre-Gilles de Gennes -- physicist, Nobel prize winner 1991
• Évariste Galois -- mathematician
• Camille Guérin -- biologist
• Alexander Grothendieck -- mathematician; Fields Medalist 1966 (German-born)
• Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
• François Jacob -- biologist, Nobel prize winner 1965
• Irène Joliot-Curie -- physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• Frédéric Joliot-Curie -- physicist, Nobel prize winner 1935

Sadi Carnot Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (June 1, 1796 - August 24, 1832) was a French mathematician and engineer who gave the first successful theoretical account of heat engines, the Carnot cycle, and laid the foundations of the second law of thermodynamics. ... Georges Charpak (born August 1, 1924) is a Polish-French physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics winner. ... Alain Connes (born April 1, 1947) is a French mathematician, currently Professor at the College de France (Paris, France), IHES (Bures-sur-Yvette, France) and Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee). ... // Pierre Curie (Paris, France, May 15, 1859 – April 19, 1906, Paris) was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. ... Jean Dausset (b. ... Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (September 19, 1749 in Amiens – August 19, 1822 in Paris) was a French mathematician and astronomer. ... Guillaume Delisle (February 28, 1675 - January 25, 1726) was a French cartographer, born in Paris, France (he also died there). ... René Descartes (French IPA: ) (March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650), also known as Renatus Cartesius (latinized form), was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. ... Girard Desargues (1591 - 1661) was a French mathematician and one of the founders of projective geometry. ... Georges Duby Georges Duby (October 7, 1919 - December 3, 1996) was a French historian specializing in the Middle Ages. ... Robert Debré was a French physician of note. ... Pierre de Fermat Pierre de Fermat IPA: (August 17, 1601–January 12, 1665) was a French lawyer at the Parlement of Toulouse, France, and a mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to modern calculus. ... Hervé Auguste Étienne Albans Faye (1814 – 1902) was a French astronomer. ... Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (March 21, 1768 - May 16, 1830) was a French mathematician and physicist who is best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series and their application to problems of heat flow. ... Pierre Gassendi (January 22, 1592 – October 24, 1655) was a French philosopher, scientist and mathematician, best known for attempting to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christianity and for publishing the first official observations of the Transit of Mercury in 1631. ... Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (October 24, 1932 in Paris – May 18, 2007 in Orsay) was a French physicist and the Nobel laureate in 1991. ... Galois at the age of fifteen from the pencil of a classmate. ... Jean-Marie Camille Guérin (b. ... Alexander Grothendieck (born March 28, 1928 in Berlin, Germany) is one of the most important mathematicians of the 20th century. ... Portrait of Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (May 28, 1738 – March 26, 1814) did not invent the guillotine, but on October 10, 1789 proposed the use of a mechanical device to carry out death penalties in France. ... François Jacob (June 17, 1920 Nancy, France -- ) is a French biologist, who together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells happens through feedback on transcription. ... Irène Joliot-Curie née Curie, (12 September 1897 – 17 March 1956) was a French scientist, the daughter of Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie and Pierre Curie and the wife of Frédéric Joliot-Curie. ... Frédéric Joliot-Curie Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie né Joliot (March 19, 1900 – August 14, 1958) was a French physicist and Nobel laureate. ...

L-O

• Laurent Lafforgue -- mathematician; Fields Medalist 2002
• Joseph Louis Lagrange -- mathematician
• Paul Langevin -- physicist
• Pierre-Simon Laplace -- mathematician and physicist
• Antoine Lavoisier
• Gérard LeBlond -- biochemist, molecular biologist
• Jean le Rond d'Alembert -- mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher
• Jean-Marie Lehn -- chemist, Nobel prize winner in 1987
• Claude Lévi-Strauss, anthropologist
• Antoine Lévi-Leblond -- physicist
• Pierre-Louis Lions — mathematician; Fields Medalist 1994
• Edmond Locard
• André Lwoff -- biologist, Nobel prize winner 1965
• Benoit Mandelbrot -- mathematician
• Albert Mathiez -- historian
• André Michaux -- botanist and explorer
• Jules Michelet -- historian
• Abraham de Moivre -- mathematician
• Jacques Monod -- biologist, Nobel prize winner 1965
• Theodore Monod -- naturalist and theologian
• Philippe Morel --
• Claude Mossé -- (Ms), historian
• Louis Néel -- physicist, Nobel prize winner 1970

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P-Y

• Denis Papin
• Louis Pasteur — scientist
• Blaise Pascal — mathematician and philosopher
• Étienne Pascal — mathematician
• Henri Poincaré — mathematician and physicist
• Simeon Poisson — mathematician and physicist
• Michel Rolle — mathematician
• Francis Rocard — (CNRS)
• Jean Rostand —
• Paul Rohmer — physician
• Laurent Schwartz — mathematician; Fields Medalist 1950
• Jean-Pierre Serre — mathematician; Fields Medalist 1954
• Albert Soboul — historian
• Maria Skłodowska-Curie -- chemist, physicist, and two time Nobel Prize winner
• René Thom — mathematician; Fields Medalist 1958
• Jean-Pierre Vernant — historian
• Alfred Vidal-Madjar — astrophysician
• Pierre Vidal-Naquet — historian and Civil Rights activist
• Pierre Vilar, historian
• Christophe Victor — geographer
• Paul-Emile Victor — ethnologist
• Wendelin Werner — mathematician; Fields Medalist 2006 (German-born)
• Jean-Christophe Yoccoz — mathematician; Fields Medalist 1994

Denis Papin Denis Papin (22 August 1647 - c. ... Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French chemist best known for his remarkable breakthroughs in microbiology. ... Blaise Pascal (pronounced ), (June 19, 1623–August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. ... Étienne Pascal (Clermond, May 2, 1588 - Paris, September 24, 1651) was the father of Blaise Pascal. ... Jules TuPac Henri Poincaré (April 29, 1854 – July 17, 1912) (IPA: [][1]) was one of Frances greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists, and a philosopher of science. ... Simeon Poisson. ... Michel Rolle (April 21, 1652 - November 8, 1719) was a French mathematician. ... Jean Rostand (October 30, 1894 - September 4, 1977), French biologist and philosopher. ... Paul Rohmer in 1947 Paul Rohmer, (Huttenheim, November 1st 1876 - Strasbourg, March 2nd 1977), is a french physician considered as the father of the modern paediatrics in the east corner of France. ... Laurent Schwartz (5 March 1915 – 4 July 2002 in Paris) was a French mathematician. ... Jean-Pierre Serre (born September 15, 1926) is one of the leading mathematicians of the twentieth century, active in algebraic geometry, number theory and topology. ... Albert Marius Soboul (April 27, 1914–September 11, 1982) was a French historian of the French Revolution of 1789–1799 and of Napoleon. ... Marie Curie, one of the few people to win two Nobel Prizes in different fields, was one of the most significant researchers of radiation and its effects as a pioneer of radiology. ... René Thom (September 2, 1923 - October 25, 2002) was a French mathematician and founder of the catastrophe theory. ... Jean-Pierre Vernant, born 4 January 1914 in Provins, France, French historian and anthropologist, specialist in ancient Greece and particularly Greek mythology. ... Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930, Paris) is a French historian, teacher at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). ... Paul-Émile Victor, was a french ethnologist and explorator, born in Geneva June 28, 1907, dead March 7, 1995, initiator of the Expéditions polaires françaises, the french polar expedition after second world war. ... Wendelin Werner (born September 1968 in Germany) is a German-born French mathematician working in the area of self-avoiding random walks, Schramm-Loewner evolution, and related theories in probability theory and mathematical physics. ... Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (born May 29, 1957) is a French mathematician. ...

Sculptors

• Frédéric Bartholdi
• Antonin Carlés
• Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
• César
• Antoine-Denis Chaudet
• Camille Claudel
• Paul Dubois
• Raymond Duchamp-Villon
• Alexandre Falguière
• Jean Antoine Houdon
• Antonin Idrac
• Georges Lacombe
• Antonin Mercié
• Hippolyte Moulin
• Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
• Auguste Préault
• Auguste Rodin
• Francois Rude
• Niki de Saint Phalle

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Social Activists

• Hubertine Auclert -- journalist and feminist leader
• Simone de Beauvoir -- author, philosopher, and feminist
• Sophie de Condorcet -- feminist
• Maria Deraismes -- feminist
• Marguerite Durand -- journalist and feminist leader
• Olympe de Gouges -- feminist
• Samir Kassir -- journalist
• Jean Theophile Victor Leclerc -- radical revolutionist, newspaper publisher
• Victor Schoelcher -- Abolisionist
• Pierre Seel -- homosexual concentration camp survivor, activist, author
• Séverine -- feminist
• Flora Tristan -- feminist

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Soldiers

• Claude Martin
• Chevalier Bayard
• François Achille Bazaine
• Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
• Georges Boulanger
• Thomas Robert Bugeaud
• Gaspard de Coligny
• François Darlan
• Louis Nicolas Davout
• Bob Denard
• Alfred Dreyfus
• Charles François Dumouriez
• Ferdinand Foch
• Louis Franchet d'Espèrey
• Joseph Gallieni
• Maurice Gamelin
• Henri Gouraud
• Bertrand du Guesclin
• Joseph Joffre
• Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
• Alphonse Juin
• Marie Pierre Koenig
• Jacques de la Palice
• Charles Leclerc
• Jean Lannes
• Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
• Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque
• Hubert Lyautey
• Patrice MacMahon
• André Masséna
• Jacques Massu
• Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
• Simon de Montfort
• Philippe Morillon
• Joachim Murat
• Michel Ney
• Robert Nivelle
• Philippe Pétain
• Comte de Rochambeau
• Raoul Salan
• Nicolas Soult
• Louis Jules Trochu
• Henri de Turenne
• Maxime Weygand

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François Darlan (August 7, 1881 – December 24, 1942) was a French naval officer. ... Davout, Marshal of France Louis Nicolas dAvout (May 10, 1770 – June 1, 1823), better known as Davout, duc dAuerstädt, prince dEckmühl, and a marshal of France. ... Colonel Bob Denard, known in Arabic as Said Mustapha Mahdjoub (born April 7, 1929 in Bordeaux, France as Gilbert Bourgeaud) is perhaps the most famous and influential mercenary in the last fifty years. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Charles François Dumouriez. ... Ferdinand Foch OM GCB (October 2, 1851 – March 20, 1929) was a French soldier, military educator and author credited for possessing the most original and subtle mind in the French Army. ... Louis Félix Marie François Franchet dEspèrey (25 May 1856 – 3 July 1942) was a French general during the First World War. ... Joseph-Simon Gallieni Joseph Simon Gallieni (24 April 1849 - 27 May 1916) was a French military leader in the French colonies and later in the First World War. ... Maurice Gamelin Maurice Gustave Gamelin (September 20, 1872 - April 18, 1958) was a French general. ... There have been at least two notable people named Henri Gouraud: General Henri Gouraud (1867–1946), a World War I French general Henri Gouraud (1944–), a computer scientist. ... Statue of Bertrand du Guesclin in Dinan Bertrand du Guesclin at the Saint-Denis Basilica, near Paris Bertrand du Guesclin (c. ... Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (January 12, 1852 - January 3, 1931) was a Catalan French general who became prominent in the battles of World War I. Joffre was born in Rivesaltes, Roussillon. ... Jean-Baptiste Jourdan Jean-Baptiste, comte Jourdan (April 29, 1762 – November 23, 1833), was a marshal of France. ... Alphonse Pierre Juin (16 December 1888 – 27 January 1967) was a Marshal of France. ... Marie Pierre Koenig (October 10, 1898 – September 2, 1970) was a French general. ... Jacques de la Palice or la Palisse (1470–1525) was a French nobleman and military officer. ... Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc (Pontoise Val-dOise, France, March 17, 1772 - Saint Domingue, November 2, 1802) was a French general and a companion of Napoleon I of France. ... Marshal of France Jean Lannes by Jean Charles Nicaise Perrin Jean Lannes, Duke of Montebello (April 11, 1769 – May 31, 1809), Marshal of France, was born at Lectoure, Gers. ... Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (February 2, 1889 - January 11, 1952) was a French military hero of World War II. Born at Mouilleron-en-Pareds (during the time of Georges Clemenceau, who was also born there), he graduated from school in 1911, and fought in World War I. He specialized... Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (November 22, 1902 - November 28, 1947), was a Marshal of France and a famous French military leader. ... Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (1854 - 1934), made Marshal of France in 1921, was the first French Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925. ... Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta President of France, 1873-1879 Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta, Marshal of France (July 13, 1808 - October 16, 1893) was a Frenchman of Irish descent. ... André Masséna, duc de Rivoli, prince dEssling, maréchal dEmpire. ... Jacques Émile Massu (May 5 in Châlons-sur-Marne, 1908 – October 26, 2002 in Conflans-sur-Loing) was the French paratrooper general sent to Algeria during its War of Independence from France. ... Portrait of Montcalm Image of Montcalm leading his troops by Toronto printer Ralph Clark Stone. ... Two notable men bore the name of Simon de Montfort or Simon de Montford in the middle ages: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester (1160 - 1218), a French nobleman, achieved prominence in the Fourth Crusade and in the Albigensian Crusade. ... Philippe Morillon (born October 24, 1935 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French Member of the European Parliament. ... Joachim Murat, King of Naples, Marshal of France. ... Michel Ney, Marshal of France. ... Robert Georges Nivelle (October 15, 1857 - March 22, 1924) was a French military commander during World War I. Born in Tulle, France, to a French father and English mother, Nivelle graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1878 and served in Indochina, Algeria, and China as an artillery officer. ... Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain, was a French general, later Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de lÉtat Français), from 1940 to 1944. ... Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (July 1, 1725 – May 10, 1807), French soldier, was born at Vendôme (Loir-et-Cher). ... clarified and proofread. ... Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie (March 29, 1769 – November 26, 1851) was a French general and statesman, named Marshal of France in 1804. ... French general Jules Trochu Louis Jules Trochu (March 12, 1815 - October 7, 1896) was a French military leader. ... Turenne Henri de la Tour dAuvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, often referred to as Turenne (September 11, 1611 – July 27, 1675) achieved military fame and became a Marshal of France. ... General Maxime Weygand Maxime Weygand (January 21, 1867 - January 28, 1965) was a French military commander in both World War I and World War II. // Weygand was born in Brussels. ...

Athletes

• André the Giant -- professional wrestler
• Ben Burridge--school boy
• Sarah Abitbol -- pairs figure skater (with S. Bernadis)
• Tariq Abdul-Wahad -- basketball player (born Olivier Saint-Jean)
• Louis Acaries -- boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
• Luc Alphand -- Alpine skier
• Jacques Anquetil -- cyclist
• Fabien Barthez -- football player
• Stephane Bernadis -- pairs figure skater (with S. Abitbol)
• Serge Betsen -- Cameroon born French citizen, rugby player
• Alexandre Biamonti -- French Karate World Champion
• Serge Blanco -- Venezuela born French citizen, rugby player
• Louison Bobet -- cyclist
• Surya Bonaly -- figure skater
• Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet -- 1928 & 1932 Olympic skating Gold Medalists
• Philippe Candeloro - figure skater
• Eric Cantona -- football player
• Georges Carpentier -- world champion boxer
• Marcel Cerdan -- world champion boxer
• Eugène Christophe -- cyclist
• Eugene Criqui -- world champion boxer
• Jean booloks -- jockey of Seattle Slew
• Richard Dacoury -- basketball player
• Emile Delahaye -- race car pioneer
• Marcel Desailly -- Ghana born French citizen, football player
• David Douillet -- judo
• Isabelle Duchesnay & Paul Duchesnay -- ice dancers
• Andre Ethier -- Major League Baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers
• André Fabre -- horse trainer
• Laurent Fignon -- cyclist
• Just Fontaine -- football player
• Jacques Fouroux -- rugby union player and coach
• Pierre Galle -- basketball player -- basketball coach
• Lucien Gaudin -- fencer
• Thierry Henry -- football player
• Bernard Hinault -- cyclist
• Cristobal Huet -- hockey player
• Constant Huret -- cyclist
• Olivier Jacque -- motorcycle rider
• Rene Jacquot -- boxer, underdog who became world champion
• Laurent Jalabert -- cyclist
• Max Jean -- Formula 1 driver
• Brian Joubert -- figure skater
• Jean-Claude Killy -- skier
• Raymond Kopa -- football player
• Pascal Lavanchy -- ice dancer (with S. Moniotte)
• Suzanne Lenglen -- tennis player
• Bixente Lizarazu - football player
• Jeannie Longo -- cyclist
• André Mahé -- cyclist
• Laure Manaudou -- swimmer
• Amélie Mauresmo -- tennis player
• Jose Meiffret -- cyclist
• Eric Millot -- figure skater
• Alain Mimoun -- athlete
• Sophie Moniotte -- ice dancer (with P. Lavanchy)
• Antoine Monteiro -- boxer, lost to Santos Laciar for the world title
• Carole Montillet -- skier
• Hellé Nice -- pioneer female race car driver
• Yannick Noah -- renni player
• Tony Parker -- Belgian born French citizen, basketball player
• Gwendal Peizerat -- ice dancer
• Marie-José Perec -- athlete
• Mary Pierce-- Canadian born French citizen, tennis player
• Julien Pillet -- fencer
• Michel Platini -- football player
• Alain Prost -- automobile racer
• Antoine Rigaudeau -- basketball player
• Georges Stern -- thoroughbred racing jockey
• Marcel Thil -- world champion boxer
• Christophe Tiozzo -- world champion boxer
• Fabrice Tiozzo -- world champion boxer, Christophe's brother
• David Trezeguet -- football player
• Damien Touya -- fencer
• Patrick Vieira -- Senegal born French citizen, football player
• Richard Virenque -- Morocco born French citizen, cyclist
• Roger Walkowiak -- cyclist
• Jean-Pierre Wimille, race car driver
• Zinedine Zidane -- Football (Soccer) Player

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Serge Blanco (born 31 August 1958 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a former rugby union footballer who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and France, gaining 93 caps, 81 at fullback. ... Louison Bobet (March 12, 1925 - March 13, 1983) was a French professional road cyclist. ... Surya Bonaly Surya Bonaly (born December 15, 1973) is a French professional figure skater, born in Nice, France. ... Andrée Brunet (also Andrée Joly, born September 16, 1901 in Paris, France, died March 30, 1993, Boyne City, Michigan, U.S.) was a French figure skater and two-time Olympic champion in pair skating. ... Pierre Brunet (June 28, 1902–July 27, 1991) was a figure skater who competed for France. ... Philippe Candeloro (born February 17, 1972 in Courbevoie) is a French figure skater. ... Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona (born 24 May 1966 in Paris raised in Marseille) is a French former footballer of the late 1980s and 1990s. ... Georges Carpentier Georges Carpentier (January 12, 1894 – October 28, 1975) was a French boxer. ... Marcel Cerdan (July 22, 1916 - October 27, 1949) was a French world boxing champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be Frances and Europes greatest boxer, and by many more fans to be one of the best to come out of that continent. ... Eugène Christophe (born January 22, 1885 in Paris, France, died February 1, 1970 in Paris) was a French road bicycle racer and pioneer of cyclo-cross. ... Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 – May 7, 2002) was an American thoroughbred race horse who won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1977, only the tenth horse, among eleven, to accomplish the feat. ... Richard Dacoury (born July 6, 1959) is a former French basketball player, and the French sportsman to have won the most of trophies. ... Emile Delahaye, born October 16, 1843 - died June 1, 1905, was a French automotive pioneer who founded Delahaye Automobiles. ... Marcel Desailly (born September 7, 1968 in Accra, Ghana as Odenke Abbey) is a former French football player and a former star for its national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. ... David Douillet (born 16 February 1969) is a French judoka. ... Isabelle Duchesnay (born December 18, 1963, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada) was a former figure skater who competed for both Canada and France in the Ice dancing discipline. ... Paul Duchesnay (born on July 21, 1961 in Metz, France, moved to Aylmer,Quebec, Canada in 1962) was an ice dancer who competed for both Canada and France. ... Andre Everett Ethier (born April 10, 1982 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. ... Major league affiliations National League (1890–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 2, 4, 19, 20, 24, 32, 39, 42, 53 Name Los Angeles Dodgers (1958–present) Brooklyn Dodgers (1932-1957) Brooklyn Robins (1914-1931) Brooklyn Dodgers (1911-1912) Brooklyn Superbas (1899-1910), (1913) Brooklyn Grooms... André Fabre (born December 9, 1945) is a French thoroughbred horse racing trainer. ... Laurent Fignon (born August 12, 1960 in Paris) is a French cyclist, who won the Tour de France twice in 1983 and 1984, and missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by a very narrow margin. ... Just Fontaine (born August 18, 1933 in Marrakech, Morocco) was a French football player. ... Jacques Fouroux, (July 24, 1947 – December 17, 2005), was a French rugby union player and coach. ... Pierre Galle, born january 13rd, 1945, in Calais (France), was a basketball player and is a basketball coach. ... Thierry Daniel Henry (born 17 August 1977 in (Les Ulis, Essonne) Paris, France) is a French football player. ... Bernard Hinault (born 14 November 1954) is a French cyclist best known for his five victories in the Tour de France. ... Cristobal Huet (IPA pronunciation: ) (born September 3, 1975 in Saint-Martin-dHères, France) is a French professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for the NHLs Montreal Canadiens. ... Constant Huret, knicknamed le Boulanger (the Baker), of Ressons, France (January 26, 1870 - September 18, 1951) was a long distance track racing cyclist. ... Olivier Jacque (born August 29, 1973 in Villerupt, France) is a motorcycle racer. ... Rene Jacquot (born July 28, 1961 in Toul, France) was a professional boxer. ... Photograph of Laurent Jalabert, present at the arrival of the Tour dAlsace at the Ballon dAlsace, France, 2005 // Biography Laurent Jalabert was born in France in 1968, a professional cyclist from 1989-2002. ... Max Jean (born July 27, 1943 in Marseilles) is a former Formula One driver from France. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ... Brian Joubert (born September 20, 1984 in Poitiers, France) is a French figure skater. ... Jean-Claude Killy (born August 30, 1943) is a French alpine skier and a triple Olympic champion. ... Raymond Kopa (born October 13, 1931), originally Raymond Kopaszewski, is a French former football midfielder, integral to the French national teams of the 1950s. ... Pascal Lavanchy (born on July 20, 1968) was a French figure skater. ... Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player who achieved much success in the French and British womens game from 1919 to 1926, winning 25 Grand Slam titles. ... Bixente Lizarazu (Basque: //; French: //) (born December 9, 1969 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) is a former football (soccer) left defender for Bayern Munich and three other professional teams, as well as the French national team. ... Jeannie Longo en route to a 1st place finish in the Rupert to Pomerelle stage of the 2000 Womens Challenge Jeannie Longo (born October 31, 1958) is a female French cyclist, multiple French and world champion, who is still active in cycling in 2004. ... André Mahé (born November 18, 1919 in Paris, France) was a French road bicycle racer. ... Laure Manaudou (born October 9, 1986 in Villeurbanne) is a French swimmer. ... Amélie Simone Mauresmo ( in French) (born on 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player and is a former World No. ... Jose Meiffret (born in 1913, Boulouris, France) was a daring cyclist who set a world motor-paced speed record of 204. ... Eric Millot (born on December 12, 1968) was a French figure skater. ... Alain Mimoun OKacha (born January 1, 1921) is an Olympic marathon champion from Algeria. ... Sophie Moniotte (born on May 5, 1969) was a French figure skater. ... Santos Laciar Santos Benigno Laciar (born January 31, 1959), from Huinca Renancó, Córdoba, Argentina, known familiarly as Santos Laciar and nicknamed Falucho, was considered by many to be one of the best World Flyweight champions in history. ... Carole Montillet (born April 7, 1973) is an Olympic downhill skiing (alpine skiing) champion and winner of the 2002_2003 World Cup Super_G title. ... Hellé Nice, born December 15, 1900 - died October 1, 1984, was a French model, dancer, and a Grand Prix motor racing driver. ... Yannick Noah (born May 18, 1960, Sedan, Ardennes, France) is a former professional tennis player from France. ... William Anthony Tony Parker[1] (born May 17, 1982)) is a French professional basketball player with the NBAs San Antonio Spurs and captain of Frances national basketball team. ... Gwendal Peizerat (born April 21, 1972 in Bron, France) is a French figure skater and 2002 Olympic champion in ice dancing. ... Marie-José Pérec (born May 9, 1968) is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and triple Olympic champion. ... Mary Pierce (born on January 15, 1975, in Montreal, Canada) is a professional tennis player. ... Julien Pillet (born 28 September 1977 in Dijon, Burgundy) is a French sabre fencer. ... Michel François Platini (born June 21, 1955) is a French former football manager and midfielder, and now president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations. ... Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE (born 24 February 1955) is a French racing driver. ... Antoine Rigaudeau (born December 17, 1971 in Cholet), nicknamed Le Roi (The King), is a French professional basketball player. ... Marcel Thil ( May 25, 1904 - August 14, 1968) was a French world champion boxer. ... Christophe Tiozzo (born June 1, 1963 in St. ... Fabrice Tiozzo (born May 8, 1969 in St. ... David Trézéguet (born 15 October 1977 in Rouen, France) is a French-Argentine football striker. ... Patrick Donalé Vieira (born June 23, 1976 in Dakar, Senegal) is a French football midfielder, who currently plays for Internazionale Milano. ... Richard Virenque (born November 19, 1969 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a retired French professional bicyclist. ... Roger Walkowiak was a French cyclist who won the 1956 Tour de France. ... Jean-Pierre Wimille (February 26, 1908 - January 28, 1949) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver. ... Zinedine Yazid Zidane (IPA: ; born 23 June 1972), popularly nicknamed Zizou, is famous for leading France to winning the 1998 World Cup. ...

Theologians

O.P. (Ordo Praedicatorum) is the abbreviation used to indicate that someone is/was a member of Dominican order, a Catholic religious order. S.J. (Societas Iesu) is the abbreviation used to indicate that someone is/was a member of the Society of Jesus, another Catholic religious order. Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare (Praise, Bless, Preach) Saint Dominic saw the need for a new type of organization to address the needs of his time, one that would bring the dedication and systematic education of the older monastic orders to bear on the religious problems of the burgeoning population of cities... A Taoist monk playing an instrument. ... Seal of the Society of Jesus. ...

• Marie-Emile Boismard O.P.
• Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
• Jean Calvin
• Sebastian Castellion -- translator of the Bible
• Pierre Cauchon -- condemned Joan of Arc
• Bernard of Clairvaux
• Jean Claude
• Yves Congar, O.P.
• André Gounelle
• Pierre Lagrange O.P. -- founder of the Ecole Biblique et Archeologique de Jérusalem
• Hubert Languet
• Maurice Leenhardt -- ethnologist, theologian
• Etienne Mennegoz
• Wilfred Monod
• Etienne Nodet O.P.
• Rachi de Champagne
• Alexandre de Rhodes S.J. -- 17th c. missionary to Indochina
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin S.J.
• Auguste Sabatier
• Antonin Sertillanges O.P. -- founder of the Revue Thomiste
• Bernard Sesboué S.J.

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Louvre Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 - April 12, 1704) was a French bishop, theologian, and renowned pulpit orator and court preacher. ... John Calvin (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564) was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and was a central developer of the system of Christian theology called Calvinism or Reformed theology. ... Sebastian Castellio Sebastian Castellio (also spelled Châtaillon, Castellión and Castello) (1515, Saint-Martin-du-Fresne - December 29, 1563) was a French preacher and theologian, and an important 16th century proponent of the concept of freedom of religion and conscience. ... Pierre Cauchon (d. ... Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (Fontaines, near Dijon, 1090 – August 21, 1153 in Clairvaux) was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian monastic order. ... Jean-Claude is a fictional character in the novel Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of novels by Laurell K. Hamilton. ... Yves Marie Joseph Cardinal Congar (April 8, 1904-June 22, 1995) was a French Dominican priest and theologian. ... Hubert Languet (Viteaux (21 miles west of Dijon) 1518–Antwerp September 30, 1581) was a French diplomat and reformer. ... Maurice Leenhardt, (1878 in Montauban, 1954 in Paris) was a French pastor and ethnologist specialising in the Kanak people of New Caledonia. ... Alexandre de Rhodes (March 15, 1591 - November 5, 1660) was a French Jesuit missionary. ... It has been suggested that noogenesis be merged into this article or section. ... Louis Auguste Sabatier (October 22, 1839 _ April 12, 1901), French Protestant theologian, was born at Vallon (Ardèche), in the Cévennes, and was educaled at the Protestant theological faculty of Montauban and the universities of Tübingen and Heidelberg. ...

Military Leaders

• Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), commander and Saint
• Marquis de la Fayette, military leader in the American Revolution

The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. ... Marie-Joseph-Paul-Roch-Yves-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (September 6, 1757–May 20, 1834), was a French aristocrat most famous for his participation in the American Revolutionary War and early French Revolution. ... John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies that...

Others

• Jaucues
• Louis Braille, blind inventor
• Charles Cros, poet and inventor
• Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), commander and Saint
• Jeanne Calment, who reached the longest lifespan in human history at 122 years and 164 days
• André Charles Boulle, cabinet maker
• Jean René Champion, first Free French Forces soldier to enter the city of Paris on its' liberation in August 1944.
• Pierre de Coubertin, initiator of the modern Olympic Games
• Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt
• Ninon de l'Enclos, courtesan, patron of the arts
• Cavalier de la Salle, explorer
• Marcel Deprez, electrical engineer
• René Dumont, agronomist engineer and sociologist and ecology activist
• Jules Dumont d'Urville
• Maurice Duverger, jurist
• Jean-Baptiste Ebrard, founder of Liverpool, a chain of department stores in Mexico
• Gustave Eiffel, engineer
• Pierre Charles L'Enfant, planned Washington, D.C.
• Charles Michel de l'Épée, founder of world's first public school for deaf people
• Marquis de la Fayette, military leader in the American Revolution
• Arthur de Gobineau, diplomat, author of An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races
• Richard Grimstead, warrior
• Paul Héroult, inventor
• Claude de Jouffroy d'Abbans, designed the first steamship in 1783
• René Lalique, artist
• Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds, explorer and canal engineer
• Auguste and Louis Lumière, inventors
• Jean Paul Marat
• Jacques Mayol, freediver
• Marcel Mazoyer, agronomist
• Montgolfier brothers, balloonists
• Jean-Marie Pelt, botanist
• Elisée Reclus, geographer and anarchist
• César Ritz, hotelier
• Maximilien Robespierre
• Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, magician, namesake of "Harry Houdini"
• Pierre Seel, homosexual survivor of the concentration camps, activist, author
• Philippe Starck, designer
• Vauban, engineer
• François Henri de la Motte, French spy executed for treason 1781 in London

Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 – January 6, 1852) was the inventor of braille[1], a world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing. ... Charles Cros (October 1, 1842 - August 9, 1888) was a French poet and inventor. ... The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. ... Jeanne Louise Calment (February 21, 1875 – August 4, 1997) reached the longest confirmed lifespan in history at 122 years and 164 days. ... Supercentenarian Ann Pouder photographed by Charles Martin on her 110th birthday. ... Andre-Charles Boulle (11 November 1642 - 28 February 1732), was a French cabinetmaker, who is generally considered to be the preeminent artist in the field of Marquetry. ... Free French Forces under review during the Battle of Normandy. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... His statue at the Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Edmond de Goncourt (May 26, 1822 – July 16, 1896), writer, critic, book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt. ... Anne Ninon de lEnclos also spelled Ninon de Lenclos and Ninon de Lanclos (November 10? sometime between 1615 and 1623 - October 17, 1705) was a French author, and patron of the arts. ... René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (November 22, 1643 - March 19, French cleric and explorer. ... Marcel Deprez (December 12, 1843 - October 13, 1918) was a French electrical engineer. ... René Dumont (March 13, 1904 - June 18, 2001) was a French engineer in agronomy, a sociologist, and an environmental politician. ... This article is about the French explorer. ... Maurice Duverger (born June 5, 1917) is a French jurist. ... Liverpool () is a chain of department stores in Mexico, operating over 20 stores throughout Mexico. ... Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (December 15, 1832 – December 27, 1923; French pronunciation in IPA, in English usually pronounced in the German manner ) was a French engineer and architect and a specialist of metallic structures. ... Pierre (Peter) Charles LEnfant LEnfants plan for Washington, as revised by Andrew Ellicott Pierre (Peter) Charles LEnfant (2 August 1754, Paris, France – 14 June 1825, Prince Georges County, Maryland) was a French-born American architect and urban planner. ... Abbé Charles-Michel de lÉpée, b. ... Marie-Joseph-Paul-Roch-Yves-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (September 6, 1757–May 20, 1834), was a French aristocrat most famous for his participation in the American Revolutionary War and early French Revolution. ... John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies that... Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau (July 14, 1816 - October 13, 1882) was a French aristocrat who became famous for advocating White Supremacy and developing the racialist theory of the Aryan master race in his book An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races (1853-1855). ... An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races by Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau is an early and significant work defining the concept of Scientific racism and White supremacy. ... The French scientist Paul (Louis-Toussaint) Héroult (1863-1914) was the inventor of the aluminium electrolysis and of the electric steel furnace. ... Illuminated automobile hood ornament in the form of a rooster by René Jules Lalique René Jules Lalique was born in Ay, Marne, France on April 6, 1860, and died May 5, 1945. ... Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds better known as Linant Pasha (Lorient, France, November 23, 1799 – Cairo July 9, 1883 was an explorer of Egypt and the chief engineer of Egypts public works, 1831–1869, and the chief engineer of the Suez Canal. ... Auguste (left) and Louis Lumière. ... Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat (May 24, 1743 – July 13, 1793), was a Swiss-born French scientist and physician who made much of his career in the United Kingdom, but is best known as an activist in the French Revolution. ... Jacques Mayol (April 1, 1927 – December 22, 2001) was the holder of many world records in free diving. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jean-Marie Pelt (born October 24, 1933) is a French botanist. ... Élisée Reclus (1878) Élisée Reclus (March 15, 1830 - July 4, 1905) was a French geographer and anarchist. ... César Ritz (February 23, 1850–October 24, 1918) was a famous Swiss hotelier and founder of several hotels, most famously The Ritz Hotel. ... Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (IPA: ; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) is one of the best-known leaders of the French Revolution. ... Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, (December 6, 1805 - 1871) was a French magician, born in Blois, France, where he also died. ... Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), whose real name was Ehrich Weiss (which was changed from Erich Weisz when he emigrated to America), was a Hungarian-born American magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever), stunt performer, as well as an investigator of spiritualists, film... Pierre Seel (born August 16, 1923, at the family castle of Fillate in Haguenau, died November 25, 2005, in Toulouse) is the only French person to have testified openly about his experience of deportation during World War II due to his homosexuality. ... A book about Starck by Taschen Philippe Patrick Starck (born January 18, 1949) is a well-known French designer and probably the best known designer in the New Design style. ... Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban (May 15, 1633 - March 30, 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and in breaking through them. ... Francis Henry de la Motte, or François Henri de la Motte, was a French citizen and ex-French army officer executed in London for High Treason on July 27, 1781. ...

See also

• List of people by nationality: Belgians, Catalans, Monegasque people, Quebecois, Swiss
• List of French Jews
• Franco-Belgian comics

There are a variety of articles listing people of a particular nationality. ... This is a list of famous Catalan people (people from the European region of Catalonia, one of the Autonomoues Communities of Spain). ... Famous people from Monaco: Olivier Beretta – Formula One Driver Louis Chiron – Racing Driver Léo Ferré – Singer Grace Kelly – Actress (born American) Franz Schreker – Composer See also: List of the Princes of Monaco, List of people by nationality Categories: Lists of people | Monaco ... List of famous Quebecers: citizens of Quebec. ... Jews have lived in France since Roman times, and since the French Revolution (and Emancipation) have contributed to all aspects of French culture and society. ... Tintin, one of the most famous Belgian comics Franco-Belgian comics are comics written in Belgium and France. ...

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