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Famous Frenchmen
- Jeanne d’Arc (1412-1431) – Military leader.
- Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) - Playwright
- Molière (1622-1675) -- Playwright. Creator of internationally renowned comedy plays such as Tartuffe, The Miser and The Misanthrope. Praised for his satirical wit, socially critical themes and vivid characters. Considered the most important and influential French-language author of all time.
- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) - Mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian
- Voltaire (1694-1778) – Philosopher and novelist.
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) – Military leader and emperor.
- Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) – Novelist
- Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870) – Author and playwright
- Victor Hugo (1802-1885) -- Novelist, poet and playwright. Author of internationally famous and beloved works, such as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables. Also campaigned for freedom of the press and against the death penalty and social injustice.
- Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) – Poet
- Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) -- Chemist. Discovered vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization. Developed vaccines against rabies and anthrax.
- Jules Verne (1828-1905) -- Science fiction author.
- Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923) – Architect.
- Claude Monet (1840-1926) – Painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it.
- Émile Zola (1840-1902) - Novelist.
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) – Painter
- Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) - Poet
- Louis Lumière (1864-1948) -- Inventor, film director
- Marie Curie (1867-1934) -- Physicist and chemist. Co-discoverer of radioactivity, radium and polonium. First woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911) and the only person to have won both.
- Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970) -- General and president. Leader of the French resistance movement during World War II. President of France between 1944 and 1946 and between 1958 and 1969. Admired for giving post-war France international prestige and independence in their foreign policy.
- Jean Renoir (1894-1979) – Film director
- Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974) - Novelist, playwright and film director.
- Fernandel (1903-1971) - Singer, actor and comedian.
- Jean Gabin (1904-1976) - Actor.
- Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) -- Explorer, inventor, documentary maker and oceanographer. Co-inventor of the Aqua-lung, which introduced modern underwater diving. Explored the oceans and made numerous documentaries about them. Championed for marine conservation.
- Abbé Pierre (1912-2007) -- Priest who was a member of the Resistance movement during World War II. Founder of the Emmaus movement, who help poor and homeless people.
- Albert Camus (1913-1960) – Author and philosopher
- Édith Piaf (1915-1963) -- Singer. Internationally famous and beloved for tragic and passionate songs, such as La Vie en Rose, Hymne à l'amour, Milord and Non, je ne regrette rien, which have been covered by numerous artists since. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century.
- François Mitterrand (1916-1996) – President.
- Yves Montand (1921-1991) -- Ivo Livi, better known as Yves Montand, was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists.
- Simone Signoret (1921-1985) - Actress
- Brigitte Bardot (1934) -- Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, often referred to by her initials B.B., is a French animal rights activist and former actress, singer, and model. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated characters, often with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s–1970s.
- Michel Platini (1955-) - Footballer
- Zinedine Zidane (1972) - Footballer.
Subcategories
This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total.
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- 1861 * Calmettes, Andre (director) FRA
- 1861 Melies, Georges (director) FRA
- 1862 * Jasset, Victorin-Hyppolyte (director) FRA
- 1864 * Zecca, Ferdinand (director) FRA
- 1865 Lambert, Albert (actor) FRA
- 1868 * Nonguet, Lucien (director) FRA
- 1876 Hatot, Georges (director) FRA
- 1880 Arnaud, Etienne (director) FRA
- 1882 Granval, Charles (actor) FRA
- 1886 Napierkowska, Stacia (actor, dancer) FRA
- 1888 Chevalier, Maurice (actor) FRA
- 1890 Cloez, Gustave (conductor) FRA
- 1896 Duvivier, Julien (director) FRA
- 1898 Clair, Rene (director) FRA
- 1908 Delannoy, Jean (director) FRA
- 1932 Malle, Louis (director) FRA
- 1935 Jolivet, Pierre-Alain (director) FRA
- 1971 Stern, Andre (composer) FRA
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- Peter Abelard (F / France / 1079-1142), scholar
- Christine de Pizan (F / Italy, France, 1364-1430c), poet, author
- Henri de Beauvau
- Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (M / France, 1455-1536), scholar
- Robert Goullet (M / France, 1475?-1538), scholar
- Nicolas de Herberay (M / France, ....-1557), scholar
- Robert Estienne (M / France, 1503-1559), scholar
- Jean Calvin (M / France, 1509-1564), scholar
- Guillaume Postel (M / France, 1510-1581), scholar
- Gabriel Du Préau (M / France, 1511-1588), scholar
- Adrien Turnèbe (M / France, 1512-1565), scholar
- Sébastien Castellion (M / France, 1515-1563), scholar
- Theodor Beza (M / France, 1519-1605), scholar
- Antoine Caron (M / France, 1521-1599), artist
- Jean de Virey du Gravier (M / France, d.1597), playwright
- Pierre Bellier (M / France, 16th cent.), scholar
- Corneille Bonaventure Bertram (M / France, 1531-1594), scholar
- Juan Maldonado (M / Spain, France, 1533-1583), scholar
- Nicolas Serarius (M / France, 1555-1609), scholar
- Isaac Casaubon (M / France, 1559-1614), scholar
- Nicolas Cordier (M / France, 1565-1612), artist
- Alexandre Hardy (M / France, c1571-1632), playwright
- André Rivet (1572-1651), scholar
- Jacques Bolduc
- André Du Ryer (M / France, 1580c-1660), scholar
- Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (M / France, 1580-1637), scholar
- Gilles de Loches
- Louis Cappel (M / France, 1585-1658), scholar
- Robert Arnauld d'Andilly (1589-1674), scholar
- Jean Morin (1591-1659), scholar
- Valentin de Boulogne (M / France, 1591-1632), artist
- Pierre Gassendi
- Georges de La Tour (1593-1652), artist
- Claude Vignon (1593-1670), artist
- Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), artist
- Bernardin de Montereul (1596-1646), scholar
- Agathange de Vendôme
- Nicolas Blasset (1600-1659), artist
- Jacques Goar (M / France, 1601-1653), scholar
- François Tristan L'Hermite (M / France, 1601-1655), playwright
- Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), artist
- Pierre Corneille (M / France, 1606-1684), playwright
- Madeleine de Scudéry (F / France, 1607-1701), novelist
- Gaultier de Coste de La Calprenède (M / France, 1610-1663), playwright
- Pierre Mignard (1612-1695), artist
- Sébastien Bourdon (1616-1671), artist
- Eustache Le Sueur (1617-1655), artist
- Jean Magnon (M / France, 1620-1662), playwright
- Pierre Puget (1622-1694), artist
- Jean Regnauld de Segrais (M / France, 1624-1701), novelist
- Guillaume Courtois (1628-1679), artist
- Charles-Marie de Veil (1630-1685), scholar
- Bernardin de Picquigny (1633-1707), scholar
- Pierre Jurieu (M / France, 1637-1713), scholar
- Richard Simon (1638-1712), scholar
- Jean Baptiste Racine (M / France, 1639-1699), playwright
- Claude Fleury (1640-1723), scholar
- Bernard Lamy (1640-1715), scholar
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier (M / France, 1643-1704), composer
- Nicolas Colombel (1644-1717), artist
- Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet (1644-1717), artist
- Joseph Parrocel (M / French, 1646-1704), artist
- Jeanne-Marie Guyon (F / France, 1648-1717), mystic
- Jacques Basnage (1653-1723), scholar
- Bernard de Montfaucon (1655-1741), scholar
- Pierre-Étienne Monnot (1657-1733), artist
- Henri de Boulainvilliers (1658-1722), scholar
- Augustin Nadal (M / France, 1659-1741), playwright
- Louis Chéron (1660-1725), artist
- François-Armand Gervaise (1660-1751), scholar
- Daniel de Larroque (1660-1731), translator
- Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (F / France, 1665-1729), composer
- Jean Baptiste Brutel de la Rivière (1669-1742), translator
- Jean Gagnier (1670c-1740), scholar
- Augustin Calmet (1672-1757), scholar
- Antoine Houdart de La Motte (M / France, 1672-1731), playwright
- Jacques Plantier (1680-1750), scholar
- Jean Astruc (1684-1766), scholar
- Père de la Sante (M / France, 1684-1762), playwright
- Voltaire (M / France, 1694-1778), playwright
- Edmé Bouchardon (1698-1762), artist
- Pierre Subleyras (1699-1749), artist
- Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1704-1778), artist
- Bernard-Joseph Saurin (M / France, 1706-1781), playwright
- François Henri Turpin (1709-1799), scholar
- Nicolas Antoine Boulanger (1722-1759), scholar
- Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (1724-1805), artist
- Charles François Dupuis (1742-1809), scholar
- Constantin-François Volney (1757-1820), scholar
- Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (M / France, 1758-1838), scholar
- Jean-Guillaume-Antoine Cuvelier de Trie (M / France, 1766-1824), playwright
- Antoine Toussaint Desquiron (M / France, 1779-1849), poet
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), artist
- François-Isaac-Hyacinthe Decomberousse (M / France, 1786-1856), playwright
- Alexandre Guiraud (M / France, 1788-1847), novelist, playwright
- Raoul Rochette (M / France, 1789-1854), scholar
- René François Rohrbacher (1789-1856), scholar
- Horace Vernet (1789-1863), artist
- Léon Cogniet (1794-1880), artist
- Ary Scheffer (1795-1858), artist
- Joseph Salvador (M / France, 1796-1873), scholar
- Paul Delaroche (1797-1859), artist
- Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), artist
- Jean-Baptiste Glaire (1798-1879), scholar
- Jacques-Paul Migne (1800-1875), scholar
- Etienne Louis Chastel (1801-1886), scholar
- Émile Littré (M / France, 1801-1881), translator
- Jean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond Capefigue (1802-1872), scholar
- Alexandre Dumas (M / France, 1802-1870), novelist
- Hector Berlioz (F / France, 1803-1869), composer
- Salomon Munk (1803-1867), scholar
- François-Joseph de Champagny (1804-1882), scholar
- Delphine de Girardin (M / France, 1804-1855), playwright
- Eduard Wilhelm Eugen Reuss (1804-1891), scholar
- Eugène Sue (M / France, 1804-1857), novelist
- Félicien de Saulcy (1807-1880), scholar
- Antoine Etex (1808-1888), artist
- Alphonse Louis Constant (M / France, 1810-1875), occultist
- Michel Nicolas (1810-1886), scholar
- Joseph Derenbourg (1811-1895), scholar
- Abel Quinton (M / France, 1813-....), novelist
- Auguste Clésinger (1814-1883), artist
- Lazare Eliezer Wogue (1817-1897), scholar & translator
- Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856), artist
- Henriette Elizabeth, Madame de Witt (F / France, 1820-1908), scholar
- Charles Guénot (M / France, 19th cent.), novelist
- François-Léon Benouville (1821-1859), artist
- Pierre Dupont (M / France, 1821-1870), poet
- César Franck (M / Belgium, France, 1822-1890), composer
- Léon Gastinel (M / France, 1823-1906), composer
- Ernest Renan (M / France, 1823-1892), scholar
- Théodule-Augustin Ribot (1823-1891), artist
- Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), artist
- Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898), artist
- Gabriel-Jules Thomas (1824-1905), artist
- Charles Aubertin (1825-1908), scholar
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), artist
- Maurice Walch (M / France, 19th cent.), playwright
- Jean-Marie-Melchior Doze (1827-1913), artist
- Gustave Doré (1832-1883), artist
- Léon Bonnat (1833-1922), artist
- Camille Saint-Saëns (M / France, 1835-1921), composer
- Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911), artist
- James Tissot (1836-1902), artist
- Constant Fouard (1837-1903), scholar
- Louis Jacolliot (1837-1890), nonfiction writer
- Fulcran Vigouroux (M / France, 1837-1915), scholar
- Ferdinand Hippolyte Delaunay (1838-1890), scholar
- Émile Gebhart (M / France, 1839-1908), novelist
- Émile Le Camus (1839-1906), scholar
- Auguste Parent (b.1839), scholar
- Adolphe Basile Routhier (M / France, 1839-1920), novelist
- Moïse Schwab (1839-1918), scholar
- Clarisse Bader (F / France, 1840-1902), scholar
- Henri Léopold Lévy (1840-1904), artist
- Auguste Rodin (M / France, 1840-1917), artist
- William Chaumet (M / France, 1842-1903), composer
- Jules Massenet (M / France, 1842-1912), composer
- Louis-Claude Fillion (1843-1927), scholar
- Henri Regnault (1843-1871), artist
- Anatole France (M / France, 1844-1924), novelist
- Edmond Louis Stapfer (1844-1908), scholar
- Benjamin Constant (M / France, 1845-1902), artist
- Fernand Cormon (1845-1924), artist
- Eugène Jacquier (1847-1932), scholar
- Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), artist
- Joris-Karl Huysmans (M / France, 1848-1907), novelist
- Jean Béraud (1849-1935), artist
- Marthe Duvivier (F / France, 1850-1933), singer
- Fernand Lematte (1850-1929), artist
- Aimé Morot (1850-1913), artist
- Émile Beurlier (1851-1907), scholar
- Fidès Devriès (F / France, 1852-1941), singer
- Lina Munte (F / France, 1854-1909), actor
- Marie-Joseph Lagrange (M France, Palestine, 1855-1938), scholar
- Israël Lévi (1856-1939), scholar
- Édouard Louis Montet (1856-1934), scholar
- Alfred Loisy (M / France, 1857-1940), scholar
- Ferdinand Prat (1857-1938), scholar
- Emma Calvé (F /France, 1858-1942), singers
- Francis Gigot (1859-1920), scholar
- Joseph Viteau (1859-1949), scholar
- Théodore Reinach (1860-1928), scholar
- Gaston Bussiere (1862-1929), artist
- Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes
- Camille Erlanger (M / France, 1863-1919), composer
- François Nau (1864-1931), scholar
- Henri Vidal (1864-1918), artist
- Pierre Bonnaud (1865-1930), artist
- Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (1865-1953), artist
- Albéric Magnard (M / France, 1865-1914), composer
- Charles Guignebert (M / France, 1867-1939), scholar
- Adolphe Lods (M / France, 1867-1948), scholar
- François Martin (M / France, 1867-1928), scholar
- Edmond Rostand (M / France, 1868-1918), playwright
- Maurice Denis (M / France, 1870-1943), artist
- Charles-Henry Hirsch (M / France, 1870-1948), novelist
- Alice Guy-Blaché (F / France, 1873-1968), film director
- Edmond A. Fleg (M / France, 1874-1963), novelist
Media in category "French"
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