Category:French
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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
Pages in category "French"
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- Renée Carl (F / France, 1875-1954), actress
- Antoine Mariotte (M / France, 1875-1944), composer
- Jean Nouguès (M / France, 1875-1932), composer
- Henri Bernstein (M / France, 1876-1953), playwright
- ~ Emile Bréhier (1876-1952), French scholar
- Jules Isaac (M / France, 1877-1963), scholar
- Felix-Marie Abel (1878-1953), scholar
- Eugène Bestaux (M / France, 1878-1958), translator
- Joseph Huby (1878-1948), scholar
- Paul-Louis Couchoud
- Joseph Bonsirven (1880-1958), scholar
- Maurice Goguel (1880-1955), scholar
- Albert Malaurie (M / France, 1880-1939), novelist
- Marie-Thérèse Gadala
- Jean Juster (1881-1915), scholar
- Jean Giraudoux (M / France, 1882-1944), playwright
- Marcel Samuel-Rousseau (M / France, 1882-1955), composer
- Igor Stravinsky (M / Russia, France, 1882-1971), composer
- Léon Vaganay (1882-1969), scholar
- Émile Besson (1884-1975), scholar
- François Mauriac (M / France, 1885-1970), novelist
- Maria Ventura (F / Romania, France, 1888-1954), actor
- Jacques Ibert (M / France, 1890-1962), film composer
- Marcel L'Herbier (M / France, 1890-1979), film director
- André Vaillant (1890-1977), scholar
- Adorée Villany (F / France, 1891-...), dancer
- Émile Dermenghem (1892-1971), scholar
- James Germain Février (1895-1976), scholar
- Marcelle Vioux (M / France, 1895-...), novelist
- Robert Aron (1898-1975), writer
- André Dupont-Sommer (1900-1983), French scholar
- Robert Le Vigan (M / France, 1900-1972), actor
- Pierre Bost (M / France, 1901-1975), playwright
- Henri Daniel-Rops (1901-1965), scholar
- André Parrot (1901-1980), scholar
- Stanislas Lyonnet (1902-1986), scholar
- André Pelletier (1902-1985), French scholar
- Henri-Charles Puech (1902-1986), scholar
- Georges Sébastian / György Sebestyén (M / Hungary, France, 1903-1989), conductor
- Roland de Vaux (1903-1970), scholar
- Jean Daniélou (1905-1974), scholar
- Philippe-Henri Menoud (1905-1973), scholar
- Claude-André Puget (M / France, 1905-1975), playwright
- Pierre Benoit (1906-1987), scholar
- Chrysostome Larcher (1906-1975), scholar
- Wladimir Rabi (M / France, 1906-1981), playwright
- Robert Ambelain (M / France, 1907-1997), novelist
- Marcel Simon (1907-1986), scholar
- Olivier Messiaen (M / France, 1908-1992), composer
- Robert Brasillach (M / France, 1909-1945), playwright
- Jean Starcky (1909-1988), scholar
- André-Marie Dubarle (1910-2002), scholar
- Jean Steinmann (M / France, 1911-1963), scholar
- Amédée Brunot (1912-1981), scholar
- Henri Cazelles (1912-2009), scholar
- Jean Françaix (M / France, 1912-1997), composer
- Jean Grosjean (M / France, 1912-2006), novelist
- Annie Jaubert (F / France, 1912-1980), scholar
- Xavier Léon-Dufour (1912-2007), scholar
- Jean Carmignac (1914-1986), scholar
- Jacques Dufilho (M / France, 1914–2005), actor
- Jacques Jomier (1914-2008), scholar
- Antoine Guillaumont (1915-2000), scholar
- Maxime Rodinson (1915-2004), scholar
- Maurice Teynac (M / France, 1915-1992), actor
- Jacqueline Savéria-Huré (d.2001), novelist
- Marie-Émile Boismard (1916-2004), scholar
- Pierre Grelot (1917-2009), scholar
- Mathias Delcor (1919-1992), Spanish-French scholar
- Valentin Nikiprowetzky (1919-1983), scholar
- Maurice Clavel (M / France, 1920-1979), novelist
- Maurice Ghnassia (1920-2003), novelist
- Guy Trévoux (1920-2011), novelist
- Jean-Dominique Barthélemy (1921-2002), scholar
- Michel Léturmy (1921-2000), novelist
- Józef T. Milik (1922-2006), Polish-French scholar
- Robert Morel (M / France, 1922-1990), novelist, playwright
- Maurice Baillet (1923-1998), scholar
- ~ André Caquot (1923-2004), French scholar
- Roger Le Déaut (1923-2000), scholar
- Albert Vanhoye (b.1923), scholar
- Ernest-Marie Laperrousaz (1924-2013), French scholar
- Jean Laporte (1924-2006), scholar
- Jean-Marc Tennberg (M / France, 1924–1971), actor
- Michel Tournier (1924-2016), novelist
- Étienne Trocmé (1924-2002), scholar
- Jean d'Ormesson (1925-2017), novelist
- Claude Tresmontant (1925-1997), scholar
- Pierre Bourgeade (1927-2009), novelist
- Jacques Cazeaux (b.1927), scholar
- Dominique Reznikoff (M / France, 1927), novelist
- Mohammed Arkoun (1928-2010), scholar
- Jean Markale (1928-2008), arch-fi author
- Charles Perrot (1929-2013), scholar
- Michel Potay (M / France, 1929), visionary
- Bernard Renaud (b.1929), scholar
- Étienne Charpentier (1930-1981), scholar
- Jean-Luc Godard (M / France, Switzerland, 1930), film director
- Joseph Mélèze-Modrzejewski (1930-2017), Polish French scholar
- Marc Philonenko (1930-), scholar
- Guy Rachet (b.1930), novelist
- Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930-2006), scholar
- Jeanne Champion (F / France, 1931), novelist
- Gérald Messadié (1931-2018), novelist
- Alain Besançon (b.1932), scholar
- Norbert Hugedé (M / French, 1932-2003), novelist
- André Paul (1933-), scholar
- Roger Coggio (M / France, 1934–2001), actor
- Marek Halter (b.1936), novelist
- France Quéré (1936-1995), French scholar
- Jacqueline Genot-Bismuth (F / France, 1938-2004), scholar
- Pierre Koralnik (M / France, 1938), film director
- Jacques Schlosser
- Francis Schmidt (b.1939), scholar
- Mireille Hadas-Lebel (b.1940), scholar
- Emile Puech (b.1941), French scholar
- Hugues Cousin (1942-), scholar
- André Lemaire (b.1942), scholar
- Frédéric Manns (b.1942), scholar
- Anne-Marie Delcambre (b.1943), scholar
- Daniel Marguerat (b.1943), scholar
- Jean-François Nahmias (b.1944), novelist
- Etienne Nodet (1944-), scholar
- Maurice Sartre (b.1944), scholar
- Claude Tassin (b.1944), scholar
- Claude D'Anna (M / France, 1945), film director
- Etienne Barilier (M / Switzerland, 1947), novelist
- Gilbert Sinoué (b.1947), novelist
- Guy G. Stroumsa
- Simon Claude Mimouni (b.1949), scholar
- Michèle Roberts (b.1949), novelist
- Alain Absire (b.1950), novelist
- Christophe Batsch (b.1951), scholar
- Jean-François Baudoz (b.1951), scholar
- Anne Givaudan (b.1951), visionary
- Jean Rouaud
- Philippe Abadie (b.1954), scholar
- Olivier Artus (1954-), scholar
- Rodolphe Burger (M / France, 1957), film composer
- Patrick Yéhoshoua Lévy (b.1958), novelist
- Jean-Christophe Duchon-Doris (b.1960), novelist
- Philippe Lefebvre (b.1960), scholar
- Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (M / France, Belgium, 1960), novelist
- Christian Grappe (b.1957), scholar
- Stephane Saulnier (b.1967), scholar
- Sandrine Willems (M / Belgium, France, 1968), novelist
- Eliette Abécassis (b.1969), French-Jewish novelist
- Dan Jaffé (b.1970), scholar
- Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra (1970-), scholar
- Katell Berthelot, scholar
- Salim Bachi
- David Hamidovič
- Michaël Langlois (1976-), scholar
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