| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Isabelle Adjani |
Actor |
27-Jun-1955 |
|
Camille Claudel |
| Anouk Aimée |
Actor |
27-Apr-1932 |
|
La Dolce Vita |
| Maurice Allais |
Economist |
31-May-1911 |
|
Monopoly pricing and the Allais effect |
| Guillaume Amontons |
Physicist |
31-Aug-1663 |
11-Oct-1705 |
Thermometrist |
| Louis Aragon |
Poet |
3-Oct-1897 |
24-Dec-1982 |
Communistic French poet |
| Pierre Arditi |
Actor |
1-Dec-1944 |
|
Mélo |
| Roland Arnall |
Business |
29-Mar-1939 |
17-Mar-2008 |
Ameriquest billionaire |
| Olivier Assayas |
Film Director |
25-Jan-1955 |
|
Clean |
| Alexandre Astruc |
Film Director |
13-Jul-1923 |
|
Les mauvaises rencontres |
| Jean-Pierre Aumont |
Actor |
5-Jan-1911 |
30-Jan-2001 |
La Machine Infernale |
| Sabine Azéma |
Actor |
20-Sep-1949 |
|
Same Old Song |
| Charles Aznavour |
Singer |
22-May-1924 |
|
Shoot the Piano Player |
| Jean-Sylvain Bailly |
Astronomer |
15-Sep-1736 |
12-Nov-1793 |
Histoire de l'Astronomie |
| Josiane Balasko |
Actor |
15-Apr-1950 |
|
French Twist |
| Jeanne Balibar |
Actor |
13-Apr-1968 |
|
Va Savoir |
| Brigitte Bardot |
Actor |
28-Sep-1934 |
|
Voulez-vous danser avec moi? |
| Marie-Christine Barrault |
Actor |
21-Mar-1944 |
|
Cousin, cousine |
| Charles Baudelaire |
Poet |
9-Apr-1821 |
31-Aug-1867 |
Les Fleurs du Mal |
| Pierre Beaumarchais |
Author |
24-Jan-1732 |
18-May-1799 |
The Barber of Seville |
| Simone de Beauvoir |
Activist |
9-Jan-1908 |
14-Apr-1986 |
The Second Sex |
| Jacques Becker |
Film Director |
15-Sep-1906 |
21-Feb-1960 |
Le Trou |
| Jean Becker |
Film Director |
10-May-1938 |
|
Children of the Marshlands |
| Henri Becquerel |
Physicist |
15-Dec-1852 |
25-Aug-1908 |
Discoverer of radioactivity |
| Cyrano de Bergerac |
Playwright |
6-Mar-1619 |
28-Jul-1655 |
Voyage dans la Lune |
| Henri Bergson |
Philosopher |
18-Oct-1859 |
4-Jan-1941 |
L'Évolution Créatrice |
| Georges Bernanos |
Novelist |
20-Feb-1888 |
5-Jul-1948 |
The Diary of a Country Priest |
| Sarah Bernhardt |
Actor |
22-Oct-1844 |
26-Mar-1923 |
French theatre actress |
| Claude Berri |
Film Director |
1-Jul-1934 |
|
Jean de Florette |
| Marcellin Berthelot |
Chemist |
27-Oct-1827 |
18-Mar-1907 |
Chimie organique fondée sur la synthèse |
| Luc Besson |
Film Director |
18-Mar-1959 |
|
The Fifth Element |
| Francis Biddle |
Government |
9-May-1886 |
4-Oct-1968 |
US Attorney General, 1941-45 |
| Juliette Binoche |
Actor |
9-Mar-1964 |
|
Chocolat and The English Patient |
| Jean-Baptiste Biot |
Physicist |
21-Apr-1774 |
3-Feb-1862 |
Biot-Savart Law |
| Georges Bizet |
Composer |
25-Oct-1838 |
3-Jun-1875 |
Carmen |
| Léon Blum |
Head of State |
9-Apr-1872 |
30-Mar-1950 |
Thrice Prime Minister of France |
| Giovanni Boccaccio |
Author |
1313 |
21-Dec-1375 |
Decameron |
| Nicolas Boileau |
Poet |
1-Nov-1636 |
13-Mar-1711 |
Satires du Sieur D... |
| Jean-Louis Borloo |
Politician |
7-Apr-1951 |
|
French Environment Minister |
| Michel Bouquet |
Actor |
6-Nov-1925 |
|
Totò the Hero |
| Léon Bourgeois |
Politician |
21-May-1851 |
29-Sep-1925 |
French Prime Minister 1895-96 |
| Daniel Bouton |
Business |
10-Apr-1950 |
|
CEO of Société Générale |
| Pierre Brasseur |
Actor |
22-Dec-1905 |
16-Aug-1972 |
Les Enfants du Paradis |
| Thierry Breton |
Business |
15-Jan-1955 |
|
CEO of France Telecom, 2002-05 |
| Philippe de Broca |
Film Director |
15-Mar-1933 |
26-Nov-2004 |
King of Hearts |
| Maurice de Broglie |
Physicist |
27-Apr-1875 |
14-Jul-1960 |
X-ray spectroscopy |
| Jean de La Bruyère |
Author |
16-Aug-1645 |
10-May-1696 |
Les Caractères de Théophraste |
| Ferdinand Buisson |
Activist |
20-Dec-1841 |
16-Feb-1932 |
French pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Corinne Calvet |
Actor |
30-Apr-1925 |
23-Jun-2001 |
Sailor Beware |
| Philippe Camus |
Business |
28-Jun-1948 |
|
Partner, Groupe Lagardere |
| Julien Carette |
Actor |
23-Dec-1897 |
20-Jul-1966 |
The Grand Illusion |
| Marcel Carné |
Film Director |
18-Aug-1909 |
31-Oct-1996 |
Les Enfants du Paradis |
| Sadi Carnot |
Physicist |
1-Jun-1796 |
24-Aug-1832 |
2nd Law of Thermodynamics |
| Leslie Caron |
Dancer |
1-Jul-1931 |
|
Gigi |
| Tabatha Cash |
Pornstar |
27-Dec-1973 |
|
Gangbang Girl #9, Lesbomania #2 |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel |
Actor |
27-Oct-1932 |
19-Apr-2007 |
The Crimson Rivers |
| Vincent Cassel |
Actor |
23-Nov-1966 |
|
Irréversible |
| Jacques Dominique Cassini |
Astronomer |
30-Jun-1748 |
18-Oct-1845 |
Director, Observatoire de Paris |
| Oleg Cassini |
Fashion Designer |
11-Apr-1913 |
17-Mar-2006 |
Fashion designer |
| Catherine of Valois |
Royalty |
27-Oct-1401 |
3-Jan-1437 |
Consort of Henry V of England |
| Augustin-Louis Cauchy |
Mathematician |
21-Aug-1789 |
23-May-1857 |
Infinitesimals, Theory of substitution groups |
| Patrick Cescau |
Business |
1948 |
|
Group Chief Executive of Unilever |
| Claude Chabrol |
Film Director |
24-Jun-1930 |
|
La Cérémonie |
| Henri, Comte de Chambord |
Royalty |
29-Sep-1820 |
24-Aug-1883 |
Pretender to the French throne |
| Charles VI |
Royalty |
3-Dec-1368 |
21-Oct-1422 |
King of France 1380-1422 |
| Charles VII |
Royalty |
22-Feb-1403 |
22-Jul-1461 |
King of France, 1422-61 |
| Charles, duc d'Orléans |
Poet |
24-Nov-1394 |
4-Jan-1465 |
Medieval French courtly poet |
| Pierre Charron |
Philosopher |
1541 |
16-Nov-1603 |
De la Sagesse |
| Maurice Chevalier |
Actor |
12-Sep-1888 |
1-Jan-1972 |
Love Me Tonight |
| Jacques Chirac |
Head of State |
29-Nov-1932 |
|
President of France, 1995-2007 |
| Christian-Jaque |
Film Director |
4-Aug-1904 |
8-Jul-1994 |
Fan-Fan the Tulip |
| René Clair |
Film Director |
11-Nov-1898 |
15-Mar-1981 |
Silent film director, Paris qui dort |
| Robert Clary |
Actor |
1-Mar-1926 |
|
LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes |
| Christian Clavier |
Actor |
6-May-1952 |
|
Les Visiteurs |
| François Cluzet |
Actor |
21-Sep-1955 |
|
'Round Midnight |
| Claudette Colbert |
Actor |
13-Sep-1903 |
30-Jul-1996 |
It Happened One Night |
| Coluche |
Actor |
28-Oct-1944 |
19-Jun-1986 |
Le maître d'école |
| France A. Córdova |
Educator |
5-Aug-1947 |
|
President, Purdue University |
| Camille Corot |
Painter |
16-Jul-1796 |
22-Feb-1875 |
French landscape painter |
| Axel Corti |
Film Director |
7-May-1933 |
29-Dec-1993 |
Where To and Back trilogy |
| Marion Cotillard |
Actor |
30-Sep-1975 |
|
Taxi |
| François Couperin |
Composer |
10-Nov-1668 |
12-Sep-1733 |
L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin |
| André F. Cournand |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1895 |
19-Feb-1988 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Pierre Curie |
Physicist |
15-May-1859 |
19-Apr-1906 |
Early investigator of radiation |
| Jean le Rond d'Alembert |
Mathematician |
17-Nov-1717 |
29-Oct-1783 |
Early work in partial differential equations |
| Vincent d'Indy |
Composer |
27-Mar-1851 |
1-Dec-1931 |
Symphonie Cévenole |
| Marcel Dalio |
Actor |
17-Jul-1900 |
20-Nov-1983 |
The Sun Also Rises |
| Jean Dasté |
Actor |
18-Aug-1904 |
15-Oct-1994 |
L'Atalante |
| Charles-François Daubigny |
Painter |
15-Feb-1817 |
19-Feb-1878 |
French painter of landscapes, ducks |
| Jacques-Louis David |
Painter |
30-Aug-1748 |
29-Dec-1825 |
French Neoclassical painter |
| Jacques de Larosiere |
Government |
12-Nov-1929 |
|
IMF Director 1978-87 |
| Alexandre Decamps |
Painter |
3-Mar-1803 |
22-Aug-1860 |
French romanticist, painted monkeys |
| Edgar Degas |
Painter |
19-Jul-1834 |
27-Sep-1917 |
Impressionist painter |
| Paul Delaroche |
Painter |
17-Jul-1797 |
4-Nov-1856 |
French academic painter; The Young Martyr |
| Joseph-Nicolas Delisle |
Astronomer |
4-Apr-1688 |
11-Sep-1768 |
Founded St. Petersburg observatory |
| Jacques Delors |
Politician |
20-Jul-1925 |
|
EU Commission President, 1985-94 |
| Julie Delpy |
Actor |
21-Dec-1969 |
|
Europa Europa |
| Mathieu Demy |
Actor |
15-Oct-1972 |
|
Our Precious Children |
| Catherine Deneuve |
Actor |
22-Oct-1943 |
|
Dancer in the Dark |
| Marianne Denicourt |
Actor |
14-May-1966 |
|
La Belle noiseuse |
| Claire Denis |
Film Director |
21-Apr-1948 |
|
Beau travail |
| Antoinette Deshoulières |
Poet |
1-Jan-1638 |
17-Feb-1694 |
French poet-socialite |
| Henri Alexandre Deslandres |
Astronomer |
24-Jul-1853 |
15-Jan-1948 |
Spectroheliograph |
| Jean Desmarets |
Playwright |
1595 |
28-Oct-1676 |
Les Visionnaires |
| Diane de France |
Royalty |
1538 |
11-Jan-1619 |
Daughter of Henri II |
| Rudolf Diesel |
Inventor |
18-Mar-1858 |
30-Sep-1913 |
Inventor of the Diesel Engine |
| Betsy Drake |
Actor |
11-Sep-1923 |
|
Every Girl Should Be Married |
| Jean-Claude Dreyfus |
Actor |
18-Feb-1946 |
|
Delicatessen |
| Marie Dubois |
Actor |
12-Jan-1937 |
|
La Menace |
| Georges Duhamel |
Novelist |
30-Jun-1884 |
13-Apr-1966 |
Civilisation |
| Paul Dukas |
Composer |
1-Oct-1865 |
17-May-1935 |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
| Louis Durey |
Composer |
27-May-1888 |
3-Jul-1979 |
Carillons |
| Romain Duris |
Actor |
28-May-1974 |
|
L'auberge Espagnole |
| Jacques Dutronc |
Singer/Songwriter |
28-Apr-1943 |
|
Les Cactus |
| Barthélemy-Prosper Enfantin |
Religion |
8-Feb-1796 |
1-Sep-1864 |
Saint-Simonist, cult leader |
| Renée Faure |
Actor |
4-Nov-1918 |
2-May-2005 |
The Little Thief |
| Marie-Madeleine de la Fayette |
Novelist |
1634 |
25-May-1693 |
La Princesse de Clèves |
| Gil de Ferran |
Auto Racing |
11-Nov-1967 |
|
Winner, 2003 Indianapolis 500 |
| Alexandre Dumas fils |
Playwright |
27-Jul-1824 |
27-Nov-1895 |
La dame aux camélias |
| George Fitzmaurice |
Film Director |
13-Feb-1885 |
13-Jun-1940 |
The Son of the Sheik |
| Suzanne Flon |
Actor |
28-Jan-1918 |
15-Jun-2005 |
One Deadly Summer |
| Robert Florey |
Film Director |
14-Sep-1900 |
16-May-1979 |
Tarzan and the Mermaids |
| Noël Forgeard |
Business |
8-Dec-1946 |
|
CEO of Airbus, 2004-06 |
| Léon Foucault |
Physicist |
19-Sep-1819 |
11-Feb-1868 |
Measured the speed of light |
| Antoine François Fourcroy |
Chemist |
15-Jun-1755 |
16-Dec-1809 |
French adherent to Lavoisier |
| Anatole France |
Novelist |
16-Apr-1844 |
13-Oct-1924 |
French novelist |
| Catherine Frot |
Actor |
1-May-1956 |
|
Chaos |
| Jean Gabin |
Actor |
17-May-1904 |
15-Nov-1976 |
The Lower Depths |
| Serge Gainsbourg |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Apr-1928 |
2-Mar-1991 |
Je t'aime ... moi non plus |
| Abel Gance |
Film Director |
25-Oct-1889 |
10-Nov-1981 |
Napoléon |
| Louis Garrel |
Actor |
14-Jun-1983 |
|
The Dreamers |
| Jean-Louis Gassée |
Business |
1944 |
|
Founder of Be, Inc. |
| Paul Gauguin |
Painter |
7-Jun-1848 |
8-May-1903 |
French post-impressionist painter |
| Jean Genet |
Novelist |
19-Dec-1910 |
15-Apr-1986 |
Theatre of the Absurd |
| Genevieve |
Singer |
1930 |
14-Mar-2004 |
Singer on Jack Paar Show |
| Pierre-Gilles de Gennes |
Physicist |
24-Oct-1932 |
18-May-2007 |
Molecular structure of polymers |
| André Gide |
Author |
22-Nov-1869 |
19-Feb-1951 |
Le Voyage d'Urien |
| Kathie Lee Gifford |
Talk Show Host |
16-Aug-1953 |
|
Half of Regis and Kathie Lee |
| Jean-Luc Godard |
Film Director |
3-Dec-1930 |
|
Vivre sa Vie |
| Nicolas Godin |
Musician |
25-Dec-1969 |
|
Half of the duo Air |
| Charles Gounod |
Composer |
17-Jun-1818 |
18-Oct-1893 |
Faust |
| Eva Green |
Actor |
5-Jul-1980 |
|
The Dreamers |
| Andre Gregory |
Theater Director |
11-May-1934 |
|
My Dinner with Andre |
| Olivier Gruner |
Actor |
2-Aug-1960 |
|
World Kickboxing Champion, 1987 |
| Alice Guy |
Film Director |
1-Jul-1873 |
24-Mar-1968 |
First female film director |
| Fromental Halévy |
Composer |
27-May-1799 |
17-Mar-1862 |
La Juive |
| Ludovic Halévy |
Author |
1-Jan-1834 |
8-May-1908 |
French vaudevillain author |
| Johnny Hallyday |
Musician |
15-Jun-1943 |
|
French rock star, Souvenirs, Souvenirs |
| Guy Hamilton |
Film Director |
16-Sep-1922 |
|
Goldfinger |
| Françoise Hardy |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Jan-1944 |
|
The Yeh-Yeh Girl |
| Basil Liddell Hart |
Military |
31-Oct-1895 |
29-Jan-1970 |
Military strategist |
| Claude-Adrien Helvétius |
Philosopher |
26-Jan-1715 |
26-Dec-1771 |
De l'Esprit |
| Pierre Henry |
Composer |
9-Dec-1927 |
|
Electronic music pioneer |
| Christian Herter |
Politician |
28-Mar-1895 |
30-Dec-1966 |
US Secretary of State, 1959-61 |
| Robert Hossein |
Actor |
30-Dec-1927 |
|
Cemetery Without Crosses |
| François Hotman |
Scholar |
23-Aug-1524 |
12-Feb-1590 |
Franco-Gallia |
| Hugh Capet |
Royalty |
938 AD |
24-Oct-996 AD |
King of France 987-96 AD |
| Karen Hughes |
Government |
27-Dec-1956 |
|
Counselor to George W. Bush |
| Isabelle Huppert |
Actor |
16-Mar-1953 |
|
La Pianiste |
| Joris-Karl Huysmans |
Author |
5-Feb-1848 |
12-May-1907 |
Decadent author, À Rebours |
| Jacques Ibert |
Composer |
15-Aug-1890 |
5-Feb-1962 |
Escales |
| Benoît Jacquot |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1947 |
|
The School of Flesh |
| Jade Jagger |
Relative |
21-Oct-1971 |
|
Daughter of Mick and Bianca |
| Pierre Janet |
Psychologist |
30-May-1859 |
24-Feb-1947 |
Founder of Automatic Psychology |
| Pierre Janssen |
Astronomer |
22-Feb-1824 |
23-Dec-1907 |
Solar observer |
| Frédéric Joliot |
Chemist |
19-Mar-1900 |
14-Aug-1958 |
Researcher of radioactivity |
| Irène Joliot-Curie |
Chemist |
12-Sep-1897 |
17-Mar-1956 |
Researcher of radioactivity |
| Father Joseph |
Religion |
4-Nov-1577 |
18-Dec-1638 |
Confidant of Cardinal Richelieu |
| Leon Jouhaux |
Labor Leader |
1-Jul-1879 |
28-Apr-1954 |
Union leader, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Odette Joyeux |
Actor |
5-Dec-1914 |
26-Aug-2000 |
La Ronde |
| Jonathan Kaplan |
Film Director |
25-Nov-1947 |
|
Over the Edge |
| Mathieu Kassovitz |
Film Director |
3-Aug-1967 |
|
La Haine |
| Andrea King |
Actor |
1-Feb-1919 |
22-Apr-2003 |
Hotel Berlin |
| Alexis Korner |
Musician |
19-Apr-1928 |
1-Jan-1984 |
Pivotal British blues performer |
| Pierre Charles L'Enfant |
Architect |
2-Aug-1754 |
14-Jun-1825 |
Designed Washington, DC |
| Jacques Lacan |
Psychologist |
13-Apr-1901 |
9-Sep-1981 |
The Mirror Stage as Formative of the I |
| Christine Lagarde |
Politician |
1-Jan-1956 |
|
French Finance Minister |
| Pascal Lamy |
Politician |
8-Apr-1947 |
|
WTO Director-General |
| Henri Landru |
Criminal |
1869 |
25-Feb-1922 |
Bluebeard murderer of 10 widows |
| Paul Langevin |
Physicist |
23-Jan-1872 |
19-Dec-1946 |
Studied piezoelectricity |
| Victor Lanoux |
Actor |
18-Jun-1936 |
|
Cousin, cousine |
| Alphonse Laveran |
Doctor |
18-Jun-1845 |
18-May-1922 |
Found the parasite that causes malaria |
| Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier |
Chemist |
26-Aug-1743 |
8-May-1794 |
Father of modern chemistry |
| Jean-Pierre Léaud |
Actor |
28-May-1944 |
|
The 400 Blows |
| Ginette Leclerc |
Actor |
9-Feb-1912 |
2-Jan-1992 |
Le Corbeau |
| Patrice Leconte |
Film Director |
12-Nov-1947 |
|
The Girl on the Bridge |
| Adrien-Marie Legendre |
Mathematician |
18-Sep-1752 |
10-Jan-1833 |
Traité des Fonctions Elliptiques |
| Michel Legrand |
Composer |
24-Feb-1932 |
|
Film composer, The Windmills of Your Mind |
| Luis Leloir |
Chemist |
6-Sep-1906 |
2-Dec-1987 |
Conversion of carbohydrates |
| Claude Lelouch |
Film Director |
30-Oct-1937 |
|
A Man and a Woman |
| Claudine Longet |
Musician |
29-Jan-1942 |
|
TV actress got 30 days for murder |
| Michael Lonsdale |
Actor |
24-May-1931 |
|
Moonraker |
| Louis VI |
Royalty |
1-Dec-1081 |
1-Aug-1137 |
King of France, 1108-37 |
| Louis VIII |
Royalty |
5-Sep-1187 |
8-Nov-1226 |
King of France 1223-26 |
| Louis X |
Royalty |
4-Oct-1289 |
5-Jun-1316 |
King of France 1314-16 |
| William Louis-Dreyfus |
Business |
1932 |
|
Billionaire |
| Louis-Philippe |
Royalty |
6-Oct-1773 |
26-Aug-1850 |
King of France, 1830-48 |
| Jean-Baptiste Louvet |
Author |
12-Jun-1760 |
25-Aug-1797 |
Mémoires de Louvet de Couvrai |
| Jean-Marie Lustiger |
Religion |
17-Sep-1926 |
5-Aug-2007 |
Archbishop of Paris, 1981-2005 |
| Bernard Lyot |
Astronomer |
27-Feb-1897 |
2-Apr-1952 |
Sandstorms on Mars |
| Yo-Yo Ma |
Musician |
7-Oct-1955 |
|
Cellist, The Silk Road Ensemble |
| Seán MacBride |
Activist |
26-Jan-1904 |
15-Jan-1988 |
Irish revolutionary, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Benoît Magimel |
Actor |
11-May-1974 |
|
Life Is a Long Quiet River |
| Nicolas Malebranche |
Philosopher |
6-Aug-1638 |
13-Oct-1715 |
De la recherche de la vérité |
| Stéphane Mallarmé |
Poet |
18-Mar-1842 |
9-Sep-1898 |
A Throw of the Dice |
| André Malraux |
Novelist |
3-Nov-1901 |
23-Nov-1976 |
La Condition Humaine |
| Étienne Louis Malus |
Physicist |
23-Jun-1775 |
23-Feb-1812 |
Polarization of light by reflection |
| Edouard Manet |
Painter |
23-Jan-1832 |
30-Apr-1883 |
French Realist/Impressionist painter |
| François Mansart |
Architect |
Jan-1598 |
Sep-1666 |
17th c. French Baroque architect |
| Sophie Marceau |
Actor |
17-Nov-1966 |
|
The World Is Not Enough |
| Gabriel Marcel |
Philosopher |
7-Dec-1889 |
8-Oct-1973 |
French existential philosopher |
| Jacques Maritain |
Philosopher |
18-Nov-1882 |
28-Apr-1973 |
Interpreter of St. Thomas |
| Pierre Marivaux |
Novelist |
4-Feb-1688 |
12-Feb-1763 |
Marianne |
| Reginald Marsh |
Artist |
14-Mar-1898 |
3-Jul-1954 |
Why Not Use the L? |
| Olivier Martinez |
Actor |
12-Jan-1966 |
|
Before Night Falls |
| Chiara Mastroianni |
Actor |
28-May-1972 |
|
Diary of a Seducer |
| George du Maurier |
Artist |
6-Mar-1834 |
6-Oct-1896 |
British caricaturist, Punch |
| Mathilda May |
Actor |
8-Feb-1965 |
|
La Teta i la lluna |
| Prosper Mérimée |
Author |
28-Sep-1803 |
23-Sep-1870 |
Carmen |
| Pierre Messmer |
Head of State |
20-Mar-1916 |
29-Aug-2007 |
Prime Minister of France, 1972-74 |
| Jules Michelet |
Historian |
21-Aug-1798 |
9-Feb-1874 |
Histoire de France |
| Jean-Pierre Millon |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
PCS Health Systems |
| Miou-Miou |
Actor |
22-Feb-1950 |
|
Germinal |
| Gaston Modot |
Actor |
30-Dec-1887 |
24-Feb-1970 |
Age of Gold |
| Henri Moissan |
Chemist |
28-Sep-1852 |
20-Feb-1907 |
Isolated fluorine |
| Molière |
Playwright |
15-Jan-1622 |
17-Feb-1673 |
Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope |
| Claude Monet |
Painter |
14-Nov-1840 |
5-Dec-1926 |
The Water Lilies |
| Jacques Monod |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1910 |
31-May-1976 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Philippe Mora |
Film Director |
1949 |
|
Communion |
| Jeanne Moreau |
Actor |
23-Jan-1928 |
|
Jules et Jim |
| Fabrice Morvan |
Dancer |
16-May-1966 |
|
Half of Milli Vanilli |
| Alfred de Musset |
Poet |
11-Dec-1810 |
2-May-1857 |
Les Caprices de Marianne |
| Napoleon II |
Royalty |
20-Mar-1811 |
22-Jul-1832 |
Infant emperor of France |
| Gérard de Nerval |
Poet |
22-May-1808 |
26-Jan-1855 |
Unbalanced French romantic poet |
| Pierre M. Omidyar |
Business |
21-Jun-1967 |
|
Founder of eBay |
| Oscar I |
Royalty |
4-Jul-1799 |
8-Jul-1859 |
King of Sweden and Norway |
| Anne Parillaud |
Actor |
6-May-1960 |
|
Nikita |
| Étienne Pasquier |
Author |
7-Jun-1529 |
30-Aug-1615 |
Recherches de la France |
| Étienne-Denis Pasquier |
Politician |
21-Apr-1767 |
5-Jul-1862 |
Last Chancellor of France |
| Frédéric Passy |
Economist |
20-May-1822 |
12-Jun-1912 |
Nobel Prize recipient |
| Georges Perec |
Novelist |
7-Mar-1936 |
3-Mar-1982 |
La Vie: mode d'emploi |
| François Périer |
Actor |
10-Nov-1919 |
29-Jun-2002 |
Nights of Cabiria |
| Charles Perrault |
Author |
12-Jan-1628 |
16-May-1703 |
Tales of Mother Goose |
| Jacques Perrin |
Actor |
13-Jul-1941 |
|
Z |
| Edith Piaf |
Singer |
19-Dec-1915 |
11-Oct-1963 |
Internationally-renowned French chanteuse |
| Michel Piccoli |
Actor |
27-Dec-1925 |
|
La Belle Noiseuse |
| Jean-Marie Poiré |
Film Director |
10-Jul-1945 |
|
The Visitors |
| Roman Polanski |
Film Director |
18-Aug-1933 |
|
Chinatown |
| Elena Poniatowska |
Journalist |
19-May-1932 |
|
Mexican feminist writer, journalist |
| Éleuthère Irénée du Pont |
Business |
24-Jun-1771 |
31-Oct-1834 |
Founder of DuPont |
| Francis Poulenc |
Composer |
7-Jan-1899 |
30-Jan-1963 |
Les dialogues des Carmélites |
| Sir Edward Poynter |
Painter |
20-Mar-1836 |
26-Jul-1919 |
British Neo-Classical painter |
| Jean Racine |
Playwright |
20-Dec-1639 |
21-Apr-1699 |
Phèdre |
| Armand de Rancé |
Religion |
9-Jan-1626 |
27-Oct-1700 |
Trappist Movement |
| Louis Renault |
Government |
21-May-1843 |
8-Feb-1918 |
International arbitrator, Nobel recipient |
| Jean Renoir |
Film Director |
15-Sep-1894 |
12-Feb-1979 |
La Grande Illusion |
| Cardinal Richelieu |
Religion |
9-Sep-1585 |
4-Dec-1642 |
King of France's chief advisor, 1624-42 |
| Charles Richet |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1850 |
4-Dec-1935 |
Studied anaphylaxis and ectoplasm |
| Sebastian Roché |
Actor |
4-Aug-1964 |
|
James Craig on General Hospital |
| François de la Rochefoucauld |
Author |
15-Sep-1613 |
16-Mar-1680 |
Maxims |
| Auguste Rodin |
Sculptor |
12-Nov-1840 |
17-Nov-1917 |
Sculptor in bronze |
| Jeanne-Marie Roland |
Relative |
17-Mar-1754 |
8-Nov-1793 |
French woman of intrigue |
| Georges Rouault |
Painter |
27-May-1871 |
13-Feb-1958 |
Expressionist painter of clowns, Christs |
| Théodore Rousseau |
Painter |
15-Apr-1812 |
22-Dec-1867 |
French landscape painter |
| Camille Saint-Saëns |
Composer |
9-Oct-1835 |
16-Dec-1921 |
Samson et Dalila |
| Henri de Saint-Simon |
Author |
17-Oct-1760 |
19-May-1825 |
Nouveau Christianisme |
| George Sand |
Author |
1-Jul-1804 |
8-Jun-1876 |
Lélia |
| Dominique Sanda |
Actor |
11-Mar-1948 |
|
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis |
| Victorien Sardou |
Playwright |
5-Sep-1831 |
8-Nov-1908 |
Les Pattes de Mouche |
| Nicolas Sarkozy |
Politician |
28-Jan-1955 |
|
President of France |
| Jean-Paul Sartre |
Philosopher |
21-Jun-1905 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Nausea, No Exit |
| Maria Schneider |
Actor |
27-Mar-1952 |
|
Last Tango in Paris |
| Emmanuelle Seigner |
Model |
22-Jun-1966 |
|
Frantic |
| Georges Seurat |
Painter |
2-Dec-1859 |
29-Mar-1891 |
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte |
| Madame de Sévigné |
Author |
5-Feb-1626 |
17-Apr-1696 |
Eminent French letter writer |
| Yeardley Smith |
Actor |
3-Jul-1964 |
|
Voice of Lisa on The Simpsons |
| James Smithson |
Chemist |
1765 |
27-Jun-1829 |
Chemist funded The Smithsonian Institution |
| Madame de Staël |
Author |
22-Apr-1766 |
14-Jul-1817 |
Important French romanticist |
| George Steiner |
Critic |
23-Apr-1929 |
|
After Babel |
| Eugène Sue |
Novelist |
26-Jan-1804 |
3-Aug-1857 |
Roman-feuilleton novelist |
| Sully Prudhomme |
Poet |
16-Mar-1839 |
7-Sep-1907 |
Parnassian poet |
| Charles Maurice de Talleyrand |
Diplomat |
2-Feb-1754 |
17-May-1838 |
Preeminent French diplomat |
| Jean-Lambert Tallien |
Politician |
23-Jan-1767 |
16-Nov-1820 |
French Revolutionary |
| Alexis de Tocqueville |
Historian |
29-Jul-1805 |
16-Apr-1859 |
Democracy in America |
| Jacques Tourneur |
Film Director |
12-Nov-1904 |
19-Dec-1977 |
Original 1942 Cat People |
| Marie Trintignant |
Actor |
21-Jan-1962 |
1-Aug-2003 |
Popular French actress beaten to death |
| François Truffaut |
Film Director |
6-Feb-1932 |
21-Oct-1984 |
Last Metro |
| Roger Vadim |
Film Director |
26-Jan-1928 |
11-Feb-2000 |
Barbarella |
| Edgard Varèse |
Composer |
22-Dec-1883 |
8-Nov-1965 |
Poème électronique |
| Louis Le Vau |
Architect |
1612 |
1670 |
Architect for Louis XIV |
| Louis-Joseph, duc de Vendôme |
Military |
1-Jul-1654 |
15-Jun-1712 |
Marshal of France |
| Jean Vigo |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1905 |
5-Oct-1934 |
L'Atalante |
| Hervé Villechaize |
Actor |
23-Apr-1943 |
4-Sep-1993 |
Boss, the plane! The plane! |
| Voltaire |
Author |
21-Nov-1694 |
30-May-1778 |
Enlightenment author of Candide |
| Sam Waksal |
Business |
8-Sep-1947 |
|
CEO, ImClone |
| Emma Watson |
Actor |
15-Apr-1990 |
|
Hermione in Harry Potter |
| Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. |
Politician |
16-May-1931 |
|
Governor of Connecticut, 1991-95 |
| Simone Weil |
Philosopher |
3-Feb-1909 |
24-Aug-1943 |
The Iliad, or the Poem of Force |
| Dominique Wilkins |
Basketball |
12-Jan-1960 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Émile Zola |
Novelist |
2-Apr-1840 |
29-Sep-1902 |
J'Accuse |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Marc Allégret |
Film Director |
22-Dec-1900 |
4-Nov-1973 |
Entrée des Artistes |
| Yves Allégret |
Film Director |
13-Oct-1907 |
31-Jan-1987 |
The Proud and the Beautiful |
| Luther Allison |
Musician |
17-Aug-1939 |
12-Aug-1997 |
Electric blues player |
| Guillaume Amontons |
Physicist |
31-Aug-1663 |
11-Oct-1705 |
Thermometrist |
| Guillaume Apollinaire |
Poet |
26-Aug-1880 |
9-Nov-1918 |
Alcools, Calligrammes |
| Yasser Arafat |
Politician |
24-Aug-1929 |
10-Nov-2004 |
Palestinian leader, former terrorist |
| François Arago |
Physicist |
26-Feb-1786 |
2-Oct-1853 |
Investigated earth magnetics |
| Louis Aragon |
Poet |
3-Oct-1897 |
24-Dec-1982 |
Communistic French poet |
| Arletty |
Actor |
15-May-1898 |
23-Jul-1992 |
Les Enfants du paradis |
| Daniel-François-Esprit Auber |
Composer |
29-Jan-1782 |
12-May-1871 |
La Muette de Portici |
| Georges Auric |
Composer |
15-Feb-1899 |
24-Jul-1983 |
Theme for Moulin Rouge |
| Jean-Antoine de Baïf |
Poet |
1532 |
Oct-1589 |
Pléiade poet |
| Jean-Sylvain Bailly |
Astronomer |
15-Sep-1736 |
12-Nov-1793 |
Histoire de l'Astronomie |
| Josephine Baker |
Dancer |
3-Jun-1906 |
12-Apr-1975 |
Sensual dancer turned WWII spy |
| Antoine-Jérôme Balard |
Chemist |
30-Sep-1802 |
30-Mar-1876 |
Discovered bromine |
| Honoré de Balzac |
Novelist |
20-Mar-1799 |
18-Aug-1850 |
Comédie Humaine |
| Jean-Louis Barrault |
Actor |
8-Sep-1910 |
22-Jan-1994 |
Les Enfants du Paradis |
| Raymond Barre |
Head of State |
12-Apr-1924 |
23-Aug-2007 |
Prime Minister of France, 1976-81 |
| Roland Barthes |
Critic |
12-Nov-1915 |
23-Mar-1980 |
Structuralist literary critic, S/Z |
| Georges Bataille |
Philosopher |
10-Sep-1897 |
8-Jul-1962 |
Histoire de l'oeil |
| Stiv Bators |
Musician |
22-Oct-1949 |
3-Jun-1990 |
The Dead Boys |
| Charles Batteux |
Philosopher |
6-May-1713 |
14-Jul-1780 |
Les Beaux-Arts réduits |
| Charles Baudelaire |
Poet |
9-Apr-1821 |
31-Aug-1867 |
Les Fleurs du Mal |
| Jean Baudrillard |
Philosopher |
29-Jul-1929 |
6-Mar-2007 |
Simulacra and Simulation |
| Harry Baur |
Actor |
12-Apr-1880 |
8-Apr-1943 |
Un carnet de bal |
| Pierre Beaumarchais |
Author |
24-Jan-1732 |
18-May-1799 |
The Barber of Seville |
| Simone de Beauvoir |
Activist |
9-Jan-1908 |
14-Apr-1986 |
The Second Sex |
| Jacques Becker |
Film Director |
15-Sep-1906 |
21-Feb-1960 |
Le Trou |
| Samuel Beckett |
Playwright |
13-Apr-1906 |
22-Dec-1989 |
Waiting for Godot |
| Joachim du Bellay |
Poet |
c. 1522 |
1-Jan-1560 |
French Pléiade poet |
| Pierre Belon |
Naturalist |
1517 |
Apr-1564 |
L'histoire de la nature des oyseaux |
| Cyrano de Bergerac |
Playwright |
6-Mar-1619 |
28-Jul-1655 |
Voyage dans la Lune |
| Henri Bergson |
Philosopher |
18-Oct-1859 |
4-Jan-1941 |
L'Évolution Créatrice |
| Hector Berlioz |
Composer |
11-Dec-1803 |
8-Mar-1869 |
French romantic composer |
| Claude Bernard |
Doctor |
12-Jul-1813 |
10-Feb-1878 |
French physiologist |
| Sarah Bernhardt |
Actor |
22-Oct-1844 |
26-Mar-1923 |
French theatre actress |
| John Berry |
Film Director |
6-Sep-1917 |
29-Nov-1999 |
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
| Jules Berry |
Actor |
9-Feb-1883 |
23-Apr-1951 |
Le Jour se lève |
| Marcellin Berthelot |
Chemist |
27-Oct-1827 |
18-Mar-1907 |
Chimie organique fondée sur la synthèse |
| Alfred Binet |
Psychologist |
11-Jul-1857 |
8-Oct-1911 |
Binet-Simon intelligence test |
| Jean-Baptiste Biot |
Physicist |
21-Apr-1774 |
3-Feb-1862 |
Biot-Savart Law |
| Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson |
Playwright |
8-Dec-1832 |
26-Apr-1910 |
Synnöve Solbakken |
| Nicolas Boileau |
Poet |
1-Nov-1636 |
13-Mar-1711 |
Satires du Sieur D... |
| Emperor Bokassa I |
Royalty |
22-Feb-1921 |
3-Nov-1996 |
Central African Emperor |
| Walerian Borowczyk |
Film Director |
2-Sep-1923 |
3-Feb-2006 |
The Beast |
| Jacques Bossuet |
Religion |
25-Sep-1627 |
12-Apr-1704 |
Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle |
| Pierre Bouguer |
Mathematician |
16-Feb-1698 |
15-Aug-1758 |
French photometrist |
| Bourvil |
Actor |
27-Jul-1917 |
23-Sep-1970 |
La Grande Vadrouille |
| Jean-Pierre Boyer |
Head of State |
28-Feb-1776 |
9-Jul-1850 |
President of Haiti, 1818-43 |
| Louis Braille |
Inventor |
4-Jan-1809 |
6-Jan-1852 |
Creator, Braille System of encoding |
| Constantin Brancusi |
Sculptor |
19-Feb-1876 |
16-Mar-1957 |
Bird in Space |
| Georges Braque |
Artist |
13-May-1882 |
31-Aug-1963 |
Co-Founded Cubism |
| Robert Bresson |
Film Director |
25-Sep-1901 |
18-Dec-1999 |
Une Femme Douce |
| André Breton |
Author |
18-Feb-1896 |
28-Sep-1966 |
Manifeste du Surréalisme |
| Jean-Claude Brialy |
Actor |
30-Mar-1933 |
30-May-2007 |
Une femme est une femme |
| Aristide Briand |
Politician |
28-Mar-1862 |
7-Mar-1932 |
WWI French Prime Minister |
| Louis de Broglie |
Physicist |
15-Aug-1892 |
19-Mar-1987 |
Discovered the wave nature of electrons |
| Jean de La Bruyère |
Author |
16-Aug-1645 |
10-May-1696 |
Les Caractères de Théophraste |
| Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon |
Naturalist |
7-Sep-1707 |
16-Apr-1788 |
Histoire Naturelle |
| Ivan Bunin |
Author |
10-Oct-1870 |
8-Oct-1953 |
Russian short story writer, Light Breathing |
| Maria Callas |
Singer |
4-Dec-1923 |
16-Sep-1977 |
Diva soprano of the 1950s |
| Marcel Camus |
Film Director |
21-Apr-1912 |
13-Jan-1982 |
Black Orpheus |
| Sadi Carnot |
Physicist |
1-Jun-1796 |
24-Aug-1832 |
2nd Law of Thermodynamics |
| Alexis Carrel |
Doctor |
28-Jun-1873 |
5-Nov-1944 |
Sutured blood vessels |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel |
Actor |
27-Oct-1932 |
19-Apr-2007 |
The Crimson Rivers |
| René Cassin |
Government |
5-Oct-1887 |
20-Feb-1976 |
Legal scholar, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Giovanni Domenico Cassini |
Astronomer |
8-Jun-1625 |
14-Sep-1712 |
Italo-French astronomer |
| Giovanni Battista Casti |
Poet |
29-Aug-1724 |
5-Feb-1803 |
Novelle Galanti |
| Alberto Cavalcanti |
Film Director |
6-Feb-1897 |
23-Aug-1982 |
Went the Day Well? |
| André Cayatte |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1909 |
6-Feb-1989 |
Verdict |
| Jacques Cazotte |
Author |
17-Oct-1719 |
25-Sep-1792 |
Diable Amoureux |
| Paul Celan |
Poet |
23-Nov-1920 |
20-Apr-1970 |
Todesfuge |
| Philippe de Champaigne |
Painter |
26-May-1602 |
12-Aug-1674 |
Prolific French Baroque painter |
| Jean-François Champollion |
Historian |
23-Dec-1790 |
4-Mar-1832 |
Deciphered the Rosetta Stone |
| Coco Chanel |
Fashion Designer |
19-Aug-1883 |
10-Jan-1971 |
Chanel No. 5 |
| Charles VI |
Royalty |
3-Dec-1368 |
21-Oct-1422 |
King of France 1380-1422 |
| Gustave Charpentier |
Composer |
25-Jun-1860 |
18-Feb-1956 |
Louise |
| Pierre Charron |
Philosopher |
1541 |
16-Nov-1603 |
De la Sagesse |
| François-René de Chateaubriand |
Author |
4-Sep-1768 |
4-Jul-1848 |
Génie du christianisme |
| André de Chénier |
Poet |
30-Oct-1762 |
25-Jul-1794 |
Greatest 18th c. French poet |
| Luigi Cherubini |
Composer |
14-Sep-1760 |
15-Mar-1842 |
The Water Carrier |
| Maurice Chevalier |
Actor |
12-Sep-1888 |
1-Jan-1972 |
Love Me Tonight |
| Michel-Eugène Chevreul |
Chemist |
31-Aug-1786 |
9-Apr-1889 |
Chemistry of fats, dyes |
| Frederic Chopin |
Composer |
22-Feb-1810 |
17-Oct-1849 |
Classical composer fond of the piano |
| Roman Cieslewicz |
Artist |
13-Jan-1930 |
21-Jan-1996 |
Polish poster artist |
| Paul Claudel |
Poet |
6-Aug-1868 |
23-Feb-1955 |
French poet and diplomat |
| Georges Clemenceau |
Politician |
28-Sep-1841 |
24-Nov-1929 |
French Prime Minister, 1917-20 |
| Henri-Georges Clouzot |
Film Director |
20-Nov-1907 |
12-Jan-1977 |
The Wages of Fear |
| Jean-Baptiste Colbert |
Government |
29-Aug-1619 |
6-Sep-1683 |
Economic reformer under Louis XIV |
| Colette |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1873 |
3-Aug-1954 |
Gigi |
| Auguste Comte |
Sociologist |
19-Jan-1798 |
5-Sep-1857 |
Positivist founder of Sociology |
| Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant |
Diplomat |
22-Nov-1852 |
15-May-1924 |
Nobel Prize recipient |
| Alfred Cornu |
Physicist |
6-Mar-1841 |
11-Apr-1902 |
Optics and spectroscopy |
| Camille Corot |
Painter |
16-Jul-1796 |
22-Feb-1875 |
French landscape painter |
| Julio Cortázar |
Author |
26-Aug-1914 |
12-Feb-1984 |
Argentine fantasy short story writer |
| Charles-Augustin de Coulomb |
Physicist |
14-Jun-1736 |
23-Aug-1806 |
Coulomb's Law |
| François Couperin |
Composer |
10-Nov-1668 |
12-Sep-1733 |
L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin |
| Jacques Cousteau< |
