| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jean-Pierre Aumont |
Actor |
5-Jan-1911 |
30-Jan-2001 |
La Machine Infernale |
| Georges Auric |
Composer |
15-Feb-1899 |
24-Jul-1983 |
Theme for Moulin Rouge |
| Jean-Marc Barr |
Actor |
27-Sep-1960 |
|
Europa |
| Georges Barrère |
Musician |
31-Oct-1876 |
14-Jun-1944 |
Franco-American flautist |
| Gary Bertini |
Conductor |
1-May-1927 |
18-Mar-2005 |
Music Director, Jerusalem Symphony, 1978-87 |
| Georges Bizet |
Composer |
25-Oct-1838 |
3-Jun-1875 |
Carmen |
| William Bolcom |
Composer |
26-May-1938 |
|
Songs of Innocence and of Experience |
| Pierre Boulez |
Composer |
26-Mar-1925 |
5-Jan-2016 |
Modern composer and conductor |
| Robert Casadesus |
Pianist |
7-Apr-1899 |
19-Sep-1972 |
French pianist/composer |
| María Casares |
Actor |
21-Nov-1922 |
22-Nov-1996 |
Orpheus |
| Alfredo Casella |
Composer |
25-Jul-1883 |
5-Mar-1947 |
Rejuvinated Vivaldi |
| Gustave Charpentier |
Composer |
25-Jun-1860 |
18-Feb-1956 |
Louise |
| Vincent d'Indy |
Composer |
27-Mar-1851 |
1-Dec-1931 |
Symphonie Cévenole |
| Claude Debussy |
Composer |
22-Aug-1862 |
25-Mar-1918 |
French Impressionist composer |
| Léo Delibes |
Composer |
21-Feb-1836 |
16-Jan-1891 |
Lakmé |
| Michel Duchaussoy |
Actor |
29-Nov-1938 |
13-Mar-2012 |
French character actor |
| Paul Dukas |
Composer |
1-Oct-1865 |
17-May-1935 |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
| Marcel Dupré |
Organist |
3-May-1886 |
30-May-1971 |
French organist and composer |
| Pierre Fournier |
Cellist |
24-Jun-1906 |
8-Jan-1986 |
French cello virtuoso |
| César Franck |
Composer |
10-Dec-1822 |
8-Nov-1890 |
Symphonic Variations |
| James Galway |
Musician |
8-Dec-1939 |
|
Flute virtuoso |
| Charles Gounod |
Composer |
17-Jun-1818 |
18-Oct-1893 |
Faust |
| Matthias Habich |
Actor |
12-Jan-1940 |
|
Enemy at the Gates |
| Fromental Halévy |
Composer |
27-May-1799 |
17-Mar-1862 |
La Juive |
| Arthur Honegger |
Composer |
10-Mar-1892 |
27-Nov-1955 |
Pacific 231 |
| Jacques Ibert |
Composer |
15-Aug-1890 |
5-Feb-1962 |
Escales |
| José Iturbi |
Pianist |
28-Nov-1895 |
28-Jun-1980 |
Spanish pianist, conductor at Rochester |
| Noor Inayat Khan |
Spy |
1-Jan-1914 |
13-Sep-1944 |
British spy, children's author, captured by Nazis |
| Fritz Kreisler |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1875 |
29-Jan-1962 |
Austrian violin virtuoso |
| Édouard Lalo |
Composer |
27-Jan-1823 |
22-Apr-1892 |
Le Roi d'Ys |
| Christopher Lambert |
Actor |
29-Mar-1957 |
|
Connor MacLeod in Highlander |
| Jean Langlais |
Composer |
15-Feb-1907 |
8-May-1991 |
Organist and composer |
| Edward MacDowell |
Composer |
18-Dec-1860 |
23-Jan-1908 |
American piano composer |
| Neville Marriner |
Conductor |
15-Apr-1924 |
2-Oct-2016 |
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields |
| Jean Martinon |
Conductor |
10-Jan-1910 |
1-Mar-1976 |
Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1963-68 |
| Jules Massenet |
Composer |
12-May-1842 |
13-Aug-1912 |
Manon |
| Darius Milhaud |
Composer |
4-Sep-1892 |
22-Jun-1974 |
The Creation of the World |
| Pierre Monteux |
Conductor |
4-Apr-1875 |
1-Jul-1964 |
Music Director, SF Symphony, 1935-52 |
| Jeanne Moreau |
Actor |
23-Jan-1928 |
|
Jules et Jim |
| Marcel Moyse |
Musician |
17-May-1889 |
1-Nov-1984 |
Virtuoso flautist |
| Charles Münch |
Conductor |
26-Sep-1891 |
6-Nov-1968 |
Conductor, Orchestre National de France, 1962-68 |
| Jacques Offenbach |
Composer |
20-Jun-1819 |
5-Oct-1880 |
Inventor of the the opérette |
| Paul Paray |
Conductor |
24-May-1886 |
10-Oct-1979 |
Music Director, Detroit Symphony, 1951-62 |
| Jacques Perrin |
Actor |
13-Jul-1941 |
|
Z |
| Lily Pons |
Singer |
12-Apr-1898 |
13-Feb-1976 |
French-American coloratura soprano |
| Jean-Luc Ponty |
Jazz Musician |
29-Sep-1942 |
|
Electric jazz violinist |
| André Previn |
Pianist |
6-Apr-1929 |
|
Concert pianist and orchestral conductor |
| Maurice Ravel |
Composer |
7-Mar-1875 |
28-Dec-1937 |
Bolero |
| Jean Rochefort |
Actor |
29-Apr-1930 |
|
The Clockmaker of St. Paul |
| Maurice Ronet |
Actor |
13-Apr-1927 |
14-Mar-1983 |
Elevator to the Gallows |
| Camille Saint-Saëns |
Composer |
9-Oct-1835 |
16-Dec-1921 |
Samson et Dalila |
| Erik Satie |
Composer |
17-May-1866 |
1-Jul-1925 |
Messe des Pauvres |
| Lalo Schifrin |
Composer |
21-Jun-1932 |
|
Mission: Impossible theme |
| Alexander Smallens |
Conductor |
1-Jan-1889 |
24-Nov-1972 |
Russian-born American conductor |
| Karlheinz Stockhausen |
Composer |
22-Aug-1928 |
5-Dec-2007 |
Influential avant-garde composer |
| Paul Taffanel |
Musician |
16-Sep-1844 |
22-Nov-1908 |
Flautist, French Flute School |
| Germaine Tailleferre |
Musician |
19-Apr-1892 |
7-Nov-1983 |
Sole female of Les Six |
| Henryk Wieniawski |
Violinist |
10-Jul-1835 |
31-Mar-1880 |
Polish violinist and composer |
