Famous French - French Celebrities - page 11
To the rest of the world, the French spell sophistication and grace. The French have long with been considered one of the most classy, intelligent and culturally rich people. And why wouldn’t they be? After all France has been the center of western cultural development from centuries. Who can beat the French when it comes to the fine arts? Artists like Jean Fouquet, Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir revolutionized the world of painting by developing newer styles. France’s contribution to literature and poetry has also been immense; the French have the distinction of having won the maximum number of the Nobel Prize for literature.
Find out more about the greatest French people, including André the Giant, Zinedine Zidane, Emmanuel Macron, Karl Marx and Arsène Wenger.
The Most Famous French | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Micheline Roquebrune | 1929 | French, Moroccan | Micheline Roquebrune is a petite Moroccan-French painter best known as the third wife the legendary Scottish actor Sir Sean Connery |
Tina Kunakey | April 5, 1997 | French | Tina Kunakey Di Vita is a model and wife of the French actor Vincent Cassel |
Jade Weber | March 7, 2005 | French | Scroll down this bio to find out everything about French model Jade Weber |
Jeanne Calment | February 21, 1875 | French | Jeanne Calment was a French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed lifespan in human history |
Angelique Boyer | July 4, 1988 | French | Angelique Boyer, born as Angelique Monique-Paulette Boyer Rousseau, is a French actress |
Charles Sobhraj | April 6, 1944 | French | Charles Sobhraj is a French serial killer also known as the “Bikini Killer.” |
Julien Kang | April 11, 1982 | Canadian, French | Julien Kang is a French-Canadian model and actor |
Eva Green | July 6, 1980 | French | Eva Green is a French actress known for her role in the movie ‘Casino Royale’ |
Jack John Christopher Depp III | April 9, 2002 | French | Jack John Christopher Depp III is the son of Hollywood star Johnny Depp |
François-Henri Pinault | May 28, 1962 | French | François-Henri Pinault is a French entrepreneur and the Chairman and CEO of Kering |
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a leading French painter of the Impressionist style
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Joséphine de Beauharnais is known in history as the first wife of the French emperor Napoleon I
Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset was a French dramatist and poet, regarded as one of the first Romantic writers
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye
Pierre Gaultier was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville was a French political thinker famous for his works on sociology and political science
Édouard Manet
He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
Alexis Carrel
Alexis Carrel was a French biologist and surgeon who received the ‘Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine’ in 1912
Léon Foucault
Leon Foucault was a famous French scientist who explained rotation of earth about its own axis using a pendulum
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France ruled as the King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas was a writer of adventure novels best known for his work ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’