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

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Micheline Roquebrune1929French, MoroccanMicheline Roquebrune is a petite Moroccan-French painter best known as the third wife the legendary Scottish actor Sir Sean Connery
Tina KunakeyApril 5, 1997FrenchTina Kunakey Di Vita is a model and wife of the French actor Vincent Cassel
Jade WeberMarch 7, 2005FrenchScroll down this bio to find out everything about French model Jade Weber
Jeanne CalmentFebruary 21, 1875FrenchJeanne Calment was a French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed lifespan in human history
Angelique BoyerJuly 4, 1988FrenchAngelique Boyer, born as Angelique Monique-Paulette Boyer Rousseau, is a French actress
Charles SobhrajApril 6, 1944FrenchCharles Sobhraj is a French serial killer also known as the “Bikini Killer.”
Julien KangApril 11, 1982Canadian, FrenchJulien Kang is a French-Canadian model and actor
Eva GreenJuly 6, 1980FrenchEva Green is a French actress known for her role in the movie ‘Casino Royale’
Jack John Christopher Depp IIIApril 9, 2002FrenchJack John Christopher Depp III is the son of Hollywood star Johnny Depp
François-Henri PinaultMay 28, 1962FrenchFrançois-Henri Pinault is a French entrepreneur and the Chairman and CEO of Kering
Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a leading French painter of the Impressionist style

FrenchFebruary 25, 1841108 views

Joséphine de Beauharnais

Joséphine de Beauharnais is known in history as the first wife of the French emperor Napoleon I

FrenchJune 23, 1763148 views

Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset was a French dramatist and poet, regarded as one of the first Romantic writers

FrenchDecember 11, 1810194 views

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

FrenchJuly 29, 1805141 views

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.

FrenchJanuary 23, 1832154 views

Alexis Carrel

Alexis Carrel was a French biologist and surgeon who received the ‘Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine’ in 1912

FrenchJune 28, 1873130 views

Léon Foucault

Leon Foucault was a famous French scientist who explained rotation of earth about its own axis using a pendulum

FrenchSeptember 18, 1819162 views

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’

FrenchJuly 24, 1802129 views