Famous French - French Celebrities - page 32

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
Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich was a popular German-American movie star and singer

FrenchDecember 27, 1901164 views

Marquis de Sade

Marquis de Sade was a French nobleman and an erotic novel writer

FrenchJune 2, 1740332 views

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette was the Queen of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1792

Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust was a French novelist, essayist, and literary critic, admired for influencing the modernist style of writing

FrenchJuly 10, 1871200 views

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp was a famous French-American painter, writer, sculptor and chess player

FrenchJuly 28, 1887188 views

Karl Marx

Karl Marx was a Prussian-German philosopher, revolutionary, historian and socialist whose communist ideologies and works laid the foundation for ‘Marxism’

FrenchMay 5, 1818525 views

Arthur Rimbaud

Arthur Rimbaud was a renowned French poet often regarded as “an infant Shakespeare”

FrenchOctober 20, 1854141 views

Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier was a Swiss-born French architect, who was also famous for his painting talents

FrenchOctober 6, 1887234 views

Rick Dufay

Rick Dufay is a guitarist known for his association with the band Aerosmith

FrenchFebruary 2, 1952451 views

Jules Verne

Jules Verne was an acclaimed French novelist, best known for adventure novels

FrenchFebruary 8, 1828144 views