Famous French - French Celebrities - page 5

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
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran

Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran

Charles-Louis-Alphonse Laveran was a French physician, medical researcher and pathologist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1907

FrenchJune 18, 1845104 views

Alexandre Yersin

Alexandre Émile John Yersin, popularly known as Alexandre Yersin was a Franco-Swiss bacteriologist and physician

FrenchSeptember 22, 1863211 views

Raymond Barre

Raymond Octave Joseph Barre was French politician and economist

FrenchApril 12, 1924141 views

Michel Debré

Michel Jean-Pierre Debre was a French political leader who became the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic

FrenchJanuary 15, 1912126 views

Georges Pompidou

Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou was a French politician, who served as the Prime Minister & President of France

FrenchJuly 5, 1911141 views

Georges Bidault

Georges-Augustin Bidault was a French politician who served as the Prime Minister of France twice.

FrenchOctober 5, 1899108 views

Léon Blum

Léon Blum was a French socialist leader and politician, who served as Prime Minister of France thrice in his career

FrenchApril 9, 1872137 views

Samuel Hahnemann

Samuel Hahnemann was a German physician who founded the system of alternative medicine called homeopathy

FrenchApril 10, 1755135 views

Vincent Auriol

Vincent Jules Auriol served as the first President of the Fourth French Republic between 1947 and 1954

FrenchAugust 27, 1884128 views

Victor Grignard

François Auguste Victor Grignard was a French chemist who developed the synthetic reaction, the ‘Grignard reaction’

FrenchMay 6, 1871151 views