Balthus (Paris)
20th century French painter of The Guitar Lesson
Famous People from France
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Bardot, Brigitte (Paris)
Sexy French star of And God Created Woman -
Bergerac, Cyrano de (Paris)
Long-nosed literary hero -
Bernadette of Lourdes (Lourdes)
The girl who saw the Virgin Mary at Lourdes -
Bernhardt, Sarah (Paris)
Legendary French theatrical superstar of the 1800s -
Binoche, Juliette (Paris)
Hana the nurse in The English Patient -
Boisselier, Brigitte
Scientific Director of Clonaid, a human cloning service -
Braille, Louis (Coupvray)
Inventor of the raised-point writing system for the blind -
Calvin, John (Noyon)
Geneva-based leader of the Protestant Reformation -
Cartier-Bresson, Henri (Chanteloup)
French photojournalism pioneer who snapped the liberation of Paris -
Casta, Laetitia (Pont-Audemer)
French supermodel and Guess? clothing symbol -
Chanel, Coco (Saumur)
The designer who created the "little black dress" -
Chirac, Jacques (Paris)
President of France, 1995-2007 -
Claudel, Aurelie (Saint-Mars-d Autille)
Wide-eyed French model of the 2000's -
Colbert, Claudette (Paris)
Clark Gable's co-star in It Happened One Night -
Cotillard, Marion (Paris)
The Oscar-winning star of La Vie En Rose -
Cousteau, Jacques-Yves (Saint-André de Cubzac)
Underwater explorer and filmmaker -
Curie, Pierre (Paris)
The scientist husband of Marie Curie -
David, Jacques-Louis (Paris)
Court painter of Napoleon -
de Branges, Louis (Paris)
The deep thinker who proved the Bieberbach Conjecture in 1984 -
Degas, Edgar (Paris)
The French painter/sculptor of ballet dancers -
De Gaulle, Charles (Lille)
President of France, 1958-69 -
Delpy, Julie (Paris)
Celine in Before Sunrise -
Deneuve, Catherine (Paris)
The mysterious French beauty who starred in Belle du Jour -
de Saint Exupéry, Antoine (Lyon)
Author of The Little Prince -
Descartes, René (La Haye)
The philosopher who said "I think, therefore I am" -
Diderot, Denis (Langres)
Enlightenment editor of Encyclopédie -
Diesel, Rudolf (Paris)
Inventor of the diesel engine -
Dreyfus, Alfred (Mulhouse)
The French captain wrongly accused of treason in 1894 -
Dujardin, Jean (Rueil-Malmaison)
The Oscar-winning star of the 2011 film The Artist -
Dumas, Alexandre (the Elder) (Villers-Cotterets)
The author of The Three Musketeers -
Dumont, Bruno (Bailleul)
The artsy French director of Li'l Quinquin -
Eleanor of Aquitaine (Bordeaux)
The tough queen who led medieval England and France -
Flaubert, Gustave (Rouen)
The author of Madame Bovary -
Foucault, Michel (Poitiers)
The French philosopher who wrote This is Not a Pipe -
Gasquet, Richard (Beziers)
French tennis prodigy and mixed doubles winner at the 2002 French Open -
Gaugin, Paul (Paris)
The Post-Impressionist painter of Tahitian girls -
Genét, Edmond Charles (Versailles)
Rabble-rousing French minister to the U.S., 1793 -
Godard, Jean-Luc (Paris)
Existentialist, Marxist French movie director -
Grandville, J.J. (Nancy)
French caricaturist during the reign of King Louis-Philippe -
Green, Eva (Paris)
Vesper Lynd in the 2006 Bond film Casino Royale -
Groban, Florent (Poissy)
The Army Captain awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2015 -
Hazanavicius, Michel (Paris)
The director of the 2011 silent film The Artist -
Henry, Thierry (Paris)
The superstar whose handball put the French into World Cup 2010 -
Hollande, Francois (Rouen)
The President of France, 2012 - 2017 -
Hugo, Victor (Besançon)
The author of Les Misérables -
Huppert, Isabelle (Paris)
Star of Entre Nous and The Piano Teacher -
Joan of Arc (Domrémy)
The French heroine who was burned at the stake -
Jolie-Pitt, Knox (Nice)
The twin son of actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -
Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne (Nice)
The twin daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt -
King Henry II (Anjou)
King of England, 1154-1189 -
King Louis XVI (Versailles)
France's king at the time of their 1789 revolution -
King Stephen (Bloise)
King of England, 1135-1154 -
King William I
The first Norman king of England -
Lagarde, Christine (Paris)
The head of the International Monetary Fund, 2011-present -
Lamaze, Fernand
Promoter of painless childbirth -
Lavoisier, Antoine (Paris)
French chemist who proved the law of conservation of mass -
Legrand, Michel (Paris)
The French film composer who scored The Thomas Crown Affair -
Le Pen, Jean-Marie (La Trinite-sur-Mar)
Leader of France's National Front party -
Le Pen, Marine (Neuilly-sur-Seine)
French political leader of the National Front party, 2011-17 -
Leverrier, Urbain Jean Joseph (Saint-Lô)
The mathematician who predicted the existence of Neptune -
Longet, Claudine (Paris)
The wispy French singer who shot Spider Sabich -
Lumière, Louis (Besançon)
Pioneer inventor in moviemaking and projection -
Macron, Emmanuel (Amiens)
The president of France since 2017 -
Manet, Edouard (Paris)
French realist who painted 1866's The Fifer -
Matisse, Henri (Le Cateau-Cambrésis)
French artist and leader of the Fauve movement -
Maugham, W. Somerset (Paris)
The author of Of Human Bondage -
Mauresmo, Amelie (St. Germains en Laye)
The 2006 Wimbledon singles champion -
Ma, Yo-Yo (Paris)
The Grammy-winning Franco-Chinese celebrity cellist -
Mitchell, William "Billy" (Nice)
"Father of the U.S. Air Force" -
Monet, Claude (Paris)
Impressionist painter of water lilies -
Moussaoui, Zacarias (St. Jean de Luz)
The one guy convicted for the 9/11 attacks -
Nin, Anais (Neuilly)
Diarist and lover of Henry Miller -
Nostradamus (St. Remy)
The 16th-century French physician who made creepy predictions -
Parillaud, Anne (Paris)
The star of the film La Femme Nikita -
Pascal, Blaise (Clermont-Ferrand)
17th century mathematical genius -
Pasteur, Louis (Dole) (Jura)
Renowned inventor of pasteurization -
Piaf, Edith (Paris)
French singer known as "the waif sparrow" -
Piketty, Thomas (Clichy)
The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century -
Poincaré, Henri (Nancy)
The French mathematician who wrote Science and Hypothesis -
Polanski, Roman (Paris)
Director of Chinatown and The Pianist -
Poésy, Clémence (Near Paris)
Wizard Fleur Delacour in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -
Proust, Marcel (Auteuil)
Author of Remembrance of Things Past -
Pétain, Henri Philippe (Cauchy-a-al-Tour)
He sold out France to the Nazis -
Raël
Founder of the Raëlian Movement -
Richelieu, Cardinal (Paris)
The power behind the throne of Louis XIII -
Riva, Emmanuelle (Cheniménil)
The star of Hiroshima Mon Amour and Amour -
Robbe-Grillet, Alain (Brest)
The "anti-novel" guy who wrote the film Last Year at Marienbad -
Robespierre, Maximilien (Arras)
French revolutionary leader during the Reign of Terror -
Rodin, Auguste (Paris)
The sculptor who did The Thinker -
Sand, George (Paris)
The unconventional 19th century French author of 1 July 1804 -
Sarkozy, Nicolas (Paris)
President of France, 2007-2012 -
Sarte, Jean-Paul (Paris)
The existentialist author of Being and Nothingness -
See, Lisa (Paris)
Author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan -
Seydoux, Léa (Paris)
The star of Blue is the Warmest Color and Spectre -
Smithson, James (Paris)
The man whose money founded the Smithsonian Institution -
Strauss-Kahn, Dominique (Neuilly-sur-Seine)
The IMF director accused of sexual assault in 2011 -
Tautou, Audrey (Beaumont)
Star of the movie Amélie -
Trintignant, Marie (Boulogne-Billancourt)
Star of the movie Betty -
Truffaut, François (Paris)
The French filmmaker who did 'The 400 Blows' -
Vadim, Roger (Paris)
Director of And God Created Woman -
Verne, Jules (Nantes)
Author of Around the World in Eighty Days -
Voltaire (Paris)
Witty playwright and author of Candide -
Vuitton, Louis (Anchay) (Jura)
Founder of the luxury monogrammed luggage company -
Watson, Emma (Paris)
Hermione in the Harry Potter movies -
Werber, Bernard (Toulouse)
Author of Empire of the Ants -
Zidane, Zinedine (Marseille)
The MVP of World Cup 1998 -
Zola, Emile (Paris)
The author of "J'Accuse"