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492 famous people found
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Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th-century Enlightenment
1712 - 1778 -
LE LORRAIN
Artist of the Baroque era
1600 - 1682 -
Jean de LA FONTAINE
French fabulist
1621 - 1695 -
Honoré DE BALZAC
French novelist and playwright
1799 - 1850 -
Dominique Vivant DENON
French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist
1747 - 1825 -
Hyacinthe RIGAUD
French painter
1659 - 1743 -
Virginie DÉJAZET
French actress
1798 - 1875 -
Laurent MOURGUET
French puppeteer, creator of the famous puppet Guignol
1769 - 1844 -
Sophie DE CONDORCET
French prominent salon hostess
1764 - 1822 -
Armand CARREL
French journalist and political writer
1800 - 1836 -
Paul DELAROCHE
French painter
1797 - 1856 -
Nicolas Edme RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE
French novelist
1734 - 1806 -
Horace VERNET
French painter
1789 - 1863 -
Louis HACHETTE
French publisher
1800 - 1864 -
Madame DE LA FAYETTE
French writer, the author of La Princesse de Clèves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in literature
1634 - 1693 -
Olympe DE GOUGES
French playwright and political activist
1748 - 1793 -
Antoine LAVOISIER
French nobleman prominent in the histories of chemistry and biology
1743 - 1794 -
Nicolas DE CONDORCET
French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist
1743 - 1794 -
VOLTAIRE
French Enlightenment writer, essayist, and philosopher
1694 - 1778 -
STENDHAL
French writer
1783 - 1842