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136 famous people found
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Samuel GUICHENON
French historian and genealogist
1607 - 1664 -
Antoine FOUQUIER-TINVILLE
French lawyer during the Revolution and Reign of Terror periods
1746 - 1795 -
Agnès SOREL
Favourite mistress of King Charles VII of France
1422 - 1450 -
MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN
Maîtresse en titre of King Louis XIV of France
1640 - 1707 -
Joséphine DE BEAUHARNAIS
First wife of Napoléon Bonaparte, and thus the first Empress of the French
1763 - 1814 -
Robert ESTIENNE
French printer and classical scholar
1503 - 1559 -
Jean Anthelme BRILLAT-SAVARIN
French lawyer and politician, and gained fame as an epicure and gastronome
1755 - 1826 -
Diane de Poitiers
French noblewoman and prominent courtier
1499 - 1566 -
Hortense DE BEAUHARNAIS
Queen consort of Holland
1783 - 1837 -
Louise DE LA VALLIERE
A mistress of Louis XIV of France
1644 - 1710 -
Catherine Eléonore BÉNARD
French noble, mistress to Louis XV of France
1740 - 1769 -
Charles DUPIN
French Catholic mathematician, engineer, economist and politician
1794 - 1873 -
Louise DE LA FAYETTE
French courtier and close friend of King Louis XIII
1618 - 1665 -
Georges COUTHON
French politician and lawyer known for his service as a deputy on the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution
1755 - 1794 -
Guillaume DE NOGARET
Councillor and keeper of the seal to Philip IV of France
1260 - 1313 -
MADAME DE POMPADOUR
Member of the French court and the official chief mistress of Louis XV
1721 - 1764 -
Cadet ROUSSEL
French politician
1743 - 1807 -
Françoise DE SÉVIGNÉ
French aristocrat
1646 - 1705 -
Désiré DALLOZ
French jurist, politician and publisher
1795 - 1869 -
Aimée DE COIGNY
French writer
1769 - 1820