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46 famous people found
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Pierre LHERMITE
French sea captain and rear admiral
1761 - 1828 -
René MADEC
French adventurer in India
1736 - 1784 -
Anne DIEU-LE-VEUT
French pirate
1661 - 1710 -
Jean François Sylvestre DENIS DE TROBRIAND
French naval officer and navigator
1765 - 1799 -
François PERON
French naturalist and explorer
1775 - 1810 -
Jean Claude Hyppolite MEHÉE DE LA TOUCHE
French writer and diplomat
1762 - 1827 -
Jacques-Oudart FOURMENTIN
French privateer
1764 - 1848 -
Louise Renée DE PENANCOET DE KEROUAL
Mistress of Charles II of England
1649 - 1734 -
Jeanne DE VALOIS-SAINT-REMY
Notorious French adventuress and thief, she is known for her prominent role in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace
1756 - 1791 -
Charles PLUMIER
French botanist
1646 - 1704 -
André Guillaume RESNIER DE GOUé
French general
1729 - 1811 -
Charles Marie DE LA CONDAMINE
French explorer, geographer, and mathematician
1701 - 1774 -
Aimé BONPLAND
French explorer and botanist
1773 - 1858 -
Jean Baptiste Christian FUSÉE-AUBLET
French pharmacist, botanist and explorer
1723 - 1778 -
Pierre BLANCARD
French botanist and explorer
1741 - 1826 -
Antoine BRUNY D'ENTRECASTEAUX
French naval officer, explorer and colonial governor
1737 - 1793 -
Louis Antoine DE BOUGAINVILLE
French admiral and explorer
1729 - 1811 -
René CAILLIE
French explorer, and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu
1799 - 1838 -
André MICHAUX
French botanist and explorer
1746 - 1802 -
Michelle DE BONNEUIL
French overseas agent during the French Revolution and First French Empire
1748 - 1829