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4,345 famous people found
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Léon GAUMONT
French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry
1864 - 1946 -
Josephine Baker
American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent and civil rights activist
1906 - 1975 -
RAËL
French journalist who founded and currently leads the Raëlian Movement
1946 -
Django REINHARDT
Belgian-born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer
1910 - 1953 -
Pierre BOULEZ
French composer, conductor, writer and founder of several musical institutions
1925 - 2016 -
Maurice TILLET
French professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The French Angel
1903 - 1954 -
André COURRÈGES
French fashion designer
1923 - 2016 -
Jean-Claude KILLY
French World Cup alpine ski racer
1943 -
Pierre BOURDIEU
French sociologist, anthropologist, philosopher and public intellectual
1930 - 2002 -
René GOSCINNY
French comic editor and writer
1926 - 1977 -
Marie CURIE
French-Polish chemist and physicist
1867 - 1934 -
Charles AZNAVOUR
French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor, public activist and diplomat.
1924 - 2018 -
BARBARA
French singer
1930 - 1997 -
Max LINDER
French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian of the silent film era
1883 - 1925 -
Edith PIAF
French singer-songwriter, cabaret performer and film actress
1915 - 1963 -
Jacques TATI
French filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter
1907 - 1982 -
Pierre BALMAIN
French fashion designer and founder of leading post-war fashion house Balmain
1914 - 1982 -
Christian DIOR
French fashion designer
1905 - 1957 -
Jean-Paul GUERLAIN
French perfumer
1937 -
Joël ROBUCHON
French chef and restaurateur
1945 - 2018