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165 famous people found
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Josephine Baker
American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent and civil rights activist
1906 - 1975 -
André MALRAUX
French novelist, art theorist and Minister of Cultural Affairs
1901 - 1976 -
Germaine TILLION
French ethnologist, and a member of the French resistance
1907 - 2008 -
Jean MOULIN
High-profile member of the French Resistance during World War II
1899 - 1943 -
Philippe LECLERC de HAUTECLOCQUE
French general during World War II
1902 - 1947 -
Colonel Rémy
Notable French secret agent active in World War II
1904 - 1984 -
Sophie SCHOLL
German student and anti-Nazi political activist
1921 - 1943 -
Violette Szabo
British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War
1921 - 1945 -
Hubert GERMAIN
French politician who was a member of the French Resistance during World War II
1920 - 2021 -
Henri ROL-TANGUY
French communist and a leader in the Resistance during World War II
1906 - 2002 -
Georges COULONGES
French writer and screenwriter
1923 - 2003 -
Marie-Claude VAILLANT-COUTURIER
Member of the French Resistance as well as a photojournalist, Communist and later, French politician
1912 - 1996 -
René CHAR
French poet and member of the French Resistance
1907 - 1988 -
Jacques TREMOLIN
French TV presenter
1910 - 1986 -
Pierre BROSSOLETTE
French journalist, left-wing politician and a top leader, major hero of French Resistance
1903 - 1944 -
Geneviève DE GAULLE-ANTHONIOZ
Niece of General Charles de Gaulle, a member of the French Resistance
1920 - 2002 -
Guy MOQUET
French Resistant
1924 - 1941 -
Cécile ROL-TANGUY
French communist who was a Resistance fighter during World War II
1919 - 2020 -
René LEMOINE
French fencer
1905 - 1995 -
Irena SENDLER
Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse
1910 - 2008