French Nazi collaborator. He was one of only two Frenchmen to be convicted of war crimes against humanity (the other was Maurice Papon). Sympathetic to…
French fencing champion, the winner of a Bronze Medal in Sabers on 7/21/1996 at the Atlanta Olympics. He became world champion in 1999.
French silent film actor known for Pasteur (1922) and Poucette ou le plus jeune détective du monde (1920). He died on 24 December 1972 in…
Corinne Touzet: A Luminary in French Television and Theatre Corinne Touzet is a celebrated French actress, comedian, and producer, renowned for her significant contributions to…
French handicapped painter, painting without hands. She died on 28 July 2001 in Meyrin, Switzerland.
Senegalese/French ballet dancer.
French-born investment banker, mathematician, and executive director in Structured Products Group of Goldman Sachs. Tourre was charged with securities fraud by the Securities and Exchange…
French freediver, he became French champion and world vice champion in constant weight (monofin) in 2016 when he plunged to a depth of 103 m…
French journalist and radio-TV host. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French jewellery designer, nicknamed “the Coco Chanel of jewellery,” she was the director of jewellery at Cartier, and the lover and muse of Louis Cartier…
Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker, whose books have been translated into more than twenty languages and who has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and…
French physician, professor of histology at the Faculty of Medecine of Toulouse, and author of Précis d’embryologie humaine (Paris, Doin, 1898). He was working on…
French rower, who won one of his first international races in 1989 in the GB vs France Under 16 Match. He has won two Olympic…
French physician and the namesake of Tourette’s syndrome, a neurological condition characterized by physical and verbal tics. He could be retrospectively classified as a neurologist,…
French artist, painter. He died in Ballainvilliers, France on 22 August 2004.
French physician, Doctor of Medicine (Lyon, 1903), and Professor of Physiology at the National Museum of Natural History. He died in Paris on 21 September…
French rugby player, a member of the French rugby team 1999, playing as prop. Link to Wikipedia biography
French track cyclist who has won 14 World Championships and won a gold, silver and a bronze at the Summer Olympics. Link to Wikipedia biography
French ophthalmologist, known for the “Tournay phenomenon/ sign” (dilation of the pupil in the abducting eye on extreme lateral gaze). He was Director of the…
Belgian physician, who specialized in pathology of pregnancy. His publications include Du moyen de prévenir la déchirure médiane du périnée pendant l’accouchement (The means of…
French film director known for the classic film noir “Out of the Past” and a series of low-budget horror films he made for RKO Studios,…
French businessman, who serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe SEB, a large French consortium that produces small appliances. Link to Wikipedia…
French sociologist, best known for being the originator of the term “post-industrial society”. His work is based on a “sociology of action,” and believes that…
French politician who serves as Minister of Social Affairs and Health under Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and under Prime Minister Manuel Valls. Link to Wikipedia…
French painter, received title peintre de la marine in 1989.
French physician and surgeon, professor of forensic medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Strasbourg, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Nancy, and author…
French Catholic clergyman, who was Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier. He died on 16 December 1978.
French stage and film actor who appeared in more than 100 movies between 1911 and 1959. He was married to the actress Yvette Andréyor from…
French military officer in World War II, awarded the title of ‘Compagnon de la Libération’ (English: Companion of the Liberation). He died on 20 November…
French jockey with 64 wins, obstacle races; winner of the 1999 obstacle Cravache d’Or.
French dancer and the wife of Marcel Jouhandeau, whom she married in Paris on 4 June 1929. Also known as Élise, she died on 16…
French psychiatrist, who died in 1947. Link to Wikipedia biography
French countess (Comtesse) who was the mother of famous artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Adèle and her husband Adolphe, the Comtesse and Comte, were first cousins…
French count (Comte) who was the father of famous artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The last part of his birth name means he was a member…
French artist and painter whose great influence on Post-impressionist French art came after his death. Physically deformed by accidents that broke both of his thighs…
French sommelier, the wife of chef Dominique Toulousy.
Canadian actress, noted for her TV performances and accrued many prizes for her serial roles. Tougas was killed in a plane crash August 10, 1997,…
Scottish entertainer with a stage act called “The Krankies,” in which his wife Janette plays “Wee Jimmy,” a cheeky schoolboy. Their act is extremely popular…
Scottish entertainer who has a stage act called “The Krankies,” in which she plays with her husband Ian. Janette plays “Wee Jimmy,” a cheeky schoolboy.…
Belgian newsmaker, the first child in the world born after a cryo-preserved (frozen) ovarian tissue transplant. Her mother found out in 1997 that she had…
Colombian actor of Armenian and Ecuadorian descent who became known for playing the character Jonatan David “John Davis” in the series Francisco el Matemático from…
French football/soccer player who currently plays for AS Monaco in Ligue 1. His usual position is as a defensive midfielder, but he can also be…
French industrialist: part of his family’s industrial activities in Northern of France, he founded “La filature des 3 Suisses” company (spinning wool) in 1932, and…
French naval officer and politician. He finished his naval career in 1875 with the rank of Vice Admiral. He was governor of Guadeloupe from 1857…
French architect known for having built the “Gare de Lyon” (railways station) in Paris. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
American cartoonist whose work spanned several decades. An only child of artistic and musical parents, he began doodling at the age of three. As he…
Canadian astrologer from 1962 and cabalist from 1971-72, also skilled in tarot and metaphysics. Married since 1960, she and her husband have four kids. She…
Canadian ballet dancer with the Le Grande Ballet 1982. He first performed with the Royal Ballet of Winnepeg in May 1986 after only a year…
American actress of theater, radio dramas, TV and film. Joining a theater group right out of high school, she started playing in radio dramas in…
Italian footballer who is the captain of Serie A club Roma. His primary position is that of a trequartista, though he has also been successfully…