French engineer, who along with fellow Frenchman Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, founded De Dion-Bouton in 1883. The pair had first worked together in 1882 to…
American athlete, a top ranking major league baseball pitcher, who played for the New York Yankees (1962–1968), Seattle Pilots (1969), Houston Astros (1969–1970) and Atlanta…
French record producer who showcases Mylene Farmer in her great production numbers. He also produces French films. Link to Wikipedia biography
French pharmacist, chemist, and the author of numerous studies in the 19th century on the quality of water from sources or rivers used for human…
French racehorse trainer.
French politician leading the french Christian democratic party. She served as a member of the French National Assembly representing Yvelines, from 1986 until 2007, when…
French Thoroughbred horse trainer. He began riding horses at a young age and competed in show jumping and cross-country equestrianism. He began his professional racing…
French horse racer.
French painter and illustrator, recognised as a leading figure of the 19th century’s golden era of children’s book illustration, best known for his watercolours for…
French writer of historical studies and magazine articles on fashion and other topics. Something of a dandy, Boutet de Monvel was engaged with the fashion…
French champion canoeist-kayaker. He won a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in London 1948. He died on 22 July 2022 at age 94. Link…
French politician. Since 2003, he has been the national secretary of the Socialist party in charge of social issues (secrétaire national chargé des questions de…
French-Algerian dancer, model, and actress playing with Tom Cruise in “The Mummy” (2017). Link to Wikipedia biography
Dutch poet, classicist, and mystic. After finishing the Gymnasium Middelburg, he began to study classical languages in 1890 at the University of Utrecht, and graduated…
Dutch military man in a low rank until he overthrew the government of Suriname, a former Dutch colony, in 1982. While seizing power, Bouterse killed…
French painter, sculptor, engraver, fashion illustrator and interior decorator. Although first known for his etchings, he earned notability for his paintings, especially his geometric paintings…
French writer, a novelist, philosopher and critic. A committed intellectual, he was the ‘’spiritual son’’ of Charles Maurras and Leon Bloy, the author of diversified…
French documentary filmmaker, producer and director. He is the son of the philosopher and economist Pierre Boutang’s half-brother Yann Moulier Boutang. He died on 20…
French crack Jockey, daughter of Marie-Elizabeth Cons-Boutboul, lawyer. She was the first French female winner at the triple (French tiercé).On RTL radio, Darie has been…
French playwright, actor, comedian and singer, the co-founder of the troupe “Le Café de la Gare” with Coluche. He was the author of nearly thirty…
French double bass player and jazz composer. He often played at the Marciac jazz festival with the Guy Lafitte quartet and also with Ray Brown.…
French Catholic priest, who served as Bishop of Vannes from 1964 to 1991. He died on 18 October 1997.
French mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to the theory of hydrodynamics, vibration, light, and heat. In 1897 he published Théorie de l’écoulement tourbillonnant…
French writer, critic, film historian and director, also known as Emmanuel Le Lauraguais and Roger Mijema. He died on 14 May 2001 at Bassanne. Link…
French tennis player. He found success in the 1920s and 1930s. He died in August 2003. Link to Wikipedia biography
French government employee; appointed General Secretary of the Vichy police by Prime Minister Pierre Laval during WW II, 1942, a post he held until the…
French child of noted parents, her parents are Olympic-medal winning swimmers Frederic Bousquet and Laure Manaudou.
Marcel Boussac Biography – Human Design and Legacy Marcel Boussac: The Visionary Entrepreneur and His Human Design Marcel Boussac, born on April 17, 1889, in…
French swimming champion and a record holder for speed in the freestyle. On April 26, 2009 in the French championships, he set the record for…
Jean Bousquet: The Visionary Behind Cacharel and His Human Design Influence Jean Bousquet, born on March 30, 1932, in Nîmes, France, is a prominent French…
French freemason, a grand master of Grande Loge de France (GLDF), the third largest Masonic obedience in France.
French poet and paraplegic who suffered major spinal cord trauma during the war on 27 May 1918. He lived paralyzed for 32 years. Bousquet died…
French minor administrator who had a affair in China that was so romantic and so strange that it gave birth to the sensational New York…
French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Louis de Funès in the films Le…
French soccer player.
French senior official, prefect. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
American musician best known as the drummer in The Velaires, a rock and roll band from Sioux City, Iowa. The group began as The Screamers…
American photographer, book publisher, and civil rights activist, who became the first woman to photograph herself giving birth on 6 April 1951. She is a…
French comedian and stage director, he married the actress Chantal Darget (a daughter: Marie Sara) and had another daughter, Rosalie, with Agnès Varda, Belgian film…
French chemist and professor of pharmacy at the University of Paris, who became the Chief Pharmacist at the Laënnec Hospital in 1887, where he established…
French journalist and news anchor who was accidentally and fatally hit by an American military tank in Kuwait on December 21, 2002 while he was…
French Catholic priest, who served as Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres) from 30 May 1974 to 1 June 1991. He died on 27 June 1991.
French cyclist, who competed in the individual road race at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Link to Wikipedia biography
American businesswoman, model, actress, and television personality who lives in London where she runs her company, By Caprice. Link to Wikipedia biography
American sportswriter, formerly a professional ice hockey player (AHL’s Bridgeport Sound Tigers, 2007-2008), he has additionally coached professionally, most recently as an assistant coach for…
French aerobatic pilot, survivor of a crash when she was 16 years old. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French neurologist, he worked as interne at the Salpétrière and then as pediatric at Bicêtre. Link to Wikipedia biography