French businessman who created what is considered to be among the first department stores. He died on 26 December 1877. Link to Wikipedia biography
French official and businessman, the president of French football club Olympique de Marseille from spring 2002 to November 2004. He then became the president of…
French sailor, adventurer and entrepreneur who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by rowing. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French homicide; he killed his mother with accomplice Marie-Ange Thonin.
French Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Avignon, France. Ordained to the priesthood on 3 June 1950, Bouchex was appointed auxiliary bishop…
French actress living in Los Angeles. She had two children (born in 2002 and 2008) with Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk). In 1998, she received the…
French actor, a member of the Comédie-Française (1866-1901), who died on 26 November 1924 in Paris. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French soccer/football player (defender) and coach with Toulouse FC. He died on 26 September 2017, aged 85. Link to Wikipedia biography
French actor who made his stage debut at the ‘Cercle de jeunesse’ in Rouen. He worked as an accountant in the same city. After military…
French politician, socialist, a former mayor of Angoulême, France. He was investigated concerning his management of public affairs. Link to Wikipedia biography
German actress and entrepreneur who lives and works in Italy. She has acted in more than 80 films and television episodes and founded a production…
Claude Boucher: Pioneering French Glass Artist and Innovator Claude Boucher, born on December 22, 1842, in Blanzy, France, was a trailblazing inventor and glass artist…
French pioneer pilot of the ’30s who set seven world records and was called the “fastest pilot in the world.” On 8/11/1933, she set a…
French magistrate and writer. Pierre Bouchardon published numerous books on criminal cases, what we now call “true crime” stories. He died on 10 November 1950…
French film director of Algerian descent. His “Poussières de vie” (Dust of Life) received an Academy Award nomination in 1995 for Best Foreign Language Film.…
French sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics as a crew member of the French boat l’Aile VI which won the gold medal in…
French landscape painter who was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. He died at 12 Noon on 2 March 1911 in Luzancy, Seine-et-Marne, aged 73.
American singer-songwriter and tambourine-player with Oh Honey, an American indie pop band from Brooklyn, New York formed by her and singer-songwriter Mitchy Collins in 2013.…
Philippe Bouchard: A Pioneering Endocrinologist and His Journey Through Human Design Born on March 16, 1947, in the vibrant city of Paris, France, Philippe Bouchard…
French journalist and radio-TV presenter. Link to Wikipedia biography
Apollinaire Bouchardat: The Pioneer of Diabetology and His Human Design Apollinaire Bouchardat, born on July 23, 1806, in L’Isle sur Serein, France, was a visionary…
French socialist politician, publisher (founder of HB Éditions), essayist, and biographer. Bouchardeau was a candidate of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) in the 1981 presidential…
French entrepreneur, president of the P.B. Group who purchased and founded 16 companies between 1985-1991, until he went bankrupt owing 33 million French francs. He…
French-Tunisian stage and screen actor who won the César for best actor in 2021 for playing the role of Fares Ben Youssef in Un Fils/…
French actor, singer, and humourist born to a Tunisian jewish physician. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French physician and surgeon, who performed a caesarean in 1851, a rare intervention at that time. He became chief surgeon at the hospice de la…
French pathologist and an esperantist, remembered for his work with infectious and nutritional diseases. He was a student of Jean Charcot at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital,…
American actor, the eldest of four acting brothers. He was the juvenile lead and rising star of the early ’70s following impressive TV credits. His…
French noted family, the daughter of Minister Michel Noir. She married Pierre Botton on 12/19/1987. Her husband, a major “fixer” in the ’80s, lived a…
French lyricist and composer. Married to actress-writer Nathalie Rheims in 1981. He died on 27 June 2008. Link to Wikipedia biography
Scottish politician, a Conservative Member of Parliament who returned at the General Election on 6/11/1987. Bottomley was a psychiatric social worker from 1973-1984 and has…
Ben Bottoms: A Journey Through Acting and Human Design Ben Bottoms, an American actor renowned for his work alongside his talented siblings, has a captivating…
American actor, the second of four brothers, all actors. A song-and-dance man, his films include “The Dove,” “The Holocaust” and “Return Engagement.” On Broadway, he…
American actor from the age of 18. He comes from a family of four acting brothers whose parents separated after 24 years marriage; the family…
French historian, a major Assyriologist and a renowned expert on the Ancient Near East. He died in Gif-sur-Yvette on 15 December 2007. Link to Wikipedia…
Portuguese poet playwright, his debut collection of poems was released in 1917. In 1933 he published “Antonio” and a play (“Alfama”). Some of his work…
French woman, also known as Ivonna-Botto-Shirmammadova, living in Azerbaijan since 1947 who met French President François Hollande during his Caucasus visit in May 2014. In…
English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his editorship of the popular magazine John Bull, and…
Giuseppe Bottai: A Fascinating Blend of Politics, Economics, and Human Design Giuseppe Bottai, born on September 3, 1895, in Rome, Italy, was a prominent figure…
Canadian curler, a three-time provincial men’s champion, and currently the skip of the defending Canadian men’s championship team, having led Alberta to victory at the…
Italian journalist a foreign correspondent in Baghdad during the war of February 2003. Link to Wikipedia biography
French-Guadeloupean model and beauty titleholder (Miss Guadeloupe 2019) with black African and Indian origins, crowned Miss France 2020. Link to Wikipedia biography
Brazilian astrologer
French singer-songwriter, poet and playwright. He is best known for his popular songs about his native Brittany, of which the most famous is ‘La Paimpolaise.’…
American-European writer, Professor Emeritus at Boston University and editor of News from the Republic of Letters. Botsford’s work as a novelist is divided into two…
Dutch journalist and writer. He followed the Gymmnasium in Zwolle and studied French Letters in Lausanne and Paris. In 1889 he wrote artcles about the…
French trade unionist and resistant in World War II. Along with Léon Jouhaux, he co-founded the French union ‘Force Ouvrière’ (English: Workers’ Force). He died…