French Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a French football player and manager. He played for AS Strasbourg, AS Troyes-Savinienne, RC Stra

Was a French football player and manager. He played for AS Strasbourg, AS Troyes-Savinienne, RC Strasbourg, Red Star, EF Reims-Champagne and Stade de Reims.

Is a French footballer, currently playing for FC Girondins de Bordeaux in the French Ligue 1. He is

Is a French footballer, currently playing for FC Girondins de Bordeaux in the French Ligue 1. He is considered a promising talent, drawing comparison to fellow French striker Thierry Henry.

Was a French singer.He began his musical career as a guitarist accompanying other singers. He had le

Was a French singer.He began his musical career as a guitarist accompanying other singers. He had learned the guitar by imitating Django Reinhardt's recordings, and was to work alongside him in the 1940s. Salvador recorded several songs written by Boris Vian with Quincy Jones as arranger. He played many years in the Ray Ventura (dead on 29 March 1979) et Ses Collégiens where he used to sing, dance and even play comedy on stage, and made some appearances in great movies such as "Nous irons à Monte-Carlo (1950) " or "Nous irons à Paris" (Jean Boyer's film of 1949 with the Peters Sisters) or "Mademoiselle s'amuse" (1948). He is known to have recorded the first French rock and roll songs in 1956 written by Boris Vian and Michel Legrand Rock'n Roll Mops, Rock hoquet, Va t'faire cuire un oeuf, man and Dis-moi qu'tu m'aimes rock under the artist name of Henry Cording, (a play on words with Recording).

Was a French rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half. Sanz first played for Electrogaz Toulous

Was a French rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half. Sanz first played for Electrogaz Toulouse, then in SC Graulhet, moving afterwards to RC Narbonne, where he would spend most of his career. He reached the post of captain and won three titles of the Cup of France, in 1988/89, 1989/90 and 1990/91. He was twice runners-up for the title of French Champion, in 1987/88 and 1988/89.

Was a French composer. Born Henri-Pierre Poupard in Bordeaux, he adopted his mother's maiden name as

Was a French composer. Born Henri-Pierre Poupard in Bordeaux, he adopted his mother's maiden name as his pseudonym. His output includes operas, ballets, four symphonies (1945, 1949, 1955, 1971), concertos, chamber and choral music and numerous songs, as well as film music. Although he experimented with musique concrète and expanded tonality, he remained opposed to particular systems and his music evolved little: he developed tonal or modal ideas in smooth curves, producing an art of clarity, simplicity and restraint.

Was a French architectural designer.Sauvage was born in Rouen, France. After studying at the École

Was a French architectural designer.Sauvage was born in Rouen, France. After studying at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, he opened a wallpaper shop in Paris for which he got orders from Hector Guimard and Louis Majorelle, he then collaborat

Is a former international water polo player. He is the President of the French National Olympic Comm

Is a former international water polo player. He is the President of the French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF) and a member of the International Olympic Committee.

Is a former French football player of Polish/German origin who played for France national football t

Is a former French football player of Polish/German origin who played for France national football team; he was then manager in Switzerland[1] and France.[2] Skiba, a refugee from Silesia, was discovered by 1. FC Nuremberg when their "Oldies" team played a Bavarian non-league side in 1949[3]. He was signed for the first team but appeared in only two Oberliga Süd matches in the early stages of 1949-50 before moving on to France where he enjoyed a successful, if belated, career, winning his first full cap at 32.

Is a retired French football player and manager, he was last managing Istres. He managed the Togo na

Is a retired French football player and manager, he was last managing Istres. He managed the Togo national football team, leaving the position in September 2008.[2] On 30 March 2010 the FC Istres coach has resigned and was replaced by Nicolas Usaï.

Is a French boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he was eliminated in the first ro

Is a French boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he was eliminated in the first round of the featherweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Pedro Quartucci.

Was an French athlete who competed in the early twentieth century. He specialized in the 400 metres

Was an French athlete who competed in the early twentieth century. He specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and won a silver medal in Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. John Tewksbury took gold.

Was a French classical composer and conductor. In 1921, he commenced his studies at the Paris Conser

Was a French classical composer and conductor. In 1921, he commenced his studies at the Paris Conservatoire with a scholarship from Marseille and a stipend from a lawyer, Maitre Levy Oulman. He still performed at cafes and in the cinemas to earn money, however. His friend Maurice Franck described Tomasi as a hard worker: "He showed up with a fugue a week,

Was a French author, biographer, historian and novelist of Armenian descent. Born in Moscow, his fam

Was a French author, biographer, historian and novelist of Armenian descent. Born in Moscow, his family fled Russia in fear of the coming revolution. After a long exodus taking them to the Caucasus on to Crimea and later by sea to Constantinople and then

Was a prominent French playwright and filmmaker. Director Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian to

Was a prominent French playwright and filmmaker. Director Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian to Armenian parents on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, East Thrace, Turkey.

Was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties

Was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases. He was an early thermodynamicist and was mentor to William Thomson in the late 1840s.Working under Justus von Liebig at Gießen, Regnault distinguished himself in the nascent field of organic chemistry by synthesizing several chlorinated hydrocarbons (e.g. vinyl chloride, polyvinyl chloride, dichloromethane), and he was appointed professor of chemistry at the University of Lyon. In 1840, he was appointed the chair of chemistry of the Ecole Polytechnique, and in 1841, he became a professor of Physics in the College de France.

Is a French retired professional football defender.

Is a French retired professional football defender.

Was one of the founders of Airbus and its first president.Following his appointment as assistant dir

Was one of the founders of Airbus and its first president.Following his appointment as assistant director of the Centre d’Essais en Vol (government flight test centre) in 1938, he fought for the French Resistance during the Second World War. In 1944 he wa

Was a French historian and statesman whose decisive contribution to the creation of the Third Republ

Was a French historian and statesman whose decisive contribution to the creation of the Third Republic led him to be called the "Father of the Republic". He was the grandfather of psychologist and politician Henri Wallon. Devoting himself to a literary career, he became in 1840 professor at the École Normale Supérieure under the patronage of Guizot, whom he succeeded as professor at the Faculté des Lettres in 1846. His works on slavery in the French colonies (1847) and on slavery in antiquity (1848; new edition in 3 vols., 1879) led to his being placed, after the Revolution of 1848

Was a French political activist. He is best known for his Comités de Défense Paysanne. Henri Dorgères was born in 1897, in Wasquehal, a small town in northeast France. In 1927, he moved to Rennes, in Brittany, and it was there that he founded his first Peasants' Defense Committee. The members of these Defense Committees were also known as "Green shirts" in the style of Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini's Black shirts.

Is a French sculptor. He was a pupil of François Rude. He started at the Salon in 1849 and became f

Is a French sculptor. He was a pupil of François Rude. He started at the Salon in 1849 and became famous sculpting many portraits.

Was a French engraver and non-figurative sculptor of the École de Paris, who was also involved in t

Was a French engraver and non-figurative sculptor of the École de Paris, who was also involved in the creation of numerous monumental tapestries. His work in these three areas is regarded as among the most extensive of the twentieth century.

Was a French sculptor. He belonged to the neoclassicism movement. He was first shepherd, then sculpt

Was a French sculptor. He belonged to the neoclassicism movement. He was first shepherd, then sculptor in his late life. In 1800, he became the pupil of Jean-Antoine Houdon, then that of sculptor Philippe-Laurent Roland and the painter Jacques-Louis David. In 1809, he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture with a relief Dédale attachant des ailes à son fils Icare and then went to the Villa Medici.[1]

Was a French pediatrician born in Paris. He studied medicine in Paris, earning his doctorate in 1839

Was a French pediatrician born in Paris. He studied medicine in Paris, earning his doctorate in 1839 with a dissertation on auscultation titled De l'auscultation et se valeur semiologique. In 1847 he became agrégé at the medical faculty of Paris, and from 1860 was associated with the Hôpital Sainte-Eugénie. Here he focused his efforts on post-mortem investigations on children. In 1862 he became a member of the Académie de Médecine.

Was a French author who was deeply involved with the artistic avant-garde in Paris and the Dada move

Was a French author who was deeply involved with the artistic avant-garde in Paris and the Dada movement. Roché was a respected journalist as well as an art collector and dealer. At the turn of the 20th century, he became close friends with a number of young artists from the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris including: Manuel Ortiz de Zárate, Marie Vassilieff, and also from Montmartre: Max Jacob

Was the second woman to climb Mont Blanc. Henriette d'Angeville was a descendant of a French aristoc

Was the second woman to climb Mont Blanc. Henriette d'Angeville was a descendant of a French aristocratic family. After the French Revolution, her father was imprisoned and her grandfather executed, and the family moved to Bugey in the Rhône-Alpes region.