French Famous Names Starting with Letter J

First became involved in the movies in 1929 when one of his plays was adapted for the screen. He enj

First became involved in the movies in 1929 when one of his plays was adapted for the screen. He enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with Max Ophüls, on such films as "La Ronde" (1951, earning an Academy Award nomination), "Le Plaisir" (1952) and "Lola Montes" (1955).

Was a French Director of Photography born in Istanbul, Turkey. Natteau was married twice, first in 1

Was a French Director of Photography born in Istanbul, Turkey. Natteau was married twice, first in 1942 to Geneviève Langevin, his high-school sweetheart with whom he had a daughter, Catherine. The couple divorced in 1953. In 1961, while working on Le Comte de Monte Cristo, he met actress Yvonne Furneaux who starred as “Emma” in La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini). They lived between London, Paris, and Rome in the 1960s as they continued to pursue their film careers.

Is a French businessman and racing driver. He is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board for Alterea S

Is a French businessman and racing driver. He is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board for Alterea SCA, a French real estate investment and development company, which he co-founded in 1994.[1] He was previously a director at the Pierre & Vacances Group between 1984 and 1994. He is also the owner and a driver of OAK Racing, a Le Mans Series racing team.

Was a French Olympic fencer.

Was a French Olympic fencer.

Is a French actor and film director. His film La chatte à deux têtes was screened in the Un Certai

Is a French actor and film director. His film La chatte à deux têtes was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Most commonly called Jacky Novi is a French former professional football (soccer) player.He is the s

Most commonly called Jacky Novi is a French former professional football (soccer) player.He is the seventh player with most appearance in French championhip.

Was a French mathematician. He came of a rich family which had renounced the Jewish for the Catholic

Was a French mathematician. He came of a rich family which had renounced the Jewish for the Catholic religion (family legend) . From the same family sprang the better known Frédéric Ozanam. Though he began the study of theology to please his father, he was more strongly attracted to mathematics, which he mastered without the aid of a teacher. At the age of fifteen he produced a mathematical treatise. Upon the death of his father, he gave up theology after four years of study and began, at Lyon, to give free private instruction in mathematics. Later, as the family property passed entirely to his elder brother, he was reluctantly driven to accept fees for his lessons.

An economist and noted Quebec sovereignist who served as Premier of Quebec, Canada, from September 2

An economist and noted Quebec sovereignist who served as Premier of Quebec, Canada, from September 26, 1994 to January 29, 1996.The son of Gerard Parizeau and Germaine Biron, Jacques Parizeau attended Collège Stanislas, a Roman Catholic private school. He went on to graduate with a PhD from the London School of Economics in London, England. A believer in Keynes' theory of economic interventionism, he was one of the most important advisors to the provincial government during the 1960s, playing an important behind the scenes role in the Quiet Revolution.

Is an award-winning French chef, television personality, and author working in the United States.Pé

Is an award-winning French chef, television personality, and author working in the United States.Pépin was born in Bourg-en-Bresse near Lyon, and began cooking in his parents' restaurant, Le Pelican, at the age of 12. Jacques' father was a collaborator wi

Was a French basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.He was part of the French ba

Was a French basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.He was part of the French basketball team, which won the silver medal.

Is a French actor and filmmaker.[1] He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his

Is a French actor and filmmaker.[1] He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his father's name and Perrin his mother's. He was given his first juvenile film roles by Italian director Valerio Zurlini. He also gave over 400 performances of L'Année du bac on the Paris stage.

Who assumed the name of de Warville, was a leading member of the Girondist movement during the Frenc

Who assumed the name of de Warville, was a leading member of the Girondist movement during the French Revolution. Some sources give his name as Jean Pierre Brissot. Brissot became known as a writer, and was engaged on the Mercure de France, on the Courrier de l'Europe

Was a French singer and actor. His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. He was born in Tulle, France. In

Was a French singer and actor. His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. He was born in Tulle, France. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "Mon ami Pierrot". The song ended last, in eleventh place and got only one point. He is the father of Jaqueline Boyer, who went on to win the contest the next year for France.

Was a French writer and journalist and a far right activist — he was, among other things, a member

Was a French writer and journalist and a far right activist — he was, among other things, a member of the Parti Populaire Français. Following the fall of the Vichy regime, he escaped to Portugal's Estado Novo in 1945, where he counselled Salazar. He introduced Yves Guérin-Sérac, one of the co-founder of the OAS, to the PIDE. After the April 1974 Carnation Revolution, he returned to France and collaborated on Présent, a far right newspaper which maintains loose links with Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front. Jacques Ploncard also wrote Doctrines of Nationalism.

Was a French poet and screenwriter.Prévert wrote a number of classic screenplays for the film direc

Was a French poet and screenwriter.Prévert wrote a number of classic screenplays for the film director Marcel Carné. Among the films were Drôle de drame (Bizarre, Bizarre, 1937), Quai des brumes (Port of Shadows, 1938), Le jour se lève (Daybreak, 1939), Les Visiteurs du soir (The Night Visitors, 1942) and Les enfants du paradis (The Children of Paradise, 1945), often considered one of the greatest films of all time. His poems were also the basis for the movie La Seine a rencontré Paris (The Seine Meets Paris, 1957) by the film director and documentarist Joris Ivens, being read as narration during the film by singer Serge Reggiani.

As a French Academic Baroque sculptor, a product of the Academy system overseen by Charles Le Brun.

As a French Academic Baroque sculptor, a product of the Academy system overseen by Charles Le Brun. Trained in the Academy school in Paris,[1]. he spent four years (1676-80) refining his style at the French Academy in Rome, then returned to Paris to becom

Was a French zoologist.Pucheran accompanied the expedition on the Astrolabe between 1837 and 1840, u

Was a French zoologist.Pucheran accompanied the expedition on the Astrolabe between 1837 and 1840, under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville, with fellow-naturalists Jacques Bernard Hombron and Honoré Jacquinot.

A French businessman of Lebanese descent, is the CEO and founder of CMA CGM[1], the third largest co

A French businessman of Lebanese descent, is the CEO and founder of CMA CGM[1], the third largest container shipping company in the world, with 370 vessels plying 150 major shipping routes between 403 ports in 150 different countries. [1]

Was a minor French Renaissance writer and scholar. Known mostly for his ties to grandfather Françoi

Was a minor French Renaissance writer and scholar. Known mostly for his ties to grandfather François Rabelais, Jacques wrote several essays and one book that chronicled the history of other literature.

Is a French philosopher, Professor of Philosophy at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee and Emeritu

Is a French philosopher, Professor of Philosophy at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris (St. Denis) who came to prominence when he co-authored Reading Capital (1968), with the Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser.[1]

Is a French poet, jazz critic, and flâneur. He was chief editor of the Nouvelle Revue Française fr

Is a French poet, jazz critic, and flâneur. He was chief editor of the Nouvelle Revue Française from 1987 to 1996.

Is a French soccer striker who currently plays for Municipal Liberia in Costa Rica.

Is a French soccer striker who currently plays for Municipal Liberia in Costa Rica.

Served as the President of France from May 17, 1995 until May 16, 2007. As President he also served

Served as the President of France from May 17, 1995 until May 16, 2007. As President he also served as an ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra and Grand Master of the French Légion d'honneur. Chirac was the second-longest serving President of France (two full terms, first seven years and second five), behind François Mitterrand. He and his predecessor were also the only presidents to serve two full terms in the Élysée Palace. Chirac is the only person to have served twice as Prime Minister under the Fifth Republic.

Is a French film director. With Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette is one of the more experimental of

Is a French film director. With Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette is one of the more experimental of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) directors.[1] In common with many of his peers, he has a background in film criticism, where he expressed his admiration for popular American cinema, especially genre directors such as Robert Aldrich, Howard Hawks and Frank Tashlin.

Was a French philosopher, physicist and mathematician, and a follower of Cartesianism.[1] Having gro

Was a French philosopher, physicist and mathematician, and a follower of Cartesianism.[1] Having grown up with the conventional scholastic philosophy of his day, he adopted and popularised the new Cartesian philosophy. His A System of Natural Philosophy (Traite de physique, Paris, 1671) became a standard textbook in many parts of Europe.[citation needed]