French Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Moselle department. He is an independent.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Moselle department. He is an independent.

Was a pioneer historian of mathematical logic. He was also a personal secretary to Leon Trotsky from

Was a pioneer historian of mathematical logic. He was also a personal secretary to Leon Trotsky from 1932 to 1939, and from then until 1947, an American Trotskyist activist.

Was a French businessman, arms supplier and politician. He supplied arms to Mauritius, becoming so r

Was a French businessman, arms supplier and politician. He supplied arms to Mauritius, becoming so rich he could advance large sums to the Spanish government. He was a member of the Amis Réunis de Pondichéry (1771) and député of the National Constituent Assembly for the East Indies.

Is a Ivorian-Beninese international football player who currently plays in Morocco for Wydad Casabla

Is a Ivorian-Beninese international football player who currently plays in Morocco for Wydad Casablanca.The Côte d'Ivoire born player was called for Benin U-21 and played in May 2009 his debut for the senior Benin national football team.

Is a French sailor. He is best known for his achievements in single-handed sailing and set the curre

Is a French sailor. He is best known for his achievements in single-handed sailing and set the current world-record for the westabout circumnavigation (he holds the overall record, i.e. although he sailed solo, nobody was faster on this route with a crewe

Was a French journalist and politician who founded the weekly Notre Temps in 1927 and the Collaborat

Was a French journalist and politician who founded the weekly Notre Temps in 1927 and the Collaborationist evening daily Les Nouveaux Temps in 1940. Luchaire supported the Vichy regime's Révolution nationale.

Is a French former football midfielder. He coached OGC Nice, Sporting C.P.[2], Vitória SC[3], SC To

Is a French former football midfielder. He coached OGC Nice, Sporting C.P.[2], Vitória SC[3], SC Toulon, AS Monaco FC and GFCO Ajaccio.[4]

Is a French footballer who plays for Nîmes Olympique on loan from Lille OSC, as a goalkeeper. Butel

Is a French footballer who plays for Nîmes Olympique on loan from Lille OSC, as a goalkeeper. Butelle began his career at FC Metz, in 2001–02's French top flight, appearing in six matches. He became a regular the next two seasons, after which he was signed by Valencia CF in July 2004, seen as a possible replacement for aging Andrés Palop and Santiago Cañizares.[1] Butelle also served a six-month loan at Hércules CF in Alicante for the rest of his first season.

Was a French Benedictine monk and scholar, considered the founder of palaeography and diplomatics. I

Was a French Benedictine monk and scholar, considered the founder of palaeography and diplomatics. In Saint-Germain, Mabillon edited the works of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (published in 1667), and also worked on the Lives of the Benedictine Saints ("Acta Ordinis S. Benedicti") (published in nine volumes between 1668 and 1701). The later work was undertaken in collaboration with Luc d'Achery

Was a French composer of the Renaissance. While little is known with certainty about his life, he ma

Was a French composer of the Renaissance. While little is known with certainty about his life, he may have been associated with the French royal court, since he wrote at least one motet for them. Most likely he lived and worked in Paris, based on evidence of his print editions, which were prepared there. Since later in his career he set verse by Huguenot poet Guillaume Guéroult,

Was a professional Luxembourgian cyclist from 1936 to 1947. Jean had a younger brother, Jacques Maje

Was a professional Luxembourgian cyclist from 1936 to 1947. Jean had a younger brother, Jacques Majerus, who was also a successful cyclist. His first great success was in the 1937 Tour de France, where Jean Majerus won the first stage, and remained in the yellow jersey for two days.

Is a ethnographer, geographer and French writer.[1] He did geomorphologic work in the Big North of G

Is a ethnographer, geographer and French writer.[1] He did geomorphologic work in the Big North of Greendland, where he explored of 300 kilometres of the earth in Inglefield and north of the Humboldt Glacier. Here, he discovered fjords and unknown littoral zones, to which he gave French names, like the Fjord of Paris, or named after his Inuit companions.

Was a professional French road bicycle racer. In 1955, as rider number 9 in the French team led by B

Was a professional French road bicycle racer. In 1955, as rider number 9 in the French team led by Bobet, Malléjac prepared to ride over Mont Ventoux on stage 12 from Marseille to Avignon. It is a climb that riders have always feared because the first two-thirds are through a forest where the air seems humid and scarce and the rest through a bleak, lunar landscape that is proof of Mont Ventoux's history as a volcano. The French writer Antoine Blondin wrote:

Is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the 3rd constituency of the Allier dep

Is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the 3rd constituency of the Allier department,and is a member of the Socialist Party.

Was a French actor, producer, film and theatre director, screenwriter and journalist, notable for hi

Was a French actor, producer, film and theatre director, screenwriter and journalist, notable for his collaboration with the Vichy regime (for which he was shot in 1949). He was also known by the pseudonym Paul Riche, and wrote for L'Appel. He belonged to the inter-war left and was film editor on Jean Renoir's 1931 On purge bébé, but on the fall of France he decided on collaboration. His last film was the anti-Masonic 1943 film Forces occultes, which he directed (he had from 1931 to 1939 been Venerable of the Renan lodge of the Grand Orient de France, but had since parted company with Freemasonry).

Is a French artist living in Nicaragua. Self-taught, Calvet started painting at the age of 38 when p

Is a French artist living in Nicaragua. Self-taught, Calvet started painting at the age of 38 when personal crisis metamorphosed into a form of rebirth. Painting became an effective means of communication and the conduit for exorcising the violence and demons of his past.

Is a French cross country skier who has been competing since 2000. His best finish at the FIS Nordic

Is a French cross country skier who has been competing since 2000. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 7th in the 50 km event at Sapporo in 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Gaillard had his best finish of fourth in

Is a former French Striker, and now coach of French Ligue 1 side Le Havre.

Is a former French Striker, and now coach of French Ligue 1 side Le Havre.

Was a French rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the bronze medal as crew

Was a French rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the bronze medal as crew member of the French boat in the coxed fours competition.

Is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a former Archbishop of Tours. He was born in Saint-Br

Is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a former Archbishop of Tours. He was born in Saint-Brice-en-Coglès. He was ordained on June 29, 1943 after studying at the seminary in Rennes, and from 1958 to 1964 was secretary general of the National Commission for Religious Education and director of the National Centre of Religious Teaching. He was made Bishop of Évreux in 1972 and Archbishop of Tours in 1981. Honoré is known as a specialist in the works of Cardinal Newman.

Was a minister in various French governments in the 1950s and 60s, as well as France's first ambassa

Was a minister in various French governments in the 1950s and 60s, as well as France's first ambassador to Algeria in the immediate aftermath of the Algerian War. Born in Paris, he has been a professor of economics and is the founder of the Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Economiques.

A French professor of economics. He works on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finan

A French professor of economics. He works on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finance, and economics and psychology. Tirole is director of the Foundation Jean-Jacques Laffont - Toulouse School of Economics, and scientific director of the Institut d'économie industrielle in Toulouse. After receiving his PhD from MIT in 1981, he worked as a researcher at l'École nationale des ponts et chaussées until 1984. From 1984-1991 he worked as a Professor of Economics at MIT. He was president of the Econometric Society in 1998 and of the European Economic Association in 2001. He is still affiliated with MIT, where he holds a visiting position.

Was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon. He entered the seminary and later attended the

Was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon. He entered the seminary and later attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he earned a licentiate in philosophy in 1956, and in theology. He later attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where he graduated with doctorates in philosophy and theology. He was ordained on 3 September 1961.

Was a Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school.

Was a Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school.

Was a French dramatist.In 1932, his first play, L’Hermine, written in 1929, was unsuccessful, but

Was a French dramatist.In 1932, his first play, L’Hermine, written in 1929, was unsuccessful, but he followed it up with a string of others. He struggled through years of poverty producing several plays until he eventually wound up as secretary to the gre