French Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was a French politician of the Revolutionary period. Gohier was Minister of Justice from March 1793

Was a French politician of the Revolutionary period. Gohier was Minister of Justice from March 1793 to April 1794, overseeing the arrest of Girondists, and, a member of the Council of Five Hundred, he succeeded Jean Baptiste Treilhard in the French Directory (June 1799), where he represented the Republican view in front of growing Royalist opposition.

Was a French pianist and composer.Diémer studied at the Paris Conservatoire, winning premiers prix

Was a French pianist and composer.Diémer studied at the Paris Conservatoire, winning premiers prix in piano, harmony and accompaniment, counterpoint and fugue, and solfège, and a second prix in organ. His teachers were Antoine Marmontel for piano, Ambroise Thomas for composition and François Benoist for organ.He quickly built a reputation as a virtuoso and toured with the violinist Pablo de Sarasate. At the Conservatoire he taught, among others, Édouard Risler, Alfred Cortot, Lazare Lévy, Alfredo Casella, Yves Nat, Marcel Ciampi, and Robert Casadesus.

Was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon. Maurin was ordained to the priesthood on 8 Apr

Was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon. Maurin was ordained to the priesthood on 8 April 1882 in Rome. He did pastoral work in the diocese of Marseille from 1882 until 1911. On 1 September 1911 Pope Pius X appointed him Bishop of Grenoble, being consecrated by Pierre Andrieu in October of that year.

Was a French academic architect and the head of an important atelier at the École des Beaux-Arts. H

Was a French academic architect and the head of an important atelier at the École des Beaux-Arts. His best-known work is probably the Museum of Natural History (now the Gallery of Evolution) in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, a transitional work combining classical rhythms and ornamental details with cast-iron structure and a glass roof.

Was a French sculptor from Jura. He won the Prix de Rome in 1837. One of his sculptures is in the ci

Was a French sculptor from Jura. He won the Prix de Rome in 1837. One of his sculptures is in the city hall of Saint-Amour.[1]

Was a French journalist and politician. He was the French Minister of Finance during World War I. Lo

Was a French journalist and politician. He was the French Minister of Finance during World War I. Louis-Lucien Klotz was born in Paris to Alsatian Jewish parents, He was the nephew of Victor Klotz (1836-1906), a wealthy silk dealer. After completing his legal education, he enrolled as an advocate at the Cour d'Appel in Paris. In 1888, at the age of twenty, he founded Vie Franco-Russe, an illustrated paper intended to increase popular support for the Franco-Russian Alliance.

Was a French journalist. A librarian in Lyon, then in Paris, Prudhomme settled in Meaux, as a bookbi

Was a French journalist. A librarian in Lyon, then in Paris, Prudhomme settled in Meaux, as a bookbinder. He returned in Paris, and was stopped several times for his writings: between 1787 and 1789, he is thought to have written about 1,500 lampoons. Among them, ''Résumé général, ou Extrait des cahiers de pouvoirs, instructions,

Was a French sculptor, who was born and died in Paris. He was the pupil and son-in-law of the sculpt

Was a French sculptor, who was born and died in Paris. He was the pupil and son-in-law of the sculptor Pierre Cartellier.

Was a French musician

Was a French musician

Is one of the most celebrated[1] medallists of the Art Nouveau period. Born in Paris, he first studi

Is one of the most celebrated[1] medallists of the Art Nouveau period. Born in Paris, he first studied painting and sculpture, working under Lecoq de Boisboudran, Dumont and Ponscarme. His mentor François-Joseph-Hubert Ponscarme (1827-1903) was largely responsible for the renewal of medallic art at the end of the nineteenth century.

Was a French architect, and engraver, born in Paris. He was originally a landscape painter, but in h

Was a French architect, and engraver, born in Paris. He was originally a landscape painter, but in his travels through Italy was struck with the beauty of the Italian buildings, and changed his profession, devoting himself to architecture.

Was a French sculptor, who was born and died in Paris. He is known above all for his portrait busts

Was a French sculptor, who was born and died in Paris. He is known above all for his portrait busts and imaginary portraits. At the Salon of 1789, he showed a portrait head of Belisarius.[1]

Was a French doctor who later in life became an economist who wrote about social issues. He wrote tw

Was a French doctor who later in life became an economist who wrote about social issues. He wrote two important memoirs on the mortality among prisoners and sexual promiscuity in gaols (1820, 1829) and established the Annales d'hygiène (1829). His works on vital statistics were regarded by some as a refutation of Thomas Doubleday's True Law of Population. His chief renown came from his Tableau de l'état physique et moral des ouvriers employés dans les manufactures de coton, de laine et de soie (Study of the Physical Condition of Cotton,

Was a French journalist, literary critic and playwright.

Was a French journalist, literary critic and playwright.

Was a French sculptor whose models for biscuit figures for Sèvres porcelain are better-known than h

Was a French sculptor whose models for biscuit figures for Sèvres porcelain are better-known than his large-scale sculptures. Boizot was the son of Antoine Boizot, a designer at the Gobelins manufacture of tapestry. At sixteen, he became a student at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and worked in the atelier of the sculptor René-Michel Slodtz (1705-1764), with whom Houdon also trained. Boizot took the Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1762, for a sojourn at the French Academy in Rome (1765-70).

A singer, dancer and performer and has achieved success in a variety of artistic genres. She was bor

A singer, dancer and performer and has achieved success in a variety of artistic genres. She was born near Paris to an Italian mother and a Kabyle father.Louisa Baileche has performed on the Comédie Française stage as well as the famous Folies Bergères, i

Is a French football player of Algerian descent currently playing for Olympique Lyonnais. She plays

Is a French football player of Algerian descent currently playing for Olympique Lyonnais. She plays as an attacking midfielder and is a member of the France women's national football team.Necib began her career as a youth player playing for local Marseille clubs before moving to CNFE Clairefontaine. After she made the move to Olympique Lyonnais, her talent became noticeable. In her first year with the club, she played in 26 league matches and scored 11 goals helping the club win the title that year.

Is a Côte d'Ivoire sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.

Is a Côte d'Ivoire sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.

Is an artist and sculptor. Her parents repaired tapestries. At 12, she started helping them draw the

Is an artist and sculptor. Her parents repaired tapestries. At 12, she started helping them draw the missing segments of the tapestries. At 15 she studied mathematics at the Sorbonne. Her studies of geometry contributed to her early cubist drawings. Still searching, she began painting, studying at the École du Louvre and then the École des Beaux-Arts, and worked as an assistant to Fernand Léger. In 1938 she moved with her American husband, Robert Goldwater, to New York City to continue her studies at the Art Students League of New York, feeling that she would not have stayed an artist had she continued to live in Paris.

Was a French composer, virtuosa pianist and teacher. Born Jeanne-Louise Dumont in Paris, she was the

Was a French composer, virtuosa pianist and teacher. Born Jeanne-Louise Dumont in Paris, she was the daughter of Jacques-Edme Dumont, a successful sculptor, and sister to Auguste Dumont.

Was a renowned French-American artist and sculptor, best known for her contributions to both modern

Was a renowned French-American artist and sculptor, best known for her contributions to both modern and contemporary art, and for her spider structures, titled Maman, which resulted in her being nicknamed the Spiderwoman.[2] She is recognized today as the founder of confessional art.[3]

Was a French woman of letters: novelist, poet, journalist.Born in the family chateau at Verrières-l

Was a French woman of letters: novelist, poet, journalist.Born in the family chateau at Verrières-le-Buisson, a suburb southwest of Paris, she was the scion of a great French seed company fortune and afflicted with a slight limp that became a personal trademark. Vilmorin was best known as a writer of delicate but mordant tales, often set in aristocratic or artistic milieus. Her most famous novel was "Madame de", published in 1951, which was made into the celebrated film Madame_de... (1953), starring Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux and directed by Max Ophüls. Vilmorin's other works included "Juliette," "La lettre dans un taxi," "Les belles amours," "Saintes-Une fois," and "Intimités."

Was a French anarchist, school teacher and medical worker. She often used the pseudonym Clémence an

Was a French anarchist, school teacher and medical worker. She often used the pseudonym Clémence and was also known as the red virgin of Montmartre. She was brought up by her father's parents, and received a liberal education. After her grandfather's death in 1850 she was trained to teach, but her refusal to acknowledge Napoleon III prevented her from serving in a state school. She became violently anti-Bonapartist, and is said to have contemplated the assassination of Napoleon III. She found her way in 1866 to a school in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, where she threw herself ardently into works of charity and revolutionary politics.

Was a French can-can dancer who performed under the stage name of La Goulue ("the glutton").[1] She

Was a French can-can dancer who performed under the stage name of La Goulue ("the glutton").[1] She also was referred to as the Queen of Montmartre.

Was a French author, journalist, feminist and European politician. Louise Weiss came from a cosmopol

Was a French author, journalist, feminist and European politician. Louise Weiss came from a cosmopolitan family of Alsace. The ancestors of her Jewish mother, Jeanne Javal, originated from the small Alsatian town of Seppois-le-Bas.[1] Her father, Paul Louis Weiss, a mining engineer, was a distinguished Alsatian Protestant from La Petite-Pierre.[