French Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a former rugby union footballer who is currently head coach of the French national rugby union te

Is a former rugby union footballer who is currently head coach of the French national rugby union team. He played as a back-row forward for France, gaining 25 caps from 1995 to 1999, and was selected in France's 1999 Rugby World Cup squad. He also played with the French Rugby Sevens team and with the French Barbarians.

Is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of Paris–Roubaix. Retired fr

Is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of Paris–Roubaix. Retired from racing in 1994, he is now best known as the directeur sportif of Française des Jeux, a UCI ProTour cycling team.

Is a Quebec actor and filmmaker.Messier's most extensive role was in the two-decade old television s

Is a Quebec actor and filmmaker.Messier's most extensive role was in the two-decade old television series Lance et compte in which he played the role of Marc Gagnon, an all-star hockey player for the fictional NHL team of the Quebec National, a copycat version of the defunct Quebec Nordiques (now Colorado Avalanche).

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.

Is a Luxembourgian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for CS Grevenmacher in Luxembourg'

Is a Luxembourgian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for CS Grevenmacher in Luxembourg's domestic National Division.Oberweis made his debut for Luxembourg in a March 2005 World Cup qualification match against Latvia, taking the national team jersey over from Alija Besic. He went on to earn 5 caps, 4 of them FIFA World Cup qualification matches.

Was a French Olympic fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre competition at the 1920 Summer

Was a French Olympic fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

His education led him to a career in the heart of France Télécom. He was a researcher for CNET in

His education led him to a career in the heart of France Télécom. He was a researcher for CNET in network design and planning, from 1973 to 1989, then later was director of Company Communication Systems for France Câbles & Radio from 1990 to 1992. He created Expertel in 1993, for which he was president from 1993 to 1998. In July of 1998, Marc Peyrade was appointed director of Telecom Paris. He is currently the treasurer of ParisTech, a member of the Administrative Council for the Ecole Polytechnique and the president of the Mines-Ponts national competitive examination.

Is a French football defender/midfielder who currently plays for Bochum. He has played as well as le

Is a French football defender/midfielder who currently plays for Bochum. He has played as well as left and right sweeper as on the right midfield.Pfertzel started his career in the youth team of his local club FC Mulhouse in Alsace. Since Mulhouse is quite close to the German border Pfertzel can speak some German. In the season 2000/01 he made his debut in the first team and played 33 matches.

Was a French rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he won the silver medal with hi

Was a French rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he won the silver medal with his partner Jean-Pierre Stock in the double sculls event. He also participated in the single sculls, but was eliminated in the repechage.

Is a French football defender, currently playing for FC Girondins de Bordeaux.

Is a French football defender, currently playing for FC Girondins de Bordeaux.

Was a French aviation pioneer and stunt flyer. His mother was the courtesan Liane de Pougy[3] and hi

Was a French aviation pioneer and stunt flyer. His mother was the courtesan Liane de Pougy[3] and his father a naval officer.[1] His mother had run off with young Armand Pourpe when she was only 16, and they only married once she became pregnant.[4]

Which is a period in time that can be compared to the Renaissance in every aspects. Raised in Reunio

Which is a period in time that can be compared to the Renaissance in every aspects. Raised in Reunion Island, he studied politics and law in Aix-en-Provence, but then studied communication, media and arts in Montpellier, Marseille and Bristol, England. He is living in Paris since 1992. Being a cartoonist at first, he worked for two years as a journalist in CGA and met many of the digital imaging creators and scientists (Scott Fisher, Norman Badler, Karl Sims, ...). Author of a Thesis (The Human Figure in Computer Generated Animation (1992)), of a few novels,

Is a French runner of Martiniquais origin who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He has a World Cham

Is a French runner of Martiniquais origin who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He has a World Championships bronze medal from 2003 and a European gold medal from the 2006 European Athletics Championships. In addition to this he has been a successful participant in 4x400m relay.

Is a French photographer, best known for his extensive reports on the East: The Three Banners of Chi

Is a French photographer, best known for his extensive reports on the East: The Three Banners of China, Face of North Vietnam, Visions of China, and his most recent, In China.

Is an equestrian from France and Olympic champion.

Is an equestrian from France and Olympic champion.

Was a French engineer, inventor of the wire-cable suspension bridge and the tubular steam-engine boi

Was a French engineer, inventor of the wire-cable suspension bridge and the tubular steam-engine boiler.France to Marc François Seguin, founder of Seguin & Co. and Thérèse-Augustine de Montgolfier niece of Joseph Montgolfier, he was an inventor and entrepreneur. He developed the first suspension bridge in continental Europe, building and administering toll-bridges for a total of 186 bridges throughout France. He also invented the tubular steam-engine boiler, which enabled steam-engine trains to increase power and velocity from 4 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour making railroad a more viable mode of transportation. Later he would collaborate with George Stephenson to help him win the speed contest at Rainhill Trials, where Stephenson's Rocket won using the fire-tube boiler.

Is a French drawer since the late 1970s and a stamp designer since 1996. Taraskoff has drawn lots of

Is a French drawer since the late 1970s and a stamp designer since 1996. Taraskoff has drawn lots of book covers, such as the pocket edition of Tales of the City at 10/18 edition. He drew portraits of personalities for Le Monde paper.

Is a French football player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for French club Toulouse in Ligue 1.

Is a French football player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for French club Toulouse in Ligue 1. He is a French youth international having represented the under-18 and under-19. Vidal currently plays for the under-20 team. He made his professional debut on 13 February 2010 in a league match against Lorient.

Is a French retired professional football goalkeeper. He was part of the SC Bastia team that reached

Is a French retired professional football goalkeeper. He was part of the SC Bastia team that reached the 1978 UEFA Cup Final.

Is a French mathematician well-known for his work on stochastic processes, especially properties of

Is a French mathematician well-known for his work on stochastic processes, especially properties of semimartingales, Brownian motion and other Levy processes, the Bessel processes, and their applications to mathematical finance.[1] Since 1981 he is a professor[2] at the Paris VI University in Paris, France.

Was born in Paris in 1957. Both a rabbi and a philosopher, he is the son of Rabbi Jacques Ouaknin (b

Was born in Paris in 1957. Both a rabbi and a philosopher, he is the son of Rabbi Jacques Ouaknin (b. 1932, Marrakesh, Morocco) and Eliane Erlich Ouaknin (b. 1932, Lille; d. 2007, Marseille.) His father is the Grand Rabbi of the French cities of Reims, Lille, Metz and Marseille.[1],[2] Ouaknin dedicated his best-known work, The Burnt Book, to "my father, my master, Grand Rabbi Jacques Ouaknin."

Is a French composer.[1] He had his first music lessons at age 6[2] and later studied at the Conserv

Is a French composer.[1] He had his first music lessons at age 6[2] and later studied at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1985 he joined the research department of IRCAM where he studied digital synthesis, computer assisted composition and spectral analysis. In the early 1990s he moved to Berlin. Currently he lives in the town of St. Cyprien and teaches orchestration at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.

Was a French composer of the Baroque era.He was a prolific and versatile composer, producing music o

Was a French composer of the Baroque era.He was a prolific and versatile composer, producing music of the highest quality in several genres. His mastery in the composition of sacred vocal music was recognized and acknowledged by his contemporaries.

Was a French revolutionary and man of letters. In the spring of 1792, Jullien was sent to London by

Was a French revolutionary and man of letters. In the spring of 1792, Jullien was sent to London by the Marquis de Condorcet, at the time president of the comité diplomatique of the Legislative Assembly. There he served as a student-diplomat, becoming an intermediary between the more liberal English factions and the Girondists

Was a Jesuit priest and architectural theorist. Laugier is best known for his Essay on Architecture

Was a Jesuit priest and architectural theorist. Laugier is best known for his Essay on Architecture published in 1753. In 1755 he published the second edition with a famous, often reproduced illustration of a primitive hut. His approach is to discuss some familiar aspects of Renaissance and post-Renaissance architectural practice, which he describes as 'faults'. These 'faults' induce his commentary on columns, the entablature, and on pediments.