French Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Is a French actress, film director and writer. Her film Selon Charlie was entered into the 2006 Cann

Is a French actress, film director and writer. Her film Selon Charlie was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[

Was a French figure skater. She represented France at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where she placed 11t

Was a French figure skater. She represented France at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where she placed 11th and at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where she placed 4th.

Is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European election f

Is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European election for the West France constituency. She is a member of The Greens. She has been a feminist and anti-nuclear activist since the 1960s. She won her first elected office in the 2001 municipal elections in Rennes as a candidate on Edmond Hervé's winning left-wing coalition list. She became assistant to the Mayor in charge of decentralized co-operation and international solidarity. However, in the 2008 municipal elections, she did not join Daniel Delaveau's left-wing union list and led her own list, Rennes verte et solidaire, which won 8.93% in the first round and did not participate in the runoff.[1]

Was a significant philosopher of the later Middle Ages. He wrote influential works on economics, mat

Was a significant philosopher of the later Middle Ages. He wrote influential works on economics, mathematics, physics, astronomy, philosophy,and theology; was Bishop of Lisieux, a translator, a counselor of King Charles V of France, and probably one of the most original thinkers of the 14th century.

Is a French athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. She changed nationality from her nati

Is a French athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. She changed nationality from her native Madagascar in 1998. Her personal best time in the 100 metres hurdles is 12.76 seconds, achieved in November 2000 in La Chaux-De-Fonds.

Was a French actress, producer and director. As an actress, she is mostly known for her role in two

Was a French actress, producer and director. As an actress, she is mostly known for her role in two films by Jean-Pierre Melville, Les Enfants terribles and Le Silence de la mer. The elder of the two daughters of Baron James-Henri de Rothschild and his first wife, Claude Dupont, Nicole Stéphane was a member of the Rothschild banking family of France. Her immediate family, however, also was deeply immersed in the arts. Her paternal grandfather, Baron Henri de Rothschild, was a playwright and theatrical producer who wrote under the names Charles des Fontaines and André Pascal and owned Théâtre Antoine and Théâtre Pigalle. Her first cousin Philippine de Rothschild was an actress with the Comédie-Française, using the name Philippine Pascal. And her father's brother, the vintner Philippe de Rothschild, wrote plays, owned theaters, and produced motion pictures.

Was a French film director.

Was a French film director.

Is a French professional road bicycle racer for Auber 93 team.

Is a French professional road bicycle racer for Auber 93 team.

He has been a freelance musician since 1983 working as a composer, violist, and violin teacher. Nige

He has been a freelance musician since 1983 working as a composer, violist, and violin teacher. Nigel Keay has held the following composer residencies: Mozart Fellowship, University of Otago 1986 and 1987, Nelson School of Music 1988 and 89, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra 1995.

Is a Luxembourgian politician. He served as Mayor of Bertrange from 1982 until 2001.He was a member

Is a Luxembourgian politician. He served as Mayor of Bertrange from 1982 until 2001.He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for sixteen years, from 19 June 1990 until he resigned on 10 October 2006, when he resigned in favour of the younger Alex Krieps. During his tenure in the Chamber of Deputies, Bettendorf was one of the Chamber's three Vice Presidents (1989–2006), and also led Luxembourg's delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

Is a French team handball player, born to Serbian mother and Croatian father.He participated on the

Is a French team handball player, born to Serbian mother and Croatian father.He participated on the French national handball team that received bronze medals at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.

Was a French botanist born in Alsace, best known for his treatise De Anima Vegetiva (1629).

Was a French botanist born in Alsace, best known for his treatise De Anima Vegetiva (1629).

He speaks five languages (as of 2003) including English. He lived between France and Greece during c

He speaks five languages (as of 2003) including English. He lived between France and Greece during childhood.He was a guest star on a Greek program Koita ti Ekanes in late-2003 and featured clips from Star Academy.He is the presenter of a new show on Alph

Is a French-Spanish singer-songwriter.

Is a French-Spanish singer-songwriter.

Was a Finnish professor of physics, noted astronomer, and popular sceptic.where he also spent his sc

Was a Finnish professor of physics, noted astronomer, and popular sceptic.where he also spent his school years and studies. He matriculated in 1949 and studied physics at Åbo Akademi, graduating as a Ph.D. in 1963. He has worked at many places, including the University of Helsinki, Nordforsk, Tekes, and COST. After retiring he was a member of the board at the City of Helsinki, representing the Swedish People's Party.Mustelin is known for his many scientific books, primarily his astronomic book Elämää maailmankaikkeudessa? ("Life in the universe?"). He is also famous for inventing sporalogy, a humorous pseudoscience parodying astrology.

Is a French screenwriter and film director.[1] She has written for 29 films and television shows sin

Is a French screenwriter and film director.[1] She has written for 29 films and television shows since 1961.

Was a famous French - Italian singer, actor and jazz musician.The son of bourgeois parents, an Itali

Was a famous French - Italian singer, actor and jazz musician.The son of bourgeois parents, an Italian father and a French mother, Nino declared having had a pleasant childhood in a cultivated art-loving family. He spent the first five years of his life in New Caledonia where his father, an engineer, worked in a nickel mine. On holiday in France in 1939, Nino and his mother were unable to leave Europe because of the World War II. While his father carried on working in New Caledonia, they spent difficult years stuck and penniless in Italy, where Nino’s mother was considered the wife of an enemy.

Was a French composer of the Renaissance, probably associated with the French royal chapel. Although

Was a French composer of the Renaissance, probably associated with the French royal chapel. Although a substantial amount of his music has survived in several sources, his actual name is not known with certainty.

Was a french music executive and a famous talent-spotter.[1]

Was a french music executive and a famous talent-spotter.[1]

Was a French novelist, and journalist for Le Nouvel Observateur.[1]

Was a French novelist, and journalist for Le Nouvel Observateur.[1]

Is a French football player who currently plays for French club Stade Brest in Ligue 1. He primarily

Is a French football player who currently plays for French club Stade Brest in Ligue 1. He primarily plays in the striker role and is the son of former professional football player Bruno Roux, who is currently the manager of amateur club AFC Compiègne. The younger Roux is a French youth international having made his debut with the under-21 team on 2 March 2010.

She is a race walker.

She is a race walker.

Is a retired French long jumper. His personal best jump was 8.22 metres, achieved in September 1988

Is a retired French long jumper. His personal best jump was 8.22 metres, achieved in September 1988 in Nîmes. This ranks him eighth on the French all-time list, behind Kader Klouchi, Jacques Rousseau, Emmanuel Bangué, Ronald Servius, Mickaël Loria, Cheikh Touré and Salim Sdiri.[1]

Was a famous French caver and adventurer, and is one of the most recognisable names in caving worldw

Was a famous French caver and adventurer, and is one of the most recognisable names in caving worldwide. Following Édouard-Alfred Martel (the "father of modern speleology", although Casteret sometimes also enjoys this title), Casteret, along with Robert de Joly, became a leading figure of French speleology between the world wars and into the middle of the 20th century.

Was Vicar General of the Society Of Jesus from the death of Vicar General Alessio Magni (12 April 19

Was Vicar General of the Society Of Jesus from the death of Vicar General Alessio Magni (12 April 1944) until the election of Jean-Baptiste Janssens at General Congregation XXIX in September 1946.